I do not consider myself a pro in potty training by anybody’s standard.  After all, my son potty trained in one weeks time when he was a little over 2 years old just by putting a pair of undies on him and using zero diapers or pull ups.  I called it luck and figured my luck would run out the second time around. Now I’m not so sure. I will tell you what is working for me this time around. We do not put the pressure on, in fact Olivia is 19 months old and I had no plans of starting this journey until she was around 2. She had other plans though. For the last week or so she asks to go to the bathroom by saying “potty” or “poop” and will go. I believe I owe this success to cloth diapering. Not only are the cloth diapers better for the environment and help to shrink that footprint, but they allow the child to feel the difference between wet and dry. Up until this past week we were not using cloth diapers full time, but I may be changing that. So, there you have it, a friendly tip that just may help encourage potty training. If you would like to learn more about cloth diapering, feel free to email me. I have several helpful websites that I learned from and I’d be happy to share. Also you can enter cloth diapers or just cloth into my search field here and find more.

Before Olivia was born I read loads and loads of information on cloth diapering, I was gung ho, but my husband….not so much. So I let it be, we had her and used disposables as we had with Ryan. When Olivia was about 4 months old I became intrigued all over again thinking about all of the money we could save. I talked my husband into it and made my first order of diapers and accessories, fitteds, prefolds, covers, the wet bag and more! What I didn’t realize after that first order is, just how many options I really had. I knew there were different styles, but each company makes them differently and I needed to find something that would be a perfect match for Olivia and I.

That is where Cloth Couture Diapers comes in. I was cloth diaper surfing online and I simply could not resist the fabrics that were pictured on Cloth Couture Diapers. I was crossing my fingers that I would also love this diaper, and I do. I took a shot in the dark and emailed Allison, hoping to set up a review on here for you all of these fabulous diapers. Allison Vaughn, creator and owner of Cloth Couture Diapers, really does a fantastic job at what she does-creating fabulous cloth diapers. She also uses excellent customer service and I heard back from her almost immediately.

We received our fitted diaper beautifully wrapped, including a cloth wipe and a sample of lavender Crunchy Clean detergent. The package smelled fantastic before I even opened it! I am beyond pleased with my new fitted diaper. The fabric on the outside is vibrant in color, soft and flexible. The inner is super soft and absorbent. The prefold that comes included is a snap in which I prefer. The prefold is also the softest most absorbent prefold that I currently own. The fitteds use a snap closure with 4 different size adjustments. I prefer the snaps, especially when it comes to washing them. These are pretty much as trim as using a disposable diaper. We also tried a soaker and love the softness and flexibility just as much. I know I’m going to love these fitteds and soakers for the summer months as they are so much more breathable than previous covers I’ve used.

I am so much more excited about cloth diapering now than I was even 2 weeks ago, thank you to Allison. If you have any questions about cloth diapering Allison has Cloth 101 page where she explains how much money you could potentially save to the variety to how to care for your cloth diaper and more. Allison also has a blog where you can keep up with the latest items Cloth Couture Dipaers has to offer. You can also follow Allison on twitter to hear the latest http://twitter.com/ClothCoutureLLC.

To Buy:

Visit Cloth Couture Diapers and look around! You will find a fantastic selection that Allison re-stocks quite often. In fact a whole new stock went up this past week, I have my eye on a couple of the size large fitteds!