return of the pockets (diaper saga part xxxi)

So a while ago a friend encouraged me to not give up on cloth pocket diapers but try again. I took his advice and went and posted ondiaperpin.com and admited that I had a problem. The answer was yes, hard water did play a part in my diapers sealing up - but the washing soda I was using did so even more. So, if you've checked out the advice on sunshinediapers DON'T use the washing soda/simple green option if you have hard water. The smart people over at the pin even suggested a cure, many many baths of mildly diluted vinegar. Not a solution for the faint of heart, but it has brought back all of the diapers that were having problems. More importantly, I found out it wasn't my washer or dryer that was the problem. The problem was between user and washing machine, so to speak. Once I got this worked out, I felt comfortable investing in pocket diapers for good. So, before I left for florida I purchased a bunch of bumgenius 3.0's one size and than waited with baited breath for them to arrive. They came at 5pm the day before I left town. So, my folks got to learn all about how cloth diapering has changed since I was a wee lass. I actually traveled in cloth on the return because of the incident on the way down there.

And they came not a moment too soon. Tobo moved up to the second snap (medium size) about two days after we were back in CO. Though I've got a bunch of medium/large prefolds and now a few medium size covers, I don't know how I ever lived on prefolds alone. The pockets last for like 7 hours comfortably since they wick away the wetness from his bum. The prefolds would last maybe 2 hours if we were lucky. And the pockets are just cute as a button. So maybe for bumming around the house, but I feel safer in a cloth pocket in public.