I may have gone overboard...

reecespieces714

This is my first post in this board.  I have never cloth diapered before.  I have done a lot of reading about CDing (too much!) and I may have fallen victim to my own eagerness and desire to be prepared for every outcome.  I may have overbought.  Here is what my 'stash' is:

• 2 Kissaluv two step covers with 9 inserts
• 5 fitted newborn Kissaluvs with 2 marvel covers
• 5 newborn AIO BumGenius
• 4 Bum Genius 4.0 w/ 6 doublers
• 6 perfect size AIO FuzziBunz (small) w/ 12 micro inserts
• 2 one size Fuzzin Bunz
• 12 newborn gDiapers w/ 6 packs of flushable liners
• 6 small gDaipers w/ 6 gcloths
• 2 Blueberry AIO
• 5 Applecheeks covers w/ 9 bamboo inserts and 2 bamboo doublers and disposable liners
• And of course one swim diaper 

I figure that I probably have too much, but there are a couple of factors:

1. I live on an very small island and I have only ever seen one place to get cloth diapers (and there were two diapers in total).  So I have to ship 'em in. 
2. My husband is a giant and as my MIL keeps gleefully reminding me it is unlikely that I will have a single digit lbs baby.  Whether that is true or not of course I have no idea at this point, but I don't want to order a load of newborn diapers that end up fitting for a week.  So I tried to get a mix of newborn and smalls, my understanding is AIOs run larger. 

I would appreciate your expert opinions.  I have one last trip overseas before DDay and if there is something I need to remedy that is my main opportunity. 

Thanks very much!!

CLLDLL

The general rule of thumb is 36 changes during the NB period when they poop all.the.time and 24 changes when they get to be big enough to fit one-sized (OS) diapers if you want to wash every other day.  You can get by with less if you're will to wash more often.  

There's a few things on your list I'm not familiar with but it looks like you are in the ball park with NB.  You might want to add in a few more true OS diapers to fill in when baby outgrows the gDiapers size small and the applecheeks size 1 (generally around 18 pounds or so).  But I would actually recommend waiting till you have been CD'ing for a little bit to do that so you know what you like and don't like.  You may decide you hate pockets and want AIOs or vice versa. 

It wouldn't be a terrible idea to consider adding in 6 flats and/or prefolds and a couple snappis to your stash.   They give such a customizable fit to contain that NB poo and flats fit from birth all the way to potty training.  You can use them under your AppleCheeks or the Kissaluvs covers.  It's also a cheap way to get a few more changes to help stretch your stash on laundry day! 

Do you have CD safe diaper cream and/or coconut oil?  What about a diaper pail and two pail liners or two large hanging wetbags to store dirties in?  You'll want 1-2 small or medium wetbags for the diaper bag for when you leave the house.  More like 3-4 if baby will attend a daycare.  

CD safe laundry detergent?

 

freezorburn

If you plan to wash every other day, we recommend 36 changes for the NB phase and 24 OS. So I think you need more diapers. If you are nervous that your baby might outgrow NB diapers very quickly, you might consider getting some flats. You can fold them to fit any size and they are great for stuffing pocket diapers later on. A lot of people eventually retire the MF inserts that come with their pockets and use natural fiber inserts, since they tend to be more absorbent and launder more easily. So you can use flats all the way through PT.

sunshineinmay09

Do you plan on using cloth wipes? I highly recommend them for the NB stage. It's so nice to just throw them in the diaper pail with the diapers.
I went a little overboard and made 80 cloth wipes. You could easily get away with 40 or so depending on how often you wash.

reecespieces714

Thanks for the input - much appreciated.

Am going to add some flats/prefolds and snappis - perhaps a dozen or so.  I will check etsy for some cloth wipes.  And I plan to add another large wet bag and a diaper bag wet bag, as I only have one of each right now.  I am laundering everything with ecover liquid and Tide original powder.

Thanks again.  I feel better and based on what you all said I can make some minor tweaks now to bolster what I have and then tweak once I have been doing it for a bit. 

jcwinsto

As far as baby size goes, the size of your baby is generally passed through the female side of the family. You can roughly guess how big baby will be from what size babies your mom and grandma and sisters had.

flummadiddle85

There is no such thing as going overboard with CDs. 

sunshineinmay09

NVandGZ said:

There is no such thing as going overboard with CDs. 

Buy all the diapers!

reecespieces714

Thanks for the thoughts/encouragement on baby's size. 

His family just seems to have this thing about size being a point of pride.  Anything less than 10lbs will apparently be a disappointment.  ummm what?  I let hubby know what I thought about skewed priorities.  1) Healthy baby first, please.  2) Please don't make it seem like my labour process will be "less than" if this little guy is smaller.  3) I just want his dang diapers to fit.