Coverless newborn?

[WindyCityMom]

A coverless newborn (primarily) in the winter. Am I dreaming, or is this possible? DD is due 12/24. Other than when she's in a sleeper, I'd like her to be coverless. Could I do babylegs for those occasions? Do babylegs fit newborns? I'm using fitteds & prefolds. I'm talking about just around the house Covers will be for outings

Anyone gone coverless with a winter newborn?

TIA!

[Chamomile Girl]

Babylegs makes a newborn version. I thinnk its called my first babylegs. They sell them at Target.

[aratiaw]

I can think of a few ways to do this.
- Babylegs as mentioned
- Split crotch pants (I'd use fleece or wool). Then you wouldn't have to worry about the legs being too big, since the waistband would hold them up. Some have a more open crotch; I think they're sold somewhere as "Baby Chaps".
- Use a fleece or machine washable blanket under her bum to keep wetness off you/your clothing/bedding. You could flip the edges over her legs if it's particularly cold.

[WindyCityMom]

the fleece is a great idea! I LOVE making fleece tie blankets. Maybe I could use heavy duty fleece for a blanket under her (or sew a crib sheet, or bassinet sheet, or whatever sheet!). I don't mind getting pee on me, it's easier to change my clothes than the sheets I think you just opened up a new can of worms!

[Juliacat]

I didn't with dd, but with this one I'm planning on using 100% polyester fleece pants instead of diaper covers much of the time.

[octobermom]

We used sposies at first but ocne I did switch to cloth I went coverless I lot. I didn't when nursing because shes tended to have very explosive poo during that time and the cover was needed but in general yes.

Deanna

[DevaMajka]

You can go "coverless" if you use fleece pants (or fleece longies, same thing basically) or use fleece sleepers. That's pretty much the only "cover" I will use over fitteds. I love fitteds for their breathing ability.
I think any heavy fleece will do. It has to be 100% polyester though- no cotton mixes. (I think I may have read that it can be 80% polyester and it works- I'm afraid to try that). For the pants, I found that elastic can get very slightly damp. For that reason, I prefer WAHM fleece longies.

Actually, last night I was already asleep (sick) and dp diapered ds for bedtime. Now, I have the nighttime diapers always set in a certain spot, but for some reason he chose a fitted diaper (he wouldn't even have thought to use a cover- I save the 2 step diapers for me). Luckily, ds had fleece jammies on and the sheets and his jammies stayed totally dry all night long.

[gillibean]

This is exactly why I prefer fitted to AIO's. I like to have the cover off as much as possible. I would just use babylegs or even socks from one of my older children so the feet and legs would be covered.

[Juliacat]

My mom, who is a gigantic advocate of coverless cloth diapering, gave me some waterproof lap pads to put under the baby. She ordered them from JCPenney.

[octobermom]

Fleece never worked as a cover for us.

Deanna

[octobermom]

Originally Posted by Juliacat

My mom, who is a gigantic advocate of coverless cloth diapering, gave me some waterproof lap pads to put under the baby. She ordered them from JCPenney.

Did this also worked great as did our wool pad sadly before we discovered her allergy.

Deanna

[Michigan Mama]

I knitted some wool shorties and longies for ds2 and he has been living in them, pretty much since his cord stump fell off. He's 7 wks now.

Not exactly coverless, but wonderful. I'm working on knittingn some little leg warmers for him now, but I'm making up the pattern as I go, so we'll see if they fit!

Michigan gets the cold and snow a few hours after you do over there in Chicago, so I'm thinking about this, too!

[WindyCityMom]

Thanks everyone I might use some of DDs big prefolds for lap pads or to cover the boppy. DD was already mobile (running around) when we began CDing so I never had a problem with going coverless and soiling furniture, me, etc.

[cristeen]

My guy is 12 days old and hasn't been put in a cover yet. Just have plenty of spare blankets on hand. He's really good about warning us that he's about to go/has just gone, so it's only really an issue in the middle of the night when mommy is a bit too slow.

[bright_eyes]

I hope this doesn't seem like a silly question, but why go coverless? What are people's reasons? Is it just to facilitate doing ec?

[Juliacat]

It's better for the baby's skin--allows plenty of air circulation, facilitates more frequent changing and prevents diaper rash.

Originally Posted by bright_eyes

I hope this doesn't seem like a silly question, but why go coverless? What are people's reasons? Is it just to facilitate doing ec?

[e_roehm23]

Originally Posted by bright_eyes

I hope this doesn't seem like a silly question, but why go coverless? What are people's reasons? Is it just to facilitate doing ec?

I didn't know either....so, then my ds doesn't ever get diaper rash...would it still benefit him to go coverless, or would it be more of a mess (due to more dirty dipes and possible my wet clothes)?

[DevaMajka]

It just seems to me that it would be good for their skin to get air and stay as dry as possible, at least some of the time. I have no idea if it matters or not. lol. With coverless you can feel when they pee and change right away. With fleece covers, I can usually feel the warmth from the pee, but don't get any dampness on my clothes at all. I don't go actually coverless because I don't want to have more laundry, but use fleece pants which are still just as breathable.
Most of the time, I use pockets or AI2's though.

Originally Posted by octobermom

Fleece never worked as a cover for us.

Deanna

hmmm...did it just leak through for you? I've never had it not work for us. But that's why there are so many options out there- different things work for different people
I have read that if you wash them with fabric softener it will make the fleece cover work better, but I don't have any to try. I've also read that fleece doesn't work well for car seat use- it will wick through because of compression.