CD moms?

bumpuser8448316

I know we have a few on here. I didn't start with DS until he was 4 months old so all I have are one-size. I wasn't wild about trying to use them on an itty bitty so I bought a NB stash off a friend. I bought 25 kissaluv 0s and 3 covers. Do you think that's sufficient? It's been so long since I had a newborn I have no idea how many diapers a day she'll go through! I am planning to wash every other day like I did with DS.

barnwife

TBH, I have no idea how many NB dipes we have. But if you figure you want to wash EOD, and have 25, I think it will be tight. If baby goes through 12 diapers a day (and 10-12 is probably about right), you'd want a few more to get you through until laundry is done. 

As for covers. we have about 10 NB covers. That's because we use PF and don't snappi, so poop gets on the cover a lot. If we used snappis, we could probably get away with 5 or 6 covers.

I'd definitely get a few more covers. Proraps are super cheap and functional. Plus, they have the cord cut out in the NB size.  

bumpuser8448316

barnwife:

TBH, I have no idea how many NB dipes we have. But if you figure you want to wash EOD, and have 25, I think it will be tight. If baby goes through 12 diapers a day (and 10-12 is probably about right), you'd want a few more to get you through until laundry is done. 

As for covers. we have about 10 NB covers. That's because we use PF and don't snappi, so poop gets on the cover a lot. If we used snappis, we could probably get away with 5 or 6 covers.

I'd definitely get a few more covers. Proraps are super cheap and functional. Plus, they have the cord cut out in the NB size.  

Thanks! I actually have 5 covers. 3 I bought from her and 2 I bought new. I'll look into picking up a few more diapers.

NavyPilotWife

With DD1, I had around 25 diapers, which was fine for washing every other day.  I used a combo of fitteds, AIOs, and prefolds.  I had the next size up prefolds, so I could always use those in a pinch.  I bumped up my stash to 32 diapers, for DD2.  I wanted a few more easy diapers.  DD2 easily used 12+ diapers/day, so I was really glad to have more on hand.

notkateanymore

best store/website to get some info on CDing...go.

sbevmc09

I had 24 diapers and 5 covers for DD.  I could have operated with less covers.  I feel like I would have wanted at least 4 though.  24 diapers was sufficient as long as I washed early on the 2nd day. 

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nowababy:

I didn't CD during the newborn stage for DD either, but plan to for this baby and my plan was also to buy 24 fitteds (probably the GMD workhorse) and a few covers. I'm also planning to buy 3-5 AIOs just to have on hand.

We used the GMD workhorses and I really liked them.  Easy to use, easy to clean and absorbent.  It would have been nice to have a couple AIOs for the diaper bag, but it wasn't a big deal not to have them since it was only a few weeks before she fit into our one size diapers.  

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KateMW:

best store/website to get some info on CDing...go.

Pinstripes and Polka Dots has a lot of FAQ type stuff on their site.  The cloth diaper board here has a FAQ type thing as well.  

And it's A LOT of info so I (and I'm sure the other cloth mamas) would be happy to answer any questions to have.  I have a lot of random CD knowledge that I've gleaned over the last 3 years and I'm always happy to pass it on

bumpuser8448316

Perfect, thanks everyone!

chardonnay24

I think it's fine. We started with 24 and added a few more a couple weeks later. It was enough that we could do laundry every other day.

notkateanymore

Ok, the reasons I want to cloth diaper are because of the chemicals in regular diapers. Ugh. It's not for the price or because they're cute. Is it going to be worth it just for that reason or should I just go with Honest or something similar?

bumpuser8448316

KateMW:

Ok, the reasons I want to cloth diaper are because of the chemicals in regular diapers. Ugh. It's not for the price or because they're cute. Is it going to be worth it just for that reason or should I just go with Honest or something similar?

Totally worth it. My stash cost $400 and since they lasted until DS was a almost 3, it was a huge savings so it was worth it all around. 

barnwife

QueSyrah:

KateMW:

Ok, the reasons I want to cloth diaper are because of the chemicals in regular diapers. Ugh. It's not for the price or because they're cute. Is it going to be worth it just for that reason or should I just go with Honest or something similar?

Totally worth it. My stash cost $400 and since they lasted until DS was a almost 3, it was a huge savings so it was worth it all around. 

Agreed. I don't know what my stash cost, as I've bought and resold stuff a bunch of times. But, the PFs we have have been used by both kiddos. And they will be used by LO3 when he/she arrives later this fall. The ones we bought as seconds definitely show wear (okay, some are bad). But it's been 3 years of lots of use...and they were a great deal.

If chemicals bother you, definitely look into natural fibers like bamboo. My favorite PF are Dandelion Bamboo prefolds. They are super absorbent and trim for a PF. We love Sweet Pea Diaper covers for one size covers, with Blueberry coveralls a close second. (They are really similar covers. They Sweet Pea are cheaper and holding up just as well, so they get the number one spot.)

sbevmc09

LalaMama81:

Yea, still worth it, in my opinion. My reasons were environmental, chemicals on baby and then financial. the cuteness is nice, but not part of my original reason at all. 

Agreed.

Although I'm cheap so cost savings was pretty much tied with chemicals on my baby's butt for number one spot.  I hate the wastefulness of disposables.  

Even if you don't use natural fibers they still have less chemicals than a regular disposable diaper.  Really, it's about the bleaching process.  Natural fibers are going to be unbleached.  The stay-dry stuff is all man-made and the materials are bleached.  But yeah, there are plenty of choices in natural fibers.  Considering cost isn't an issue you may want to look into all-in-one options.  They're available in natural fibers and are really simple to use.  I prefer pockets, but I don't really mind the man-made materials.