In a nutshell, wool is breathable, waterproof, warm in winter and cool in summer, and has natural anti-bacterial properties.
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You can use wool cover over a prefold or a fitted diaper. It is a breathable natural fiber that is waterproofed naturally with lanolin. It is a great alternative to using a PUL cover that doesn't breathe. I think they are so cute, too! I have a recycled sweater wool cover I bought from bobearsbabybums.com and I just found my old wool sweater from GAP and I am thinking about turning that into wool longies (wool pants) and a wool cover. I like the idea mostly though that wool is natural and breathable. The lanolin in wool also neutralizes urine so there is no need to wash constantly...you lanolize and then all you need to do is use them in a rotation so they dry out, spot wash poopies if any leak out, and relanolize in a couple of weeks. Lanolizing is easy, too, so these are low maintenance diapers. I
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my wool!!!
so what do I do? Buy fitteds and then covers? What is the lanolizing process? Is it hard to learn? How do you know when it's time to do it again?? Sorry so clueless..
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Originally Posted by 3inclothdiapers By "bite-y" do you mean scratchy? You will find that wool used in diaper covers is not scratchy like wool sweaters, because the wool used for diaper covers hasn't been chemically treated to remove the lanolin. Wool covers are nice and soft! We use wool just for nighttime. I tried to use it fulltime for a while but I love shopping for cute baby clothes too much, and the wool was too bulky to fit under a lot of their outfits. Our favorite wool for nighttime is Aristocrats and Lana. |
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If you do wool wraps (with snaps or velcro) you can just use them in place of PUL covers! Knit wool is awesome to use as clothing, and some WAHMs even make wool fabric pants. I had a lot of PUL covers when I first started CDing, and some wool, but now my stash is almost entirely wool. I love it!
It's easy to tell when you need to lanolinize because the wool feels damp after baby wets (it kind of becomes less waterproof). I recommend WOW wool wash from NaturallyLuxe.com. You hardly ever have to lanolinize if you wash in that, and their spray lanolin is the easiest thing ever to use (you just spray it on and gently rub it in).
Originally Posted by Momto1and1ontheway so what do I do? Buy fitteds and then covers? What is the lanolizing process? Is it hard to learn? How do you know when it's time to do it again?? Sorry so clueless..
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It's easy to tell when you need to lanolinize because the wool feels damp after baby wets (it kind of becomes less waterproof). I recommend WOW wool wash from NaturallyLuxe.com. You hardly ever have to lanolinize if you wash in that, and their spray lanolin is the easiest thing ever to use (you just spray it on and gently rub it in).
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