Monday, May 9, 2011

Newborns and Cloth Diapers

When little man was born, I was ready to start cloth diapering. There was a slight problem, itty-bitty legs and seemingly HUGE diapers. Luckily, the hospital provided us with 2 or 3 packs of diapers that got us through the first week or so. My goal this time around is to cloth diaper from the start. That being said I need to re-evaluate my stash.

The other day I went to a cloth diaper store down the road (30 minutes or so) from us. Little man and I explored our options and bought 2 Lil Joeys (ladder print and green). The Lil' Joeys are so stinkin' cute! They're super tiny, but will fit through 12lbs, which is good because most 1 sized diapers do not fit until 10-12 lbs. (They all claim to fit at 8lbs, but the itty-bitty legs make that difficult). Anyway, my next plan is to invest in a dozen newborn prefolds and some covers.

While at the store, I discovered their used diaper section. This is always exciting to me, because many times you can get brand new diapers for a much cheaper price! I was able to get two GroVia diapers that will hopefully fit both Little Man and Baby brother. GroVia rebranded itself last year (it was GroBaby) and resized their diapers. The GroBaby's only last us through 30lbs, the new dipes are supposed to go to 40!! We tried out the AIO and the shell this weekend with good results.

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