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You should definitely wash them first. You should wash and dry them multiple times to prep them (based on the manufacturers recommendations). If you don't fully prep them, they won't hold as much pee etc. This may not be an issue. If you just want to check fit (i.e will your kids legs fit) you can put one on. Our BG fit on our little guy at 9 pounds. They fit different as you go. For use, I would wash the diapers and then when they were all used up, we would use sposies and wash again. Once we committed, we just bought more of the brand we liked and went full time cloth. My husband was big on this and that really helped (especially as I was still working on breastfeeding). If your baby is EBF you can toss them right in the washing machine.

First off, I LOVE my Elementals and Swaddlebees!

If you hate it you can always resell them. Wash them according to the manufacturers instructions before using them. EBF poop is water soluble, so you don't really have to do any rinsing until you start solids. If they look stained, line drying in the sun will get rid of it. Our BGs fit once LO was about 10 lbs.

We started with prefolds + covers and 2 Swaddlebees when LO was under 10 lbs. That was a little overwhelming to me at first. With AIOs you have a much better chance of loving it right away

Wash and prep first for sure....think you got lots of help above. I just wanted to comment because I (at 3w with LO) was so anti-cloth after pre-baby I had gone out and searched high and low to make a beautiful CD stash. I felt guilty for not even being interested, but I think I was just intimidated. That week I said Tuesday and Wednesday I'd CD, then switch back to sposie comfort zone.

I never went back to sposies. LO was 9lb 1oz at birth and 10.56lbs at 4w appt, and was into them size/fit wise no problem. We use pockets (though I had a set of prefolds all set, too!), a split of BGs and FuzziBuns!

Good luck, I was so grumpy when she was in sposies when we flew/visited family over Christmas, was glad to get home for many reasons, CDing again too!!!!!

.....PS congrats on your LO