Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Understanding cloth diaper

Pada kebiasaan nya, setiap CD akan ada:
- outer layer: waterproof supaya x bocor
- insert: bhgn yg akan menyerap kencing dan segala mcm kelembapan
- inner layer: material yg beri stay dry effect pada baby. Kencing akan melalui inner utk diserap oleh insert, tp inner akan tetap rasa kering.
- Velcro/snap buttons: utk secure CD pada baby. Juga utk tujuan pelarasan kalau CD tu one-size.

Since yg saya slalu guna is AI2 (cover+stay dry insert) & pocket diaper... saya bg sampel yg dua tu la ye. but basically lebih kurang je semua CD.

Cover and insert yg Izz pakai during daytime. I absolutely love Thirsties covers (duo wrap) sbb ada leg gussets tu. Mmg jarang2 sgt bocor. kalau bocor pun sbb pakaikan x betul/longgar. Bila guna yg aplix/velcro punye mmg ada kemungkinan pakai longgar sbb kite sendiri kena pandai adjust. Kalau pakai snap lg senang tp kurang best bila baby in between sizes.

mcm ni la saya letak insert dlm cover sblm pakaikan pada Izz. saya x suka pakaikan AI2 yg ni utk mlm2 sbb diaper akan jd bulky. sbb nye stay dry insert tu tebal sgt. Atas bawah microsuede, in between 3 layer microfiber. total dh 5 layer. kalau mlm2 kena pakai 2 insert. jd nye dh 10 layers. so mmg x sesuai pakai mlm. kalau nk pakai jugak AI2 utk mlm2, bole try beli Thirsties Stay Dry Duo Insert. Insert dia nipis dan guna combo microfiber and hemp. Jd nye diaper bole la serap lg byk tanpa nmpk gemuk. Kalau x beli Thirsties Stay Dry Duo Insert, bole beli apa2 stay dry insert yg btul2 bole serap byk.

my favourite cheap pocket diaper. the inner is so soft. Izz dh pernah cuba both diaper with the inner microsuede and microfleece. For long wearing/nighttime, Izz lebih elok guna microfleece. Microsuede is not as soft, so nmpk kulit dia mcm kena friction kalau pakai microsuede for 8-10 hours. xde la melecet or merah2 ke apa. just nmpk mcm kena friction je. lps tu xde dh pakaikan izz poket diaper with microsuede for nighttime. kalau siang2, xde issue. Izz bole je pakai diaper with microsuede. maybe sbb siang2 kerap tukar. jd nye xde la kena friction sgt.

lps dh sumbat inserts, bole pakaikan kat baby. very easy.

Yg saya suka about covers, kalau baby kencing je and cover x kotor, bole pakai cover tu balik. So kalau guna sistem AI2 for baby, perlu ada only 5 or 6 covers and byk insert. Konon murah la kalau cover sikit, tp x jugak sebenar nye. Sbb nye cover tu sendiri mahal (yg saya guna brand Thirsties... mmg sgt bagus sbb rarely leaks. pernah dulu try guna locally made cover. pakai skali dh bocor. sbb tu beli Thirsties). 1 cover RM53... so kalau 5, dh RM265. Tu baru cover je. Stay dry insert pulak RM12 seketul... I bought 20 so dpt la diskaun sikit... RM220 (yg ni insert made in malaysia ye. kalau beli brand Thirsties jugak dlm RM25 seketul. mmg mahal). Anyway, total for Thirsties covers+made in m'sia stay dry insert = RM485. [Kalau nk lebih murah lg, bole pakai covers dgn lampin, tp lampin x serap byk sgt. Prefold pulak sama je mahal mcm the locally made stay-dry insert ye, which explains why i choose to buy the stay dry insert. as least dh stay dry. prefold x stay dry. kalau nk pakaikan dgn the microfiber insert yg dpt free dgn poket diaper pun bole jugak, tp nk kena ada insert sock pulak. insert sock is not cheap. plg murah penah jumpe RM8, itu pun kena beli byk2. and everytime tukar diaper kena tukar insert sock. kalau nk jimat bole pakai liner instead of insert sock, but it's way too risky nk pakai liner. kalau liner gerak2 and bontot baby kena direct dgn microfiber... parah nnt. so the locally made stay dry insert was my best option]

Kalau pakai pocket shj pulak, if the cheap ones la ye (like Coolababy or Babyland), kalau 20 ketul... dpt la dlm RM400 total. so kalau compare between pakai AI2 sahaja or poket sahaja, lebih kurang je total dia. the best way is to mix... guna ni sikit, tu sikit. sbb i found out, the AI2 that I use, mmg x sesuai pakai mlm... diaper jd gemuk. i prefer poket utk mlm.

And also, I didn't know Coolababy/Babyland agak bagus. Sblm ni plan nk pakaikan Izz semua US made CDs je sbb... ye la kan, brand2 yg murah2 ni paham2 je la. dh murah, so kualiti camtu2 je la. tp i was proven wrong. i totally fell in love with coolababy. tu yg beli lg dan lg dan lg. xde bocor and tgk izz pakai pun selesa. xde kesan2 merah kat pinggang and peha even dh pakai 8-10 hours. very good. kalau coolababy ni tahan hanya 1 atau 2 thn (x bleh guna utk anak seterus nye) pun xpe. sbb murah. so xde la expect nk pakai smpi anak ke2 or ke3.

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