Cloth Diapering 101 | All in One (AIO)

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Last month, I started a new mini series on the blog Cloth Diapering 101 sharing the All in Two diaper system. After taking a poll on Instastory, I went with the majority vote and am back to share all about All in One diapers. We currently only own one All in One in our entire stash and I do love the convenience and trimness of it.

An All in One diaper comes in, you guessed it, one piece and is most similar to a disposable diaper so you do not have to stuff or fold anything. We have a bumGenius All in One diaper that we received from a friend and from what I can tell it is the bumGenius Elemental 2.0 as ours has two organic cotton inserts that are sewn together at the top and the bottom but separated in the middle and has no interior lining besides PUL (bumGenius Elemental 3.0 has one organic cotton insert and organic cotton lining sewn into the interior shell).

In theory, the inserts could be folded over to adjust absorbency where it is needed most but baby Anthony is a very curvy chunk butt baby so instead I tuck a hemp insert under the sewn in inserts for a custom absorbency whenever I feel it might be needed.

AIO Pros

Very easy to use, similar to a disposable as there is no stuffing or folding.
Great option for someone who may not be comfortable with the ins and outs of cloth diapering or for daycare providers.
Depending on the brand, it can be trimmer compared to other diapering systems which also makes it a great traveling out and about running errands diaper.
Depending on the style, you may be able to customize absorbency (read above to see how we customize our bumGenius Elemental 2.0).

AIO Cons

Depending on style, some take longer to dry (I normally air dry our diaper shells and use the dryer for inserts, flats and prefolds however I will put the AIO in the dryer).
Not the best overnight option especially for a heavy wetter (baby Anthony has a sumo nighttime diaper so I won't even try to test how an AIO would hold up).
Some styles are hard to customize absorbency (again, we only have one AIO and the style we have allows me to customize absorbency).
This can be an expensive diapering system (but you can honestly make anything as cheap or as expensive as you want in the cloth diapering world).

Do you cloth diaper your children? Have you tried an All in One system? Which cloth diapering system is your favorite?

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