DH and I watched the you tube videos earlier and decided on a couple were going to try out. I'm excited he's on board with this! I think what won him over is the money we will be saving. Anyone know of some good places to get them? I know Cotton Babies has a Black Friday sale, but I feel like their website doesn't have many options or maybe it's just because I am in my phone?
There are a lot of great small businesses that carry a variety of brands. Lil Tulips, Bohemian Baby Boutique, Nicki's Diapers, Green Mountain Diapers, to name a few. They have rewards programs which are nice, and will have Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales (many manufacturers won't let them announce specifically what they are in advance).
@lionstigersbears Thank you!! I'll be looking into those. I also briefly looked at the cloth diaper exchange website briefly last night that someone else posted about.
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
@mhc13 actually formula poo is water soluble as well.
I have no idea why I thought otherwise?! Guess I never had to look into it further since formula wasn't an option for us. My kid refused every bottle known to man!
Eta: just did a quick google. Some say yes and some say no. Maybe it depends on the formula and kid?
I've cloth diapered with my first two children. We didn't start until they both were about 3 months as well but only because they were small babies and we felt like investing in newborn size since they grow so quick would defeat the purpose of cloth diapering to save money. We put them in seventh generation disposals until we were ready for cloth. We swear by the brand BumGenius! We use the pocket diapers for nighttime and their flip diapers during the day. They're amazing. Have lasted us almost 3 years now and are still going strong! They're worth every penny!!
We are planning on cloth diapering and would love to get some Black Friday deals- Dirtydiaperlaudry.com Will post tomorrow(Monday) a list of all cloth diaper deals for Black Friday. I am waiting to see the list but do any of you ladies have suggestions of brands that work better, fit best or last longest?! FTM here trying to navigate through all the different types and suggestions of cloth diapers.
I'm a FTM and I plan to CD. I keep changing my mind about how I'm going to go about it. My SO likes the idea of pocket diapers and AiOs but I seem to like the idea of prefolds and covers better. I am thinking of buying a small stash of rumparoozs newborn covers (I've seen lots of good reviews on them) and prefolds, and buying both a few one size covers and pocket diapers to see what we like best for the start. Then when we know what we like best/know the gender of LO buying the rest of the stash.
@Lillie0309 I'll give you my brand reviews! Tried but didn't love Charlie Banana, Econobum, Kawaii square tab, Bumgenius 4.0 VELCRO (velcro wore out too soon). Of course, none of these were epic fails or anything. Just small things we didn't like OR liked other brands better. LOVE Bumgenius 4.0 snaps. They seem to last forever. I bought a few when dd was 4 mo and bought more when she was 18 mo (after getting rid of those pesky Charlie Banana, ha ha). I cannot tell which ones are older - they all still seem to be in pristine condition and work wonderfully! Also LOVE Kawaii Goodnight Heavy Wetters. I was having a hard time finding something for overnight (even Bumgenius with a hemp doubler wasn't working). These have been fantastic! No leaks! Used them for over a year, and no wear and tear issues. I believe Kawaii usually has some good Black Friday sales. I don't have any newborn recommendations as I am new (OP here!). But I did buy a large stash of gently used Charlie Banana newborn sized (I know, I know, but the price was right!) and some Thirsties newborn covers. I plan to buy a dozen Green Mountain Diapers newborn prefolds. That should be a decent newborn stash for us.
I'm a FTM and I plan to CD. I keep changing my mind about how I'm going to go about it. My SO likes the idea of pocket diapers and AiOs but I seem to like the idea of prefolds and covers better. I am thinking of buying a small stash of rumparoozs newborn covers (I've seen lots of good reviews on them) and prefolds, and buying both a few one size covers and pocket diapers to see what we like best for the start. Then when we know what we like best/know the gender of LO buying the rest of the stash.
Sounds like a good idea! We did rumparooz NB covers with newborn and small prefolds/workhorses from Green Mountain Diapers. They probably have the best resale when it comes to prefolds so it's a safe bet in case you hate them!
My experience....I didn't like workhorses and prefolds with covers as much once DS became mobile. We still do prefolds in covers now and then (and fitteds with cover at night) but AIO make up most of our stash. You can make just about anything work so some prefer to buy one thing and stick to it so they don't have anything to compare haha, but variety is one way to find out!
For BumGenius, it looks like you also have to buy inserts. Are those reuseable?
Also, I'm having a hard time finding the cost savings. BumGenius diapers appear to run around $15 a piece then inserts are a dollar each. That's the equivilant of 64 disposible diapers even before the cost of washing the cloth diapers twice.
My husband and I have been debating which way to go with it (I hate throwing out that much trash), but I'm havving trouble finding the financial case for going with cloth over disposible. Any ideas ladies?
For BumGenius, it looks like you also have to buy inserts. Are those reuseable?
Also, I'm having a hard time finding the cost savings. BumGenius diapers appear to run around $15 a piece then inserts are a dollar each. That's the equivilant of 64 disposible diapers even before the cost of washing the cloth diapers twice.
My husband and I have been debating which way to go with it (I hate throwing out that much trash), but I'm havving trouble finding the financial case for going with cloth over disposible. Any ideas ladies?
The inserts are one use then wash, but reusable after cleaned, yes! The cost is an upfront investment for sure, but the savings come over time and with multiple kiddos it really skyrockets. I am a huge fan of Blueberry organic simplex which run over $30 per diaper (I know it's insane but I love them) and I will still save money over disposables before my first child is done using them. It just takes some time. Think of it this way... 64 diapers divided by 12 (diapers per day until the pooping slows down) is 5.333 .... that's less than ONE WEEKS worth of diapers. If it's too much money up front, you can always buy a small stash and supplement with disposables over time until you can bulk up your stash to have enough to phase out disposable?
@proudparent2b You spend a lot up front, but it costs less in the long run because the cloth diapers are reusable. Plus, I'd wit until they have sales. Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and someone else mentioned the diaper exchange. There are ways to get them cheaper. Also, there are some you can get that grow with baby (which is what I am doing).
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
One more question: there is a service in my area that will provide all the diapers, the pail, etc., do all the cleaning and deliver fresh diapers for $25 per week. Any estimates on how much buying all the diapers yourself costs? Obv. The service will likely be more, but there is the issue of not having to deal with cleaning and washing, which will free up our time.
ETa: TB's budgeting tool suggests disposables will cost $18.75 per week on average. If that's true, I could totally justify an extra $6 per week for a service to supply not only the diapers but do all the cleaning, too. And this service is all organic, etc.
That service actually sounds pretty cheap. BUT if you're cloth diapering to save money, I guess that wouldn't really help. i read that in the beginning you need about 10-12 cloth diapers per day. We are just getting s cloth diaper pail with the wet bag that goes with it and will wash diapers every other day.
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
My husband and I are very interested in cloth diapering as well! We didn't want to invest a ton into a newborn stash, but really wanted to try it right out of the gate. So after a little research, I came across this 12 week newborn rental service (they have extensions if you have a small baby and regular cloth don't quite fit after 12 weeks). They mail out your stash 2 weeks before your EDD, and then you get your deposit back after you return them. They have 2 options, fitted and covers (both new and used) and pocket diapers. The price varies on the style you go with and whether you get new or used. But we are going with the used fitted and covers and after we get our deposit back, we'll have spent just under $100 out of pocket. For us, its a perfect way to try out cloth and not invest too much. Bonus: they are a family owned and operated american business. Which we love.
Bumping up an pod thread here to ask a new question:
How many cloth diapers (say the 2 in one kind) should one reasonably have on hand before LO arrives?
If you want to cloth diaper from the start, it sounds like it's better to just go with flats?
is there some sort of storage system for soiled diapers between washes?
If you are doing newborn diapers, I'd say 8-10 covers and 24-36 inserts/prefolds/flats/fitteds to wash every 2-3 days. If you are going to wait until one-size works, 6 covers and 24 absorbent options is perfect.
I really enjoyed using flats for newborn because they are cheap, absorbent, and offer reasonable coverage for leaky poo if you snappi to baby (aka keeps poo off cover pretty well so you can reuse cover for a few changes). I then used them to stuff pocket diapers for daycare. Now we use them pad folded in covers. If you want the cheapest and easiest to keep clean option, fo newborn to potty training, I'd try 36 flats, 8-10 Nb covers, and 6-8 one-size covers. That way when your LO gets bigger you can use those extra flats to double up at night! (The biggest downside to flats is that you have to fold them, which is honestly not a big deal but some dislike it)
As for storage, we use a variety of different size wetbags as well as a pail liner in a tall laundry basket. If you want to minimize purchases I'd go with all wetbags so you have them for out of the house. You could totally get by with 2 large, 1-2 smaller for diaper bag.
Have any of you STM noticed that potty training happened faster with CD? My FIL and MIL are convinced that both of their kids were completely potty trained at 1 which seems a little crazy to me and I'd love to hear some other moms think!
My husband and I are very interested in cloth diapering as well! We didn't want to invest a ton into a newborn stash, but really wanted to try it right out of the gate. So after a little research, I came across this 12 week newborn rental service (they have extensions if you have a small baby and regular cloth don't quite fit after 12 weeks). They mail out your stash 2 weeks before your EDD, and then you get your deposit back after you return them. They have 2 options, fitted and covers (both new and used) and pocket diapers. The price varies on the style you go with and whether you get new or used. But we are going with the used fitted and covers and after we get our deposit back, we'll have spent just under $100 out of pocket. For us, its a perfect way to try out cloth and not invest too much. Bonus: they are a family owned and operated american business. Which we love.
Bumping up an pod thread here to ask a new question:
How many cloth diapers (say the 2 in one kind) should one reasonably have on hand before LO arrives?
If you want to cloth diaper from the start, it sounds like it's better to just go with flats?
is there some sort of storage system for soiled diapers between washes?
How many CD? I'd plan on at least 12 changes a day. We started with 36 diapers, and that was perfect for washing every 2-3 days.
Flats to start? I agree, either flats or fitteds. If you go with flats, I really like using Walmart's flour sack towels because they're cheap and very easy to find. They're about a dollar per flour sack towel. They work the exact same way as name brand flats. I hear the mini kite fold is super for newborns because it tends to be a trimmer fit with clothes. I personally like the happy anteater, but I haven't tried that on a newborn before. My CD friends use fitteds, which sound so nice, but they're a pretty penny.
Storage system for dirty diapers? I bought a cheap trash can with step lid, and I line it with a mesh laundry bag. I have two of the mesh bags so I can have one in the pail and one in the wash. Whatever you pick, it's important that it not be totally air tight, you want it to have some air circulation to dry out pee diapers, otherwise the fabrics will stay saturated and the pee will turn to ammonia, which is super duper stinky. It's counter intuitive to have an open diaper pail because you think having something air tight will keep the room from stinking up, but trust me when I say you want ventilation in there to dry out the pee. When we're out and about we use small/medium wetbags to stash dirty diapers until we get home.
Have any of you STM noticed that potty training happened faster with CD? My FIL and MIL are convinced that both of their kids were completely potty trained at 1 which seems a little crazy to me and I'd love to hear some other moms think!
Well, completely anecdotal, but my brother and I were CDed and we were NOT quick potty learners! But my fingers are crossed for my baby! We're planning to use prefolds/covers, and have registered for 30 newborn size prefolds and six covers. We're also planning to use cloth wipes. We've registered for a Diaper Dekor pail and Planet Wise pail liners, and also some wet bags. Crazy, but I'm actually kind of excited to diaper my baby! How many parents using disposable diapers can say that?
Have any of you STM noticed that potty training happened faster with CD? My FIL and MIL are convinced that both of their kids were completely potty trained at 1 which seems a little crazy to me and I'd love to hear some other moms think!
My LO isn't potty trained yet at 19 months, but I'd say she's very aware of when she goes. I think potty readiness is equal parts bodily awareness and muscle control. Cloth diapers would help with only one of those.
I love cloth diapering. Both of my CDed kids were out of diapers a couple months after their 2nd birthdays. I tallied an average of 15 changes a day per child the first year and closer to 10 after that.
0-3months: I used 24 kissaluvs fitteds with several wool covers recycled from sweaters, as well as 12 prefolds with snappis as backups. ($350 for everything.) 3m+: I used 12 Sunbabies ($69) & 24 tots bots easy fit w/ Velcro ($540) 12m night time: After a while I was stuffing tons of extra layers into these OS diapers at night because my daughter was sleeping around 11-12 hours and leaking. I was going to switch to disposable overnight diapers, but many recommended nighttime fitteds and wool covers. I bought 8 night time diapers and 6 wool covers ($300). They worked perfectly.
So for $1260 I got 80 diapers, many of them premium types. I can probably sell them for about half that, so $630. I'm having my 3rd child and I haven't purchased a diaper since 2012. So for that $630 I will have diapered 3 kids and covered 7 years of diapering. I saved thousands of dollars and kept over 30,000 disposable diapers out of the landfill.
I know every kid is different and ready to potty train at different times, but I actually think cloth diapering has allowed me to be a bit lazy with potty training my 2 yr old. Its not costing me anything, and call me crazy but it is EASIER to have a 2 yr old in diapers than a 2 yr old who says "I need to go potty" the second you get to a store with no bathroom or merge onto the highway...lazy parenting at its finest!
I know every kid is different and ready to potty train at different times, but I actually think cloth diapering has allowed me to be a bit lazy with potty training my 2 yr old. Its not costing me anything, and call me crazy but it is EASIER to have a 2 yr old in diapers than a 2 yr old who says "I need to go potty" the second you get to a store with no bathroom or merge onto the highway...lazy parenting at its finest!
My kids are in daycare and I saved $20/week by moving them to the next stage room for kids out of diapers. Even doing it 3 months earlier for one kid, I magically saved $240. Financially it made sense to get them out of diapers asap!
I know every kid is different and ready to potty train at different times, but I actually think cloth diapering has allowed me to be a bit lazy with potty training my 2 yr old. Its not costing me anything, and call me crazy but it is EASIER to have a 2 yr old in diapers than a 2 yr old who says "I need to go potty" the second you get to a store with no bathroom or merge onto the highway...lazy parenting at its finest!
My kids are in daycare and I saved $20/week by moving them to the next stage room for kids out of diapers. Even doing it 3 months earlier for one kid, I magically saved $240. Financially it made sense to get them out of diapers asap!
The diaper service I'm looking for says on its website that "research shows that on average CD'd kids potty train faster." There is no link to that research, but maybe it is true based on some of the stories here.
I know every kid is different and ready to potty train at different times, but I actually think cloth diapering has allowed me to be a bit lazy with potty training my 2 yr old. Its not costing me anything, and call me crazy but it is EASIER to have a 2 yr old in diapers than a 2 yr old who says "I need to go potty" the second you get to a store with no bathroom or merge onto the highway...lazy parenting at its finest!
My kids are in daycare and I saved $20/week by moving them to the next stage room for kids out of diapers. Even doing it 3 months earlier for one kid, I magically saved $240. Financially it made sense to get them out of diapers asap!
The diaper service I'm looking for says on its website that "research shows that on average CD'd kids potty train faster." There is no link to that research, but maybe it is true based on some of the stories here.
I've heard of this but never seen an actual research study proving anything. I've also heard of parents who don't push potty training because 1. they love their cloth diapers! and 2. as mentioned earlier, it's not a financial drain each extra day! DS is 16 months, we shall see when he shows interest but so far nothing.
I don't want to turn this into a potty thread, but around 18 months I put a little potty in each bathroom and started putting my kids on it while the bathtub filled up. I also used the toilet in front of them and talked about what I was doing. Then at 2, I put them in undies and put them on the potty every 60 minutes. If they went, I gave bribes that motivated them. My daughter got stickers and my son got m&ms. It's lovely to leave the house with just a purse!
Has anyone had experience using Charlie Banana cloth diapers? I am a first time mom and really want to do cloth diapers but really know nothing about them. We did a little research and picked these but really have no idea if they are a good choice.
Question for the experienced cloth diaper pals here: I live in a hot/humid climate. How do I best store the dirty nappies ??? I am a bit concerned about mould/smell..... Any advice?
Question for the experienced cloth diaper pals here: I live in a hot/humid climate. How do I best store the dirty nappies ??? I am a bit concerned about mould/smell..... Any advice?
Our summers get hot and humid, and the diaper pail tends to get stinkier quicker, and we've had a couple of mold incidents. I just do laundry more often. In winter I can get by doing diaper laundry 1-2x a week. In summer I step it up to 2-3x a week. And if you get a diaper or two that molds, you can kill the mold with bleach and use a stiff bristled brush to scrub the stain out. There's only been one diaper that's been too disgusting to recover in our CD journey.
Thank you:-) !! So what's the best go, do you put them in storage that allows airflow (I read that that's better against mould) (but what about the smell?) other people keep them in a pail or in a wet bag (some a bucket that can be locked) but those options scream "mould" to me....
Storage system for dirty diapers? I bought a cheap trash can with step lid, and I line it with a mesh laundry bag. I have two of the mesh bags so I can have one in the pail and one in the wash. Whatever you pick, it's important that it not be totally air tight, you want it to have some air circulation to dry out pee diapers, otherwise the fabrics will stay saturated and the pee will turn to ammonia, which is super duper stinky. It's counter intuitive to have an open diaper pail because you think having something air tight will keep the room from stinking up, but trust me when I say you want ventilation in there to dry out the pee. When we're out and about we use small/medium wetbags to stash dirty diapers until we get home.
@mumbolino I answered your question earlier Definitely ventilation! I've played around with both high and low ventilation, and a high ventilation pail is the way to go.
Storage system for dirty diapers? I bought a cheap trash can with step lid, and I line it with a mesh laundry bag. I have two of the mesh bags so I can have one in the pail and one in the wash. Whatever you pick, it's important that it not be totally air tight, you want it to have some air circulation to dry out pee diapers, otherwise the fabrics will stay saturated and the pee will turn to ammonia, which is super duper stinky. It's counter intuitive to have an open diaper pail because you think having something air tight will keep the room from stinking up, but trust me when I say you want ventilation in there to dry out the pee. When we're out and about we use small/medium wetbags to stash dirty diapers until we get home.
@mumbolino I answered your question earlier Definitely ventilation! I've played around with both high and low ventilation, and a high ventilation pail is the way to go.
Awesome. I totally blame baby brain for overlooking this! HA! :-) I will go for airflow then!!! Baby will arrive in dry season, so the air won't be too humid. Right now, i wonder if pee on diapers would even remotely consider drying with all that humidity in the air. (It's gross!) Well. In a year's time, I shall be an expert on cloth diapering in humid weather. One sentence I never thought I'd say.
Storage system for dirty diapers? I bought a cheap trash can with step lid, and I line it with a mesh laundry bag. I have two of the mesh bags so I can have one in the pail and one in the wash. Whatever you pick, it's important that it not be totally air tight, you want it to have some air circulation to dry out pee diapers, otherwise the fabrics will stay saturated and the pee will turn to ammonia, which is super duper stinky. It's counter intuitive to have an open diaper pail because you think having something air tight will keep the room from stinking up, but trust me when I say you want ventilation in there to dry out the pee. When we're out and about we use small/medium wetbags to stash dirty diapers until we get home.
@mumbolino I answered your question earlier Definitely ventilation! I've played around with both high and low ventilation, and a high ventilation pail is the way to go.
Awesome. I totally blame baby brain for overlooking this! HA! :-) I will go for airflow then!!! Baby will arrive in dry season, so the air won't be too humid. Right now, i wonder if pee on diapers would even remotely consider drying with all that humidity in the air. (It's gross!) Well. In a year's time, I shall be an expert on cloth diapering in humid weather. One sentence I never thought I'd say.
Many more of those kinds of sentences are in your future haha. Last week I was rinsing out toddler poop diapers griping to hubby that "I miss newborn poop!"
This graphic just came up in the Fluff Love and Cloth Diaper Science FB group (which I highly recommend you check out) and thought I'd share it with our cloth diaper newbies whose heads might be spinning from the gazillion CD options out there.
We used cloth for our first son and will reuse them for this LO but since this is a girl, I might buy a few cute girly prints to add to the mix. We only used the one-size diapers and waited until he could fit in them and will probably do the same again. I think we only went through one box of newborn or size 1 diapers until we switched and we had gotten those as baby shower gifts so it wasn't a big deal to go that route and, like you or a PP mentioned, I didn't want to have to worry about getting the laundry done in the first few weeks.
We used a mix of BumGenius and Rumparooz and didn't have any problems with wear and tear. I would line dry when I could or try to take the pockets out of the dryer early to finish air drying while the inserts went on another cycle. I found that with 12 diapers in rotation, I washed every other day or so - but could stretch it to two days between.
It seems really intimidating because there are so many types and brands and some people are adamant that you HAVE to use this detergent or insert or you HAVE to do this or that. But really, it's just laundry, don't over think it. We used a wetbag in a decorative trash can and didn't both with a sprayer because we found that simply swishing a poopy diaper in the toilet after dumping it worked just fine - though I did have to find a stick from outside and scrape a couple of times!
We also kept disposables around for when MIL babysat or we were going out for an extended period of time - I only used a small messenger bag instead of a diaper bag and didn't have room for multiple dirty diapers in a wet-bag - and I think that over two years time with DS, we probably bought one box of each size of disposables.
Question for the group: Do people start with cloth right away after birth? Should I bring CDs to the hospital? Or are they so tiny it's better to start with disposables and transition as some have alluded to doing?
Question for the group: Do people start with cloth right away after birth? Should I bring CDs to the hospital? Or are they so tiny it's better to start with disposables and transition as some have alluded to doing?
@vinerie We are not taking cloth to the hospital we plan to start that first week though. It all depends what type you end up going with. AIO's don't tend to fit babies until they are at least 10 pounds, but some brands are known for fitting smaller babies sooner. You'll hear a lot of people talk about their "newborn stash" and thats because unless you have a really big baby, most regular size cloth diapers wont fit immediately.
One more question: The service I'm looking at delivers clean diapers and picks up dirty ones once a week. If i'm going through 8-10 diapers a day, that is a lot of dirty diapers to sit for a week. Is a smelly area around the pail (which they provide) inevitable? If I were washing them myself, could I go a week between loads (assuming I had enough diapers to get me through a week) or is that just gross?
Thats a huge stash of diapers! So I am not sure about the smell after a week. Our stash will allow us to wash every other, every 3rd day depending on baby's age. Our newborn stash will be 8 covers and 24 fitteds. After that I'll have 24-36 preforlds, 8-10 covers, and 6 AIO's.
Re: Since the cloth diaper board is basically dead
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
Menopur 75ml (upped to 112.5ml), Ovidrel, & IUI IUI #1 8/31/2015
9/15/2015: BFP HCG - 400, 9/17/2015: HCG - 827, 9/21/2015 - HCG 3,327!Eta: just did a quick google. Some say yes and some say no. Maybe it depends on the formula and kid?
Dirtydiaperlaudry.com
Will post tomorrow(Monday) a list of all cloth diaper deals for Black Friday. I am waiting to see the list but do any of you ladies have suggestions of brands that work better, fit best or last longest?! FTM here trying to navigate through all the different types and suggestions of cloth diapers.
Tried but didn't love Charlie Banana, Econobum, Kawaii square tab, Bumgenius 4.0 VELCRO (velcro wore out too soon). Of course, none of these were epic fails or anything. Just small things we didn't like OR liked other brands better.
LOVE Bumgenius 4.0 snaps. They seem to last forever. I bought a few when dd was 4 mo and bought more when she was 18 mo (after getting rid of those pesky Charlie Banana, ha ha). I cannot tell which ones are older - they all still seem to be in pristine condition and work wonderfully!
Also LOVE Kawaii Goodnight Heavy Wetters. I was having a hard time finding something for overnight (even Bumgenius with a hemp doubler wasn't working). These have been fantastic! No leaks! Used them for over a year, and no wear and tear issues. I believe Kawaii usually has some good Black Friday sales.
I don't have any newborn recommendations as I am new (OP here!). But I did buy a large stash of gently used Charlie Banana newborn sized (I know, I know, but the price was right!) and some Thirsties newborn covers. I plan to buy a dozen Green Mountain Diapers newborn prefolds. That should be a decent newborn stash for us.
My experience....I didn't like workhorses and prefolds with covers as much once DS became mobile. We still do prefolds in covers now and then (and fitteds with cover at night) but AIO make up most of our stash. You can make just about anything work so some prefer to buy one thing and stick to it so they don't have anything to compare haha, but variety is one way to find out!
Also, I'm having a hard time finding the cost savings. BumGenius diapers appear to run around $15 a piece then inserts are a dollar each. That's the equivilant of 64 disposible diapers even before the cost of washing the cloth diapers twice.
My husband and I have been debating which way to go with it (I hate throwing out that much trash), but I'm havving trouble finding the financial case for going with cloth over disposible. Any ideas ladies?
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
Menopur 75ml (upped to 112.5ml), Ovidrel, & IUI IUI #1 8/31/2015
9/15/2015: BFP HCG - 400, 9/17/2015: HCG - 827, 9/21/2015 - HCG 3,327!How many cloth diapers (say the 2 in one kind) should one reasonably have on hand before LO arrives?
If you want to cloth diaper from the start, it sounds like it's better to just go with flats?
is there some sort of storage system for soiled diapers between washes?
DS: Born 5-17-16
ETa: TB's budgeting tool suggests disposables will cost $18.75 per week on average. If that's true, I could totally justify an extra $6 per week for a service to supply not only the diapers but do all the cleaning, too. And this service is all organic, etc.
DS: Born 5-17-16
i read that in the beginning you need about 10-12 cloth diapers per day. We are just getting s cloth diaper pail with the wet bag that goes with it and will wash diapers every other day.
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
Menopur 75ml (upped to 112.5ml), Ovidrel, & IUI IUI #1 8/31/2015
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I really enjoyed using flats for newborn because they are cheap, absorbent, and offer reasonable coverage for leaky poo if you snappi to baby (aka keeps poo off cover pretty well so you can reuse cover for a few changes). I then used them to stuff pocket diapers for daycare. Now we use them pad folded in covers. If you want the cheapest and easiest to keep clean option, fo newborn to potty training, I'd try 36 flats, 8-10 Nb covers, and 6-8 one-size covers. That way when your LO gets bigger you can use those extra flats to double up at night! (The biggest downside to flats is that you have to fold them, which is honestly not a big deal but some dislike it)
As for storage, we use a variety of different size wetbags as well as a pail liner in a tall laundry basket. If you want to minimize purchases I'd go with all wetbags so you have them for out of the house. You could totally get by with 2 large, 1-2 smaller for diaper bag.
hope that helps!
How many CD? I'd plan on at least 12 changes a day. We started with 36 diapers, and that was perfect for washing every 2-3 days.
Flats to start? I agree, either flats or fitteds. If you go with flats, I really like using Walmart's flour sack towels because they're cheap and very easy to find. They're about a dollar per flour sack towel. They work the exact same way as name brand flats. I hear the mini kite fold is super for newborns because it tends to be a trimmer fit with clothes. I personally like the happy anteater, but I haven't tried that on a newborn before. My CD friends use fitteds, which sound so nice, but they're a pretty penny.
Storage system for dirty diapers? I bought a cheap trash can with step lid, and I line it with a mesh laundry bag. I have two of the mesh bags so I can have one in the pail and one in the wash. Whatever you pick, it's important that it not be totally air tight, you want it to have some air circulation to dry out pee diapers, otherwise the fabrics will stay saturated and the pee will turn to ammonia, which is super duper stinky. It's counter intuitive to have an open diaper pail because you think having something air tight will keep the room from stinking up, but trust me when I say you want ventilation in there to dry out the pee. When we're out and about we use small/medium wetbags to stash dirty diapers until we get home.
We're planning to use prefolds/covers, and have registered for 30 newborn size prefolds and six covers. We're also planning to use cloth wipes.
We've registered for a Diaper Dekor pail and Planet Wise pail liners, and also some wet bags.
Crazy, but I'm actually kind of excited to diaper my baby! How many parents using disposable diapers can say that?
0-3months: I used 24 kissaluvs fitteds with several wool covers recycled from sweaters, as well as 12 prefolds with snappis as backups. ($350 for everything.)
3m+: I used 12 Sunbabies ($69) & 24 tots bots easy fit w/ Velcro ($540)
12m night time: After a while I was stuffing tons of extra layers into these OS diapers at night because my daughter was sleeping around 11-12 hours and leaking. I was going to switch to disposable overnight diapers, but many recommended nighttime fitteds and wool covers. I bought 8 night time diapers and 6 wool covers ($300). They worked perfectly.
So for $1260 I got 80 diapers, many of them premium types. I can probably sell them for about half that, so $630. I'm having my 3rd child and I haven't purchased a diaper since 2012. So for that $630 I will have diapered 3 kids and covered 7 years of diapering. I saved thousands of dollars and kept over 30,000 disposable diapers out of the landfill.
DS: Born 5-17-16
Any advice?
So what's the best go, do you put them in storage that allows airflow (I read that that's better against mould) (but what about the smell?) other people keep them in a pail or in a wet bag (some a bucket that can be locked) but those options scream "mould" to me....
ideas?
We used a mix of BumGenius and Rumparooz and didn't have any problems with wear and tear. I would line dry when I could or try to take the pockets out of the dryer early to finish air drying while the inserts went on another cycle. I found that with 12 diapers in rotation, I washed every other day or so - but could stretch it to two days between.
It seems really intimidating because there are so many types and brands and some people are adamant that you HAVE to use this detergent or insert or you HAVE to do this or that. But really, it's just laundry, don't over think it. We used a wetbag in a decorative trash can and didn't both with a sprayer because we found that simply swishing a poopy diaper in the toilet after dumping it worked just fine - though I did have to find a stick from outside and scrape a couple of times!
We also kept disposables around for when MIL babysat or we were going out for an extended period of time - I only used a small messenger bag instead of a diaper bag and didn't have room for multiple dirty diapers in a wet-bag - and I think that over two years time with DS, we probably bought one box of each size of disposables.
DS: Born 5-17-16
DS: Born 5-17-16
Thats a huge stash of diapers! So I am not sure about the smell after a week. Our stash will allow us to wash every other, every 3rd day depending on baby's age. Our newborn stash will be 8 covers and 24 fitteds. After that I'll have 24-36 preforlds, 8-10 covers, and 6 AIO's.