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mama_frog · 09-04-2004, 07:42 PM

Hi,

I cloth diapered both my kids from about 2-3 months old. I'd like to start earlier with this babe, if possible. So, can anyone give me a run-down on what's out there in terms of newborn diapers? What can you do to prevent a lot of staining from the meconium? How long can I realistically expect a newborn diaper to fit for?
We have been using prefolds and pull-up plastic or vinyl covers, with a few Aristocrats for bedtime. I don't mind using prefolds on a newborn, but the one's we've been using are too big for a teeny newborn, so I'll definitely need something else.

Thanks in advance,

oceana · 09-05-2004, 01:49 AM

I used Newborn Kissaluvs with stacinator covers with my baby, he was born weighing 7 pounds 11 ouches and was about 19 inches. The diapers fit well though he did look like his bottom was twice the size it should be wearing a thick diaper and a thick wool cover.

We never had any meconium staining. Any staining we did have we simply sunned out but his meconium never made stains.

His Kissaluvs fit for about 3-5 months, when he started wanting to try and scoot and crawl we went with a trimmer diaper.

We had 24 Kissaluvs and 4 Stacinator covers we changed him every 2 hours and washed every other day. Some of the stacinator covers fit better at the beginning and others which were ever so slightly larger fit better towards the end. The Kissaluv newborn diapers have a fold down cord snap so it doesnt aggravate the future bellybutton.

This might be a little more expensive then prefolds but its easy easy easy to use these diapers and covers. My son has never been in a disposable. The one nurse to diaper him used the snap on diaper and cover with no trouble. heck my husband and my 12 year old neighbor never had trouble using snap diapers. Snaps take the guess work out of fit.

1 trick to get meconium in diaper changes to be less horrid. Oil breaks down meconium so use extra olive oil in your wipe solution. We never used more then one cloth flannel flannel wipe per meconium diaper because I heard of this trick before my son was born. Also we have never used a disposable wipe on him!

I remember the lady who taught our how to take care of a baby class telling everyone to plan on a min of 5 wipes per meconium diaper and that it would be hard to get off, seriously with the oil its gone!

Goodluck, if you need wipes I sell them at www.mrsmacadoos.com along with wetbags and changing pads.

julie

mama_frog · 09-05-2004, 12:55 PM

Wow, thank you! Have you tried the Stacinator fleece covers? Are there pull-up wool ones? I've always had trouble getting snap/velcro covers to fit well on my kids. I have heard good things about both those brands, and the Kissaluvs sound neat that they have that belly-button flip down thing. Good to hear that you were happy with both of them.

I have about 10,000 wipes, lol, and I'm a sewing mama, so I'm sure there will be more after my winter pj-fest is finished.

~Sabina

oceana · 09-05-2004, 11:47 PM

I used the stacinator wool, I have never tried the other kind. Certainly someone makes pull up wool. though I wouldnt imagine pull up would be easy on a newborn

My boy has bulging legs and a narrow tummy, so we needed the ability to snap the top at a different width then the legs.

At around 4 months we used a velcro style diaper and the fit just was not as good because of his body shape. We also couldnt use many one size fits all because of fit.

Thats the bounus of leg snap and belly snaps, you can customise your size.

I bought my diapers from www.laborofloveshack.com

julie

ryssann · 09-06-2004, 08:35 PM

I also used kissaluvs size 0, my daughter was 7 lbs 13 oz at birth, she's on the small side now at 5 mos, 12 lb. The size 0 still fits, but she is in 1s most of the time.

I like the stacinator fleece covers, but at first, we didn't use any covers. The meconium didn't stain, but you can always sun out anything that does. I never had a blowout.

The hospital cooperated, it was all easier than I thought it would be.

Kissaluvs has an outlet, where they sell seconds. Used ones should also be easy to find.