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I didn't use our service but did cloth diaper and am considering the service for next time.

1) are they easy to use esp for new caregivers? (The service comes with a hour long in home demo) Prefolds/snappi's have a bit of a learning curve (there are lots of ways to fold), but caregivers could always trifold them and lay them in the cover.

2) is it better to get the same diapers every week? Eh, not worth it to me. Diaper services are held to a very high standard and I trust that our local one is doing everything correctly.

3) are cloth diapers in a diaper pail all week totally stinky and gross? Nope!

4) if you cloth diaper what about the wipes- cloth or disposable? We used disposable wipes.

5) was your DCP ok with prefolds? Yes. You should clear it with yours first.

6) how long did you use the service? What type of diaper did you switch to after?N/A

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I bought my wipes and have two types of wipes with different thicknesses so I can't answer that. For our standard normal diapers, I use one wipe at each diaper change. For poop explosions, I might use 2-3.

Prefolds are wet with pee or poop. Since you reuse covers throughout the day, you have to put the prefolds in the pail.

Nope, wet pails aren't recommended for cloth diapers. I just stick the prefold or AIO right into the wet bag.

We just started a service a week ago, so I can't say 100%, but so far I love them. They do prefolds as well, though we're on the waiting list for AIO's. I'm not actually sure I care about switching, but I think DH would like them better. I will second what @bluestriped bee: said- DH hates touching the wet prefolds. They just are wet because there's nothing to stop the pee from spreading to the edges, the cover just keeps it in.

So far I've had zero trouble learning to use them (and our service only uses YouTube videos to teach you), DH is okay at it, and my mom is terrible. But A- they're both a bit inept at that sort of thing, whereas I like folding things very precisely, and B- I've been the one to change her nearly every time (SAHM), so they haven't gotten practice.

Our service always gives you back "your" diapers, so I don't really know whether that's worth paying for.

I don't think the diaper pail is any smellier than a normal diaper genie or anything. If anything it's better. I taped a q-tip dipped in lavender essential oil to the underside of the lid, so I don't notice anything. Taking the bag out is a little smellier, but again, no worse than emptying the trash with disposables.

We use disposable wipes. It seemed like cloth defeated the purpose of the service (not having poo in my washer), since they don't launder wipes.

We don't do daycare, and just started, so I'm no help on the last two. I will say that we still do disposables at night. LO doesn't pee when she sleeps, or during wake-ups (I guess she doesn't wake up fully enough), so she pees a TON in the mornings. I don't trust the cloth ones to hold it.

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I recently asked DH if I should buy some tongs so he doesn't have to touch the wet ones. He said no. He'll deal with it.

We were diaper service dropouts, switched to disposables after my maternity leave was over.

1) are they easy to use esp for new caregivers? It was okay since DD was very young and didn't move much. I know people use them for older babies but I really can't imagine how they stay in place...or trying to put both a Snappi and cover on a baby who has decided to fight diaper changes.

2) is it better to get the same diapers every week? Didn't matter to us.

3) are cloth diapers in a diaper pail all week totally stinky and gross? It got a little stinky at the end of the week but it was okay overall. But DD was EBF -- not sure if formula poo residue would smell more?

4) if you cloth diaper what about the wipes- cloth or disposable? We always used disposable wipes unless we were dealing with diaper rash.

5) was your DCP ok with prefolds? Yes, but a separate cover is required for each diaper change, they can't reuse them. This was actually one of the reasons we decided to stop the diaper service -- it wasn't actually much cheaper than disposable diapers to begin with, and I didn't want to shell out for 10-12 more covers when I wasn't totally committed to CDing and, in particular using prefolds, until potty-training was done.

6) how long did you use the service? What type of diaper did you switch to after? We tried doing cloth at home and disposables at daycare for a couple weeks after I went back to work, so I think DD was about 4 months old when I cancelled the service. Aside from the cover issue, we ran into a sizing issue where DD was soaking through the size we were getting ALL THE TIME but the next size up was way, way too big. Doubling the prefold wasn't a great option because a) it made her butt too bulky for her to move well and b) we would have needed to up the number of prefolds we ordered by quite a lot, which was more $$. We used Honest diapers for awhile but had awful daily blowouts and ended up switching to Bambo Nature, which we still use and like a lot. Even using premium brand disposables, we're not spending a whole lot more than we would have with the diaper service. I feel a little guilty about the landfill issue, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

We use a service! There's no way I'd CD without it, the idea of that much poop & pee in my new w/d is a no-go.

1) are they easy to use esp for new caregivers? (The service comes with a hour long in home demo)
- My mom had a bit of a learning curve, but she does for anything. I think my MIL figured it out pretty quick. (An in-home demo sounds amazing!)

2) is it better to get the same diapers every week?
- We didn't have this option, but I like that they are switched out often.

3) are cloth diapers in a diaper pail all week totally stinky and gross?
- With a newborn, no. It started getting stinky with solids, so we switched to a much better sealed can that auto-opens. It's awesome.

4) if you cloth diaper what about the wipes- cloth or disposable?
- Disposable, same washing issue

5) was your DCP ok with prefolds?
- N/A

6) how long did you use the service? What type of diaper did you switch to after?
- Still using at 15mo, plan to use through potty training.