I'm new to cloth diapering but I'm not new to the idea of it. My mom cloth diapered myself and my siblings back in the 80's and she did so with pre-folds, diaper pins and pull over white "rubbery type" covers. She converted to disposables with my baby sister after a few short months of cloth diapering her as it got to be too much with my baby brother being in cloth as well (he's 18 months older than her).
Before I got pregnant, DH and I had talked about Cloth but he had said he thought disposables would be easier for him and other family members to change, etc. Shortly after I got pregnant, we started talking about it again and I showed him the cost difference between CD and Disposables. He was shocked at the difference! I told him that we would spend a lot up front (over time of course) but it would last us through this baby AND another with the possibility of only having to replace a few things with the 2nd baby (i.e. covers/inserts that were too far gone, etc). With this happening, we went to a local store that has cloth diapering expertise. He was sold after the visit. We decided on covers with inserts as it seemed to be a bit easier then AIO's or pockets.
Since then, I've started my stash. So far I have 4 unnamed (I got them off EBay) one size covers with beautiful PUL and elastics (I was told they were used but only briefly - it doesn't look it!!) as well as 2 Best Bottom covers with 6 small hemp (I think that's what the tag says) inserts (got them used off a BB Facebook group). I also just purchased 2 more covers with 3 inserts (I believe one is an overnight soaker?) that should be delivered. That's a total of 8 covers with only 9 inserts. The little bit of research I did do, was saying 24 diapers for EOD washing. I'm not sure if that was for AIO's or Covers w/inserts. I'm not sure how many covers and inserts I should have in my stash as for some reason, I can't seem to find an accurate accounting for EOD washing. I'm guessing I'll need at least 18 inserts of each size if I stick with Best Bottom and 14 covers?
Any help would be appreciated. Even links to information that I can book mark to show DH as he thinks I'm going over board with the searching. I'm buying pre-owned but in EUC or GUC. I did register for Ecobums start up package as well as some osocozy pre-folds for the unnamed covers I have. I have GMD already bookmarked on my safari, but just browsing their site is confusing.
Thank you in advance and sorry so long!
TLDR: New to CD. Need help decided amount to stock up on for covers/inserts for EOD washing.
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Re: Cloth Diapering questions
I was hoping to start at birth and the bit of research I did was that OS won't fit NB unless they're over a certain weight and have chunky legs. I haven't thought about getting the NB size for baby because if history repeats itself, I'll have a chunky monkey 9+ lb baby. 36 covers and inserts for NB? That's a little crazy for EOD washing.
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^^ Thats the number I was looking for! Good.
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Once you start getting less poo or start solids, you can switch over to the snap-in inserts. You'd need about 24ish inserts for each size and the same 8 covers should be fine. Some people skip one of the insert sizes, so you can maybe get away with that if you want.
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So if you were using covers and inserts, you would need at least 24 inserts. The number of covers depends on the type of inserts and the age of your baby.
For nb, a good number is 36 changes, with about 8 covers. If you are using snappid prefolds you need 6-8 covers, but if you are using a snap in insert system poop will get on the covers, so you will need a new cover at every pool change. So when they are little and poop a lot you will need more covers.
OS 24 inserts, 4-6 covers.
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