CDs and Boy Clothing

luckybride1128

Moms of boys, am I the only one having issues dressing my son while using CDs? We have mostly PFs and covers and a few fitteds. I went this route as one of my main reasons we've decided to cloth diaper is the cost savings, and I couldn't justify spending $18 or so on ONE diaper. However, I'm having major problems dressing my child. The PFs and covers I have seem to almost touch his knees when they are on, and the only type of pants he can wear are stretchy type pants. This is fine for around the house, but I would like him to wear jeans/khakis on particular occasions (church, holidays, etc) especially when he gets older. I know this seems petty, but I would like to "dress him up" on occasion. I tried the gdiapers, but they leak like crazy. The swaddlebees fitteds are a little trimmer, but I only have one of those. Should I just bite the bullet and buy a few pockets or AIOs for those occasions? Throw a Thirsties cover over the gdipes? Put him in sposies when hes wearing tighter clothes? Will this be less of a problem as he grows longer and has longer thighs? Help! I'm even contemplating switching to sposies after he's out of this size PF. Ps sorry for the lack of paragraphs-on my iPhone.

Tricia879

It will get better as he grows more, we use AI2, Fitteds and some pockets. The only real problem I have is pants seem too tight like Jean and such so I think I will have to go up a size in them. But I will have to see what others say as well.

bmstee03

If it's important to you for him to be able to wear those clothes, I would just buy a few AIO for those occasions. You can get BG 3.0 AIO on cottonbabies right now for $9.95 with free shipping. We use these and they are really trim and absorbent. They are sized so you would have to buy more when he gets bigger.

yodasmistress

Buy one or three sized dipes - like a BG AIO or FB PS.  They will be much trimmer under clothes.

ThePastor'sWife

We use a mix of pockets and PFs/covers and just size up one size in DS's pants/sleepers.  It works for us b/c DS is pretty tall, so the size that fits in his waist is usually too short, anyway.  I think sizing up like that is pretty common for CDing, at least for the people I've talked to about it.

luckybride1128

Thank you! These responses were really helpful! Maybe it just seems so drastic on him right now because he is still so little. Going to check out the BG 3.0s right now!

Pamela05

Rompers are the best. And most provide easy diaper access too.

istalkgeeks

I always just put my DS in fleece dark colored (navy or black) pants, instead of stretch cotton pants when I want to dress him up. I think I would do that even if he wore disposables, because I think napping in jeans would be very uncomfortable. 

I would definitely get a few pockets or AIOs though, if you really want to put him in jeans or khakis.We use both pockets and prefolds with covers. A pocket with a hemp insert is very trim and dries quickly. 

luckybride1128

bmstee03:

If it's important to you for him to be able to wear those clothes, I would just buy a few AIO for those occasions. You can get BG 3.0 AIO on cottonbabies right now for $9.95 with free shipping. We use these and they are really trim and absorbent. They are sized so you would have to buy more when he gets bigger.

I'm going to order some of these 3.0s. Cottonbabies is calling them clearance, are they used or just like overstock items?

randommoose

BG 3.0s are last year's model.  They've come out with 4.0s, hence the clearance.

luckybride1128

randommoose:

BG 3.0s are last year's model.  They've come out with 4.0s, hence the clearance.

awesome...thanks!

LurkieLoo

I know I'm late to the game in answering but I just wanted to let you know that once he grows into the diapers a bit more they will look a little more trim on him.  Obviously they are never going to be as trim as disposables but they'll look a lot better than the do now- even the prefolds.

 The one style of pants that I've recently run into that look TERRIBLE with cloth diapers are sweatpants that have the elastic leg at the bottom.  Other than that we haven't had a problem- not even in tight little hipster boy jeans.  We do use pockets under jeans and khakis though.