gmd workhorses

kimberlydlee82 · May 2014

Are these really that awesome? Ive heard that they were completely necessary and then heard the opposite! If so, I usually have 8 lb babies or so. Do you think newborn would be worth it? Or start with prefolds for NB and then small workhorses?

farmrose · May 2014

They are awesome. I'd recommend getting them. My LO was 8-3 at birth and gained (very) quickly. I'd say the workhorse oranges fit about two weeks longer than the prefolds did, because the "wings" give a little extra width. You could go either way I think with an 8 lb baby. My LO wore the Orange prefolds for 2 weeks maybe. She was 9-15 at two weeks old

. And she's still in the yellows at two months and weighs 13-13, but we'll probably move up to red pretty soon. The GMD website has recommendations for skipping sizes if you don't want to buy every size. But I bought 4 each of orange, yellow, and red workhorses and plan to add about 6 more red when I go back to work and have money again. They really are awesome.

kimberlydlee82 · May 2014

Awesome! Thank you so much!

CLLDLL · May 2014

I agree WHs are awesome. Definitely get 4-6 of them to use ON or when you just don't feel like putting on a prefold.

We didn't start CD'ing until 6 weeks, so I can't say for sure what size I would have preferred for the NB days. I tend to like things that aren't as bulky. So I think I'd lean towards getting NBs but then selling it them when you're done to fund the yellows or reds. They hold their value really well.

Rrrrrachel · May 2014

My baby was 9 pounds. He's four weeks old now and still wearing orange edged fitteds and prefolds and he's not exactly busting out. The yellow edge prefolds also fit if i fold down the back. The yellow edge fitteds fit fine and honestly even early on I didn't see much difference in fit between them and the orange.

ElleBeeDub · May 2014

I actually don't own any workhorses. We did prefolds and covers for nb, and they were awesome. I did, however, have a couple random nb fitteds, and I loved those for motn changes when I just wanted to get back to bed. This time around, I'm converting some of my prefolds to fitteds so I have more of those easy changes, but I'm definitely keeping most of them as prefolds because I use them to stuff pockets etc...

BoothBaby · May 2014

Agree with PPs, the GMD workhorses are awesome! DS wore the orange edge until he was like 12 lbs, so I would definitely start there. We ended up skipping yellow to save $$, and the reds were big for a while, but still worked fine since we just use them for night time now. He is 5 months and probably around 16+ lbs and the reds still fit great.

mrshudson618 · May 2014

I am one of the ones who isn't really pro fitted. Workhorses are just a prefold that is easier to put on.
I just don't think that prefold are that hard to put on, especially not enough to pay 3 times as much for a fitted.

MAdams728 · May 2014

My stash is 90% Workhorses. I love them. I don't have any advice about nb size, as I didn't CD until about 4 months. But we have been in the red edges from 5 months, and still have room to grow at 1 year! The sizes cover a really nice range.

ktpaladino · May 2014

There is really not a whole lot of difference between the newborn and small size. If you're anticipating an 8ish pounder, I think you could go strictly yellow edge and be fine. They might be a little bulky for the first few weeks, but it would be more economical to have the bigger size and be able to get more use out of them.

ElleBeeDub · May 2014

mrshudson618 said:

I am one of the ones who isn't really pro fitted. Workhorses are just a prefold that is easier to put on. I just don't think that prefold are that hard to put on, especially not enough to pay 3 times as much for a fitted.

This is why I don't own any workhorses and instead I'm converting some of our least-favorite prefolds

Overnight fitteds are a different story, but even now, I'd rather make fitteds if they're going to be used during the day.

mrshudson618 · May 2014

ElleBeeDub said:

mrshudson618 said:

I am one of the ones who isn't really pro fitted. Workhorses are just a prefold that is easier to put on.
I just don't think that prefold are that hard to put on, especially not enough to pay 3 times as much for a fitted.

This is why I don't own any workhorses and instead I'm converting some of our least-favorite prefolds

Overnight fitteds are a different story, but even now, I'd rather make fitteds if they're going to be used during the day.
Oh, I totally agree that ON fitted are a different story.

Sarah226 · May 2014

Yes, they really are awesome. Especially for the NB period. Like ovenrack said, they contain NB poop better than a prefold b/c they have the elastic in leg holes.

I also really like them for when baby is rashy and needs to air out, I put them in a WH with no cover. Lets them get air w/o peeing on everything.

To answer your question, I think you could probably get away with smalls, but they will be bulky at first and my not get tight enough to keep poop off your covers. My twins were 6 and 7 lbs and wore the NB size until like, at least 8 weeks, so its not like you'd outgrow the NBs in 2 weeks or something. Might be worth it to get the NBs and then sell to upgrade to smalls. Either way, really.

kimberlydlee82 · May 2014

Thanks everyone! I found a good deal on 8 nb workhorses on a fb b/s/t page so I went ahead and jumped at it! Now to just wait on August for her to get here to try. Pockets with mf insert and a trifolded prefold are working great still for my 10 month old! But I def think workhorses will work great for my nb with the thirsties covers and the few aios I have already in nb size!

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