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Cloth diapering in the tropics



The verdict is in about cloth diapering in the tropics.

Fuzzi Bunz are fantastic! Noah is in Fuzzi Bunz and they dry SO quickly that I can get them washed and dried usually before the afternoon rain (we’ll see when rainy season is truly here full force in several months).

For what to use to stuff the diapers, I am using several things. I’m using regular old prefolds because I have them – I have the infant size and they work fine. BUT they take a LONG time to dry. What I love are what my friend Gina recommended: car wash cloths. The large ones are fantastic and work even for Gracie (think 8 year old sized bladder in a cloth diaper – yeah!). And the best thing is that they dry very quickly (almost as quickly as the Fuzzi Bunz themselves) AND stay soft despite harsh washing, wringing, and line drying in strong sun.

I’m also using an absorbant liner for two reasons: poop and rashes. Noah gets a little rashy in cloth diapers but that was solved by using cloth liners next to his skin to wick the moisture away. I have an abundance of flushable liners… but I can’t seem to position them right to catch the poop… so they are minimally helpful.

For Gracie, an amazing servant in our sending church MADE HER dozens of cloth diapers with a pattern that I bought from Kayla's Cloth Kits. These are working great and are the same style as Fuzzi Bunz so I use the same stuffers and liners. I stuff Gracie’s with 3-5 different pieces depending on time of day and what I have available.

Thank you to you all for your opinions, suggestions, and labors of love to help me out in this department! Of course, very recently, disposable diapers became available in Gulu. BUT, it’s nice to have the expense of the diapers behind us AND there are, of course, no special needs youth sized diapers available. It’s nice to have the disposable option for Noah if he gets a rash that respond to a more wicking diaper OR diarrhea when I can't keep up with the washing!

We do lots of laundry here but at least Ana sometimes likes to help (especially with the pink diapers!).

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