These diapers are nice because the outside cover is soft and stretchy and the touch - tape tabs do not pill, however, they don't stick to the laundry tabs during the washing process all the time, either, nor do
they stick to other diapers.
Additionally it tends to open up in the wash (even the best ones) and snag and
stick to other diapers in the wash creating annoying diaper chains and occasionally causing other diapers to nap up.
Not exact matches
This prevents the aplix from
sticking to your
other cloth
diapers.
Otherwise your
diapers will
stick to each
other and can make your
diapers fuzzy or pilly.
With all of the options out there about cloth
diapers vs. disposable ones, formula feeding your baby vs.
sticking with the boob, and deciding
to eat your placenta vs. tossing it — and the assumption that, in most cases, choosing one thing means choosing only that thing
to the exclusion of all
other things, which is totally not how it works in real life — there is already too much
to think about besides how everyone else feels you should decide
to raise your kid.
If you don't remember
to close the tabs they will
stick together or on
other things in the washing machine, creating a
diaper train!
You are more likely
to see them
stick to themselves or each
other, but they don't cause the
diaper chain that
other aplix tends
to cause.
I've been integrating our flats into our
diaper rotation for a few weeks now but I have
to admit I'm quite a lazy flats folder - I usually
stick with the pad fold because I can't remember how
to do the
others (origami or kite fold) without referring back
to a diagram or video.
Traditional
diaper rash creams have heavy oils and
other ingredients in them (e.g. zinc oxide and cod liver oil) that
stick to cloth
diapers, causing them
to leak and retain odors.
Be sure
to buy a few more than you figure because you don't want
to be
stuck without a
diaper while the
others are washing.