We’ve been selling a lot of flat diapers lately. When I take phone orders, I usually ask the customer about the choices they are making. One customer ordered a few diapers a couple of months ago and liked them so much she called back to order three dozen more.

• “Are you using pins or Snappi or anything else to secure the diapers?” I asked.
• No, she just uses a snug cover.
• “What do you like best about them?”
• Absorbency. She folds them in four (first the long way, then across) and tucks the rectangle into a cover.

This is so different from the way I used flat diapers with my children, shaping them in an hourglass and adding another layer down the center. It’s just a plain rectangle. You can fold and bunch it any way that works for your child. And, size is less an issue than with fitted diapers.

The great thing about flat diapers, the biggest selling point in my opinion, is the use of only 100% organic cotton for every part of the diaper, including the thread. No elastic or plastic snaps.

If you are looking for a 100% organic cotton cloth diaper and you want more flexibility than you can get with fitted diapers, try Firefly Flat Diapers. Buy 3+ to save.

I like Firefly Quick Dry Diapers and other fitted cloth diapers. It’s true. But I can’t help thinking at times that the materials and labor that go into complex diapers would be better spent elsewhere in our society. I wanted to be sure that Firefly Diapers offered a simple cloth diaper solution, too.

My answer: flat organic cotton diapers.

For our first child, we used only flat diapers for the first several years. No pins. No Snappi. Just tri-folded and slightly fanned terry and flannel rectangles set into a cover. To help prevent sagging, we also used T-shirts that snapped underneath. No sagging, little (though some) leaking, and no problems. A snug cover does most of the work of keeping the diaper where it belongs.

Rather than use woven flannel and terry for Firefly Diapers, I chose unbrushed French terry knit. I quite liked having the texture of terry on one side our diapers to give us the choice in how to use them, so I make sure our flat diapers have one side smooth and one side nubby. Any fold used for prefold diapers will work. I often stuffed wash cloths or wipes inside the folded flat diaper to add absorbency, and I doubled the diapers at night.

As much as I like the convenience and the snug fit of Quick Dry Diapers, if I had to diaper another baby, I am sure I would use a simpler diaper, like organic cotton Firefly Flat Diapers. We make these in 3 sizes that fit together well to grow with your baby.