Need Recommendations from CD Mammas!

kshows

Hi CD Mammas!

I am a new mom who is working part-time from home.  I want to transition my 13 week boy from Seventh Generation Disposables and gDiapers to CDs and I need your help.  I have watched a ton of YouTube videos, read a bunch of reviews and post and it has just let me confuse and has delay me starting. Need to know favorite brands what liners/stuffers I need.  How many and if I need a sprayer.  Baby is exclusively BFed.

Thanks!

sarenu1

It all depends on what you're looking to use. 

My preferences are pockets or all-in-ones.  My favorites are my Bumgenius  diapers.  But I'm trying out Fuzzibunz and the first few I've liked.  Fuzzibunz are trimmer and fit better on a skinny baby.  They also take a little more time to get the elastic adjusted just right.

If you go for pockets or all-in-ones you'll need 20-24 if you wash every other day.  You'll also need 2 large wet bags or pail liners to store the dirty diapers in.

At this point you don't need a sprayer, that really isn't necessary until you start solids. 

Liners aren't necessary.  They can be used later on when you start solids. 

Aurora_Borealis

To wash every other day with a 13 week old, you probably need 24 diapers.

If you buy pocket diapers new, they come with inserts/stuffers so you just use those. AIOs are all-in-one like the name implies, so you don't need anything extra with those. Liners aren't necessary unless you have to use non-CD-friendly diaper cream, so don't worry about those yet. If you want to try a all-in-two or prefold/cover or fitteds/cover system you need about 3-4 inserts/prefolds/fitteds for each cover.

You don't need a sprayer at this point. EBF poo is water soluble, so you just toss the diaper in the wetbag or diaper pail and then into the washer on laundry day. Do a pre-wash/rinse (no detergent) to rinse the poo away and then wash your diapers with detergent.

Get a couple of diapers from each type you'd like to try and just go for it. I would not get a whole stash of one kind of diaper before trying it.

Good luck and post questions if you are curious about specific brands/types of diapers.

stemms8810

Right now I have a mix of BG 4.0's and Kawaii pockets.  I also have a few prefolds with covers.  My favorites are my pockets because I can use them for day or night.  I like my prefolds though if I know he will only need a diaper for a short period of time.  I would prefer to not waste a pocket if that makes sense.  Both BG and Kawaii come with inserts but I bought hemp inserts as well to use for night time with a MF insert. 

I just got a sprayer and it's much better than dunking in the toilet!  You won't need a sprayer though until your LO starts solid food.