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post #21 of 40
2/9/08 at 3:30pm
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Originally Posted by Jörð View Post
I love 7th gen diapers and I'm sure I'll keep some handy.

Faerie-you can TOTALLY make longies! I just learned to knit a few months ago and this baby already has 4 or 5 soakers and a few hats! I did the "field of dreams baby knitting". As I read on someones blog. If you knit it, they will come. If you can manage to learn to knit and purl, longies can even be your first project. It's so much easier than you think.
Ooooh thanks for the inspiration! Right now I've been just practicing casting on and getting things started while ds runs around at the park. He keeps asking me when I'm actually going to make something... I've got nothing but these itty bitty circular needles my friend gave me to practice on and it's HARD to learn on such small needles.

DS was under 6 1/2 lbs at birth and I think he got up to 12 lbs by 3 months. The infant pfs were HUGE on him, it was pretty comical. If I can get some cute longies and soakers done, I'll probably go ahead and spend the money on some teeny fitteds and make up the rest of the stash with newborn pfs. I have a GINORMOUS bag of cds that I couldn't part with but they are mostly boyish. If this ends up being a girl I'll probably sell the boyish ones off to afford fun girly ones. Cding was an addictive habit for me, although it never got too bad because I didn't buy "new" stuff unless I sold enough of the old to afford it. And I still have to remember how to incorporate the world of ECing into the game!
post #22 of 40
2/9/08 at 3:33pm
Preemie prefolds are a good investment. You can share them as mama pads, hold one over your opposite breast to soak up leakage and later, clean with them or use them as hand towels for little ones. I'm going to order a few dozen of each size.
post #23 of 40
2/9/08 at 3:35pm
We use 7th generation disposables, and start EC around 1 yr, or whenever baby starts showing interest & communicating better.
post #24 of 40
2/9/08 at 5:39pm
If i have a girl she'll be wearing some of her brother's boyish dipes I'll make pretty girly ones, but truth be told, I'm quite cheap!
post #25 of 40
2/9/08 at 9:59pm
I bought a full set of Mother Ease Sandy's diapers for dd. Now my niece is using them, but when she's done, it'll be my next lo's turn. It was a bit pricey for the first use, but they hold up so well, we'll easily use them 3 times, maybe more. And they hold their value so well, you can sell them for a good percentage of what you buy them for. Especially if you buy them used. I would rather wear mine out diapering more babies though.
post #26 of 40
2/9/08 at 10:40pm
We didn't cd dd until she was 9 months but did cloth for ds from birth. We mostly used infant CPFs and PUL covers at home and fitteds under wool or pockets when out. We didn't spend much, maybe $50. I manged to find the pockets and some CPFs used for cheap and then got some more CPFs off freecycle. I knit the wool covers myself.
post #27 of 40
2/10/08 at 2:47am
Do 7th Generation diapers have the same noxious baby powder smell as other disposables?
post #28 of 40
2/10/08 at 8:25am
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Originally Posted by lasciate View Post
Do 7th Generation diapers have the same noxious baby powder smell as other disposables?
No! And they work great, and hold up well. And not all sposies smell, I think huggies are the worst, ick!
post #29 of 40
2/10/08 at 12:58pm
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Originally Posted by mkmb129 View Post
No! And they work great, and hold up well. And not all sposies smell, I think huggies are the worst, ick!
no, Pampers are THE worst! They make me dizzy. Especially the Swaddlers. Gotta make baby smell like a baby, right? lol
post #30 of 40
2/10/08 at 1:28pm
No, they don't smell like anything. I think the cushies brand may actually be less chemical though. I can never find those.
post #31 of 40
2/10/08 at 2:04pm
I did cloth with all 4 of my babies, but back then I used a diaper service~ this will be my 1st time buying/washing them myself~~
The smallest of my kiddos was 9 lbs at birth, does that mean I should skip the newborn and go right for the infant size??
post #32 of 40
2/10/08 at 3:02pm
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Originally Posted by celtic_angel View Post
The smallest of my kiddos was 9 lbs at birth, does that mean I should skip the newborn and go right for the infant size??
Yeah, I would probably just get the green edged infant ones. I think the preemie/newborn ones fit 5-8+ lbs or so. Infants might still be a little big on your newborn, but not for long.
post #33 of 40
2/10/08 at 3:04pm
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Originally Posted by weddell View Post
Yeah, I would probably just get the green edged infant ones. I think the preemie/newborn ones fit 5-8+ lbs or so. Infants might still be a little big on your newborn, but not for long.
not if it's another 12 pounder like my #2 DD...:
post #34 of 40
2/10/08 at 3:15pm
How did you like the diaper service? I'm thinking I may go with prefolds but then I think, if I'm doing prefolds I might as well do a service. It's 17 a week here. If I don't do prefolds, I know I'll do kissaluvs 0's for my newborn stash. To get as many as I need, it'll be a few hundred dollars. I don't need anything else so that's not terrible. Also, I know I can easily resell them. What to do... my whole plan is going to pot! Dh told me this morning he doesn't like the name I have totally solidified in my mind!
post #35 of 40
2/11/08 at 12:21pm
I sew my own AIOs and fitteds, so I can afford the cutie newborn size. I also use one-size pockets, but then I don't mind a jumbo-diaper-butt. Selling them afterwards also helps.
post #36 of 40
2/11/08 at 1:51pm
I'll be cd'ing again. It will be 6 yrs since my last baby, I have absolutely nothing!!
post #37 of 40
2/11/08 at 2:46pm
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Originally Posted by AllieFaye View Post
I sew my own AIOs and fitteds, so I can afford the cutie newborn size. I also use one-size pockets, but then I don't mind a jumbo-diaper-butt. Selling them afterwards also helps.
I make all my own, too!!
post #38 of 40
2/11/08 at 3:38pm
So what are your favorite brand of PF? What about covers? Which are your favorite newborn and infant covers? Also, how many PF and covers do you think we'll need to only wash every 2-3 days?
post #39 of 40
2/11/08 at 5:53pm
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Originally Posted by emski4379 View Post
So what are your favorite brand of PF? What about covers? Which are your favorite newborn and infant covers? Also, how many PF and covers do you think we'll need to only wash every 2-3 days?
I have CP, and I prefer my own covers I have about 50 prefolds, and can go 4-6 days, but I don't usually. A newborn will go much more often, though. I changed my son (sposies) at least 16 times a day back when he was new!
post #40 of 40
2/11/08 at 6:01pm
Not in your DDC but just had a baby a few months ago.

I went with newborn fitteds. Righteous Baby FLAM mostly. But, that was only because I was going to have help from my 2 daughters with diaper changes and I wasn't sure how they would handle a snappi with prefolds. When I had used prefolds in the past my DH always wound up throwing them in with the diapers and washing them in the machine thereby ruining them. So... we did:

snap newborn size fitteds
pull on wool covers, longies, shorts and soaker styles
with kimono or pull on shirts

For next time since my daughters will be older and DH more snappi savvy I would like to use prefolds from the start. They are so versatile, you can get a custom fit and when you use the side roll fold for newborns/small babies they really hold the poop in well.

For covers my first choice is always wool. I like wild child woolies soakers best of anything. And, I also like some wahm ones, or make my own of any style as long as they are pull on. My fave!

I like infant chinese or indian prefolds with snappis and pull on wool covers. That keeps it simple.
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