Diaper Types: Cloth Swim Diapers

You know those icky disposable swim diapers that they require your babies to wear in pretty much every pool? How many times did buy a pack and have your child either grow out of that size or have summer end before the pack was up? HUGE waste! Not to mention, they do not even do a good job containing what they are suppose to!

Well... there are reusable ones! And they're super cute! So cute, you really do not need to put a swim suit over them! BONUS: when you're child is ready to potty train, pull-up style cloth swim diapers can also be used as cloth potty training pants.

***9 month old Penelope is pictured above wearing a Bum Genius One-size cloth diaper with a Gymboree swim shirt. (FYI: lots of swim suits get miss-matched in clothing stores, check those clearance bins to find some good deals on tops to go with your swim diapers. We purchased the above swim shirt for less than $1.00! )

My Favorite Cloth Swim Diapers:

• Bum Genius One-Size Cloth Diaper (by cottonbabies ): ok.... this is not actually a swim diaper... but when worn without an insert, it makes the best swim diaper ever! It is one size, you can use it as a regular diaper and it does an awesome job of containing everything it needs to! Most swim diapers are slip on - which makes #2 changes a pain because you have to slip them off and everything that is inside the diaper usually ends up all over the back of your child's legs... these don't need to be slid off. I like that. 

• Imse Vimse: These are awesome swim diapers that you can also buy coordinating swim tops for. They do a wonderful job of keeping messes in. I love that they have side snaps to make changing easy... have you ever changed a poopy swim diaper? It's not fun. Trust me. I wish they had the snaps on both sides, because with them on just one side, you still have to slide one leg out... but at least not as much gets smeared down baby's leg :P

• Charlie Banana Swim Diaper: Very similar to the Imse Vimse swim pants... but without the side snaps. These work really well at keeping messes and I love that they double as training pants - but, if you need to change a soppy #2... these need to be slipped off. I'll let your imagination wander as to what happens with the contents while that's happening...