Have you ever been concerned about sending your child to daycare in reusable cloth diapers? Well, finding the best daycare for your child can be a stressful task; however, an even more difficult task can be finding a daycare provider for reusable diaper families. If this describes you, take a deep breath and continue reading for tips and tricks to help you work out reusable diapering with your daycare provider.

5 Basics of Reusable Diapering at Daycare 

Here are five helpful tips for cloth diapering your child at daycare:- 

1. Pick the right daycare

When looking for a daycare, look for one that uses reusable cloth diapers. Many daycares now consider reusable cloth diapers for babies to protect the environment. However, if they appear unwilling to reusable baby diapers, discuss their reasons with them and try the following:

• Explain why cloth diapering is important (economical, environmental, etc.)

• Check if you could do a trial run. Do it for a couple of weeks. After a few weeks, if the provider has adjusted to your baby's needs and realized the diapering habitats are similar to disposable, then the reusable baby diapers vs. disposable diapers is no longer an issue.

2. Show them your stash 

Once they agree to the reusable diapers, try to submit your doctor's recommendations and explain efficiently reusable diapers work (you can use a printout of instructions or a demo) and the advantages of reusable cloth diapers over disposables. 

3. Send only one type of diaper 

To avoid confusion, try only using one type of diaper on them. Most daycares prefer pocket diapers or all-in-one diapers because they are more convenient and user-friendly.

Additionally, most daycares are worried about reusable cloth diapers for babies because they are concerned about cleaning up poop. Make sure you give them a disposable fleece liner or an Easy Clean Top Sheet and explain how to use it so that the process of using reusable baby diapers becomes seamless for both the parents and the daycare staff.

4. Wet Bags

Most daycares will ask for a wet hanging bag to store soiled diapers. Send at least two wet bags so they can use a separate wet bag for poopy diapers, making cleaning easier for you. The diapers will most likely be sent home with you each day to be washed, so make sure you have plenty on hand.

5. Baby Wipes 

Some daycares that accept reusable diapers may not accept cloth wipes, so if you use cloth wipes, make sure to discuss this with your daycare. Send a generous supply of SuperBottoms XtraHydrating baby wipes, which hold 3.5 times the moisture of regular wipes. It has been dermatologically tested and is safe for a baby's sensitive and rash-prone skin.

Bottom Line 

Using reusable cloth diapers for babies at your daycare reduces the amount of waste produced by disposable diapers significantly. It also eliminates the logistics of asking parents to provide diapers for their children, as well as sizing issues. So, if you are starting this new step of using reusable diapers in your child's daycare, keep the following factors in mind.