Cloth Diaper prefolds: Shrinking & folding

We mainly use two types of cloth diapers. 1) prefolds with covers and 2) pockets.

With the prefolds, you need to wash them 4-6 times before they become absorbant. In the process, they shrink and look like the cloth diaper you're used to seeing.

Here's how they look before and after:

Pretty neat, eh? These are the new batch I just got (we finally had to retire the infant prefolds) and it's taken me a while to get them absorbant.

Also, these are still pretty big for the baby, and so we've had to modify how we fold them. We used to fold them and secure with a snappi before putting on the cover.  Now, with the bigger cloth, we just fold them in threes and lay them in the cover. This didn't work before, when he was smaller, but it does great now.

Even after 7 months, cloth diapering is an adventure, but I am hooked. I still wouldn't have it any other way.

Snappi -Greenmountaindiapers.com

Tri-fold - Greenmountaindiapers.com

See Greenmountaindiapers.com - How To Fold a Cloth Diaper