Cloth diapers: Which ones and how many?

Re: Cloth diapers: Which ones and how many?

• celiabwatson

  June 2010

  I'm not sure why 20 BGs don't last you a day so it's hard to know how many more you need. We have several dozen prefolds of various absorbancies and 5 Bummis covers. That lasts 2-3 days. 

  

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• SWBs Wifey

  June 2010

  I would order prefolds... how much does your LO weigh?  I like my prefolds from GMD... I like that they're sized.  I'd get 1-2 dozen if your LO is really going through that many diapers... maybe 3 if you want to stick to PFs only for a while and save your BGs for when baby is bigger (since OS don't normally fit when they're that tiny)

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• strawbrrysmile05

  June 2010

  SWBs Wifey:

  I would order prefolds... how much does your LO weigh?  I like my prefolds from GMD... I like that they're sized.  I'd get 1-2 dozen if your LO is really going through that many diapers... maybe 3 if you want to stick to PFs only for a while and save your BGs for when baby is bigger (since OS don't normally fit when they're that tiny)

  She is 9lbs now. She was born 6lb 3.5oz and far to small for the BG's but she has grown so that the waist and legs fit so there are no leaks, although she doesnt fill out the butt area.

  I think part of the reason she is going through so many is that she got a terrible diaper rash from the disposables we had her in until she fit the BG's. We're doing all we can to clear it up, and it is going away, but still whenever she gets the slightest bit wet or poopy she screams to be changed poor baby. 
  

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• SWBs Wifey

  June 2010

  strawbrrysmile05:

  SWBs Wifey:

  I would order prefolds... how much does your LO weigh?  I like my prefolds from GMD... I like that they're sized.  I'd get 1-2 dozen if your LO is really going through that many diapers... maybe 3 if you want to stick to PFs only for a while and save your BGs for when baby is bigger (since OS don't normally fit when they're that tiny)

  She is 9lbs now. She was born 6lb 3.5oz and far to small for the BG's but she has grown so that the waist and legs fit so there are no leaks, although she doesnt fill out the butt area.

  I think part of the reason she is going through so many is that she got a terrible diaper rash from the disposables we had her in until she fit the BG's. We're doing all we can to clear it up, and it is going away, but still whenever she gets the slightest bit wet or poopy she screams to be changed poor baby. 
  

  I know you said you'd rather not do sized diapers, but I can't imagine using one-size prefolds.  Its a PITA to fold them down in the front or back to fit a baby that is much smaller than its really intended for.  If *I* were you, I'd order 2 dozen yellow edge prefolds from Green Mountain Diapers and 6 small covers.  The yellow edge lasted us until DS was 4 months old, when we moved up to red edge (the next larger size)... and by then , I only needed a dozen to rotate in with our few fitteds and pockets.  By the time she gets that big, you might only need the BGs.

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