Cloth Diaper Service in Winnipeg

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What is cloth diaper service?

We will provide you with clean, sanitized, fresh cotton diapers delivered to your doorstep weekly. Our diapers are washed in accordance with the Real Diaper Industry Associations' Diaper Service Guidelines and our diapers receive ph testing to ensure they are properly balanced and residue free to work next to your baby's skin.

How does it work?

When you sign up for cloth diaper service, you can select your first start week or choose to have a pre-birth delivery. The pre-birth delivery can be dropped off up to 2 weeks prior to your due date. With the pre-birth package, your billed service weeks do not begin until after your baby arrives.

If choosing the newborn cloth diaper service, we will deliver 80 cotton prefold cloth diapers to your doorstep. The diapers will arrive inside a diaper pail liner. Place the clean diapers inside your baby's nursery and place the clean pail liner inside your diaper pail. Start using the cloth diapers then place inside your diaper pail. You do not need to rinse any of the diapers but we ask that you simply shake out any solids into your toilet and flush. Place the dirty diapers in the pail and then put out the entire pail liner bag on the evening before your delivery or on the morning of your delivery.

We recommend setting up a phone or email reminder on the night before your delivery day to help you remember your drop off time for your new diapers.

We ask that the cloth diapers are only used for diapering and are not used for spit up cloths or cleaning.

What will you need in addition to the diapers we deliver weekly?

The diapers that we use in our service are premium prefold diapers. They are made of absorbant layers of cotton. You can fold the prefold into a tri-fold (fold the edges of the diaper towards the middle of the diaper) and then snappi the diaper into place on your baby or simply place a diaper cover over the prefold to hold it in place. Prefolds absorb wetness but covers are required to provide a water-proof layer between the diaper and your baby's clothes. We recommend having 4 - 6 diaper covers to use with your diaper service diapers. You can use any diaper covers. There are covers that fit just one size (ie: small) or covers that have snaps to adjust and fit your baby through multiple stages (ie: X-small and small or birth through potty training). You can use covers with snaps or covers with velcro tabs. The covers won't require washing for every use. They can be rinsed with water if damp and air-dried between use as you alternate between covers. When soiled, covers will require washing. We do not wash covers at this time as the hot tempatures used to sanitize the diaper service diapers is too hard on diaper covers. We will provide washing instructions for your covers.

A Snappi is an item that has replaced diaper pins. You place a prefold on your baby and then use the snappi to keep the diaper securely in place.

You will need a diaper pail. You can use any type of pail with a lid. For diaper service, you may require a larger pail than for home washing as you will collect 1 weeks worth of diapers in this pail. We recommend a 14 GAL size. You can use plastic or metal. The diaper pail liner that we provide as part of the service will help keep your pail clean. We will provide a pail deodourizer disk monthly with your service invoice.

What diaper creams and ointments can we safely use for our baby and the diapers?

We will provide a list of diaper service friendly diaper creams.

What about diaper wipes?

At this point, we recommend using natural baby wipes, such as Grovia BioWipes but we plan to offer a cloth wipe add-on to the service as we know it will make diapering easiest if the wipes and diapers can all go into the same diaper pail and be washed together.

When will diaper service in Winnipeg be available?

We are ready to begin our service in February 2011! We recommend signing up 2 weeks before you want your service to begin to ensure that we have prefolds in your baby's size instock and ready. If you would like to have your first delivery of clean diapers be 2 weeks before your baby's due date, you would need to sign up 2 weeks prior to that date. As our service grows and we have a good supply of diapers available in each size we may be able to drop that 2 week window.

What support will be available?

We want cloth diapering to be something that makes your life easier and is healthier for your baby. Cloth diapers made of natural fibers breathe better for your baby and can reduce diaper rash. We promise to provide you with premium diapers that absorb well and work well with your diaper covers. We want your baby to be comfy, happy, and dry and will work with you to troubleshoot any isses you may have. You can come instore to see how the prefolds and covers work together and to learn different diaper fold styles. We will be available through phone and email and can also come inside your house during your first drop off to show you how the diapers work and to answer any questions you have. We will have the support and guidance of the Real Diaper Industry Associations Diaper Service group to offer you the best diaper service experience we can.

We will provide you with a document outlining common diapering questions and concerns with some easy troubleshooting steps for you as well.

What zones and areas of Winnipeg and Manitoba does your service include?

Currently we are accepting diaper service clients from inside Winnipeg. If you live outside the city limits we do offer the option to provide you with diaper service diapers as long as you are able to come by our 1853 Main location weekly to drop off your diapers and to pick up your clean ones. This price would be discounted and will be listed as an option shortly.

If you live outside the city and have 5 or more people in your town or area who are willing to sign up for service we may be able to offer this service to your community. Check with us and we will see if this fits in to our current operation capacity.

What happens if you go on vacation?

Notify us at least 1 week prior to you drop off date before your vacation and we can substitute BioDiapers for you to use while you travel or suspend your service and billing charges for the time you are away.

What do you do when you need to upsize your diapers?

Let us know when your diapers are starting to get snug on your baby so that we can make sure we have diapers available in the next size ready for you. If you are starting to experience any diapers leaks, you may want to upsize to the next diaper size to increase the absorbancy level of your baby's diapers.

Will using a diaper service reduce your carbon footprint?

Yes. Diapers commercially laundered use less water than home laundered diapers. Disposable diapers use many natural resources for their manufacturing process and then go straight to a landfill after one use. Using a diaper service has less of a carbon footprint than home laundered diapers and especially disposable diapers. Diaper services today use more natural washing detergents that are less harsh on the diapers and on the environment. We use a natural, phosphate-free detergent in our service.

What is the difference between Standard Service and Premium?

With Standard diaper service, diapers are laundered with the rest of the diapers in the service and you may not get the same diapers back each week. With Premium service, we order in brand new diapers for you and these diapers are washed on their own each week. With newborn premium service for examply, we order in 160 cloth diapers for your and you receive the same 160 diapers (80 one week, 80 the next week) for the length of your service. When your baby moves to the next diaper size we order in new diapers for you again.

Terms and Conditions:

The first 4 weeks of standard service and first 6 weeks of premium service in each size stage is non-refundable but after that service can be canceled with 1 weeks notice. Service prepaid for a discount is refundable with 1 weeks notice, minus the prepaid discount for weeks used. We want you to be happy with your service and hope you only need to cancel once your little one is potty trained.

We reserve the right to substitute biodiapers for cloth diapers 1 - 3 weeks each year in case our family is away although we will do our best to continue offering service 52 weeks per year.

Payments Accepted:

We accept check, credit card, Paypal, or cash for your first 4, 6, or 12 weeks and then prefer checks for billing. We will invoice you once a month and will leave your bill with your diaper delivery. You can leave a check for your next month of service taped to your door or mailbox on the following week.

Other things to know:

Diaper service customers can get free delivery on additional diapering supplies. If you need more covers, liners, wipes or any other products just include a note during checkout on our site and these items will be delivered with your next diaper service delivery. (please place order at least 1 - 2 days prior to your diaper service delivery day)

We are getting inquiries asking when families should sign up if they are expecting their first babies months from now and would like to reserve service. Families can sign up ahead of time and state during checkout which month you would like your service to begin. We will purchase diapers for you ahead of time and hold your spot for that month. Ordering diaper service in advance ensures that you will not have any delays.

Pricing will be based on your infant's age and the number of diapers that they use, ie:

Standard service:

Newborn Service 0 - 6 Months of Age - $23.95/weekly

Infant Service 6 - 12 Months of Age - $22.95/weekly

Baby Service 12 - 24 Months of Age - $21.95/weekly

Toddler Service 24 Months and Up - $20.95/weekly

Premium service:

Newborn Service 0 - 6 Months of Age - $28.95/weekly

Infant Service 6 - 12 Months of Age - $27.95/weekly

Baby Service 12 - 24 Months of Age - $26.95/weekly

Toddler Service 24 Months and Up - $25.95/weekly

Prices subject to change.

Info for multiples:

Are you diapering twins, triplets, or an infant and a toddler? Select service plans for all children and then enter code 'multiples' during checkout to get 10% off of your service charge.

Referrals:

If you are enjoying our service and refer a friend to us, you will receive one week of cloth diaper service FREE after your friend signs up for or reaches 12 weeks of service with us. They must enter your name into our chart during checkout or let us know your name in person if signing up at our 1853 Main location.

Diaper Service Accessories:

We will be adding a New Baby package to the diaper service section, with a diaper service discount available on the following: 1 diaper service quality diaper pail with a charcoal filter, 3 diaper covers, 2 snappis, and 1 package of bio-liners.