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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.

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.

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?).

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.

Also I agree that bringing it to them so they can see it should help!

I asked when I set up tours, and only actually toured daycares who allowed cloth.

I've only toured one so far and they were fine with cloth.

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.

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.

@GreenThumb: I've never heard of that before, but that's awesome!

Hey! Good news! We got our cloth diapers approved for daycare and we are the very first people at this place to do it!

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.

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.

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.

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.

Diaper win!

My daycare center does cloth, however we ended up using disposables instead of cloth like we were planning to.

@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.