Opinion about new born cloth diapers

skate88

Okay, I know everyone suggests trying a few different types of CD to see which work/fit the best. I'm fairly certain I will be taking this advice. Do you have any advice on whether to start with a newborn CD or should I just start with the smallest regular/or one size one CDs? Thanks for your help!!!

Aurora_Borealis

Definitely go with newborn CDs if you want to CD from birth. One size generally don't fit well until baby weighs 10-12 pounds despite claims that they will fit from 8 pounds. DD didn't fit in her OS diapers except for the one Kawaii Pure & Natural until she was about 10 weeks old and she is an average-to-large baby.

 

ClaireOtoms

For us, there was only a short amount of time, probably 3 weeks, when he was too small for OS diapers.  We filled the gap in with sposies that were gifted to us and a dozen nb size GMDs.  That worked really well for US.

Some babies do not fit well into OS diapers for several months, whereas others fit into them right away or very quickly.   I'd recommend doing what we did and buy just a small amount of newborn sized diapers until  you know for sure what you will need. 

erniebufflo

We did cloth from the start. With twins, I wanted to go the easiest possible route, which to me, was AIOs. There was no way they would have fit into OS diapers as they were born at 6lbs. I stalked deals and never paid full price and got BG XSs, Lil Joeys, and Kissaluvs AIOs. They worked great until about 2 months, then I sold them all and actually made a profit thanks to my good shopping. They were the right choice for us. Now we're using OS pockets.

GHBEA

Last time I got OS and waited a few months until she fit them.  This time I got Lil Joeys AIOs and Swaddlebees NB simplex AIOs.  I think I will get some prefolds and covers as well.  Trying to avoid disposables this time around.

TeamK07

I would do newborn prefolds and covers if you want to start right away. I used green mountain prefolds (orange edge)  and thirsties covers (3 xs, then smalls when I ran out).  I think my kids were in the newborn prefolds for 8-10 wks. You probably could get away with using just small covers, but the first couple weeks, babies are so tiny that the xs was a better fit.

I think AIOs were to big for my newborns ... Gaping holes around the thighs :-) 

L0L0

We started with newborn Osocozy PFs and Bummis newborn covers, plus Thirsties size 1 fit right away. I had planned to start with a whole set of Bummis infant size PFs and covers, but I'm glad I had the smaller stuff since we used it for the first 2 months, with the bigger stuff only for when supplies were dwindling. I think it was definitely worth it, especially since we hope to have another baby in the future.