CLOTH COMMUNITY TERMINOLOGY

The basics of cloth nappy acronyms, lingo, what makes up a cloth nappy, styles, parts of a modern cloth nappy, fabric types.

• Ai1- all in one
• AI2 -all in two
• Osfm- one size fits most
• LOSFM- large one size fits most l
• Wahm- work at home mum (maker)
• Inserts are the absorbent layers of the nappy
• AI2 means the inserts separates from the shell
• Ai1 means the inserts are attached to the shell
• Pocket nappies means you can put the inserts between the lining and the shell away from the skin
• The shell is the outside of the nappy
• OSFM means you can pretty much use it from birth to toilet training
• Single row means that the waist snaps only have one line of snaps
• Double row the waist has 2 rows of snaps
• Rolled elastic is elastic that is not cased and rolls into the skin (a little harder to fit for some)
• Rise snaps are the snaps on the front of the nappy to adjust the size for bub
• Trifold insert is a rectangular/ square insert that folds up into 3
• Snake insert is a long insert that folds over in half
• A booster is an extra small inserts used to “boost” absorbency of the nappy
• Fitted means it doesn’t have rise snaps and is sized “small, medium, large” (usually doesn’t have a water resistant layer)
• Cover- a outer used over non water resistant nappies, can be wool, or pul (waterproof fabric)
• PUL - a type of fabric called polyurethane laminate
• Minky - a fluffy synthetic fabric usually backed with a layer of PUL or laminated to keep it water resistant 
• CC nappy refers to a Chinese cheap nappy
• RAOK - random act of kindness, or "pay it forward" nappies
• CCN - usually used when referring to a wash routine it means “clean cloth nappies” which is a nappy washing community and webpage