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I typically size up for pants and buy carters onesies because they are longer. Another thing we didn't anticipate is that LO grew out of his infant seat sooner than we expected because the cloth took up extra room length wise...so we had to go up to a convertible seat around 9 months. Rompers are really great in the summer I size them up as well.

As a newborn, my LO was exclusively in sleepers... so they fit just fine over cloth! We've chosen to avoid non-stretchy pants; they just hinder his movement even though our diapers are trim. He has always been a size or two up from his age, partially due to size and partially due to CD.

We started cloth at about 2 weeks old. I agree about Carter's onesies, the NB size fit him just fine! We also did Footie PJ's a lot, and Sleep Gowns. It does make pants a little bit bulkier, but I haven't found the need to size up.

DS was 6.6 at birth and 6.14 at 1 week old. We switched to 0-3 mo clothing at about 5-6 weeks when he got over 9 lbs.

Now, our overnight cloth diaper set up is pretty bulky (Fitted with a Hemp/Fleece Overnight Stay Dry Liner) and Sleep Gowns or a Wrap shirt with no bottoms is the only thing that will fit.

We were in newborn size until 3 weeks old (born at 7 pounds 2 ounces) and didn't start cloth diapers until 2 weeks (with newborn rental of Fuzzibunz, Bumgenius, and Tinybots). No problems with fitting newborn clothes in the cloth diapers. My daughter is tall and we have to size up due to the combination of her height and diapers. Pants and sleepers have been a huge problem for us in the ~12 month size range as they seem to be cut slimmer starting around this point.

I think it depends more on how your child is proportioned. LO is pretty long, so she moved up in rompers/sleepers sooner. But she's really skinny, so bottoms fit for quite a while and cloth actually keeps them up. Now that she's a bit older, and her height and weight is even more proportional, cloth doesn't make much difference at all.