Newborn dipes?

[beebalmmama]

We moved with ds when he was born, so I ended up using sposies for the first month. Then after I used prefolds and covers. So I'll be starting right off with cloth for this baby.

What is a good system for newborn dipes and how many will I need. I don't want to spend a lot of $$ on it either. I have seen that some mamas reccomend proraps for covers, but the couple that I have melted in the dryer, so I'd rather go with another cover. Are flatfolds easier on a newborn than bulkier prefolds? Or would I be best to go with some kind of fitted or contoured dipe?

[kawa kamuri]

if you search "newborn" in the diapering forum you'll get tons of opinions. i'm using prefolds with bsww's and thirsties to start.

[an_aurora]

Originally Posted by kawa kamuri

i'm using prefolds with bsww's and thirsties to start.

Me too!

[dogretro]

We use orange-edged newborn-sized prefolds (only available at http://www.greenmountaindiaper.com ) w/ nb Bummis Super Brites covers until the cord stump falls off, then nb Bummis super whisper wraps as the baby chubs up. The super brites have a cord dip and are smaller and trimmer. We trifold the prefolds. 24 prefolds gets us thru w/ washing every other day. We have diapered 3 newborns this way so far and it works great!

[EmmalinesMom]

I used lots of prefolds and fitteds on my girls as newborns. For fitteds, I loved the Kissaluv 0s and Thirsties. I used a few flats, too, and they are really, really versitile. Tons of ways to fold them!

I used a lot of Bummis Super Whisper Wraps for covers. I prefer the newer Bummis Super Brights because of the gussets, though. Thirsties are a simple PUL cover, too, that also has gussets.

[xekomaya]

Originally Posted by dogretro

We use orange-edged newborn-sized prefolds (only available at http://www.greenmountaindiaper.com ) w/ nb Bummis Super Brites covers until the cord stump falls off, then nb Bummis super whisper wraps as the baby chubs up. The super brites have a cord dip and are smaller and trimmer. We trifold the prefolds. 24 prefolds gets us thru w/ washing every other day. We have diapered 3 newborns this way so far and it works great!

We did the same thing. I used 4 dozen, and occasionally dipped into my infant sized stash, but I have a really crummy wash situation.

[Michigan Mama]

I'm doing a combo of prefolds and fitteds, with Thirsties covers and wool (due Aug). I vote, if prefolds worked well for you before, stick with them. They are inexpensive and so forgiving!

Congrats on your coming arrival!

[weliveintheforest]

I think prefolds are fine, but loved fitteds to catch the leaky poos. It might be nice to have some. I had some blueberry newborn fitteds, some muttaqins, motherease sandies and some kissaluvs, and the blueberries and mutts were the nicer of the 4.