Prefolds

missesBAD

Newbie alert! Maybe a naive question, but I can't help wonder...since prefolds are so economical, why don't most people use them longer? Would I be silly to plan to use prefolds and covers for the entire first year? I am incredibly frugal and love the idea of saving money. That being said, I realize some of the AIOs and fitteds are incredibly cute and hard to resist. Just looking for some perspective! 

BabyQuizzle

So I have only been at this for about 8 weeks, but here is my take.  I thought I would HATE prefolds because you have to fold them, use a snappi, use an extra cover, etc.  But I knew they worked well with the newborn phase so I bought 1 dozen infant size and 2 dozen smalls and a few covers.  Then I bought a variety of pockets and a buch of used AIOs.  Turns out I LOVE prefolds!  I wish I had just done prefolds.  But I think that the others will be better for daddy, grandparents, and sitters because there really is no learning curve, they work just like disposables. 

So to answer your question, no it is not crazy to use prefolds only in my opinion

BFab11

I loved prefolds for the first few months, but when DS started rolling and moving and squirming during diaper changes, the extra steps involved (folding, Snappi, then cover) just seemed to be too much. The one-step poket diaper change was much easier, lol. Now that DS is older and somewhat sits still for changes, prefolds would probably work again, but I don't have any in his size.

arcook0307

I haven't had the pleasure of trying any CDs yet since we are due in December but from something I read, they are bulky which some ppl don't like and not the best when baby starts moving more like a pp stated.  I have to wonder how well they would stay on when baby starts crawling/walking.  Just something to think about.  It may be totally fine for you though.  Great question.  I wondered this myself in the beginning of my research.

mrs.ptb

I'm 8 months in and still LOVE my pre-folds. I've tried AIOs and AI2s and I still prefer my pre-folds. And fitteds with AFFFs at night

barnwife

PFs are our go to daytime diaper!

Before J. was born, I expected to use pockets for daytime and night after the NB stage. But we hated them. I hated stuffing them. And the microsuede of the BG gave J. a rash. And we couldn't stuff them enough for nighttime without there being leg gaps, so they always leaked at night.

Anyway, J. is now almost 15 months, and always wears PFs during the day. We use fitteds at night. I have no plan to add pockets/AIO or any other type to our diaper stash. The PFs are working great! Now we don't even snappi...we just trifold in the cover and go!

Oh, and fwiw, PFs have been DH's favorite type since day 1 (and we cd'ed from the very beginning).

So yes, you can use PFs for the first year (although they may not be absorbent enough for nighttime) and beyond!

PhotoCat82

Prefolds are also my go to daytime diaper.  I don't think they are bulky but I use the sized ones from GMD.  I think if you buy the non-sized ones they would be bulkier.  Right now I either trifold the yellow edge PFs into a cover or use the red edge with a snappi.  They are easy to change (especially with trifolding) and are easy to care for.  You don't have to worry about having stink issues with PFs like you do with MF.  Also, they dry pretty fast.  I wish I would have saved my $ and stuck with prefolds and fitteds.

AJplusKev

BFab11:

I loved prefolds for the first few months, but when DS started rolling and moving and squirming during diaper changes, the extra steps involved (folding, Snappi, then cover) just seemed to be too much. The one-step pocket diaper change was much easier, lol. Now that DS is older and somewhat sits still for changes, prefolds would probably work again, but I don't have any in his size.

This. We switched to BGs at about 4 months because of the wiggle factor. We used those until DS was PTd.