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Prefolds and Covers

joliebebejoliebebe member
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Hi. I'm a FTM, not quite due yet but getting my stash ready. I've been lurking this board for a while, as well as the FAQ and tons of youtube videos. I thought from what I had gathered that prefolds needs half as many covers. I.e. 24 prefolds to 12 covers. But then I noticed on the "how many CDs do you have" thread that many people had 30-40 prefolds to only 6-7 covers.

I intend to start off with 24-36 GMD Yellow prefolds, and work my way up to GMD Red prefolds when he outgrows those. I ordered 6 Flip OS covers and 1 Palm Tree OS cover, so 7 in all. I also have 6 BG 4.0's. Do I need more covers than 7? I was looking to get about 12-13 until I saw that thread.

Advice is greatly appreciated.

Note: I'm choosing not to CD right away, hence no NB prefolds/covers.

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  • adoxyinherearadoxyinherear member
    We're CDing a newborn right now, and 4 covers is working just fine for us! I think you'll be fine.
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  • lwsnakelwsnake member
    I have 7 covers and I never run out. I use 2 or 3 a day and wash every other day, i do have fleece for night but you should be fine.  Especially if your skipping newborn stage with the constant pooping.
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  • hailyfhailyf

    I am a FTM too, so take this advice with a grain of salt: 

    I wanted to do exclusively PF and covers too, but being  after being a nanny in college /  months of lurking here, learned that some babies do not tolerate just PF (as they feel wet as soon as your LO pees) and they get upset because they do not like feeling wet. Granted some kids are not like this. I nannied for twin boys and one of them was in pockets and the other PF because twin A hated feeling wet whereas Twin B didn't care. Whatever method you go for I hope it works for you - just wanted to give you something to think about!

    ETA: I just saw you have 4.0.....ignore me! 

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  • buggal28buggal28 member
    imagehailyf:

    I wanted to do exclusively PF and covers too, but being  after being a nanny in college /  months of lurking here, learned that some babies do not tolerate just PF (as they feel wet as soon as your LO pees) and they get upset because they do not like feeling wet.

    My baby is one that HATES being wet. We cut up some fleece and used them as lining, he is MUCH happier with that addition.

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  • AshleyT121AshleyT121 member
    We have 7 covers and it`s more than enough. I may get 1 or 2 more so that they can just stay in the diaper bag.
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  • skibunny59skibunny59 member
    imagebuggal28:
    imagehailyf:

    I wanted to do exclusively PF and covers too, but being  after being a nanny in college /  months of lurking here, learned that some babies do not tolerate just PF (as they feel wet as soon as your LO pees) and they get upset because they do not like feeling wet.

    My baby is one that HATES being wet. We cut up some fleece and used them as lining, he is MUCH happier with that addition.

    This!  Fleece liners work great. 

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  • skibunny59skibunny59 member
    I have only have 4 covers and I wash every other day.  I think 7 covers is plenty.
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  • oprastroprastr member
    I have 24 prefolds and 8 covers which plenty for doing laundry every other day. I'm buying more covers, but only because they're cute!
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  • bethgrimaldibethgrimaldi
    We started with GMD newborns right away and bought 24- we used those exclusively with 6 thirsties covers. 24 was enough to get us about 36h between washings. 6 covers was enough. LO started wearing the GMD smalls at about 6w and I have 24 of those as well. Now that she's bigger we use a whole variety of diapers (all in ones, pockets, prefolds) so 24 small prefolds is more than enough. May I also recommend the GMD workhorse diaper- really absorbent and easy to put on (i bought the one without snaps). We love our workhorses and will probably just buy the medium/red workhorses rather than more GMD prefolds. Good luck.
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