Baby will be here in May and I want to do cloth diapering. Basically, everyone has no faith in me and say I will give up in a week or two. Ugh! I want to be prepared and do it the cheapest way. I know every baby/personal preferences are different. I just want a basic break down on what I will need to start out with and through the months.
...also, the baby will be coming to work with me!! So, I also will need something that will be convenient for work.
If you can, please give me specific details on brands too.
Re: I want to be prepared.
As PP stated, look on youtube. Everyone has different preferences on CD's and its hard to ask someone what they would recommend. Kellyscloset really helped me figure it all out. I had to literally write out diaper types and kinda explain them to myself before I started to understand them. Also, lurk here, read posts, etc. I learned SO much from doing that!
When I first started CDing, I got the "Oh, thats...interesting." My family has always called me a hippie and just kinda went with it. Once I visited home and they all saw what I meant by CDing, they were SO interested and many said they wish they had CD'ed also! So just hang in there. There are so many stories on this board of reluctant families becoming CD lovers. You CAN do it!!
As for the cheapest way, I think almost everyone on this board would agree that prefolds or flats, a cover, and Snappi is the best combo. Not only is it easy to use and wash, they rarely have build up issues from what I'm told.
GL and ask any questions you have here. Everyone's so helpful!
I suggest trying a few kinds out before committing to an entire package of one kind. Everyone has their preferences.
I think prefolds and covers are the cheapest route but to me, pockets are the most convenient.
I used pockets for DS. Super easy! I bought all bumgenuis OS and never had any problems. For #2 I'm branching out into fitteds/covers, and Kawaii to add to my stash. I don't think I have the patience to try out different folds for prefolds or flats...but I have never tried, so I really don't know. I figured fitteds were somewhere in the middle of the price scale, and after CD for 3 years and seeing that its really not a big deal, I am feeling brave.
As a side note, I saw my first diaper rash EVER while babysitting my niece today. Poor thing!! :-(
For cheap and easy with newborns Kawaii Pure & Natural pockets are a great option. And unlike other 'newborn' diapers they will fit and be absorbent enough for your LO long past the newborn stage. I think they are the most underrated diaper out there and am sad that I wasn't able to have more of them in my stash (Kawaii was transitioning to an improved design right when DD was born so they were out of stock everywhere!).
For cheaper and less easy there are prefolds and covers. I love PFs now (so easy to launder), but didn't so much when DD was a newborn.