I had consulted a few experienced mommas and several articles on the web and FB. But Below is mainly my own experience. I wrote it cause I learned all of that the hard way and hope to make it easier for you!
Cloth diapers are best until you are losing sleep over managing them!
At night we would still do disposable.. .since we couldn't figure out how to control the rash that would develop overnight each night from a urine-soaked cloth diaper. So my quick fix was to use disposable ... plus my son peed and pooed more at night and so with disposable we didn't have to worry about waking up in the middle of the night to change him,
With a cloth diaper, you need three parts
1. the diaper - that holds the insert and wraps around the baby's butt
2. the insert - layer that absorbs
3. the liner - goes in the pot
Here's everything I bought:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MJ8K092/
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LVWQY6K
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C45QPCA/
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B009LGDGX2/ - Special stuff to clean them
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B076HJ1D54/ - insert
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DOGUZ0M/- Another popular brand of diaper.
Both are good brands. To begin with, I recommend you buy only 6. You can reuse them mostly with pee; especially with a newborn. Poo usually spills out and you have to use a new cloth diaper.
Having said that, with just 6 on hand, you would have to wash them more frequently... almost every third day at the very max. And yes they either need to hand washed or run two-three washing cycles; with at least one of them separate from the rest of your clothes.
If you can handle that part while being sleep deprived in the initial months, then go ahead and buy another 6 to last a at least a few days longer.
There are several groups on FB where people buy second hand too. Look for groups called 'Crunchy Mamas'
Cloth diapers are best until you are losing sleep over managing them!
At night we would still do disposable.. .since we couldn't figure out how to control the rash that would develop overnight each night from a urine-soaked cloth diaper. So my quick fix was to use disposable ... plus my son peed and pooed more at night and so with disposable we didn't have to worry about waking up in the middle of the night to change him,
With a cloth diaper, you need three parts
1. the diaper - that holds the insert and wraps around the baby's butt
2. the insert - layer that absorbs
3. the liner - goes in the pot
Here's everything I bought:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MJ8K092/
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LVWQY6K
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C45QPCA/
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B009LGDGX2/ - Special stuff to clean them
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B076HJ1D54/ - insert
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DOGUZ0M/- Another popular brand of diaper.
Both are good brands. To begin with, I recommend you buy only 6. You can reuse them mostly with pee; especially with a newborn. Poo usually spills out and you have to use a new cloth diaper.
Having said that, with just 6 on hand, you would have to wash them more frequently... almost every third day at the very max. And yes they either need to hand washed or run two-three washing cycles; with at least one of them separate from the rest of your clothes.
If you can handle that part while being sleep deprived in the initial months, then go ahead and buy another 6 to last a at least a few days longer.
There are several groups on FB where people buy second hand too. Look for groups called 'Crunchy Mamas'
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