It only took 7 weeks, but when you have your second child and the first is a strong-willed almost-3-year-old, you take things one at a time. "Like an onion," my friend said. I'd thought Olivia would be so small she'd need to be in newborn diapers for a while and we wouldn't get into the one-sized cloth ones for a few months. Well, she's now over 11 lbs, so she barely fits into the smallest diaper covers! It's not the easiest thing to run a bag of dirty cloth diapers over to the mother-in-law apartment to use the washer and dryer, but it's a blessing to have a washer and dryer at all! We're still in disposables overnight, as that's the only way she'll sleep through. THAT'S RIGHT, I said "sleep through"...as in, the night! Last night I was graced with 8 full hours of glorious, slobber-dripping sleep, and it was everything I thought it could be. Thank you, God.
Which brand are you using? Do you like them so far? We have FuzziBunz and some BumGenius and other misc. ones from friends. I didn't get them in time to use them for the first year with my oldest, just the next 2 years- but with the coming baby I'm hoping it will work with newborn up.
ReplyDeleteWe've bought Flip, Thirsties, Fuzzibunz, BumGenius, Kawaii, Cuddle Bug, Bummis... and we like the outer liner/filler style best. It's less laundry you do and way less expensive than the all-in-ones or pocket diapers. If you like the pocket style, Kawaiis are the best because they're a fraction of the price of the rest. But if you go the outer liner/filler route, all you need (for washing laundry every 2-3 days) is one or two single-size outer diaper for newborns, several baby blankets or large squares of flannel fabric folded to fit inside, then 4-6 Flip one-size-fits-all outer diapers and about 20-35 fillers (about $2 each) and that fits the baby through 36 months. Very economical, and easy to pass on to a friend to use (they get their own fillers). But once the all-in-ones or pocket diapers are badly stained, you have to replace the whole diaper to get it looking new again. Congratulations on your new baby coming soon! :)
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