So, how many cloth diapers for TWO kids?

LI444 · October 2010

We've got a decent enough stash of bumgenius 3.0s and a few random brands, like Rumparooz and Softbums and Fuzzibunz, about 28 diapers. I was washing every day to keep the smell down and because I hate poopy diapers sitting-switching to whole milk has been causing loose poopy diapers.

We have enough Kissaluv 0s from Henry for baby 2.0, but I'm happy to use the new baby as an reason to buy more cloth for when he or she is big enough to stop using the Kissaluv 0s. This is assuming I can bleach the issues out of our current diapers (we used the recalled Rockin' Green and have dealt with rashes and then yeast since, haven't currently found a solution, so going to try bleach and see if that will work). We'll probably go the one-size route so that we can use them for either Henry or the second baby, but I'm not sure how many more to get. Henry will be three months shy of 2 when this baby is born, and so I'm guessing we'll need at least 6-12 more since the wee one will go through them faster than Henry.

Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks!

monkeyqueen · October 2010

I have two in dipes! We use gdiapers mostly, though. I have a couple of Bum Genius 4's, but they seem to leak more often than not. Anyway, we have 18 gdiapers covers and about 30 cloth inserts. The inserts get me through two days. The covers get me through at least a week.

I think 6 - 12 extra dipes would be plenty....Happy shopping!!!

roundtheworldgirl · October 2010

I am expecting #2 any day now and I have a crap load of diapers. Probably more than I need, but here's the stash broken down by age (I've marked "NEW" all the diapers that I have bought in anticipation of the new baby):

NEWBORN DIAPERS:
13 orange-edge GMD pfs + 5 Snappis
12 KL0s (NEW)
5 Nanas Bottoms xs fitteds (NEW)
1 nb Nanipoo fitted (NEW)
2 Thirsties Duo Diapers sz 1 (NEW)

NEWBORN COVERS:
2 Thirsties Duo covers size 1
2 xs Thirsties covers
2 nb Litewrap covers
1 pair nb wool longies
2 nb wool soakers

SMALL DIAPERS:
18 GMD yellow-edge pfs
2 Sbish bamboo fitteds
3 Goodmama fitteds
2 Bububebe fitteds
1 MonkeySnuggles overnight fitteds
4 FB size small pockets (DD still fits into these so they will be shared)
1 Thirsties small pocket AIO (NEW)

SMALL COVERS:
2 s Thirsties covers
2 pair s wool longies
2 small wool soakers

MEDIUM/LARGE/OS DIAPERS:
1 med Swaddlebees pocket
1 large Swaddlebees pocket (NEW)
15 BG 3.0 pockets
10 FB OS pockets (NEW)
3 Blueberry OS pockets (NEW)
2 Swaddlebees Econappis OS pockets (NEW)
1 GM One AIO (NEW)
2 Rumparooz OS pockets (NEW)
1 Haute Pocket OS pocket (NEW)
3 Grobaby OS shells + 7 soakers + 3 boosters (NEW)

MEDIUM/LARGE/OS COVERS:
1 M Bummis Super Whisper Wrap
1 Econobum OS cover
1 pair medium wool longies
1 medium wool soaker

So basically I have separate nb and small stashes for #2 (most of which is carried over from #1's stash), and then the OS/med/large stash (currently about 49 diapers including the OS fitteds which we use mostly at night) will be shared once #2 grows into it. I am thinking I'm going to have to wash every day in order to fit all the diapers in one load, so I don't need that many and will probably sell them off once I figure out my actual needs.

CarissaRenee · October 2010

We have 67 total right now. 24 of those are size small, so I'm waiting till the new baby gets here in February and then I'll buy some more one-size for when she's out of those. I don't see any reason we would need more than what I have, but I'm looking forward to the new GroVia colors that are scheduled to come out next year.

cylynn · October 2010

I have 33 one size diapers and about 20 NB/Smalls. SO far this is working just fine for us with 2 in cloth. I have the same size pail as i did with one and i wash when the pail is full about every other day sometimes 2 days. and have plenty of diapers for each of them. We will see when DS gets in to the one size but i think it should work since i'm washing so often.

Using the OS with 2 is great. I made an impromptu trip to the park with my two recently and DD had an unexpected poopy diaper and I didn't have and of "her" OS dipes. I was able to adjust one of the OS diapers i was using for DS and us it. Thats not possible with disposable diapers.

maramarrie · October 2010

I will have 2 in cloth in a couple weeks. Our newborn stash will not overlap with our normal/toddler stash for several months, so I don't really need "extras" right now. I bought a few "replacements" and a few new things I wanted to try, but otherwise our stash will be staying the same. We have WAY too many diapers for our toddler already, which is good since I put off doing diaper laundry - we basically have a clean stash and a dirty stash...lol. I wash every 4 days right now and with 2 I'll be washing more often, so we really will have an overabundance. Even once they are both in the same size we will wash the same number of diapers more often, so I don't foresee needing more in quantity. We have 20 BG 3.0s, 6 TFF, and 6-7 night time/workhorse fitteds. In our newborn stash there are tons of PFs, fitteds, and AIOs. By the time the new baby is exclusively wearing BG 3.0s, I don't think Harris will be going through too many diapers. Either way, washing a little more often when the same number of diapers are dirty should work out (if I still wait 4 days with 2 in cloth there would be way too many for them to get clean in the wash).

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