RE: CD Users: Knowing what you NOW know, What would you buy?
Tammy,
Hypothetically speaking, if I started all over again today, knowing what I know now, for MY baby today (not for a newborn), I would buy:
12 Kissaluvs size 1
12 Kissaluvs size 2
8 Bumkins AIOs size Large
4 FuzziBunz size medium
4 regular unbleached prefolds
4 medium JoeyBunz
3 Motherease Airflow covers, size M/L
3 Bummis Super Industrial Whisper wraps size Large
one roll of Kushies disposable liners
make 24 fleece liners
If I were starting all over with a newborn, here's what I "think" I'd do:
2 packages Newborn disposable Pampers (sorry)
18 infant prefolds
18 Kissaluvs size 0
6 Proraps size newborn
6 Motherease Airflow covers size Small
make 36 fleece liners
For the intermediate size (between newborn and what I have now) I would then buy:
24 Kissaluvs size 1
8 Bumkins AIO size Medium
4 FB size medium
4 regular unbleached prefolds
4 small JoeyBunz
3 Motherease Airflow covers, size Medium
3 Bummis Super Industrial Whisper wraps size Medium
make 24 larger fleece liners
When this hypothetical baby became the size Sarah is now, I would then buy:
12 Kissaluvs size 2
8 Bumkins AIOs size Large
3 Motherease Airflow covers, size M/L
3 Bummis Super Industrial Whisper wraps size Large
I will be honest with you. CDing "is" more gross than using disposables. Is it that bad? No. Is it doable? Obviously. I think that most people (including me) fear the unknown of it. No one I know personally uses CDs. That is pretty scary, especially to a new mom. But you CAN do it. And I think it is something to feel good about.
As you can see, I really like Kissaluvs and Bumkins. They fit Sarah very well and we never have leaks. Other people have different experience, so I really recommend ordering samplers and trying them out.
HTH,
Beth, mom to older DD (8/01) and younger DD (10/06) and always missing Leah (4/22 - 5/1/05)