Yes it sounds redundant, right? But, those of us that know the difference between a flat and a prefold, realize that although so much of the folding has been done for us with the prefold there really still is some important work to be done!
Personally, I take the easy route, somewhat of a lazier version of the basic angel wing fold that we have on our Diaper Folds page. I just lay the prefold in the cover lengthwise, fold it in a little on either side in the middle/crotch area, wrap it up and around to the front, fan the wings back out and then Velcro it all in place with whatever wrap I happen to grab first! Voila….
Well after some discussions in person and online with other prefold users I discovered that there are SO MANY cool folds! Some for the use of just covers, some for snappies and others meant for pinning.
I wanted to give all our readers the opportunity to share their favorite folds and hopefully help others that might not have found their “perfect” fold yet. Leave a comment with yours, either a brief explanation or a link (or both). I will look back to my notes and come back with a few that I think are cool as well.
Happy folding!
I always did the “bikini twist”.
Lay pf flat,place baby on top. twist in crotch,pin or snappi sides.put cover on. It gave the extra coverage in the middle for my medium pee’er.
I just found a cool one that is kind of similar to my “super lazy” fold. What you do is instead of folding in the sides, you actually roll them in which creates this barrier that seems like it would be so much more likely to hold in those nasty messes! I believe its call a jelly roll fold. I think I’m gonna try it on Amelia in a few