Should I even bother with NB prefolds?

[angela1435]

So my first two girls were 8.3 and 9.1..........this one is a boy and I know every baby is different but I am planning that he will be at least as big as my second child. If he is that big, do you think I should even bother with NB prefolds or just go straight to smalls? I want to buy GMD prefolds if that helps any.

[cristeen]

Well, it's doubtful this one will be smaller than your first anyway. But my 8 pounder still was far too small for infant prefolds for quiet a while. All I had were smalls because I was expecting a bigger baby, and I wound up having to order more dipes that first week.

IOW, better safe than sorry, IMO.

[lunita1]

Originally Posted by angela1435

So my first two girls were 8.3 and 9.1..........this one is a boy and I know every baby is different but I am planning that he will be at least as big as my second child. If he is that big, do you think I should even bother with NB prefolds or just go straight to smalls? I want to buy GMD prefolds if that helps any.

I've always just used the green edged size -- the standard infant size from other suppliers that is similar to gmd smalls. They work just fine in nb proraps. My son is just about a month old and almost 10 lbs. and to be honest I still like the fit of a nb prorap with the front folded down better than the fit of the smalls without any extra folded down. I'm not sure why, it just seems more trim?

I think the cost of getting special nb diapers isn't economically justifiable. I think they would end up being as expensive (or more expensive) than just using disposables if you decide you can't stand the way the smalls fit on your newborn.

[lunita1]

Originally Posted by cristeen

Well, it's doubtful this one will be smaller than your first anyway. But my 8 pounder still was far too small for infant prefolds for quiet a while. All I had were smalls because I was expecting a bigger baby, and I wound up having to order more dipes that first week.

IOW, better safe than sorry, IMO.

I've used the green -edged infant prefolds on four kids now. They were 7 lbs. 11, 7 lbs 14oz, 8 lbs. 15 oz. and 8 lbs. 11 oz, long and lean (all about 21 inches), and all lost about 10% of their birthweight and put it back on fairly slowly at first (regaining birthweight between 2 and 3 weeks of age, and then taking off.) You do have to fold a few inches down at the front to fit them (trifolded, not snappied or pinned) in a newborn size prorap, but I've never had a problem with doing that at all. Right now, my youngest is just about a month old and he can wear newborn and small proraps, small bummis sww, and small motherease rikki wraps, and the infant prefolds work fine in all of those covers.

[chely7425]

I use GMD prefolds, my babies were 8 pounds even and 8 lbs 9 ozs and both wore the yellow edged prefolds for 6-8 weeks then I just bought the brown edged. The yellow make great doublers now.

[averlee]

My daughter was smaller than I expected, and for the first few weeks, I just used the big washcloths until she grew into her regular cloth diapers.

[Katie T]

I would skip the newborn size for sure.

[Lineymom]

My DD was 9#10 infant pfs we started with infant size---- perfect. Newborns would be a waste of $$$ imo.

[chel]

while i did like having 1dz gmd orange (and was able to sell them to a friend for $15) my dd was small 7lbs 10oz, and went down over %12.

the yellow were way too big for the first 3 weeks. during that time i used a combo of the hospital's nb disposie, 1dz orange and yellow as last resort. the orange fit well even at 5w, but i was moving and didn't want to pass up a chance to sell to a friend

now at 3m and 12lbs, the yellow are great with a snappi. i hope to be able to go to a brown as it looks lo will need it in the width more than length, which is what makes gmd better, imho, over the blue/green standard prefolds.

[cristeen]

Originally Posted by lunita1

I've used the green -edged infant prefolds on four kids now. They were 7 lbs. 11, 7 lbs 14oz, 8 lbs. 15 oz. and 8 lbs. 11 oz, long and lean (all about 21 inches), and all lost about 10% of their birthweight and put it back on fairly slowly at first (regaining birthweight between 2 and 3 weeks of age, and then taking off.) You do have to fold a few inches down at the front to fit them (trifolded, not snappied or pinned) in a newborn size prorap, but I've never had a problem with doing that at all. Right now, my youngest is just about a month old and he can wear newborn and small proraps, small bummis sww, and small motherease rikki wraps, and the infant prefolds work fine in all of those covers.

This is just going to be a difference of opinion. My little guy is almost 7 mos old, 19 pounds, and the infant size PFs are still too big lengthwise, while barely meeting on the hips. I have a stack of what would probably be comparable to brown-edges that I was given that I haven't even contemplated getting out yet because he'd be swimming in them.

We also never trifold, we Snappi to contain the poo, and my little guy was wearing a preemie cover (when we weren't coverless) for the first 2 months or so because the NB cover was too big. So my point stands, you never know what shape baby you're going to get. I certainly didn't expect a baby that was still wearing size Small fitteds, NB tees and 12 mo pants at 7 mos old.

[chel]

http://www.greenmountaindiapers.com/prefolds.htm

here's a good link that compares gmd to eachother and to the green/blue of everyone else

[lmbjer]

DD was 7.6 lbs. I used the green edged ones from birth. A little creative folding and you are good to go.

[lolar2]

Maybe flats would be a better bet?

[chely7425]

I would just get yellow... so maybe you have to fold down a little in the front, who cares. It isn't like your 2 week old is going to mind a little extra bulk. But like some people said, it wouldn't hurt to have some NB, but I wouldn't bother (like I said before ) That being said, you definitely have to snappi the yellow edged on a NB in my experience.

[octobermom]

For what its worth.. I don't have the yellow GMD but I do have the small diaperites from diaper junction they are the same width as GMD put a hair shorter from what I've seen.
But anyways here is a bleached small diaper rite on my now 6 week old 7lb little one..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...m/100_1855.jpg

Newbies even bigger ones are still newbies and wont often have the same bulk as a 1-2 month old ect but you can see it is doable still at this weight.

deanna