The Experiment:
Okay, I stole the idea from Bareware and mine is not nearly as complete, but I was curious as to how much liquid the diapers & inserts in my stash would hold. Once I had that information, I couldn't help but pass it along! If you do this experiment yourself, you can email me & I will include your results also. Basically, I got a glass bowl and a digital postal scale. I put the glass bowl and the diaper (we'll call this one diaper a) on the scale and turned it on so it was set to 0. I then dunked the diaper in water for 15 - 30 seconds, let the extra water drip back into the sink, and put diaper a in the bowl on the scale to see how much water was absorbed. Then I turned the scale off and started over for diaper b. I have more diapers than this in my stash, but many are discontinued brands or styles, so I didn't think it would be useful information to anyone.
All In One Diapers
These are my favorite style of diaper! They are easy to use and were any easy sell to my husband who was reluctant to try cloth. Find out more about all-in-one diapers at Diaper Jungle.
Prefold Diapers
The old stand-by! These are the diapers that used to be fastened with pins and used with rubber pants. I lay mine in a cover without pins or snappis. I sometimes stuff them in a pocket. Mostly, I like this combination when we will be travelling for more than an hour because they take up so much less room in the diaper bag. When my daughter wets, I can just put the pre-fold in the wet bag and put a clean prefold in the same cover. I also like that these can be used for other purposes after the diaper years. Read more about pre-folds at Diaper Jungle.
