I am making the right choices?

Here's what I think and obviously it's my opinion so take it with a grain of salt:

Proraps are great PUL covers but your baby's butt is going to SWEAT in that kind of temp and humidity. With already sensitive skin, why go that route????? Wool or fleece is your best option. There are TONS of readily available, mass-produced wool or fleece covers(stacinator for example) that would probably be better. Fleece can be tossed in your washer with your diapers and wool needs to be handwashed but only when it starts to stink or wick through to clothing. My wool gets washed about every month, and I've never had stink or wicking and they get HARD use. So I might be washing a little more frequently than I need to. Wool has antibacterial properties so it doesn't stink if you let it air dry between uses. 6 is a nice number for covers though you could probably get away with only 4.

That said, I've washed in cold since my daughter was born 15months ago without an issue. My diapers always look and smell clean and I've never had stink issues or problems with performance. I am not a germ freak but I really don't think you need hot water to wash diapers unless you have a tummy bug or yeast issues roaming around. And at that point, it's good to boil some water if you don't have access to hot water and add in some tea tree oil to disinfect everything. Other than with 3 bouts of thrush and one tummy bug, Sara's diapers have never seen hot water. No stink and they are clean. The high heat of the dryer would disinfect them if you are worried about germs or an hour or two in the hot sun to dry would do it too.

So I think your plan looks great. Welcome to cloth!

Meg

Thank you for your help/suggestions! Ok, so PUL is a bad idea. I'd read that in hot climates it was OK, but then, hot to some is 80F

I've looked at fleece vs. wool and it looks like fleece may work. The stacinators look really bulky and I need something trimmer. Do Polar Bummis work well? They look trim. The word Polar makes it sound hot to me so do they really keep the baby's skin cool? I've read there is an inner layer of PUL, and would that matter if it's surrounded by fleece? If I use a premium IPF in one will it work for overnight? What about Tootle Shells? They're cute, affordable, and fleece, but would they be hot with the outer fabric?

What kind of doublers/inserts would work with either of these?

THank you for helping me brainstorm. It's not like once I order and receive it'll easy to trade if I have a problem, so recommendations really help!