Who is using sposies till the cord falls off? - Cloth Diapers & Parenting Community

gingerpeachee · 02-16-2013, 03:41 PM

I see so many people love their newborn fluff and they bring it to the hospital. We CD'd joey from 24 hours old. He was 8.5 lbs and we were using GMD NB prefolds and small flats. This time we have my old stash plus a bunch of KL0s. I'm still gonna wait till the cord falls off though, Joey's cord didn't dry out well because the diapers kept covering it up and getting it wet. Our covers had the scoop and everything..... anyone else have this problem?

Sarahknavy · 02-16-2013, 03:45 PM

We did disposables , it just wasnt worth the extra fuss with everything else going on at the time.

s@hmommy · 02-16-2013, 03:47 PM

We are. I bought a bunch of nb diapers but I have tiny lo's so I don't doubt they will fit for a while even if we wait a week or so to start.

stevensmom · 02-16-2013, 03:49 PM

we used sposies with dd until the cord fell off. I'm hoping to do cloth from the start with this one, but wont be devestated if we don't

canadianbakers · 02-16-2013, 03:50 PM

We didn't with DS2 or DS3, their stumps dried and came off fine, even with most of the diapers covering it.
If we had troubles with it though I'd probably use disposables for a few days. But I wouldn't like it!

newtocloth2 · 02-16-2013, 03:57 PM

I started cloth at birth with my newbie, and his cord stump fell of at 4-5 days of age. No problems here. I did use diapers with cord snap-downs or cord dips, though.

jen_batten · 02-16-2013, 04:59 PM

Are you sure it was the cloth that was causing the cord issue? My aunt's babies are always almost a month old before they loose the cord stump and she uses disposables.

gingerpeachee · 02-16-2013, 05:06 PM

Yeah, it was December too so he wasn't naked too often. But Gustavo's cord dried up and fell off no wetness no issues.

newcdmommy29 · 02-16-2013, 05:13 PM

We used disposables with dd until she grew into her os diapers. With this baby we have nb diapers but will be concerned with breast feeding before we start cloth.

rverrone11 · 02-16-2013, 11:45 PM

We used cloth from the beginning with DD1, but used disposables with DD2 until her cord stump fell off. The cloth diapers and covers irritated her stump for some reason so we just went with sposies.

That's only 1 of 2 times that she has ever worn "paper diapers" as she calls them.

I'm planning on using cloth from the beginning with this one, but will use sposies if we must.

02-16-2013, 03:41 PM	#1
gingerpeachee Registered Users Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,752 Ratings: 20 Feedback: 100%	Who is using sposies till the cord falls off? I see so many people love their newborn fluff and they bring it to the hospital. We CD'd joey from 24 hours old. He was 8.5 lbs and we were using GMD NB prefolds and small flats. This time we have my old stash plus a bunch of KL0s. I'm still gonna wait till the cord falls off though, Joey's cord didn't dry out well because the diapers kept covering it up and getting it wet. Our covers had the scoop and everything..... anyone else have this problem? __________________ Mae- Mama to Gustavo 10/07, Joey 12/10 and Henry 5/13 “No matter how big the lie; repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as the truth.” ― John F. Kennedy

02-16-2013, 03:45 PM	#2
Sarahknavy Registered Users Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Whidbey Island, WA Posts: 1,228 Ratings: 7 Feedback: 100%	We did disposables , it just wasnt worth the extra fuss with everything else going on at the time. __________________ Mom to Isaac born 5-24-11 and Leah 2-19-13

02-16-2013, 03:47 PM	#3
s@hmommy Registered Users Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,127 Ratings: 23 Feedback: 100%	Re: Who is using sposies till the cord falls off? We are. I bought a bunch of nb diapers but I have tiny lo's so I don't doubt they will fit for a while even if we wait a week or so to start.

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stevensmom Moderator Squeeze your own darn cheeks Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: a little place called Home Posts: 39,634 Ratings: 403 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Who is using sposies till the cord falls off? we used sposies with dd until the cord fell off. I'm hoping to do cloth from the start with this one, but wont be devestated if we don't __________________ Erica, wife to Ben, momma to Steven aka Boo11/30/06 & Emily aka MonkeyBuns9/11/10 Matthew joined the crew August 29, 2013 Forever in my heart, always on my mind (3.09, 5.09, 12.11)...."Life's too short to buy green bananas" Swag with me! I've made over $520 in amazon gift cards & $225 in paypal

02-16-2013, 03:50 PM	#5
canadianbakers Registered Users Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: MB, Canada Posts: 9,204 Ratings: 43 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Who is using sposies till the cord falls off? We didn't with DS2 or DS3, their stumps dried and came off fine, even with most of the diapers covering it. If we had troubles with it though I'd probably use disposables for a few days. But I wouldn't like it! __________________ ~Elena~ Momma to R (11), Z (9), I (7), L (3), & Piper Ann (4.13.13) remembering Elliana Lucy (2.7.12) IHA - XS & Small pockets, NB & Small AIOs/AI2s