How many times do you reuse cover with prefolds?

cdale86

Hi everyone! 

New to CD here.  I have a preemie who is 6 weeks old and weighs 4lb 14oz now.  I have a newborn stash of prefolds and AIOs  that won't fit until 6lbs.  I have 4 covers that work now with preemie prefolds.  How many times do you reuse the covers if they don't have poop?  They don't smell like pee after using 2-3x.  I don't want to buy more tiny covers.

 

Mandmeesh

If they don't smell and have no poop on it...keep using it

PipSqueak0313

For a cover, you can easily hand wash in the sink right after removing and it should be dry by the time you need ot again.

tjkdlhb

Alternate them so that they can air out.  if you do laundry every 2nd day or so, it should be fine.

edit:  DD was 5 lbs when she came home and only 2 cover fit her, and 12 prefolds - the Bummis pack. (plus 4 AIOs that had to be washed after each use)  I did diaper laundry every day until she fit into the next size.  I figured by the time I ordered new diapers she'd be bigger anyway.

cdale86

PipSqueak0313:

For a cover, you can easily hand wash in the sink right after removing and it should be dry by the time you need ot again.

what soap do you use when handwashing? 

tjkdlhb

cdale86:

PipSqueak0313:

For a cover, you can easily hand wash in the sink right after removing and it should be dry by the time you need ot again.

what soap do you use when handwashing? 

a small amount of whatever soap you use for your cds

Lennongirl

Mandmeesh:

If they don't smell and have no poop on it...keep using it

This. I normally rotate between two covers so I have one airing out while the other one is on the bum.

littleredfish

If there's no poop I hang the cover, inverted, over the arm of the change table and use the 2nd one. I only toss it in the wetbag if it has poop on it. I had 4 newborn covers and currently use 3 OS, and I've never run short before laundry day.

musicalsilver

Mandmeesh:

If they don't smell and have no poop on it...keep using it

This is what I've done.  If the cover is a bit damp (the tag is wet or something from a particularly pee-heavy night-time prefold) then I'll sit it out to air out for the next diaper change.

Corleyrae

Haha, So I reuse it until my husband throws them in the laundry. I am a big fan of rotating but if they get wet my husband washes them so I'm not sure I have ever made that decision with out them being actually dirty.