can we talk clothing fitting over cloth diapers?

njh514 · January 2011

I'm really curious how most clothing fits over cloth diapers. I know it's been discussed on here before but I can't find any threads on it right now. Do you pretty much always buy a size up? Like, when she's a newborn I'll have to put her in the 3 months sizes?

Maybe? Sometimes? What was/is your experience?

My son was born at 7lb 7oz and he wore his clothes about a month behind. (ex: he wore 0-3 months until he was 4 months. 3-6 months until he was about 7 months. etc.) Then he just grew lengthwise and now wears 4T or 5T for the length and I have to cinch the waist up a long ways to keep them up on his skinny butt!

I'm just having a pregnancy-induced freak out. It's dumb.

uluvfranke · January 2011

I may not be the best to answer because the normal sizes fit her.

mrs.a.butler · January 2011

regular sizes. C was just like your DS were he was wearing 0-3 until 4 months, etc.

L is a little bigger than C was so we are sizing up the "right" times.

The only thing I've noticed is that footed pj's tend to get a little more snug quicker (as in become a little short). I'm assuming it's from the diapers making it tighter. There are one pair of pants that depending on the diaper, they are snug.

Oh, and I used fitteds with covers exclusively for...6-8 weeks I believe. And then we went to prefolds with covers. Now we use a mixture of prefolds, flats, fitteds, and pockets.

HTH

blissfully_caffeinated · January 2011

A little. He outgrows clothes a little earlier than he would if he were in disposables but he isn't always a size up. I think his giant torso has a lot to do with that.

lytedark · January 2011

i'm with bliss. we outgrow a little earlier but not always a size ahead. i notice with the butt in pants - jeans often are a size up and need to be roomy. when you get to doing night diapers, jammies can get tight faster i think. and our next to grow out of is one pieces/rompers. not sure if it's always the case or just her body type tho.

but she was 7lbs 13oz and was in nb clothes until at least a month and a half before we started the 0-3 size and used fitteds (kl0's and nb mutts/b4's) till she fit into onesize dipes.

MELuckyInLove · January 2011

Ditto pp on not always a size ahead, but it depends on the brand of clothing too. The biggest issue for us is also as Lyte mentioned - Jeans in particular need to be more roomy in the butt.

His(1&only)wife · January 2011

DS is huge for his age and has always grown out of clothes fast (he went through a size a month for the first year). Now he's wearing a 5t. He has a long torso and compared to his inseam length. The rise on the 4t pants is to short because of the cloth diapers, so I think if he were in sposies this wouldn't be the case. I don't know whether he outgrew his clothes faster b/c of the cloth diapers since he's always been such a fast grower.

sophabelle · January 2011

Ds wears anywhere from 12-24, and he is 15 months old... It really just depends on the brand. But for the most part he wears 24m sizing on his shirts and pants.

so I guess to really answer your question, for us we usually have to go up a size vs his age, but since he wears a size up in shirts too, I can't really say that he is up a size bc of the diapers.

daenikoffre · January 2011

My experience so far is w/other peoples' LOs, and like pp mentioned, it's mostly for jeans when you notice. I guess most baby clothing allows extra wiggle room there anyway since all babies have fluffy butts. In 'sposies or cloth.

nsees · January 2011

We've been fine with regular sizes although I've heard some girls pants are cut a little narrower.

satreece · January 2011

We have bigger sized clothing because my kid is a giant - it has very little to do with his cloth diapers. From the time he was about 6 months, we had to buy bigger clothes... whereas since then, his diapers are less bulky (in proportion to his body). We don't use fitteds anymore - just bg aios, and they are pretty trim.

Anyway - no need to freak out about that, mama! Just take it as it comes!

GoBadgers · January 2011

I think it is somewhat close to normal, just can affect what type of clothes they are able to wear (we never did jeans). Our daughter (she is about 5th percentile for height and weight) wore newborn for a couple months, and remained behind like that and still is behind. At about a year of age she wore 9 months, at 18 months she wore 12 months... right now she is 27 months and wears some 18 months/some 24 months which makes me think that it doesnt affect things too much.... I can't imagine wearing a disposable would have made her that much more behind.

CTri17 · January 2011

for the most part yet, but usually just in pants.

Some brands like Carters fit True to size for her (or 1 up ) and brands like Circo are bigger so they fit normally.

Gerber was nearly 2 sizes up

Okie dokie - a little bigger so they fit normally

Mystery2B · January 2011

I think the only issue is that some girls pants are cut very slim with no stretch, making it hard to fit over the diaper.

For the first couple months C wore mainly knit or fleece pants and we didn't have any issues. Now she's 13 months and is wearing 6-12 and 12-18 size pants. She can still wear some 3-6 onesies, but overall she's petite/skinny but we're definitely not having to go a size up (I just bought the 12-18 pants in the past couple weeks).

Ris1127 · January 2011

DD 1 is almost 24 months and is in a 2T for length. The butt is too big and the CD helps keep them up. She's always been that way though. Tall and skinny. Her jeans would never fit in jeans in sposies. LOL

Sapphyr · January 2011

We wear the appropriate size or a size behind. DS is tall and skinny so I have to sew the waists on his pants to get them to fit but he's in 3T for length. DD is only just getting into 9mo and 12 mo clothing. She still fit some 6mo stuff last month but it was warm weather stuff so I haven't put it on her. My kids are just peanuts though I'm coming to realize.

njh514 · January 2011

Thank you SO MUCH for the input! I could kiss you. I was freaking out that nothing would fit her and I'd have to put her in boy clothes for a while. Dumb. I know. "Boy" clothes wouldn't hurt anything, but I was not a rational human yesterday. :-)

Thanks!

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