That is one of the first things people ask when they consider the option to cloth diaper. This question is usually closely followed by, "What does all this mean?" AIO (all-in-ones), pockets, one size, doublers, inserts, prefolds, covers; it's like another language, not to mention overwhelming!

Whether you are expecting your first baby or preparing for your fourth, this might be the first time you've considered cloth diapering. If so, you most probably have a few questions about cloth diapers in general, and perhaps some more specific questions like:

Just how do cloth diapers work? Maybe your concern is economical and you need to know how much do cloth baby diapers typically cost? More often than not, the dad asks how long does it take to clean cloth diapers?. And finally, if we make it past that question there is an even bigger one to answer…which diapers are best for my baby?

Just like any other choice you make for your baby, searching for the "right" cloth diapers for your baby means finding the right cloth diapers for your family as a whole.

After a few weeks of using cloth diapers, it became clear the washing process would be easier if I purchased and used cloth wipes. I kept forgetting to throw the disposable wipes away - tossing them into the diaper pail along with the cloth diapers instead.

In winter, you need as much warmth for your baby as possible, especially when you take him or her out in the cold. One way you can add a little warmth if you are a cloth diaper user is with something called a wool diaper cover. Yes, they make cloth diaper covers in wool.

Cloth diapering is a great thing to do for your baby. A little known fact, though, is that it doesn’t have to stop at cloth diapers. You can also make or buy and use cloth diaper wipes instead of disposable ones for your baby. There are many advantages to this just like cloth diapers.

One of the biggest myths about cloth diapers is that they are difficult and inconvenient for the parents that use them so many people are drawn away from them and stick with disposable diapers. This doesn’t have to be the case, though. Cloth diaper prefolds make this method of diapering much easier than ever before.

My daughter, Bunny, got a rash.  Not just a little, lets-use-prefolds-and-wool rash, but a rash so bad that it required some naked time and even a thick dose of rash cream.  It was awful.

It was all my fault, too. My precious little daughter normally avoids rashes due to her wonderful cloth diapers, but she’s also the type of baby who doesn’t really mind walking around in her own poop or pee, so she doesn’t exactly let me know if she needs a diaper change.  That, coupled with the fact that she hates getting her diaper changed and fights me tooth and nail meant that I left her in not one, but two poopy cloth diapers for far too long over the course of two days.  So the rash that she got from the first poopy cloth diaper was intensified to open sores and bleeding when I didn’t catch her second poopy diaper in time.