If coats add bulk that can cause compression issues

CarseatNerdGirl

New member
What about cloth diapers? My little P's butt is just about 3 times it's normal, sadly flat (thanks, grandma) size when it's in a cloth diaper. I notice when I have him in a sposie I have to tighten the straps, but when he's in cloth he fits perfectly. What's the risk of compression with that bamboo badness?:love: <---Look I used the creepy pile of smileys smiley.
 
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wendytthomas

Admin - CPST Instructor
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Cloth diapers are pretty much already compressed. They're not puffy, just thick. The air in a puffy coat is the issue more than the thickness. It makes you think you've got a nice and tight harness, when really you don't.

Same goes for adults in puffy coats in seatbelts. And why it's ok to wear a shirt, sweater, vest, and a fleece. None of them are compressible.

Wendy
 

CarseatNerdGirl

New member
Cloth diapers are pretty much already compressed. They're not puffy, just thick. The air in a puffy coat is the issue more than the thickness. It makes you think you've got a nice and tight harness, when really you don't.

Same goes for adults in puffy coats in seatbelts. And why it's ok to wear a shirt, sweater, vest, and a fleece. None of them are compressible.

Wendy

That was way more boring than I was hoping for.

I think we should turn this post into trying to find the most creative answer to this question.

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"Cloth diapers don't compress because the natural fibers in the cloth diaper naturally adhere to the synthetic fibers of the car seat fabric, this creates a natural symbiosis, in which the carseat ("The Host") naturally reacts with an even stronger gripping action in the event of an accident"

Because I'm bored. And I have a headache. And my children are driving me nuts and I need to laugh :D.
 

zeo2ski

Well-known member
Cloth diapers are pretty much already compressed. They're not puffy, just thick. The air in a puffy coat is the issue more than the thickness. It makes you think you've got a nice and tight harness, when really you don't.

Same goes for adults in puffy coats in seatbelts. And why it's ok to wear a shirt, sweater, vest, and a fleece. None of them are compressible.

Wendy

Thanks Wendy, I've never read much on the coats threads (just always take them off) but I hadn't realized "the rule" doesn't apply to all winter wear equally.
 

amy&girls

New member
I've noticed that I've had to tighten my littlest's straps when she wears a disposable as well. It hasn't been as bad as she is getting bigger, b/c her one size diapers (made for 8-35lbs) and now fitting almost like a disposable b/c they are about too small for her!!! Thanks for answering this question!
 

InternationalMama

New member
If you think about it, you intentionally pick dense fabrics for cloth diapers because those are the ones that absorb the most. Air doesn't absorb liquid so you don't want to have a lot of it in your cloth diapers. Bulk w/o absorbency is the opposite of what you're going for. As Wendy said, that means the fabric in cloth diapers isn't going to compress much.
 

christineka

New member
I know the answer to this question, but I wonder all the time. I stick my 3 yo in the seat and his bulky cloth diaper sticks out so much that the harness doesn't lay flat on him. I figure he's rfing, so it's okay, though. The harness lays flush on my ffing (and thus non-diaper-wearing) kids.
 

emandbri

Well-known member
Another thing to keep in mind with cloth is that it can change what slot a child needs to be on if you go back and forth. My younger two kids used cloth almost exclusively and would be in disposables only on trips and sometimes I had to move the harness down to the next slots for the trips.
 

LISmama810

Admin - CPS Technician
I consider cloth diapers a non-issue.

To compress, there would have to be force placed on the diaper. The diaper is under the child. Unless the car crashes UP, the diaper isn't going to press DOWN. The UFO would need to suck the car up pretty fast for that to happen.

(Yes, some of the puffiness is in the front of the crotch area, but RF that wouldn't really matter, and even FF, it's the shoulders where you need to worry about compression.)
 

Sadierain

New member
Try wearing flats in the car. ;) They're SO trim, I just started using them and I'm in love. I had to tighten the straps up when I put her in with a flat on. If you want to stalk, Doodle Dypes are another really trim one. :D
 

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