https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 04:05:32 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycares-and-cloth-diapering#post-509521 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:00:08 +0000 LemonLong 509521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Thehistoryofus: we tried cloth at home and decided it wasn't for us, so we went back to sposies. My husband liked the convenience of the disposables and I liked less laundry. Maybe one day we'll try it again, I'm holding onto our diapers and inserts just in case. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycares-and-cloth-diapering#post-509395 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:27:33 +0000 T.H.O.U. 509395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LemonLong: Do you do cloth at all? Or was there an issue with using cloth at the center? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycares-and-cloth-diapering#post-509367 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 07:57:15 +0000 LemonLong 509367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daycare center does cloth, however we ended up using disposables instead of cloth like we were planning to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycares-and-cloth-diapering#post-509364 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 07:46:59 +0000 T.H.O.U. 509364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cvbee: That is great news! </p> <p>@blackbird: I'm glad you found an in home center that will maybe work with you. She may have had bad experiences with other AIO's that were cheap or didn't fit right and that shouldn't stop her from trying them if that is what you want. Maybe once you get the hang of them at home and know what works you can bring them to her. The biggest thing with CD's is to make sure they are really clean so they are absorbent and to do frequent changes (every 2 hours). Just make sure that she doesn't not want to do CD because she doesn't want to change that often. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycares-and-cloth-diapering#post-494039 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:53:55 +0000 cvbee 494039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hey! Good news! We got our cloth diapers approved for daycare and we are the very first people at this place to do it!</p> <p>They wondered about 'health unit' issues, and I pointed out that I''m sure there is already some pee and poo that is dealt with when they have a diaper leak and it gets onto a kid's clothes. </p> <p>They didn't think there would be room for a different diaper bin for ours, but I told them about our hanging dirty diaper bag. </p> <p>They also were much more easily won over when I showed them the paper liners that would catch most of the poop and how they could get rid of that part. </p> <p>When a broached the subject I referred to them as 'reusable diapers' and I had a bum genius 4.0 in my hand right away so they could see what I was talking about. </p> <p>Diaper win! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycares-and-cloth-diapering#post-492721 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:05:20 +0000 cvbee 492721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like this thread. I've been CDing for almost 9 months and tomorrow I'm going for our first play date at our daycare (where LO will attend starting in 2 months from now). I'm hoping to bring it up with them while there and so they can see what I am talking about. I hope they do let us do cloth. I think disposables are yucky. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycares-and-cloth-diapering#post-492609 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:03:49 +0000 blackbird 492609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@greenthumb, that's awesome! i priced out some cloth diaper services and it's certainly affordable! </p> <p>For now, i'm counting my losses and we'll do the hybrid system (cloth shell, disposable insert) during the day and cloth at home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycares-and-cloth-diapering#post-492604 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:01:16 +0000 GreenThumb 492604@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ChelseaRose: I know... I was bracing myself getting ready to ask if they would consider using our cloth diapers, and before I had a chance, she said that's all the use! Awesome! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycares-and-cloth-diapering#post-492602 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:59:34 +0000 ChelseaRose 492602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@GreenThumb: I've never heard of that before, but that's awesome! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycares-and-cloth-diapering#post-492595 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:54:46 +0000 T.H.O.U. 492595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am surprised but I don't think they really know what cloth is all about now. It's not pins and such just like a disposable. </p> <p>Also some centers I have heard are against cloth thinking they require a pail full of water to soak in but that's a big hazard in a classroom. But just a wet bag is all you need. </p> <p>So silly really. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycares-and-cloth-diapering#post-492592 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:54:30 +0000 T.H.O.U. 492592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am surprised but I don't think they really know what cloth is all about now. It's not pins and such just like a disposable. </p> <p>Also some centers I have heard are against cloth thinking they require a pail full of water to soak in but that's a big hazard in a classroom. But just a wet bag is all you need. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycares-and-cloth-diapering#post-492576 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:46:42 +0000 GreenThumb 492576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I actually went on my first daycare tour today and found out that they use a cloth diaper service for all the diaper changes during the day (as long as it is ok with the parents), and we just need to bring an extra one of our cloth diapers for LO to go home in! I was totally shocked and really pleased! This means only one/two dirty diapers coming home with us a day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycares-and-cloth-diapering#post-492549 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:36:47 +0000 78h2o 492549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've only toured one so far and they were fine with cloth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycares-and-cloth-diapering#post-492518 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:21:46 +0000 blackbird 492518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have only been able to find one daycare that offers cloth so far (openly) and they are 30+ minutes away. It really isn't common here yet :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycares-and-cloth-diapering#post-492488 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:05:47 +0000 MsMini 492488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I asked when I set up tours, and only actually toured daycares who allowed cloth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycares-and-cloth-diapering#post-492485 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:04:03 +0000 blackbird 492485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was going to bring some in, but we ended up meeting with an in-home lady tonight that we LOVE and now plan on going with her instead of the big daycare by our house. We asked her about AIOs and diapers and she says she's done them but prefers not to, but she is OK with the hybrid style. </p> <p>Again, I don't know how it's any different, but she says she had experience with the AIOs and they were nothing but messy and caused leaks and many problems. I imagine if we had a dr's note for sensitive skin (which i have, so LO may likely have), she'd be willing to work with them with us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycares-and-cloth-diapering#post-492272 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:59:01 +0000 glimmersnaps 492272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't use daycare, but I've heard of some people who are required to have a wet bag for each diaper change. So basically you need to have like 4-6 tiny wet bags each day. </p> <p>Also I agree that bringing it to them so they can see it should help! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycares-and-cloth-diapering#post-492179 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:17:03 +0000 Rescuemom10 492179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The one we will be using is a "NO" unless its for medical reason and you have a doctors note. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycares-and-cloth-diapering#post-491852 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:01:55 +0000 pelikila 491852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't even ask before touring and instead bring some styles and a wetbag and ask in person so they can see exactly what you are talking about. Most daycares haven't seen modern cloth diapers so having one in front of them before broaching the topic can help. I suggest bringing a wetbag too so they can see you wouldn't be asking them to do anything different than a disposable and they would just throw it in the bag instead of the trash. When you say wetbag it makes them think of some complicated thing, which it isn't. </p> <p>Also, consider researching your state's health regulations when it comes to hygeine in daycares. If they say their policy is no cloth that is one thing but if they say it is a state regulation, you can gently correct them if the state regs support you (not all states do if I remember correctly?). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycares-and-cloth-diapering#post-491740 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:23:55 +0000 autumnlove 491740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our daycare has a written no cloth rule but we talked to the director and she made an exception for AIO styles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycares-and-cloth-diapering#post-491725 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:20:09 +0000 mediagirl 491725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The daycares I visited were either Yes or No to cloth. Either they did it already or they wanted nothing to do with it. The one we go to does not do cloth diapers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycares-and-cloth-diapering#post-491681 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:59:54 +0000 blackbird 491681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Any advice on how to broach this topic with them? We took a tour of daycare a few weeks ago and the girl giving the tour told us "no cloth, they're unsanitary". She said the hybrids sound ok, but we'd have to run it by the director. So I'm going to meet with the head honcho. It's hard to say, too, if the girl who gave the tour was really in-the-know. </p> <p>Saturday I'm going to the store for a short class on cloth diapering and I'm going to ask their opinion on how to talk to the daycare about it, plus I'm going to pick up a couple of options. Probably the all-in-one style and the hybrids with the snap-in liners and see how daycare feels about these two. Worst case scenario, she's in disposables during the day, though.</p> <p>Any advice on this? Was your daycare open to cloth? I don't feel like it's very common here (the midwest), so it could be awhile before it's more widely accepted. </p>