I did not plan to cloth diapering. My husband was not on board and I did not know any better to fight for it. After 3 months I was sick with the thought of how many diapers we were going through. Of course those first few months are diaper city and I do not know if I would cloth from newborn but I would defiantly try.
Some advice I got was that some cloth diapering is better then none. You do not have to go all in. You could just cloth diaper during the day and use disposable at night.
Also, if you are on the fence I would recommenced looking into diaper services.
I started cloth diapering at 4 month so I do not have any newborn recommendations but Green Mountain Diapers has a great newborn kit and either way I highly recommend checking out Green Mountain Diapers info page. It is more informative and better written then this but the internet needs more stuff on it so here I am.
This is a mix of what I have and what I would have done differently. Of course not everything works for everyone but there are a few reasons I was attracted to the Green Mountain Prefolds. 1) I met a mom and this what she used. 2) They can be made to fit any size. Fitting is very important with cloth diapering. If it does not fit right it leaks but its usually just pee and if you are afraid of pee and want to take on cloth diapering you might want to think about that. Side note about cloth diapering. I very rarely if ever had blowouts. Cloth diapers are bulkier but they contain messes a lot better then disposables. 3) Affordable in my eyes
Day time:
2 dozen Green Mountain Diaper Cloth-eez Prefold Diaper Medium
2 dozen Green Mountain Diaper Cloth-eez Prefold Diaper Large
1 dozen Green Mountain Diaper Cloth-eez Diaper Doublers
6 (size 2) Thristies Duo Wrap
3 sets of Snappi’s
Night time:
(We Use) the Grovia One shell with one of its inserts and the insert from the Nickis Bambo Diaper
If I was doing it again I would use wool. My child, who I will refer to as T because I am extra special like that, pees a lot at night. Early on when I was nursing I would also change her diaper after she nursed. I night weened her around 9 months and that is when I stopped changing her diaper and her waking up wet became a problem.
The reason I would do her night time situation differently is because I am not over the moon about the materials that her overnight diapers are made of and she still wakes up wet so I think there is room for improvement.
What I would use:
1 Disana Wool Pull on Cover in each size depending on when you are starting. From my understanding you just put these over your regular diapers daytime diapers.
1 Babee Greens Wool Diaper Liner As an extra doubler for night
Here is a great resource to learn about wool and how to clean it. Please do it because I ended up spending more money with what I bought and have to wash them constantly. I am kinda talking myself into getting them right now. I will report back if I fall down this rabbit hole.
Products for Cleaning:
Briefly my wash routine for the prefolds includes 3 rinse cycles and then a long dryer cycle. I could cut out that first wash cycle if I had the Potty Pail. You might be thinking, “That is a lot of water! That must be worse on the environment?” Supposedly, no. But I am not he expert. I was the night diapers together on one long cycle and dry them in the dyrer and the covers with my regular laundry and air dry them. I tried air drying them but it took forever and they get so stiff.
We use Bummis Flushable Bio Soft liners when I remember. They are very helpful. I try to get as much poop of in the toilet often will a wipe or toilet paper. Then I put them in our wastebasket. I wash them every 2-3 days. When you order from Green Mountain they send you this amazing booklet that I based my wash routine off of.
I do not have this but it I was to do it again I would get the Potty Pail.
We use Bummis Flushable Bio Soft liners when I remember and they are helpful.
We do not use cloth wipes I tried and failed but that does not mean you will not. We use water wipes. Sometimes they are cheaper at Target sometimes they are cheaper on amazon.
Travel diaper bag for day to to day. I choose this ones because it has two sections one for dry diapers and one for wet clothes. The handle of mine feel off very soon after I go it but everything else is great. I was it and dry it with my normal laundry as often as I remember, so not very often, and it is starting to rip a little but still very usable after two years of hard use.
We use a wastebasket from target for our dirty diapers but they live in our laundry room which is on the other side of our house so its not something you smell constantly.
But if you are using the sprayer you might want something more like this
Bumgenius Hangout Wet Bag or Smart Bottoms Hanging Wet Bag
Lastly, for travel we use disposables.
I hope that is helpful if you have an questions please feel free to ask!
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