https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:34:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/covers-and-flats#post-1883122 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:28:56 +0000 sorrycharlie 1883122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: flour sack towel :) lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/covers-and-flats#post-1883116 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:21:43 +0000 autumnlove 1883116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: FST? I use a folded flat but sometimes I will add an extra hemp insert underneath it for naps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/covers-and-flats#post-1882645 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 11:22:29 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1882645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: I have some but they aren't wool...they are some kind of plastic. Maybe I should invest in the wool ones! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/covers-and-flats#post-1882611 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 11:04:56 +0000 pui 1882611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobear: I bought the "Woolzies" ones off of Amazon and they do the trick! I put all 6 in the package in with every load of inserts and cloth wipes I do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/covers-and-flats#post-1882606 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 11:02:57 +0000 hellobear 1882606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: i didn't realize they helped with drying time!!! need to invest in some now! :) btw how many do you throw in with a "regular" load? any recs on any particular brand? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/covers-and-flats#post-1882510 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 10:17:36 +0000 avivoca 1882510@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use covers and inserts exclusively right now. In my experience, all of the inserts have bunched, but we have rarely leaked until now. H is almost 12 months old. I use a combination of BG microfiber inserts, gDiapers inserts, and cotton fitted diapers for daytime use and alternate between RumpARooz pockets and a BG pocket with a hemp doubler at night. The only diaper H has not leaked out of at night has been the RAR pocket. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/covers-and-flats#post-1882507 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 10:16:08 +0000 pui 1882507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobear: @Mrs. Lion: Have you tried adding wool dryer balls to your dryer? When I first started using my diapers the bamboo inserts would take 2 cycles to get dry. With the wool dryer balls they are dry in just one cycle! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/covers-and-flats#post-1882495 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 10:11:07 +0000 sorrycharlie 1882495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: do you use fst? yesterday I used one and it was about 2 hours before I changed her. it didn't leak but was bunched in the crotch (like a pad would be without wings?). then i put another folded fst into a pocket and she leaked within 40 min! again it had bunched, *in* the pocket and it leaked where it was no longer covering. I don't know if she needs two stacked and then folded, or something more absorbant? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/covers-and-flats#post-1882471 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 09:59:24 +0000 jetsa 1882471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: I do like them for travel. We use AIO 90% of the time so I prefer those but the inserts work well too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/covers-and-flats#post-1882470 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 09:59:04 +0000 autumnlove 1882470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: Our Flip and flats look like that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/covers-and-flats#post-1882462 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 09:55:58 +0000 sorrycharlie 1882462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: awesome thank you! adding to my list!!</p> <p>@jetsa: do you like the flip insert? they definitely look more trim than 2 FST, which is what I have to use since my LO seems to be a heavy wetter. either that, or because she's 2, when she does go it's a lot at once! so it can't absorb as fast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/covers-and-flats#post-1880495 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 13:38:58 +0000 hellobear 1880495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: I may just run mine through 2x also then.. I do love how trim they are but want to use them once I dry them asap so I don't have to wait lol... I line dry my pockets also and will line dry covers if we switch :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/covers-and-flats#post-1880473 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 13:10:18 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1880473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobear: no :( I only dry my inserts in the dryer (not my covers or pockets) so the load is never big enough for them to get dry on the first cycle. I run them through twice and they are always dry the second time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/covers-and-flats#post-1880469 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 13:05:00 +0000 hellobear 1880469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: are these insert dry out of the dryer? I'm thinking of switching to flips when my LO grows out of her pockets... I have 3 layer bamboo inserts now that are super trim and absorbant that I use with them but they take foreverrrrr to dry so I'm debating switching to cotton? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/covers-and-flats#post-1880433 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 12:32:44 +0000 jetsa 1880433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: that makes sense :) we use AIO for day to day I bought flips for travel and they're ok I prefer my AIO so I don't know a whole lot about inserts. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/covers-and-flats#post-1880431 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 12:31:23 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1880431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jetsa: probably not...but lo is on the small side and we will probably be out of diapers before we get out of the medium size :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/covers-and-flats#post-1880429 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 12:27:12 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1880429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>These are the bamboo ones :)</p> <p><a href="https://www.sweetbottomsbaby.com/mobile/home.asp#page-65" rel="nofollow">https://www.sweetbottomsbaby.com/mobile/home.asp#page-65</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/covers-and-flats#post-1880428 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 12:26:13 +0000 jetsa 1880428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: you wouldn't need to fold for large though, right? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/covers-and-flats#post-1880427 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 12:24:09 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1880427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>These are my two favorite inserts. No folding so they are almost as thin as a disposable. One is charcoal bamboo and the other is just bamboo. They both absorb a ton. We can go 3-4 hours without leaking. I'll see if I can find links. I hate the flip inserts because the fold never lays flat and always feels bulky.</p> <p>[attach=3751/14/ncmgcb.600x337.1411924931185.jpg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/covers-and-flats#post-1880420 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 12:06:46 +0000 jetsa 1880420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Here you go </p> [attach=2716/14/ncmfkc.450x600.image.jpg] [attach=2716/14/ncmfkf.450x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/covers-and-flats#post-1880356 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 10:51:52 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1880356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: it can do either </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/covers-and-flats#post-1880352 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 10:42:10 +0000 jetsa 1880352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: I can take a pic of the flip insert when I get home if you'd like to see it? My AIO are definitely bigger than disposables. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/covers-and-flats#post-1880351 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 10:41:47 +0000 sorrycharlie 1880351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: <a href="http://motherbabynaturals.com/item_110/Applecheeks-Microfiber-Inserts-2pack.htm" rel="nofollow">http://motherbabynaturals.com/item_110/Applecheeks-Microfiber-Inserts-2pack.htm</a></p> <p>that? so that could go into the flip cover, or get stuffed into a pocket diaper? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/covers-and-flats#post-1880347 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 10:38:22 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1880347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: that looks right. The difference I have found with microfiber versus a cotton is that MF is softer and more that fluffy butt you hear people talking about. The cotton flats (or bamboo or hemp) are the same thickness usually but just stiffer. </p> <p>Right now I'm likening the applecheeks microfiber inserts because they can be stuffed or used with a cover. One side has fleece so it's safe to use against the skin. </p> <p>I've never used the flip inserts but have used their organic prefolds and I liked those but the FST are probably the same thing but cheaper. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/covers-and-flats#post-1880303 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 09:44:44 +0000 sorrycharlie 1880303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is a photo of the FST and then in the flip cover if it helps? Lol </p> [attach=1296/14/ncm8yl.600x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/covers-and-flats#post-1880298 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 09:38:52 +0000 JMOM 1880298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cloth diapers will just be bigger (but cuter :happy: ) in general than disposables. IMO, if you use flats, they will be slightly smaller than prefolds. I don't know about the insert thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/covers-and-flats#post-1880293 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 09:32:37 +0000 sorrycharlie 1880293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>okay, new CD user question. don't laugh.</p> <p>I put a flip cover with a flour sack towel on my 2-year old today. I folded it "for a girl" - it wasn't incredibly huge but wasn't as trim as I've seen people say covers can be. </p> <p>1 - is this just something I have to get used to, versus pampers? :)<br /> 2 - is there a trimmer insert? I've read using prefolds with a microfiber towel in the middle? or what about an actual flip insert?</p> <p>Ordering from kelly's closet this week and want to get everything at once if possible! </p>