My son has a big booty. Thanks to his cloth diapers there is lots of extra padding back there, which I am sure he will appreciate when he starts falling walking. The only trouble is that it can be hard to find clothes that can handle all that extra booty. While baby clothes generally have extra room in the rear to accommodate a diaper, I have discovered that many brands only leave enough room for the trimmest fitting disposables. Zayden has actually outgrown some of his outfits purely because they no longer fit around his diaper. Given that I already have a super-sized baby, this has made finding clothes that fit for more than a few weeks a little challenging.
If there is a mompreneur wannabe out there looking for a business idea, a clothing line for babies with big booties would meet the needs of an under-served market. Until then, I tip my hat to Tommy Hilfiger. His baby jeans (which I received as a gift) were the best fitting pair of pants Zayden had–they fit the big booty without being huge everywhere else.
If you’re a cloth diapering mama with a baby who just started solids, you’re probably wondering if diaper liners are the best way to deal with the poo. We have tried two types, Biosoft and Kushies, and here are my thoughts.
The Biosofts are definitely softer to the touch, so I imagine they feel better against baby’s skin though Zayden couldn’t voice his opinion on the matter. They were also larger, which might be handy as baby grows, but at his current size, I found it frustrating because the liners needed to be folded to fit his diaper–not exactly a selling feature when you’ve got a squirming baby on the change table. I also found that the Biosofts bunched up easily and shifted around a lot in the diaper, which meant they didn’t always catch all his poop.
The Kushies are about the width of a sheet of toilet paper though each piece is a bit longer, so they fit perfectly inside a diaper. They are rougher to the touch, but hold up well in the face of poop. They would also be effective for lining a child’s potty during potty training. I would definitely choose them over the Biosofts.
But in the end, we didn’t choose either. Both seemed to clog our toilet after a few days of use. We also found that we could easily knock the poop off the diaper without a liner, which saved us a trek to the bathroom with a soiled liner at every diaper change (you have to dispose of them even when they’re just wet). While the liners may be helpful if your baby’s poop isn’t solid enough to knock off the diaper easily or for easier clean up of a potty, for the most part, I don’t recommend them.
