https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:49:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1902359 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 15:40:57 +0000 78h2o 1902359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO goes to a center (Goddard) and they don't allow it, unfortunately. Before that she went to a Childtime and they didn't allow it either. I did look at a Celebree that allowed it. We're in MD. Hope you find a great place! You are smart to be looking early. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1902242 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:29:05 +0000 lady grey 1902242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dc yoga bee: Yes, LO goes to a small in-home daycare and they are cool with cloth diapering. They just put the dirty diapers in the wet bag I provide. No problem. Oh and they use regular disposable wipes (I use cloth wipes at home). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1902232 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:20:27 +0000 LulaBee 1902232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, thank goodness. We put liners in which they toss when they change her. She does tend to get more diaper rashes at school, so occasionally we have to switch to disposable for a few days to put Aquaphor on it. Oh, and they do a disposable at naptime because she pees too much. :happy: We send a wet bag that I hang on a hook every morning, I bring the soiled ones home at night.</p> <p>They also allow glass bottles, which I was surprised at! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1902030 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 12:56:47 +0000 littlebug 1902030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When we lived outside of Philly, we toured 5 daycares. All but 1 agreed to cloth diaper. I toured 3 when we moved, and all of them said no, that it was against State regulations. We moved within the state, so I don't understand that. But since we absolutely LOVED the daycare that we found here, I was not going to argue about it. We still cloth at home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1902022 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 12:53:03 +0000 mauxie 1902022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours offers cloth diapering services but it is an additional fee (not sure how much bc we use disposables). A couple families do use it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1901867 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 11:38:20 +0000 danda 1901867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daycare also puts all soiled diapers - cloth or not - into their own plastic bag. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1901761 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 10:51:18 +0000 avivoca 1901761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tarabonno: I guess it's good that you can offset it environmentally by using cloth diapers. I will say I'm glad that H is eating solids because it means I don't have to deal with poo on my diapers anymore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1901743 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 10:43:37 +0000 tarabonno 1901743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@smurfette @avivoca Oh - for sure it's super wasteful. Not to mention expensive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1901738 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 10:42:37 +0000 avivoca 1901738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tarabonno: That sounds so crazy to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1901729 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 10:39:00 +0000 Smurfette 1901729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tarabonno: I can't get over how wasteful that is. I mean that is boxes of bags a week. The teachers wrap the diapers in a ball, and then take off their gloves, so the gloves are covering the diapers, at our center. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1901725 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 10:37:25 +0000 tarabonno 1901725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: Yep. They apparently put every disposable in one before they throw it away also. I guess to cut down on smells or something? I love it because it means I don't have to clean out the rubbermaid every day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1901597 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 09:14:56 +0000 Smurfette 1901597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tarabonno: They put every diaper in a ziploc bag??!!!?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1901591 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 09:12:33 +0000 BandDmommy 1901591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours did on a case by case basis. I only knew of one child that was CD and she went part time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1901569 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 09:04:51 +0000 MamaG 1901569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our daycare does not allow them. They consider it a sanitation/hygiene issue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1901500 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 08:38:45 +0000 autumnlove 1901500@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our center allows it but requires a wet bag, easy to use diapers like AIOs/hybrids and liners </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1901495 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 08:36:24 +0000 jetsa 1901495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>our does as well. It's an in-home. I send the diapers and a wet bag. Where as with a disposable shed dump everything in the trash with ours she puts it in the wet bag and I deal with it when we get home.</p> <p>ETA: per this its legal in all states. <a href="http://clothdiaperguru.blogspot.com/2013/01/cloth-diaper-daycare-laws-for-50-states.html" rel="nofollow">http://clothdiaperguru.blogspot.com/2013/01/cloth-diaper-daycare-laws-for-50-states.html</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1901405 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 07:45:35 +0000 danda 1901405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In general cloth diapering is legally permitted in daycare - the diapers need to be properly managed to abide by regulations. There are a few states who require doctor's note to say it is needed (generally writes something about sensitive skin). At my daycare there is a mini trash can with my daughter's name on it and her diapers go in there instead of the regular trash. A "complete" diaper change is generally required so with gDiapers the daycare wouldn't reuse the cover during the day the way you might as a mom. I don't think you would get much benefit from that type of set-up with disposable inserts. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1901380 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 07:21:53 +0000 hellobeeboston 1901380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, our place did not allow it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1901350 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 06:21:01 +0000 blackbird 1901350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dc yoga bee: I did a cost analysis of cloth vs disposable and you break even with using both after 1 year. Takes about 6 months if you're all cloth. just fyi :) I started off trying Honest Co and 7th Generation and Target and I ended up liking sam's club the best, for both diapers AND wipes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1901324 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 03:16:27 +0000 Ms.Mermaid 1901324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMG DC childcare is insane!!!! I work in College Park in Maryland and I looked into daycare near my office but it's so pricey and the wait lists are crazy. I know from my other friends that DC doesn't allow cloth diapering. </p> <p>We are hopefully going with a daycare that doesn't cloth diaper, so we are settling on eco-friendly disposables for now, and hopefully we'll end up nanny-sharing and then we can cloth diaper. Most of my friends who cloth diaper used disposables in the beginning anyway, so that's our plan - we have the 7th Generation and Honest ones to start out with, and then we're going to see what we like and go from there. Costco has an eco-friendly brand as well that we might check out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1901315 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 02:29:48 +0000 lamariniere 1901315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dc yoga bee: The two daycares we have had (outside of the US) don't do cloth. I've used gdiapers with disposable inserts with both of my LOs and LOVE them. I would just put them in a regular diaper (Nature Babycare) before going to school. This was ok for me because my son didn't start daycare until he was 2, and was potty trained at 2.5. Maybe if you explain/show the gdiaper system to them, they might be more open to it? All the have to do is flush or trash the insert, and then they can change out the gPant when necessary. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1901312 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 02:07:01 +0000 Mrs.Panda 1901312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The daycare I used to work for didn't allow CD but many parents opted to use environmentally friendly diapers to kind of offset it. And yes get on a list early! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1901255 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 21:37:06 +0000 Freckles 1901255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our old daycare did them but they were so horrible about them and LO had some bad diaper rashes after sitting in poop for hours. Even if a daycare did allow them, I would want to know how much experience the caregivers have with them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1901247 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 21:27:57 +0000 avivoca 1901247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dc yoga bee: I don't know how the disposable inserts work, but I will say that as H has gotten bigger, she pees through her gDiapers cloth inserts and once her diaper is changed a few times, the cover feels damp. However, I really like the fit of the gDiapers covers. I think Flip does disposable inserts too, so you may want to check them out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1901233 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 21:20:47 +0000 mfa_lady 1901233@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dc yoga bee: I'm in Virginia, and a reputable center where my friend sends her son cloths diapers him for them. I'm certain they wouldn't do it if it was against any regulation! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1901226 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 21:15:20 +0000 tarabonno 1901226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our center does them. We bring a Rubbermaid bin everyday and they put them in there. They wouldn't let us do a wet bag. They put the diapers in ziplock bags (they do this with disposables too) and stick them in the bin. It's worked out great! I know in ohio it is absolutely allowed. Try reaching out to your local child care resource and referral agency... You should be able to find them through Child Care Aware, which is a national agency. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1901173 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 20:23:10 +0000 dc yoga bee 1901173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: Oooh thanks!! DC doesn't allow cloth diapering, and Virginia doesn't have it listed so I'll call do some digging tomorrow. The center that does allow it is in one of the large federal agencies here (Virginia). Since it's government managed, I'd find it hard to believe they'd cloth diaper if it was against government regulations. Maybe the lady was confused, because the other two centers were both in Virginia and said it's against state regulations.</p> <p>We planned to do the gdiapers with disposable inserts since DH is only on board with disposable inserts as far as cloth diapering goes. I hadn't run the numbers yet to see if it even made sense to pursue cloth diapering if we were just going to be using disposable inserts 100% of the time. Now add in the daycare we really like doesn't allow it anyways. We will probably just do disposable, and maybe they make some diapers that are a bit more environmentally friendly. Thanks for the responses! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1901147 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 19:56:56 +0000 lawbee11 1901147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dc yoga bee: I would check to see if it actually is against state regulations as I've heard that is true in some states. If it is and some daycares do it anyways, not sure how ok I'd be with that (like what else are they doing, ya know?). I found this link that provides info on most states:</p> <p><a href="http://www.myblossombottom.com/pages/State-Regulations-on-Cloth-Diaper-in-Child-Care-.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.myblossombottom.com/pages/State-Regulations-on-Cloth-Diaper-in-Child-Care-.html</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1901146 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 19:56:42 +0000 MsMini 1901146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our daycare does, they actually have ~4 CD families. We just send our daily diapers and a wet bag and bring our wet/dirty dipes home at the end of the day to spray/wash (they don't rinse/shake out poop for us). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-allow-cloth-diapering#post-1901130 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 19:47:49 +0000 blackbird 1901130@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our in home doesn't. She said she's had very bad experiences with them and wouldn't entertain it. So E's in disposables at daycare and cloth the rest of the time </p>