Help me pick a CD please?

mrsmullins0500 · September 2012

I've wanted to cloth diaper since I was pregnant with DS but no one was really on board with it. I know NO ONE IRL that CD's. Anyway, I want to order one to try it out and maybe convert over. I was going to order from our bumpie I think its Smush tush? It seems there are different types. Can someone recommend to me what would we best for someone just starting out? Also, are there some kind of liners I could send with him to his daycare?

butterfly62682 · September 2012

I only use pockets. But AI2 are great too!

MommaA117 · September 2012

Definitely order smush tush. Her diapers are awesome. Get a pocket with an insert and a cover with 3 microfiber lined stay dry inserts (basically makes it Ai2) so that the insert can be placed directly against babys skin instead of In a pocket. That way you can try both. Honestly, they're both awesome. I love her stuff.

MommaA117 · September 2012

I also want to add that I have tried a bunch of different cloth diapers before smush tush and they are one of my top favorites. For a cheap stash builder, Sunbaby and Alvas are great too.

mrsmullins0500 · September 2012

MommaA117:
Definitely order smush tush. nbsp;Her diapers are awesome. Get a pocket with an insert and a cover with 3 microfiber lined stay dry inserts basically makes it Ai2 so that the insert can be placed directly against babys skin instead of nbsp;In a pocket. That way you can try both. Honestly, they're both awesome. I love her stuff.

thanks mommaA

kimbo1216 · September 2012

I started with 3 pockets around 8 months. We have since grown to 25 pockets, 3-4 AIOs and 2 covers (lots of prefolds).

I think pockets are the simplest for starting out. AIOs are nice because you don't have to stuff, but they take forever to dry.

If you are looking at Smush Tush (I LOVE mine). I'd go with a pockets or maybe even her AI2 system.

mrsmullins0500 · September 2012

kimbo1216:
I started with 3 pockets around 8 months.nbsp; We have since grown to 25 pockets, 34 AIOs and 2 covers lots of prefolds.I think pockets are the simplest for starting out.nbsp; AIOs are nice because you don't have to stuff, but they take forever to dry. nbsp;If you are looking at Smush Tush I LOVE mine.nbsp; I'd go with a pockets or maybe even her AI2 system.

okay what is the difference in a pocket and AIO? Im not up to date on the CD lingo at all. Lol so if I just want to try one I should start with a pocket? Is a pocket just the CD itself?

CarlaAndJames · September 2012

An AIO has the absorbency inserts all sewn in, so it's literally all in one piece. Nice not to have to stuff, but I find my AIOs take at least 24 hours or more to dry hanging up inside, and with daycare I just don't have enough diapers to have enough to use/send to daycare/have half my stash hanging up wet.

the pockets are basically a shell (plastic on the outside to keep them from soaking through, usually something stay-dry on the inside like microfleece to keep them from having the wetness against their skin), and then separate inserts that you stuff inside to actually soak everything up. You can put the inserts in the dryer, hang up your shells, and have everything dry in a few hours.