I need cloth diapers. Today.

msditz00

My son has an infection that keeps getting worse.  Today he woke up and it has spread to about 5x the size it was.  I am thinking putting him in cloth diapers for a while may help (at this point nothing can make it worse, right?  The doctors just keep switching ointments).  We are leaving him naked as much as possible, but that isn't possible all the time.

I know nothing about cloth diapers.  I can't even go to Babies R Us and look at them and talk to someone there about them.  I have strep, so a baby store is the last place I should be.  I need to send someone to the store with a detailed list of things I will need.

So, does Babies R Us even sell good cloth diapers?  And can someone give me a quick run down of what in the world I do with cloth diapers?

Thank you for any help you can provide!

Edited to say disposable.  And that I'm heading over to the bump.  Thanks!

CDMay2006

I think you are looking for cloth diapers, but you said disposable, so i'm not sure.  If you are looking for cloth, there is a whole board for it (http://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/9544760/ShowForum.aspx) so i'd check there. I hope your kiddo feels better soon (and you, too -- sounds like a rough week in your house)!

msditz00

CDMay2006:

I think you are looking for cloth diapers, but you said disposable, so i'm not sure.  If you are looking for cloth, there is a whole board for it (http://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/9544760/ShowForum.aspx) so i'd check there. I hope your kiddo feels better soon (and you, too -- sounds like a rough week in your house)!

LOL yes cloth.  Sorry, I feel like hell still and am not on my A game.

Yay, I had no idea the bump had a whole board for cloth diapering.  Thanks!

msditz00

majorwife:

Meijer sells actual, real, cloth diapers. You can check them out if you have one.

Be careful with creams and CDs though.

The more I'm finding out about CD, the more afraid of them I am!  I just watched some YouTube videos - it seems I would need to shell out a LOT of money for something I only intend to do for at most a couple weeks. 

CDMay2006

msditz00:

majorwife:

Meijer sells actual, real, cloth diapers. You can check them out if you have one.

Be careful with creams and CDs though. 

The more I'm finding out about CD, the more afraid of them I am!  I just watched some YouTube videos - it seems I would need to shell out a LOT of money for something I only intend to do for at most a couple weeks. 

(Disclaimer: i don't have much experience with diapers.)  If you're only doing it for a few weeks, you might go old school and just use the white cotton ones (cheap and available at target, or you could get overnight delivery from amazon), probably with the new clasps instead of safety pins.  You can clean them and use them for rags down the road, but you aren't looking for the diapers to last a long time or be convenient, etc.

On the other hand, if you do invest, you might find you like it and want to convert. 

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majorwife:

msditz00:

majorwife:

Meijer sells actual, real, cloth diapers. You can check them out if you have one.

Be careful with creams and CDs though.

The more I'm finding out about CD, the more afraid of them I am!  I just watched some YouTube videos - it seems I would need to shell out a LOT of money for something I only intend to do for at most a couple weeks. 

12 prefolds and 2 covers should get you though a few weeks and you can resell them.

I agree that that little bit should get your through just fine.  Prefolds are the least expensive and easy to resell.  You don't even have to be too picky about what ointments or detergents you use with prefolds.  Plus, if what your son has is something like yeast you can bleach (not very earth friendly but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do) the heck out of the prefolds (and then rinse the heck out of them too).

Good luck!

ETA:  don't go cheap with the prefolds (ie: Gerber are nearly worthless) or they'll just cause more headache