Disposables first couple weeks?

perfectlove09

I'm reading and hearing mixed reviews so I thought I'd ask you fne ladies.

I bought GMD newborn prefolds and Thirsites Duo Covers.

Did you start CD right away, right out of the hospital. If so, what kind of CD did you use? Prefolds, AIO, Fitteds...  Or did you use disposables? It's the meconium I'm curious about and the staining it causes. I know that I can use a flushable insert but I want to know what you did and if it worked and would you do it again?

FYI the hospital we are going to uses cd only.

oliversmommy32912

We used disposables only because all the covers we had rubbed his cord stump. The only diaper we could use from the get go was a Lil Joey. For my next baby we will make cloth work by folding the covers down. I'm not scared of cloth diapers anymore. I don't think meconium actually stains....Breastfed poop does though.

bmv1980

I used the disposable dipes that I received at at my shower and then right into our cloth. I wouldn't worry about stains. Sunning them will take stains out pretty quickly.

this decaf life

We're planning on using OsoCozy infant better fit prefolds, Thirsties Duo sz 1 covers & flushable liners in the beginning. I would rather not use disposables at all once we're home but I just need to see about the covers, I've heard you can sort of fold them down and they shouldn't interfere with the cord.

tjkdlhb

For DD the meconium was only her first few poops.  It was all gone before we left the hospital.

I used the Bummis Preemie size because DD was so tiny... so the umbilical cord didn't rub against them.  Her cord fell off at 7 days old.

Aurora_Borealis

We used CDs as soon as we got home from the hospital. Meconium wasn't a big deal - DD passed all of it in the hospital. Even if she hadn't we would have used the CDs once we got home for two reasons:

1) EBF poo stains worse than meconium, so I have no idea why the 'meconium stains CDs' worry exists. The sun gets all the stains out anyway.

2) Cloth diapers contain poo better than disposables. 

jess9802

I got a few packages of disposable diapers at my work shower, and we used those, and then bought a couple more boxes before switching to CD full time. Our stash consisted of flats which were just too bulky, even with the newborn covers, and OS diapers he needed to grow into. Also, I was so sleep deprived and struggling with breastfeeding, and so I wanted to make it easy on myself. We made the switch to full time CDs when I returned to work at 8 weeks. 

veruca5839

We used sposies for the first month.  Partly because I had a c/s and some challenges during my recovery that made me not feel up to trying CDs.  And partly because we had gotten some from friends/the hospital and opted to use them up.

MommaA117

we used sposies because I got a ton at the shower and I wanted a little time to adjust to being a Mom with all those new duties first. Plus they go SO often when they're itty bitty that changing the sposies was easier and faster than dealing with the PF's and covers so many times a day. I actually did try them out a few weeks later out of curiosity (I had bought PF's and Duo sz1 covers) and totally preferred pockets. There was no way I was forking out the cost of a whole pocket NB stash. That would have cost more than sposies since it's such a short period of time...