How many of these will I need to get me started. For example, how many will I need to get through 1 day with a newborn? Thank you !
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These are liners, you use regular cloth diapers as the padding to 'do the dirty work,' so these liners are completely reusable without washing them unless they leak. My sister has two, and she says that's plenty. For the absorbent padding, I use the pre-folded 100% cotton cloth diapers, I think they are Osocozy brand. I bought them here. You keep them folded and lay them inside these liners in the area where a disposable has its padding. You'll need a ton of those. One per change until you can get them washed; I picked up two six packs of those to go with these, and my sis says she bought more. But two liners do it for her. These are liners, you use regular cloth diapers as the padding to 'do the dirty work,' so these liners are completely reusable without washing them unless they leak. My sister has two, and she says that's plenty. For the absorbent padding, I use the pre-folded 100% cotton cloth diapers, I think they are Osocozy brand. I bought them here. You keep them folded and lay them inside these liners in the area where a disposable has its padding. You'll need a ton of those. One per change until you can get them washed; I picked up two six packs of those to go with these, and my sis says she bought... » Read More These are liners, you use regular cloth diapers as the padding to 'do the dirty work,' so these liners are completely reusable without washing them unless they leak. My sister has two, and she says that's plenty. For the absorbent padding, I use the pre-folded 100% cotton cloth diapers, I think they are Osocozy brand. I bought them here. You keep them folded and lay them inside these liners in the area where a disposable has its padding. You'll need a ton of those. One per change until you can get them washed; I picked up two six packs of those to go with these, and my sis says she bought more. But two liners do it for her. « Show Less
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It all depends on each child. Mine for example in the first 5 months used to poo only once a day. Now you can do what we did, buy two of these and have as many cloth diapers as you can have, and just change the cloth diaper but no need to change the wrap until it becomes soiled. hope this helps.
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I followed my friend's advice. She had twins and used these. start with 6, you will have more than enough. You don't always need to put them to wash every day, if the poop has not touched the wrap, you can reuse it. However, we did not use it for our newborn, she was too small, 6.3lbs. We started with 6, we are still using them and our daughter is now 6 moths old. They are great.
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we used about three a day because its the out side lining to keep everything from leaking, if you wash it out in the sink you won't need as many
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We were not able to use these diapers until our daughter was a couple of months old, due to her size. However, we have about 16 diapers and do a load of diapers every other day. We have been using them for 14 months. Highly recommend! OH, and we have the one size diapers (seems more economical and makes more sense to me.. 1 purchase of diapers that fit all the way to potty training, or 3 sets of diapers..)
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I think you're asking, how many bottles for the first year. We started with just three when we were breastfeeding and pumping milk. When we switched to just bottles and formula, we upped to about nine. I wish we had 20. The caps seem to disappear like socks in the wash.
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There's only 3 for that. One is titled "Spread the News....A Baby is Due" and asks questions about reaction and how you celebrated, so you could probably still use. The next is "Anticipation and Preparation" and asks about cravings and such. The third is "Showers and Good Wishes". I bought this book for my third child so I didn't have a shower so I just covered up the title and text prompts with pictures of our family and such. We had a homebirth too so the prompted pages about hospital stuff I covered with other things/pictures. Its pretty easy to keep the cute matching bordered pages, but skew the info to whats applicable to your babe.
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This comes with at least two level 1 nipples. If you think you'll use the larger bottles with a newborn, then I would order extras.
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I pump into the bottles, but back when I was making more than he needed for daycare, I froze in the lansinoh bags. I kept in the bottles for what he needed for the next 2-3 days. I have 9 bottles and that's just enough for me between pumping and sending milk to daycare. 3 bottles to daycare, 3 bottles for 2 pump sessions at work, and 3 spare to get the next day ready before washing today's.
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I don't know anything about garden of life, but I too debated between new chapter and baby and me. The differences I saw were that baby and me has more folic acid which is vital to healthy development of a fetus. ( 800 mg vs. 600) Also, new chapters prenatal includes soy and a probiotic. There is little research on the safety of soy in developing fetuses so I'd prefer to er on the side of caution. Also, probiotics are more effective when taken at a different time than other supplements so I prefer to take it separately and use a high quality product. I have no idea the quality probiotic in new chapter, but given that all the quality ones I've ever used required refrigeration, the one in here can't be that effective. I think I've heard that because of all the complaints about the soy, new chapter has a new soy free version now, so maybe that would be ok. I can definitely attest to the quality of baby and me though.....i took it long before we conceived and throughout pregnancy and five months of nursing. Our baby is absolutely perfect! She is bright eyed, has no allergies, is happy and easy going, and very smart. She is ahead in all milestones and anyone who meets her can't believe the things she is doing at ten months. She crawled at 5.5 months, walked a week before turning 9 months, first words at 6.5 months and. Now has a vocabulary of 15 words and mimics very closely many more words, uses sign language for 12 words, can identify all body parts on herself and others, mimics sounds of five animals, attempts to put puzzles together, sings tunes and matches musical pitches, responds to questions and commands, I could go on and on. I certainly can't say. For sure if this vitamin helped to make a super baby, but I do believe that it helped alongside a healthy diet. Also, I had blood work done during pregnancy and all my nutritional levels were better than the basic requirements which assured me my baby was getting everything she needed.
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There are 3 nipple sizes. Size 1 for newborns. Size 2 which is a size for babies under 4 months. Size 3 is a fast flow for babies over 4 months. We used the size 2 from the start. Our baby was over 12 lbs at birth and very hungry. Our baby would not latch on to any other nipples. I had to send my husband out on Thanksgiving day to get more. This is a great product. I highly recommend it!
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A roll is going to last you different amounts based on the age of your child. A newborn doesn't smell so you don't really need them till about 2 months in. My 1 year old goes through a roll every 3 weeks
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Can I just say-- this is a GREAT question and will be so helpful for other first time parents. Thank you for asking this.
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If you cd full time, and want to wash no more than every other day, I would recommend starting with 18 on hand. I like 20-24 better, it gives more room for washing-that way you don't have to wait until the last diaper change of the night before washing. A baby should/needs to be changed at least every 2 hours during the day in any diaper-but especially with cd. This may vary with older children. If you have too many diapers it may encourage you to put off washing them to a third or fourth day which will allow for bacteria to grow and a lot of smell to build up in the diapers.
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I think it depends if you are using as supplement to nursing or exclusively bottle feeding. Newborns eat every 2-3 hours. So you'll need enough so you aren't constantly doing dishes. A dozen? I nursed so I'm not sure when they move up to 8oz bottles but I think about 6 months.
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Generally, I can get by using one or two covers per day --alternating each change so they air out completely. I have 4 covers, but 6 would be ideal and allow for backup if any covers get poo on them and need to be washed. In a pinch, I just let my 18 month old go without a cover (as long as a bm is not in his near future).These covers are just a single layer of fabric, and don't absorb much odor to begin with.
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I only bought one because unfortunately my baby wouldn't drink this formula. I ended up donating it to his daycare. Sorry. Wish I could help.
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Newborns do tend to poo a lot, so 24 might not last more than a day. 36 is generally the recommended minimum for newborns.
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I was actual able to get two diaper per bag. I don't know cost per day, depends on how often your baby goes. Also I only use it for poops- so keeps cost and smell down. I have found it's the only thing that kept the smell down.
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It depends on how often you plan to do laundry on how many shells you need. We typically get 2-3 uses out of a shell before it needs washed because our little one poops. We started using the microfiber inserts but we ended up switching to organic because they absorb so much better and you don't have to strip the organic ones. It is worth the price difference for us. If these are the only diapers you are using I would purchase 5-7 shells and around 18 inserts.