Did you *really* love prefolds for newborns? - Page 2

[Monkey Keeper]

We did infant prefolds and Thirsties Duo size 1s for DS as a newborn, and I was a CD newbie.  LOVED them. Would never go back to 'sposies, and I'm intimidated by the washing peculiarities of AIOs or anything not cotton/hot water/bleachable ;)  DS was a bigger newborn, though, bottoming out just under 9lbs. He was 15lbs at 2 months and pretty much out of the infant prefolds and sz1 covers at that point. We always snappi, and we double up for night time.

[fionamom]

Hi! If i could do cloth diapering again i would do just prefolds. But make sure they are thick and trimmed to size so they are not too bulky. I really loved GMD prefolds, they are very absorbant. Their newborn size(orange edged) fits well into nb covers. I used a sposie for overnights for both my kids, and mostly GMD prefolds with bummis and thirsties covers. Also liked bum genius but over time really preferred the all cotton option bc i found synthetic materials to hold odor. As far as i know, the GMD newborn prefolds with covers seems to be well-loved/well-regarded for cloth diapering newborns, but i have been away from the cloth diapering forums for a year or so so i could be out of the loop. If i could do it again i would also try snapped covers over prefolds for an older toddler bc she would would undo her velcro cover tabs.

[hennylou]

i had great luck with the gdiapers in the newborn size.  as soon as she outgrew those we tried the next gdiapers size, which we did not like (lots of leaks and too many "parts"), so switched to gmd prefolds, and LOVE them for 2mos and up.

[akind1]

prefolds did irritate my LO also, but once I added a stay dry liner (bummis microfleece), it didn't bother him at all. perhaps you could try adding one?  I started CD'ing when he was 7 months old, and have never looked back.

for the LO on the way, I plan to CD part time at first, as I still have sposies left over from DS that he grew out of. just using prefolds and covers (with the liner, of course!).

[KayPea]

We used prefolds from the day DD's cord stump healed, so about 10 days old. We had two sizes, and for the first couple of weeks the smaller size looked a little bulky, but after that she chunked up and they were fine. We never had any irritation problems. We had two NB bummis wraps and a bunch of smalls, and while the smalls were a bit big, they worked fine, though we usually tried to use the NB covers as long as they weren't pooped on. We washed diapers every second day with our stash at first, and ended up buying a few more Super Brites covers to extend laundry day. Oh yeah, and until she was four months or so, we used a snappi. Once she started grabbing, we put the snappi away, and just trifolded. We used MotherEase One-size bamboo fitteds for night-time, but otherwise, we've been using nothing but prefolds from the start, and DD is now 27 months, and almost out of them. LOVE!