Another ? for the CDing moms

maddie80

How many diapers do you have in your rotation? I am trying to figure out a reasonable number. I'm still on the fence if I want to go for cloth.

andrealynn0707

For the post-newborn stage, we had between 25-30. The number varied, depending on what I was trying and liking.

 

coloradogirl06

Once we got an idea of what DS was going through at daycare and we found the type we liked (past the newborn stage), we do about 12-15 fitteds with 8-10 covers for the daytime (total), about 4-5 a day; and have 4 nighttime diapers available (about 2 per night possiblly needed). We do laundry every other day.

Daycare tends to change him on a schedule (2 changes in the morning, 1 before nap, 1 after nap and maybe one more if he's poopy or wet right befor going home) so they almost always use 4-5 a day, where on the weekend, we don't change as often (3-4), so sometimes with weekends, we can push the wash an extra day.

Bran_ham

I had about 19 AIO's (BG and Liljoeys), a dozen infant GMD prefolds, a bunch of covers, and 10 fitted dipes. They worked really well and I always found myself going for the AIO's frist, then the fitteds, then the prefolds.

ckolak

I think we have about 30, but with DS we had about 22 or 24. It works well and we wash diapers every other day.

AnneEB

I had 24 infant prefolds for the newborn stage with 4 covers, the same for the next size up and at that time the boys could fit into the one-size pockets. I have about 20 pockets and a dozen prefolds now, and that will last me until he's potty trained. I do laundry every third day but have lots of diapers still ready, the stink just gets bad if I wait longer than 3 days.

ColoRxGirl

I use (Grovia) AI2s and have about 20 shells and 28 inserts. At night, I use fitteds (I have the Goodmama sickness) and probably have 30-40 along with 10 assorted covers. I'm hoping this will be enough to accommodate DS2 in CDs without buying anymore; I think I'll just have to launder more often. 

maddie80

Do you guys hang dry your pul covers and shells? Or just throw it all in the dryer?

andrealynn0707

I never cared about machine drying, but I hang dry most of our clothes, including diapers.

RyanandManda

maddie80:

Do you guys hang dry your pul covers and shells? Or just throw it all in the dryer?

We hang dry anything with PUL and our fleece covers.  Everything else has to go in the dryer.  We have really hard water so when we hang dry the natural fibers, they're really stiff and scratchy : (  When we get stains or stink and it's sunny outside, I'll dry them in the sun.  They're still a little stiff and scratchy but much less than if they're hanging inside.

We're planning on trying some Calgon water softener soon to see if that helps with the mineral build up we're experiencing... 

ckolak

We just toss it all into the dryer on medium.

ETA: All of ours are pockets (mostly BG, but not all).

Julia_JJ

For the newborn stage, we had 36 prefolds and six covers - dude peed A LOT.

Now, we have about 20 - 15 Thirsties pocket diapers for daycare, a couple Bum Genius AIOs that we put a hemp insert in for nighttime, and some fitteds and covers for when I'm doing laundry. And everything goes in the dryer on delicate. If I had to separate laundry I'd lose my mind..

maddie80

For those who dry everything - how has the pul held up?