How to Fold Cloth Diapers

There are several ways to fold a cloth diaper.  There is no wrong way to fold a diaper.  If your baby is comfortable and you are comfortable, i.e. not getting leaked on, then you are successful.  Check out Dy-Dee's Folding  for some illustrations and instructions.  My favorite folds are the Bikini Twist and the  Angel Wing .  

The Bikini Twist is a quick fast way to cloth diaper a baby.  You can lay the cover down first, then put the cloth diaper on top. The diaper may complete cover the diaper cover.  Don't worry.   Place the baby on the diaper.  The baby's weight will hold the back of the diaper as you grab the front and twist it up between the baby's legs.  Then, you can fold down the front of the cloth diaper to fit inside the diaper cover.  ( I will add pictures soon)

My other favorite is sometimes called the newspaper fold or Angel Wing .  It is also worth looking the illustrations for In Diaper covers as well.  I have modified this basic cloth diaper fold to create the Cuff fold.

 Cuff Fold by Baby's Abode.

This Baby's Abode Cuff  Fold allows you to prep the cloth diaper ahead of time.  The extra tuck keeps the cloth diaper in the desired fold until it is needed.  I found it saved me a lot of time during a change.   This was particularly helpful when my sons reached the wiggly 8mos mark.  It took some of the battle out of the diaper change because the diaper was ready to go

	Fold the cloth diaper up about 2 inches. Just enough so that the length of the diaper is the same length as the cover.
	Then,  I turn it over.  So the folded part is under the cloth diaper. Then, fold the left side of the diaper in about a third.
	Then fold the right side of the cloth diaper  in about a third.   At this point it looks a lot like the original newspaper fold.  However, the fold to shorten the diaper,  is on the outside creating a cuff.
	I use this cuff to tuck the ends of the diaper  into each other. The extra tuck keeps the diaper folded until they are needed. VERY HANDY! I fold the cloth diapers up the night before and lay them on the changing table.   When it's time to change, I can pick up the diaper by the tucked cuff and lay it on the diaper cover.   I allow the corners under baby to spread to wrap around his waist like the Angel Fold. Then fasten the diaper with a snappi or pins.  If you are using a fitted cover, no need to fasten.  That extra tuck keeps the cloth diaper  folded until they are needed. Quite a time saver!