Charlie Banana?

Has anyone had good experiences with this diaper? :)  

My sister-in-law loves those. If I remember correctly, the elastic adjusting mechanism works similar to a bra strap? I use FB, and all those teeny tiny buttons can get frustrating...

What do you ladies use? :) it seems like there are mommies on here who are true to the old school (not a dig) way of cloth diapering...I guess I only really thought that cloth moms were using the snap function type diapers...help i am SO NEW to all this! ;)

oliverandedie wrote: I started out with a predominantly FuzziBunz type stash. And I still like them, but they are a little more work in the upkeep department than old school options. They require the occasional stripping; stuffing is a little tedious; I get more fussy about stains--so lots of spraying and sunning. Plus, a prefold or a flat is going to be made of all natural materials and a lot of mamas prefer to go that way. An organic pocket diaper is going to cost more than one with synthetic components, and A LOT more than a set of flats. So there is that, too. But, I think, for the most part, I just like to switch things up a little bit. One of the joys of cloth is getting to try out all the new (and the old!) things. Have fun!

ahhh ok...yes, i did some searching and found the "burb cloth" type diapers with pins...I am guessing those are the "flats"...so do you have to use a cover with those?  And how do you do them? ;)  i am also assuming its more affordable to do flats like you said...

I have a very eclectic/mixed-bag stash. A lot of what I use I make myself, and it varies from fitteds with PUL covers to several styles of pockets. In commercial brands, I have and use Bumgenius, Blueberry, Rumparooz and Fuzzibunz, but I've tried much more than those. I occasionally use my flats; prefolds are used for burp cloths.


Edited by littlehands - 03 Jan 2012 at 11:30am

I started cloth diapering with only one system and one brand of cloth and then went to having many systems with many brands and now I'm at a few systems with a few brands but I think that trying one of a couple different things is the only way you'll be able to see what works for you.  The obsession with cloth is quite a roller coaster and I've seen many moms do the same thing I have where they buy, sell, trade, destash and everything in between over and over.  Its a trial and error process because everyone is different and ever baby is different but if I had one tip it would be just buy 1 of something until you know that you love it.  I splurged on a whole bunch of wool at once and ended up not loving it like I thought I would and so I was really upset with myself after it.