Anyone else new to CD or BTDT?

I'm a BTDT mama! We used chinese prefolds, snappied, with either plain old cheapo nylon covers over them (like these but cheaper!) or nice wool covers that my mom has knitted. For nighttime we used Wonderoos (well worth the money!) with a homemade wool cover. Never any leaks and she potty-learned at 20 months!

Oh, man! I don't want to admit how much $ I've spent (so I won't ). But everything with the exception of the Little Beetles (bought used), and some of the soakers (knit by me from the WHW pattern) was purchased new :. But I have to say, that even after doing my spreadsheet on sposies vs cd costs, the way I've done it is still cheaper than sposies.

I went the basic route, and didn't go too fancy (I would *really* love some of the embroidered fluff that's out there, but even I had to admit it was time to reign in the pocketbook ).

I may have gotten more than I need, but I didn't want to find out that one style works, and another just doesn't for my babe, and then have to wait 3-6 weeks for more of what I like (unless I want to pay international express shipping). I also figured I could always ship stuff back to my mom in the U.S. when I'm done with it (or if I never used it), and have her resell it for me.

Anyway...I really wanted to try a pocket system, but also fitteds, cpfs and covers, so this is what I now have in my newborn/infant stash:

DIPES
Newborn - 38:
12 Kissaluvs Fitteds (Size 0)
2 Little Beetles OV (Size 1)
24 Cpfs (Size Infant)

Infant - 24:
6 Kissaluvs Fitteds (Size 1)
3 Swaddlebees Org Velour (Size Medium)
2 Loveybums Sherpa (Size Medium)
1 Loveybums Org Fleece (Size Medium)
12 Cpf's (Size Premium)

COVERS
Newborn - 9:
3 Wool Soakers (knit by me, Size Newborn)
1 Wool Soaker (knit by me, Size Small)
1 Kozy Designs Wool Soaker (Size Newborn)
1 Sugar Peas Wool Jersey (Size Small)
1 Sugar Peas Fleece (Size Small)
1 Aristocrats Wool Soaker (Size S/M)
1 IV Bumpy (Size Newborn)
1 IV Bumpy (Size Small)

Infant - 6:
1 Wool Soaker (knit by me, Size Medium)
2 Kozy Designs Wool Soakers (Size Medium)
1 Loveybums Wool Jersey (Size Medium)
1 Loveybums Wool Crepe (Size Medium)
1 IV Bumpy (Size Medium)
1 Sugar Peas Wool Flannel (Size Medium)

POCKETS/AIO'S
Newborn - 13:
12 Fuzzi Bunz (Size Small)
1 Valor Kids AIO (Size Newborn)

Infant - 22:
16 Fuzzi Bunz (Size Medium)
3 Bumwear pockets (Onesize)
3 Happy Heiny's (Size Medium)

INSERTS - 36:
24 Cotton Babies Microfiber (Onesize)
12 Twinserts Micro Terry Inserts (Size M/L)

DOUBLERS - 14
8 Kissaluvs Booster Doublers (Size 0)
6 Kissaluvs Super Soaker doublers (Size 1+)

I'm completely new to it.

I ordered 2 fuzzi bunz with hemp inserts through the internet, just those 2 things alone with shipping cost 45 dollars. sheesh.

Then I found some stores across town that actually sell cloth diapers live and in person, so we went yesterday and checked it out.

Now we also have 2 bumpkins covers and a set of white cotton/terrycloth shaped insert thingies. I don't know what they're called.

I'm trying to launder them all now, but my High Efficiency washer and dryer thinks it's so smart and isn't really doing a good job. I'll certainly have to get that all figured out before my little prince arrives on the scene.

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What kind of HE washer do you have? I have a high efficiency too and have no problem getting my diapers clean and perfect! I would recommend using a sanitary cycle and the smallest amount of detergent possible. The diapers soak it up and it takes forever to get out excess soap. I use regular Tide Free Powder (not HE detergent) and only about 2 T. Any more than that I have tons of suds and the washer gets funky on me :

I agree though about wool covers, they are fantastic

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Whirlpool Duet, and there's an "extra rinse" option but no sanitary cycle.

The doublers and prefold thingies are taking a CENTURY in the dryer. I think they've been in over an hour now on high, I only have 8 of them, and they're still not done.

I had to take it off the automatic moisture sensing cycle, as it was shutting them off when they weren't even close to being dry.

With the front load washer I have, I don't know how I'll pre-soak either . . .

Maxine - I also have a Duet. For my dipes I usually do a long cold wash (no detergent) with an extra rinse just to get all the poopies rinsed out to the sewer. Then I do a long ("More") "Whitest Whites" wash with a small amount of detergent. If my Joey Bunz get stinky then I'll leave those in and do a warm wash with a splash of bleach. (Yes, I admit it, I sometimes use bleach on my inserts! )

You definitely wouldn't need to do all those steps with new dipes or with an exclusively breastfed babe. I have stinky toddler poop to deal with so that needs a bit more attention. I dodn't have a problem with my hemp inserts stinking until DS was a toddler, either.

LadyBug, thanks for the specifics on how to use this washer!
I really appreciate that.

You too, Miss Juice. I think yours is a good message for OP too: don't give up.

I am so freakin addicted to buying diaper stuff!!!!!!!!!
This is my first time CDing.
Some of this is new, 80% is used. I cant stay off the TP & I still have like 3 months b4 baby comes Its time to buy other things but its so easy to shop online for diapers!

This is what I have~
1 small Bijou Baby wool cover
1 small Tykies cover
3 or 4 NB proraps
2 small proraps
2 wool soakers sm&med.
1 small Very Baby cover
1 small Stactinator fleece cover
1 small Aristocrat

6 kissaluvs 0
3 kissaluv doublers
3 Muttaqin NB fitteds
2 SugarPlum NB fitteds

2 Angelwrap small AIOs
1 Bumkins small AIO
4 Very Baby XS AIOs

12 preemie prefolds
24 infant prefolds

3 eeZi-fold quick dry hemp diapers

6 Small Fuzzi Bunz w/ microfiber inserts

Misc. ~
lanolin
wool wash
med. wetbag
small wetbag
snappis
2 Jamtots inserts
27 wipes
kissaluv wipe solution