General Cloth Diaper Fit Tips
- kimberlyegale
- Aug 15
- 1 min read
If you've never fit a cloth diaper before, here are some general suggestions on how to get a good fit. If you ever need help, let us know, and we'd be happy to help you get a diaper that doesn't leak! You'll want the diaper to sit totally above the butt cheeks in the back.
This usually puts it about belly-button level in the front, a little higher or lower is totally fine.
The thigh elastics will sit in the "underwear-lines", or basically exactly where the elastic of adult underwear rides. This is different than a disposable, which tend to sit more on the meat of the thigh.
If there's gaping around the thigh, then that usually means you need to snap the "rise snaps" down a setting or two.
If you have the rise snaps on the small or medium setting, you want to make sure that extra fabric is pointed up.
Finally, the waist of the diaper doesn't need to be super tight, you usually want to be able to fit at least three fingers in without trouble.
