Ok, it's totally an obsession. Hopefully if I catalog them all, I will realize that I have enough and stop buying them. Here we go.
In the center are a bunch of misc inserts that go inside of pocket diapers. A couple of them are from diapers in the picture that just don't have inserts, but a bunch of them are extras. I spent $5 on 3 microfiber ones, several of them are my homemade ones, and the rest came as part of other bundles of diapers I bought.
On the right are 9 BumGenius one-size 3.0 pocket diapers (from Craigslist, bought probably a year ago). I know I paid less than $10/diaper and I think there may be another one lurking around because I thought there were 10 of them originally. I think I may have paid $80 for these.
On the very right edge are a few prefolds that I got from Jess. There's 2 or 3 small and 2 large ones.
These are the diapers that I've made. The 5 at the top are pocket diapers. The two on the left are adjustable (supposed to be one-size). Then there's two medium ones and one little one. Below those are 5 covers. They also are various sizes. The top two on the right edge are "butterfly" diapers which sort of fold apart and the bottom one is a weird fitted one made out of flannel.
These are the diapers I bought with a bunch of other stuff from a lady on Craigslist the other day. I also bought 12 small organic cotton prefolds and 12 mediums, which I didn't bother to take a picture of. I paid $86 total for this stuff.
These are organic cotton fitted diapers. On the right is one of the diapers I bought, on the left is what I've restored it to look like. I replaced the elastic and serged around the edges with a multicolor rainbow thread. The fabric is quite worn, but I think they'll work ok. I have 13 of these and they cost me $20. They're a medium size.
These are my newest purchase. These are the little diapers. Total, these were $200.
For newborns: Top left: 3 kissaluvs size 0 (fits 5-15 lbs). Bottom right: 5 Kushies newborn (4-10 lbs). There's a tiny little cover at the very top right, then several XS bummis wraps (newborn size). The gDIapers (bright orange one in middle) fits 8-14 lbs.
For slightly older: At the bottom left are Kissaluvs contours in small (fits 5-20 lbs) and medium (fits 15-30 lbs). Small bummis wraps fit 8-15 lbs.
Not pictured: 12 organic prefold newborn diapers and 12 size small. These are from Green Mountain Diapers and I bought them new ($62).
All about cloth diapers recommends that you have 24 newborn-sized diapers, along with wipes, doublers, etc. I've got 12 prefolds, 12 contours, a couple fitteds, with 3 or so covers. I could probably use a few more covers but I think I can make those.
The small size should last for several months. I've got about the same number of that size as I do newborn, which is probably close to enough.
Hopefully there isn't a gap between the small diapers and the medium fuzzibunz all-in-ones, which are supposed to fit 15-30 lbs. The medium thirsties covers supposedly fit 18-30 lbs, so they may be a bit big. I might be able to cover the gap with the BumGenius, since their size is adjustable, but I was hoping to not have to use those until baby is a bit bigger.
So the bottom line: I've definitely got WAY enough bigger diapers; I'll be able to cycle through those slowly enough that they won't get a ton of usage. I could probably use a few more newborn and small diapers. Luckily, I just got an email back from two other Craigslist ads I responded to for newborn and little gDiapers ($50) and 8 medium bumkins covers which fit 12-22 lbs (a steal at $25). Then I really have to stop watching Craigslist for diaper ads!!
You are so funny with your diaper obsession! The ones you made are so cute, I feel badly that I barely used them. Disposables are horribly wasteful and expensive, I'm so glad you are getting geared up to use cloth. On the other hand... I just finished reading a book about barely using diapers at all (like they do in many places around the world, and did everywhere before modern conveniences) and I'm totally inspired. I wish I would have read this book BEFORE I had a baby, rather than when my second is a year old. Anyway I can't go back in time but I am doing diaper-free time with Sierra every day that I can and I want to loan/give the book to you! It's short and easy to read you'll probably consume it in an hour or two. :-)
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