But now it usually means
a synthetic pocket diaper.
Which I guess is my thing about cloth diapers in general: there's a lot of dogma and rhetoric about how «natural» it is, which I think is only really true when you're talking about organic - cotton prefolds and a wool cover, not so much when you're dealing with an all -
synthetic pocket diaper stuffed with microfiber.
Not exact matches
From talking with friends (lots and lots of people cloth
diaper around here) it seems like
diapers made of
synthetics (
pockets and AIOs usually) are easier to put on, but more fiddly to clean while prefolds / fitteds are a bit more fiddly to put on but dead easy to wash.
This is most common in microfiber inserts for
pocket diapers or other
synthetic materials, but can happen in thick cotton prefolds too.
Synthetic materials, Used by
pocket diapers to give the stay dry feel.
Many All - In - One
Diapers have natural fibers directly against the baby's skin, whereas most
pockets will have a stay dry lining from
synthetic materials.
Keep in mind that an AIO or
pocket diaper will need to be line dried and they take a bit longer to dry than their
synthetic counterparts.
A
pocket diaper may be one - size or available in sized options and may have natural or
synthetic fibers.
After floating naked for nine months, your baby may react to
synthetic fibers, like the microfiber that lines
pocket diapers or what - ever - it - is - they - use in disposables.
Washable Liners are usually made from the same
synthetic materials as the inside liner of a
pocket diaper.
Microfleece is a soft,
synthetic material often used as
pocket diaper inners since it wicks moisture away.
Pocket diapers have an outer waterproof layer, an inner layer (usually made of a
synthetic, stay dry material, but not always) with a
pocket in between to insert absorbent material.