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Help me decide what to buy!!- FTM
rebennett06
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I'm already buying a infant starter pack from a store in the area to get me through until 3 mos- but from there on out I am just at a loss. I want a mixture of prefolds and covers/ AIO- but brand wise and how many to get of each I am just at a loss. My thoughts right now are to aim for 30 diapers - maybe 4 or 5 AIO ( i will be using prefolds and covers at home primarily) and the rest in prefolds-- how many covers would you recommend for that? And do you recommend getting all the same brand covers or different brands?
I also need help with what kind of AIO brand you recommend- I don't have any ideas on this one.
for prefolds I'm looking at Buttons, Sweet Pea, Best Bottoms, and Blueberry.
I'm open to any and all recommendations on this, I am the first person I know to be doing cloth diapers, so its very hard to figure all this out!!! Thanks in advance!!
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Re: Help me decide what to buy!!- FTM
For prefolds I would recommend either GMD, imagine, or just the no brand Indian cotton prefolds. I have all three and really can't tell a difference except the Indian cotton ones were almost half the price of GMD, just make sure that they are at least 4x8x4 layers.
For covers, I love the two sized systems, like thirsties, and Assunta with the sandwich PUL are my absolute favorite.
As for AIOs, I don't use those much, and the only advice I have is that the thirsties AIOs are by really absorbent enough on their own, we need to use a doubler to make them work, so they may as well be a pocket. I would not recommend them unless your baby turns out to be a really light pee-er.