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Hey there. I have a 4 yr old and I'm expecting my second son in January. I will most likely not have more children. I decided to CD, and a girl I just met at my birth center recommended ME. I've never actually seen or touched them. I have read through a few pages of topics, and still have some questions. I guess I should try both OS and Sandys, but what is the most cost effective way to try both? The packages are an investment initially, and if I want to try both what should I do? Do you need to use a liner in every diaper (I notice fewer liners than dipes come in the packages...)? Also, what is the difference between a dry and wet pail, and what are pros and cons?
That's all I can think of right now. All opinions are appreciated!!
Thanks,
Amber in GA |
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Hello and congratulations on the son and on CDing...
Mother-Ease is definitely the way to go, everyone I have heard of who tried them and other diapers agree that ME is the best quality-wise. They also have amazing customer service. You can't go wrong!
I believe ME offers a trial offer where you can get only one diaper for a minimal fee. You could order one of each to take a look, but obviously that won't help much if you want to try them on your baby. What I did is order 12 XS Sandy's to use on my newborn and 24 OS to complement and use later, and I ended up buying 12 more OS because I wanted the convenience of more diapers and liked the OS better. You could always order 12 Sandy's (S normally works for newborns but fit bigger, XS is nice but doesn't always fit for long, 2 months in my DS's case) and 12 OS, do laundry every day in the beginning and see which you like best before reordering. If you don't like one kind of diapers as much, you can always resell them on this forum and buy more of the other kind.
Most people don't need a liner in every diaper until their baby is much older, and some never do. My son is 14 months and so far I use liners only for night-time (2 liners). Some heavy wetting toddlers need them in every diaper, but you won't have to worry about it until much later, so if you order a package you will have way enough. In the beginning I didn't use them for diapering at all, but they make good burp cloth and great protection against fountains while you're changing your little boy!
Wet pail means storing dirty diapers in water (never tried it, but I think people usually add a bit of soap or baking soda or something... not sure). It is usually seen as more messy and generally harder as you have to transfer wet (heavy) diapers to your washing machine. Most people nowadays use dry pails, i.e. a pail or bucket lined with something you can wash (some bags are made for that, but a large pillowcase or stuff sack with a drawstring works just fine). Wet diapers go straight into the pail, soiled ones can go straight in if your baby is exclusively breastfed and you do a pre-rinse before your wash, or you can rinse the soiled diapers, wring them out and toss them into the pail to be washed later. Or use a disposable liner in the diaper that you can toss when soiled, but that usually doesn't work well in the beginning as the poop is so runny. Dry pail is the method of choice for most people.
Hope that helps... Don't hesitate to ask more questions, that's what this awesome forum is here for! Good luck. |
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Thanks Fanfreluche! If I were to buy maybe 12 used XS sandys to try from the forum, how many XS covers would I need? How many do you go through a day? Would you say 24 total diapers for a newborn would be plenty?
Thanks! |
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I think I had 3 XS covers in the beginning to go with my Sandy's. It was plenty, I rarely had accidents on the cover. They won't fit over OS though, you need S covers for that if you were to use both kinds of diapers. People use their covers very differently, some use the same cover the whole day and change it at night or in the morning (provided it's not soiled), some hand-wash, some wash them with regular clothes, some rinse it after each change and let it air-dry and alternate with another cover... In the beginning though, you change your baby so often that the cover doesn't get dirty much. I go through way more covers nowadays than I did back then!
As for diapers, again, it depends (no straight answer here, I'm afraid). I think I went through 12-14 diapers a day at the very first newborn stage. But you need to provide for the drying time. If you want to line dry, you need more diapers. If you have a good drier, it won't be a problem. We have bamboo diapers, which take longer to dry than cotton ones, and they come out humid from our (bad) apartment drier, so we need to line dry overnight. But 24 diapers should be fine for a newborn if you wash everyday. Eventually you'll use a lot less diapers and be able to wash every other day. That was an exciting step for us!
If you decide to get more than 24 diapers, for convenience sake, I would suggest getting more of either Small Sandys or OS, depending on which you chose, but not XS... It's nice to have those XS Sandy's for cute, smaller outfits, but they last for so little time that I would have found it a waste if I had bought more than that. When your baby is in pajamas (which in our case was 90% of the time), the bulk doesn't matter. We quickly started using mostly the OS diapers, which we personally found more convenient (but some other users swear by the Sandy's, it's really a personal preference). We never had a leak even though they looked huge on our 7 pound newborn.
Anyway, hope that helps! |
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Thanks again Fanfreluche for your wonderful advice. I have an ad on the other forum to buy around 12 xs sandys and 2 covers, other than that I'll get the rest in OS. Once I decide, as you said, I can buy more.
I appreciate your time!  |
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