Movement in cloth (help!)
My boy is 10 weeks and has been using flat cloth diapers from birth. We use muslin with an insert in the day and terry at night. The fold we use is very simple - just a triangle folded in half - and then we use a wool cover on top. We’re in Europe, so the cover is from puppi nappies. It’s worked really great so far.
Suddendly my partner has decided that the cloth nappy restricts our boy’s leg movement. It’s true that when he is naked he moves his legs up, whereas in nappies his legs stay mainly straight-ish, however I didn’t see it as a problem.
My partner now insists we use disposables. On trying a disposable nappy, my boy did move his legs more freely. However I am desperate to avoid disposables!
Can you recommend a fold for flat nappies that doesn’t restrict? Or any study (ideally not anecdotes) that show that cloth doesn’t impact hip/ leg development?
I really hope we can turn this around, thanks community
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@Liz thank you. I heard the same and hope it’s true. That’s such a good way of explaining it, I will remind him and hope to convince him. He himself was in cloth and he can walk just fine 😄😇
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Cloth nappies are bulkier, yes, but won’t stop baby from reaching their milestones. I did hear someone say that if anything, they help baby as it’s a bit like doing a heavier workout at the gym 😂 so the extra effort is good for baby’s muscles. Remind your partner that every single baby born in human history before the mid-80s was in cloth nappies - and typically bulkier ones than modern cloth nappies. This means that people were in cloth nappies and still grew up to climb Mount Everest, fight in wars, compete in Olympic sports etc.