https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 11 May 2026 06:08:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-do-a-newborn-cloth-diaper-trialrental#post-1937443 Mon, 10 Nov 2014 12:11:33 +0000 Mrs.Someone 1937443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've been using a diaper service since birth. At first they suggested a newborn size prefold, which was fine the first week (though he needed the smallest covers I could find). Then we took 2 weeks off after the circ, and he was suddenly soaking through the newborn prefolds quickly. I called and they said that they only recommend the newborn inserts for the first week (but didn't let me know!) Anyway, love the convenience of the service, but don't bother with newborn inserts. Worst case scenario is baby has an extra big butt in the beginning!</p> <p>@bluestriped bee: Let me know if you have any questions about the service, since there is only once in our area, it must be the same one you're thinking of using :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-do-a-newborn-cloth-diaper-trialrental#post-1937413 Mon, 10 Nov 2014 11:31:41 +0000 LindsayInNY 1937413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@maddyz: I'm just north of NYC. Never heard of Diaper Kind though? I'll have to check them out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-do-a-newborn-cloth-diaper-trialrental#post-1935391 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 19:00:25 +0000 maddyz 1935391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lindsayinny I don't know if you are in NYC but, I plan on using diaper kind when my LO comes in Feb. I hear great things about them from friends.</p> <p>My Mon cloth diapered and it's what I know best. I am looking forward to it. But maybe not the extra trips to the laundromat with covers.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-do-a-newborn-cloth-diaper-trialrental#post-1934844 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 14:00:30 +0000 LindsayInNY 1934844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. J: It's definitely something I'm really going to have to think about!</p> <p>@bluestriped bee: I'm looking into a service like your coworker. They deliver 80 diapers for a week (for newborns/infants). That sounds like a TON to store though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-do-a-newborn-cloth-diaper-trialrental#post-1934814 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:48:53 +0000 BSB 1934814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: I'm hoping the rental service will help me and the DH get used to CD during the early stages. My coworker used a service that dropped off clean diapers and they washed the dirty ones each week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-do-a-newborn-cloth-diaper-trialrental#post-1934767 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:30:55 +0000 Mrs. J 1934767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: my parents used a service with us and loved it! We wash our own here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-do-a-newborn-cloth-diaper-trialrental#post-1934747 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:25:11 +0000 LindsayInNY 1934747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@avivoca: I think I could handle that. I do laundry every week or two now (for things that can't be dried so we don't have it done). And, from what I've read, buying covers can be quite the addiction ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-do-a-newborn-cloth-diaper-trialrental#post-1934731 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:17:40 +0000 avivoca 1934731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: Covers aren't a huge deal when it comes to laundry. You can reuse them if the diaper was just a pee diaper, but poop can get on them and then you would want a new one. To cut down on all the washing, you could buy a ton of covers, enough to last you about a week and then do one large load of them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-do-a-newborn-cloth-diaper-trialrental#post-1934682 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:00:06 +0000 LindsayInNY 1934682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is such a helpful post! I've debated cloth diapering but using a service to do it (no laundry in unit, I'm lazy, etc.). I was actually looking it up today and it seems like they provide the inserts and not the covers? So I don't know now... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-do-a-newborn-cloth-diaper-trialrental#post-1934670 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 12:57:13 +0000 twodoghouse 1934670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: No, I just ended up buying a few different kinds. I mostly bought used, including some from the Classifieds! I ended up giving up on CDs pretty early on, but luckily a friend is using my whole stash for her new LO! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-do-a-newborn-cloth-diaper-trialrental#post-1934652 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 12:50:49 +0000 BSB 1934652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: Did you end up getting a newborn cloth diaper rental? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-do-a-newborn-cloth-diaper-trialrental#post-1390557 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 13:49:08 +0000 Navy_Mommy 1390557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Since we might still have more babies we chose to purchase a newborn stash with baby 2 (since baby 1 had such skinny legs, lol). I primarily purchased them through co-ops though (they are "China cheapies" but my one size "China cheapies" held up better than some of my expensive diapers with DS1!!) so the majority of them were only about $3.50 each. And they're all in ones. </p> <p>DS2 just finished passing his meconium (he's 2 days old today) so we'll be starting cloth with his next change! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-do-a-newborn-cloth-diaper-trialrental#post-1390449 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 13:20:57 +0000 jaypegs 1390449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used kissed by the moon and really liked them. I could rent any of the diapers they carry, new ones, and all of the deposits turned into store credit, so it only cost $30 per month, essentially. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-do-a-newborn-cloth-diaper-trialrental#post-1389632 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 09:27:48 +0000 immabeetoo 1389632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: search on FB to see If you have a local Cd group then stuff is cheaper from no shipping. Also check Craigslist! I bought a lot of mine off diaper swappers an amazone warehouse deals </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-do-a-newborn-cloth-diaper-trialrental#post-1389628 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 09:25:25 +0000 avivoca 1389628@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I sparingly used cloth when H was a newborn, and for the next one I won't hesitate to do it. Have you looked into a diaper service? I don't know if your town has them, but ours does, and the price is comparable to disposables. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-do-a-newborn-cloth-diaper-trialrental#post-1389611 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 09:18:34 +0000 blackbird 1389611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We also rented from Twin City diapers and they were fabulous! $35 a month, i think? I mean, they're pretty cheap! We used disposables for maybe 2 weeks. I just didn't like them. I still hate disposables! Once she hit about 8/9 lb, she started peeing through them, though, and we moved to the BG Freetimes. </p> <p>I didn't find doing the extra laundry to be an issue at all. With all the barf and poop and pee and spit up, you're already forced to do laundry. An extra few loads a week was a miniscule blip on my radar, truly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-do-a-newborn-cloth-diaper-trialrental#post-1389579 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 09:06:47 +0000 twodoghouse 1389579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoyfulKiwi: From what I understand, we'll be doing so much laundry anyway that we won't notice an extra one per day with diapers, right? </p> <p>@birdofafeather: @scg00387: My husband (who is actually way more into this idea that I am!) did some looking on ebay last night and I think we may try to buy a stash of used NB diapers instead of renting now! I'm going to keep an eye on the classified here, CL and Ebay and hopefully we'll be able to find enough to try this out. :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-do-a-newborn-cloth-diaper-trialrental#post-1389398 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 02:01:49 +0000 immabeetoo 1389398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: yeah, honestly, I think a newborn/twin newborns is overwhelming no matter what. I didn't have disposables (and the ones we did have from the hospital gave him a rash and leaked), so I just had to suck it up and do laundry every day (very small NB stash). Honestly I think newborn diapers are LESS work than disposables because they don't leak/poop explode as much (in my experience) so you're doing less gross laundry/carseat scrubbing. </p> <p> I agree with @birdofafeather, I don't regret buying at all. I sold the types I didn't like for what I paid for them, and kept the AIOs for LO#2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-do-a-newborn-cloth-diaper-trialrental#post-1389336 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 23:31:53 +0000 birdofafeather 1389336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we did a rental, which for one, i wouldn't do again as we used disposables for the first week or so until her stump fell off and then we only used them for a month as she plumped up quickly so we were able to use our BG 4.0s quickly.</p> <p>for twins, i would assume they would be in NB size longer as they would be born smaller, so i would try to find used NB on sale. i bet you would be able to find them easily and really get great use out of them! CDing in the first 6 months before solids was actually easier than now that she has solid poops that we have to rinse out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-do-a-newborn-cloth-diaper-trialrental#post-1389324 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 23:15:58 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 1389324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did a rental from moderncloth and loved it. It was super easy and convinced us to go for cloth. I think logistically twins will only mean washing every day, instead of every other day? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-do-a-newborn-cloth-diaper-trialrental#post-1388231 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 15:04:04 +0000 pelikila 1388231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did the rental from Diaper Daisy (<a href="http://www.diaperdaisy.com/Newborn-Diaper-Rental_p_212.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.diaperdaisy.com/Newborn-Diaper-Rental_p_212.html</a>) and I will totally do it again if we ever have another. We got 20 Kissaluvs Size 0 and 5 Thirsties XS covers and it was perfect. They have changed owners in the past year or two so the rental is a bit different than when I rented (3 years ago, gulp!) but I'd probably turn to them again since it was such a great experience. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-do-a-newborn-cloth-diaper-trialrental#post-1388161 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:45:08 +0000 twodoghouse 1388161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@danda: @grizz: Thanks for the suggestions! I'll check out these options! </p> <p>@scg00387: I am definitely intimidated by the logistics of cloth diapering two at a time, but it also seems to make so much sense when there are two! Your point about resale value is a good one too. So many things to think about! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-do-a-newborn-cloth-diaper-trialrental#post-1388116 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:30:02 +0000 immabeetoo 1388116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: my sister had twins and often talks longingly about how much $$ they'd have saved if they'd done cloth. they were both very late to potty train, like 4+ (preemies and had some complicating health issues). I've heard great things about newborn rentals, also keep in mind that if you buy they have resale value! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-do-a-newborn-cloth-diaper-trialrental#post-1388109 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:27:52 +0000 Boheme 1388109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did a rental for only $40 from Twin City Diapers. Brand new newborn BumGenius landed on our doorstep, and we had them for 8 weeks. I highly recommend! It was awesome. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-do-a-newborn-cloth-diaper-trialrental#post-1388075 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:14:11 +0000 danda 1388075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did it through modernclothdiapers.com. Good customer service and great option to try multiple diaper types as well. My daughter grew fast and we had to move to one-size cloth around 8 weeks old. Let me know if you have questions. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-do-a-newborn-cloth-diaper-trialrental#post-1388041 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:03:17 +0000 twodoghouse 1388041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For years I thought we'd cloth diaper once we had a LO, but when we found out it was twins I put that on hold because I couldn't imagine all the life changes of having two babies plus figuring out a diaper system. </p> <p>But now I'm finding that my husband and I are having a really hard stomaching the idea of throwing out ~600 diapers per month (per the estimates I've read on twin message boards). </p> <p>I'm also worried that they will be small and will take a while before they could fit into one size cloth diapers. Did anyone do a newborn cloth rental at first to try out the idea of cloth? Do you have a site you recommend? Any suggestions would be appreciated! :) </p>