Types and Sizes of Cloth Diapers

Types of Cloth Diapers (CDs):

All-in-One (AIO) - Insert (the part that absorbs pee) is sewn between the inner and outer fabrics.

• Wrap, snap and go! Easy to put on right out of the dryer.
• They can take too long to dry, depending on how thick the insert is OR
• They need to be changed more often because the insert is so thin (faster drying = less absorption).

All-in-Two (AI2) - Insert sewn, snapped, or layed on top of the inner fabric.

• Normally stays put together throughout wash cycle so you can have a thicker insert, but it's still ready to go out of the dryer.
• Looser poo gets under insert and is messier to clean up. 

Pocket - Insert is stuffed into a pocket opening between the inner and outer fabrics.

• You can stuff a HUGE insert(s) into a pocket diaper for a long-lasting diaper.
• You have to stuff these every time they come out of the dryer - ummm...that's a pain.
• You can find these relatively inexpensive, and they are cute!

Prefold, Flat, Fitted - These must be covered with a diaper cover. They are NOT waterproof.

• Prefolds are the cloth diapers you get from the store and use as burp rags.
• Flats are large squares of fabric that can be folded any variety of ways to wrap up baby.
• Fitteds are diapers with elastic and all, but they don't have the waterproof layer.

Covers - Use over prefolds, flats, and fitteds. This is the waterproof part.

• Normally one layer of PUL (the waterproof fabric).

Sizes of Cloth Diapers (CDs):

One-Size (OS)

• Snap adjustments are placed vertically (in columns) on the diaper.
• These are advertised as being for "birth to potty-training".
• They normally don't work for birth to potty-training, depending on your child.
• If they are small enough at birth, they won't be big enough at potty-training.
• If they are too big at birth, they'll probably fit through potty-training.

Duo-Size

• Provide more use of a diaper without looking HUGE (like the OS do at first on newborns).
• Newborn-Small: Pair this with a one-size diaper system (unless you have a whopper like my baby)
• Sizes vary depending on maker (i.e. NB-S, S-M, M-L, L-XL) 

Sized

• These diapers fit baby "just right", and (in my opinion) are cuter when you want to show off your baby's diaper to the world. :)