Going Cloth...

We've been pretty fortunate to have a good jump start on our Newborn cloth diaper stash thanks to consignment shops and the generosity of friends and fellow freecyclers. (www.freecycle.org is a website you can join to give away your unneeded items and possible get what you DO need!) As we learn more about cloth diapering it's pretty clear we're not going to really know what will work best until our little peanut is here. Like buying jeans, what works for you might not work for me. You know, short and chunky versus long and lean - I'm talking babies, now! :-)


With the gorgeous weather this weekend and an unexpected weekend home, we loaded up the washer and started taking an inventory of what we have. Of course, when I say we, I mean, "I".

(Don't forget to click on the picture to see the detail in the covers!)

What you're looking at is a slew of newborn prefolds, several covers, a couple of fitteds, a handful of pockets, a few all in ones (AIO's) two wet bags, and a half dozen cloth wipes. Pretty cool, huh? The best part is I only had to purchase four of the said items - no more than $50 (or three weeks or so worth of disposables). What we have above is enough to get us through the first three months. I like it a lot!