BDD Insert Tutorial

I'm sure if you are like most people who are new to cloth diapers or even well established in the wearing and usage of cloth diapers opening up a diaper and seeing all these snaps and the 3 inserts can be very overwhelming and although there really is no wrong way or wrong combo of how to place and use each of the inserts, I'm going to do my best to give you the run-down of my ideas for the best fitting options and terminology.

When you open up your BDD this is what you will first see:

Here are the 3 soakers then pulled apart:

The top one is the doubler, the middle one lined with the CV is the top soaker, and the one with the 6 snaps is the bottom soaker.

When you first recieve the diaper up here's what you have for the way the soakers are positioned:

This is the regular soaker positioning and what I would recomend for anyone not using the fold down rise. The bottom soaker snapped into the shell of the diaper, the top soaker snapped into the top (back of diaper) of the bottom soaker, and the doubler snapped into the front of the bottom soaker.

When you snap the doubler out of the front of the bottom insert you have a more "classic" looking soaker system and this can be used for not heavy wetters or for a trimmer option when not using the fold down rise:

My personal favorite option when using the Fold Down Rise is to completely take out the bottom soaker and replace it with the doubler. It will look something like this if you lift up the top soaker:

How do you use the Fold down Rise?

Well... That's what all those extra snaps on the front are for:

You snap the coordinating front snaps together (fold it down):

 And this is what I recommend for the doubler under the top soaker as seen above when using the FDR, simply fold over the top soaker:

And snap it up like any regular diaper!

Another option for the soaker placement is actually attaching the doubler to the shell of the diaper, viz the FDR snaps in the front. This is a great option for tummy sleepers as it adds that extra absorbency right in the front:

The last option I'd like to share is for back sleepers where you snap all three into the back of the diaper right on top of each other:

The soaker options for the BDD are really customizable for however you need it for your baby. What I have shown here are not all the options and if you find something or a combo of something that works better or easier for you then do that! There is no right or wrong. These are just some of my fav options for how to use the 3 BDD inserts :)