Chinese Prefold Cloth Diapers

Why choose Chinese prefolds?

Chinese prefold cloth diapers are an economical choice for cloth diapering your baby. These work-horse diapers are easy to use. Even if you have never used a cloth diaper before, you'll soon be folding them like a pro. (Click to see pictures of how to fold cloth diapers.) Chinese prefolds are durable, wash and dry easily, and are very inexpensive. Chinese prefolds are usually sold in white or natural, unbleached cotton, but we love them dyed as well! The colored prefolds above are from Sheepish Grins. Click to buy white or colored Chinese prefolds.

These diaper service quality (DSQ) diapers are far superior to any diaper you will see in a big-box retail store. The diapers sold there are typically used for burp cloths, they are not intended to be absorbent enough to keep baby dry - many are actually padded with polyester batting that has no absorbency at all. When someone tells me they hated cloth diapering, they almost always admit that they were using baby store diapers and cheap vinyl covers. Real diapers are absorbent and make cloth-diapering easy.

DSQ diapers are intended to hold up to industrial washing and drying, and they are made with 100 percent cotton so they absorb well and keep your little one, and your lap, dry!

Quality cotton prefolds are generally made in either China or Pakistan/India so they are known as Chinese or Indian prefolds. Chinese prefolds tend to be a bit sturdier, Indian prefolds tend to be a little softer.

Disposable diapers will cost you about $2,000 or more for 2 years of diapers. Quality Chinese prefolds and good diaper covers will cost you about $200 for enough diapers to last from birth to potty-training - and if they are cared for well they will last through two or more babies! That is a savings of over 90 percent for one child, the second child is diapered almost free.