gDiapers...the (really) good the bad and the ugly of cloth diapering

Ok so when Brian and I found out we were pregnant, one of the first decisions we made for our little one is that we would cloth diaper. I researched it extensively and decided that we would use the gDiaper system. I knew it would be a large investment at first, but oh my goodness when we did the math we would be saving thousands of dollars each year by cloth diapering our baby.

Moey's first time in her "big girl" gDiaper. Omg, her belly button was still there at this point! hehe!

These diapers have been a lot of "work" but so worth it. Each diaper has three parts: the little gPant, waterproof liner and prefold cloth insert. Changing a cloth diaper is no harder than a disposable. The cloth insert comes out, and a new one goes in! If its a bad dipe...the waterproof liner comes out with the cloth, and you could replace both or just put a whole new one on. Instead of a traditional diaper bin, we have a nappy pail where her diapers wait in a bag to be taken downstairs to wash. The smell isnt bad either! I was worried we would have a nursery that smelled like one big diaper! We assemble diapers in advance so they are at the ready. Its easy to put together, all snaps and velcro!
One thing I would criticize them of is fit. The weight limits they have on the sizes are not correct, or at least correct for molly. The newborn size are supposed to fit 6-10 pounds. Molly outgrew them at 8 pounds; about three weeks old. They just didnt fit well around her thighs. She also outgrew the size smalls by 2 months and was too small for the mediums!! So for the past three weeks we had to use disposables. This week was the first week we got to wear our mediums. This fiasco almost made us change to cloth one size "pocket" diapers like the ones from fuzzibuns or bumgenius.

I will say that Huggies "little snugglers" are the best disposables we tried. I always have some in her diaper bag as back-up along with a "wet bag" for her g-diapers.

Along with them being so easy to use, they come in so many cute colors! Most recently when we stocked up on size M...we got the "gFlutter" pant, it has butterflies on it!

As for washing diapers every other day, it isnt that bad. Its a super small load so it takes about 40 minutes to wash and dry them. So in all, while dinner is cooking or while we are watching a show at night, its in the diapers go in the wash, the dryer and then into her nappy drawer! :)

In all, we really enjoy cloth diapering. And we all can admit, a cloth bum is pretty darn cute!