I truly am enjoying cloth diapering... The hubby doesn't seem to mind either. :)
We haven't started solids yet, and I hear it is a hard transition. I didn't buy a diaper sprayer when we started because money was a little tight me being on maternity leave and all. It has worked out just fine since currently everything can go straight into the wash. I suspect that soon we will be purchasing a sprayer and I have a good sized stash of both cloth and paper liners to help out with the solid food poo issues when they come.
So, about those diapers:
In the beginning we used Muttaquin baby http://www.muttaqinbaby.
In a Muttaqin Baby fitted, before the cover covered up the cuteness
I had some flats and some pre-folds (aka old fashioned) diapers but they are WAY too bulky on a newborn. I have since found out you can buy newborn sized pre-folds which would have been better. I also had gotten some small gDiapers and small Fuzzibunz pockets but neither of those fit until later.
We like Hybrid diaper systems.
We do not use them exclusively, as that would be more expensive than disposables and we are primarily cloth diapering to save money. However, we like to have them for trips and outings.
We like gDiapers and love the flushable inserts but she grew out of the smalls so quickly and I couldn't bring myself to buy a whole new set up. We still use the gDiapers cloth inserts as doublers in her bigger fitted diapers, but we wanted another hybrid style diaper for trips so we bought GroVia http://gro-via.com/
For normal diapering we use both pocket diapers and fitted inserts with covers (or 2 in 1's).
Pockets are fun and have great colors and prints, but I find myself getting cranky when I put a cute diaper on her and then she poops so I have to change it. Although, I like the fact that I can add more or less to the pocket diaper depending on it being night time or day time (opposed to AIOs or all-in-one diapers) We have Fuzzibunz http://www.fuzzibunz.com/, Charlie Banana http://www.
in her Fuzzibunz small at 6 weeks
The swaddlebees were given to us, and sadly, the company no longer makes pocket diapers. A shame too, they fit our LO perfectly. The Fuzzibunz and Charlie Banana are size small and seem like they will fit for a while. The Swaddlebees are size medium and also seem like they will fit a while longer. Along with the Swaddlebees, we were given hemp inserts. I am glad too, because hemp is more expensive and the cheap-o in me may not have ever bought them. So much absorbency in such a little package. I love them. Plus, I am finding the microfiber inserts are all smelling icky already and need to be stripped.... Oh Joy! (I'll talk about that when I post about washing). From my reading on mommy blogs and chat boards, BumGenius is the most popular brand followed by Fuzzibunz, I like them both equally, Bumgenius does offer a refresher kit for those that sew, it is new elastic and velcro tabs, the 2 things that go out on diapers after repeated washes. I was able to refresh a diaper from my sister that had been used for over a year in rotation for my nephew. That for me brings BumGenius to the front but I can't bring myself to ever pay full price for a diaper so unless they go on sale, I am not buying any more.
The one I got was a freebie from diapershops.com, they often have a coupon code for a free one sized diaper with a purchase of a certain amount. When I got the GroVia set on sale, my freebie was a white BumGenius, in addition to the one I got from my sister, we have 2. The Fuzzibunz and Charlie Banana were on sale with Zulily.com I got 3 smalls and a medium, now I wish I had gotten more.
The fitted diapers we have are several brands:
We use them with Prowrap, Econobum, Flip, Imse Vimse and Bummis covers. My favorite is Flip, they are one size and come in great solid covers. I do love all the cute prints out there, but usually A is wearing a cute outfit already and a brightly patterned cover just clashes.
For emergencies (aka we've been lazy about laundry) we still have the flats and pre-folds to use with the covers that work just dandy but are a little more work.
We did buy some Kushies http://www.kushies.com/ AIOs that I like but she is still not quite fitting them in the leg even though they say from 10-22lbs and she is 13lbs. I REALLY want to like them, especially since they are a Canadian company. I got 2 new from Amazon.com and 12 used from craigslist for $40 so not a big deal if they don't ever fit right. I did have to strip them because the person who owned them before used a very fragrant detergent (possibly a dryer sheet which is a no-no) but they work just fine now aside from the legs being slightly loose. Papa likes the AIOs and the pockets (I stuff them) because there is only 1 thing to do when changing her.
When she migrates to large diapers I have some pockets already bought along with the one-size covers from Econobum, Flip and GroVia, we may just buy more one size fitted diapers and forego the AIO and pockets completely.
in her Snap EZ one size
Another brand I liked but are no longer making baby diapers is SnapEZ, we have 2 nb sized pockets, 2 one sized pockets and 2 pairs of training pants from them that I really like and haven't had any issues with so far. I also got mama cloth and some breast pads from them that are equally great.
OH - I forgot to mention I made a chart... Cause I am weird like that, I wanted to make sure there were no sizes missing... Google Doc Diaper Spreadsheet
I'll write more about washing, we are in a unique situation, an apartment with shared laundry facilities... it is fun let me tell ya.
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