Diaper Cover - Jack Be Nimble

A cloth diaper Cover is purely a water-resistant diaper shell and contains no absorbency. You must lay absorbent inserts or material inside the Cover or wrap the Cover over-top a Fitted diaper to use it as a diaper.

A pocket cloth diaper is one you can stuff the inserts inside. Our One Size (2-in-1) is a pocket diaper.

OS/One Size means the diaper will adjust to fit from newborn to toddler; you don't have to buy additional diapers for each size.

2-in-1 means that our One Size (2-in-1) cloth diaper can be used two ways: you can 1. stuff the inserts into the pocket or 2. snap the inserts on top. This gives you options to switch things up throughout your cloth diapering journey and add absorbency how and where your baby needs it.

The two main reasons families choose Covers and inserts over a 2-in-1 style or a pocket style or an all-in-one style diaper are: 1. Cost and 2. Preference.

Since Covers have no interior fabric sewn to the shell, you can usually switch out the soiled inserts, wipe the Cover's interior, and reuse the same Cover for up to 3 or 4 diaper changes. This means you would need to purchase fewer Covers than One Size (2-in-1), making Covers the most affordable way to cloth diaper. (Purchasing 30 inserts and 10 Covers is much less expensive than 30 One Size (2-in-1) cloth diapers!)

Since Covers have no interior fabric sewn to the shell, you can usually switch out the soiled inserts, wipe the Cover's interior, and reuse the same Cover for up to 3 or 4 diaper changes.

If you plan to use Covers full time from birth until potty training, you will want to have 8-10 Covers and 24-30 changes worth of absorbency (ex: 25-30 snap-in Bamboo insert sets, flour sack towels, prefolds, etc.) If you are going through 4-5 Covers a day during the newborn stage and washing every other day, it stands to reason that you would need around 10 Covers to cloth diaper full time. Having a few to spare never hurts either!

If you are beginning your cloth diaper journey later than the newborn stage, this number decreases. See our handy chart for more info!

Since Covers have no interior fabric sewn to the shell, you can usually switch out the soiled inserts, wipe the Cover's interior, and reuse the same Cover for up to 3 or 4 diaper changes.

If you plan to use Covers full time from birth until potty training, you will want to have 8-10 Covers and 24-30 changes worth of absorbency (ex: 24-30 snap-in Bamboo insert sets, flour sack towels, prefolds, etc.) If you are changing diapers 12-15 times a day during the newborn stage and washing every other day, it stands to reason that you would need around 24-30 changes worth of absorbency.

If you are beginning your cloth diaper journey later than the newborn stage, this number decreases. See our handy chart for more info!

See our easy to read absorbency chart here.

1 small Lalabye Baby Bamboo insert gives you approximately 4 oz of absorbency

1 small + 1 large Lalabye Baby Bamboo inserts together gives you approximately 12 oz of absorbency

You can also get different absorbency in specific areas by folding the inserts where you need more. You can learn more about how to do that here.

Have a heavy wetter?

You can also add an insert like our Lalabye Baby Hemp Insert underneath the Lalabye Baby Bamboo inserts to gain an additional 14 oz or use a Lalabye Baby LalaLu Fitted instead for a whopping 28 oz of absorbency!

You can also use flour sack towels (FSTs), prefolds, preflats, flats, and more to provide absorbency in your Covers.