Category: Snappi

Basic trifold

9/17/2015

Smallest cover Newborn fits size 4pounds-12 pounds, with a premie prefold. Trifold into the diaper cover ( ie fold in both sides). Premie prefold fits 4-12 pounds.

For the next size up in diapers, it is the infant prefold. Fits 8 pounds -22 pounds. Fold down the top of the prefold and fold in the sides. If you have a boy baby the folded down area is better at the front ( as boys pee up the front ), if it is a girl baby the folded part is better at the back ( as girls pee in the middle and back).

This is Sweet Pea One size cover ( fits 8-45 pounds). Inside this cover is our baby size prefold ( fits 20 pounds-45+). The front is folded down just like the picture above, and it is laid into the diaper cover.

The benefits to using the trifold is that it is easy to do, and you can have another diaper cover waiting & a prefold already folded into it. The downsides to using a trifold is the first 6 weeks the infant have "explosive" poops ( see poop video in our FAQ section). When infant has an "explosive poop" it will run onto the sides of the diaper cover. Trifolding works best for infants/babies when the poop stays in one spot a bit better ( ie 12ish pounds). Both the newborn cover & one size cover have snaps on the front to snap down to make the covers fit smaller. Make sure when placing diaper cover on baby that all diaper ( prefold) is tucked into the diaper cover. If any white diaper is sticking out, that is when you will get wicking ( leaking onto sleepers).

In House meetings

6/11/2015

We are one of the only companies that does in house meetings about cloth diapers. The number one reason we do it, is so that our customers are successful when it comes to cloth diapering. We meet with new "parents to be" 2 weeks before their due date. Showing them how to do different folds,, how to use a snappi, what a booster is used for, and of course answering questions.

During our meeting ( they are short and sweet usually less then 30 min), numerous topics come up. Pain relief for labour, babywearing ( carriers/ slings/ wraps), places in Ottawa to seek help with breastfeeding, as well as meeting customers while in labour. Over the last year I have gone to 4 meetings where mom was in labour,another meeting had to get rescheduled as she was in pushing stage, and another I was feeding ice chips, and catching vomit.

On another meeting we might be helping a new mom with breastfeeding. Every meeting is different & unique. We also have youtube videos on our website & blog to assist, offer to Skype with customers if they can't meet, and answers all questions via email too. We meet during daytime hours when we are already out on the road delivering diapers. It is not necessary that both parents be at the meeting, the information can be shared with the other one at a later date. If there is no time to meet before baby arrives, we meet with baby. We place baby on change pad/ or towels and do through all the diapers ( usually getting pooped on a couple of times during this process!). The owner of Ottawa Cloth Diaper Service has both Postpartum & birth Doula through CAPPA.

Basic trifold

In House meetings

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