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(Giveaway!!) I hate cloth diapers but I

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WII’ve been cloth diapering for almost four years straight. At one point both kids were in diapers and it kinda felt like a nightmare. The truth is, I don’t really like cloth diapers. I don’t really like changing them or washing them. For me it’s like composting. I do it because it’s the right thing to do. It’s slightly more time consuming than throwing everything in the garbage but cloth diapering and composting help me sleep a little better at night.

Especially when the cloth diapers don’t leak…
More on that in a minute.

Since the last post I did about AppleCheeks, however, I’ve grown to adore the brand. And I am once again warming up to cloth diapering. I had gone a while dissatisfied with leaks and stinky stuffing and crappy Velcro and stretched elastics… But now things are looking up. Not only do I now have a (nearly) complete stash of AppleCheeks, I also work at AppleCheeks HQ.
Bug seems to be wearing CT all the time!

Bug seriously seems to be wearing CT all the time. Or is it Figgy Fuzz?!

CT again, to match Babe's skinned knee

CT again!

When I went for my interview I only owned the one CT I was given for the review I had done in January. But then I gotthe job and I found myself in the middle of hundreds of brightly coloured cloth diapers. And I couldn’t help but start to collect them.

Bug is a beefcake who looks tough in Lake Echo. He’s also a sweet soul who looks wonderful in Winging It and radiant in RipTide. I honestly now get how the AC bug bites!
The thing that really sold me on AppleCheeks (aside from it being a really fun place to work) is the diapers have finally solved my nighttime diapering woes. After almost four leaky years.
I had gotten so fed up with nighttime leakage that I started putting my now 16 month old Bug in disposables! The horror! He has been 30lbs since 12 months old, breastfeeds through the night and is a heavy wetter. Nothing was working. I did a lot of experimenting with other brands in the past to little avail so AppleCheeks owners Amy and Ilana hooked me up with some supplies to experiment with AppleCheeks and share the results with you Here’s how it worked for us.
Night 1
I stuffed Lemon Zest with two layers of 2-ply bamboo. I did one of the layers in a boy fold. The diaper wasn’t bulky at all and 13 hours later, still no leakage. I’ve had disposables lose it after that much time!
ilanaNight 2
In a Lake Echo, I put a microterry insert over top of a 3-ply bamboo. As per Ilana’s instructions, I put these over, not in, the pocket–soft fleece against Bug’s bum. Again– no leaking. Big peeing. The same night, I had put Babe, who rarely pees as night, in an AMP diaper with a Biq et Biquette liner and she wet right through with what was probably only one pee.
Night 3
I stuffed a two-ply bamboo topped with a microterry insert, rough side up. Bug didn’t leak at night and in the morning I left for AC HQ before he woke up. I asked Papa for leakage details when I got home and he had no idea. He pays little attention to such things. Whether it leaked or not, I’ll never know but I figure it doesn’t much matter since I have two other fail-safe options anyway.
The stuffing I used for Night 2 is my favourite, and what I’ve used every night since my experimentation so that’s what I’ll share with one lucky winner in the Rafflecopter below.
Please remember to comment with your size and colour choice from the current lineup (which now includes Jem!)
PS (I’m the one with the short hair and gold pants in the Jem reveal video and yes I’m aware that I’m not very coordinated!) Good Luck!

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