Intro to Flats

Flats...

Scary...

At least that is what I go into his post thinking!

I've never used one...

All the twisting and folding and pinning...

I was scared of prefolds, but ended up loving them (when my youngest was a newborn...forget it now. He moves too much, I'm lucky to get a diaper on him at all!)

But, I'm determined to tackle this one area of cloth diapering that has scared me for 4.5 years now.

I purchased a pack of flats a few months ago, prepped them, and that was it. They've been sitting in my son's cloth diaper basket since then...

So, why would someone want to use these massive square pieces of thin cloth to cloth diaper?

• COST: they are really cheap (approximately $18 for a dozen, depending where you purchase from)
• SIZE: Buy one size and you are golden, you just need to buy covers (and you can save money there too with one size covers)
• MATERIAL: Being that the flats are a single layer of cotton, they wash easily and dry quickly

After learning this, why wouldn't someone want to use flats? The only thing I can think of would be the "learning curve" (learning the folds) and the "primitiveness" of it (this could be a reason TO use them for some people, I suppose!)

So, over the next month or so, I'm going to be giving flats a go...

I'll be learning the folds, trying them out on my youngest, and then, I'll share my thoughts, what I've learned, and how I liked them...

Until then, tell me your thoughts: 

Have you tried flats? 

Do you love them? 

What is your favorite fold? 

Do you only like them at a certain age/stage?

Share with everyone the good, and the bad! 

{and wish us luck, haha!}