OUR STASH

In the cloth diapering world, you're stockpile of diapers, inserts, and covers is called your "stash". With 2 babies in diapers, our stash has gotten large (by some standards)...

Here is James' current stash:

The breakdown from left to right and top to bottom: 11 BumGenius Organic One-Size All-In-One diapers (colors: Moonbeam, Twilight, Grasshopper, Ribbit, Clementine, and White) for days at home, 4 BumGenius 3.0 one-size pocket diapers (color: Moonbeam) all double-stuffed for overnight, and 4 FLIP one-size diaper covers (color: Ribbit) used with disposable inserts for daycare. We also have 1 BumBenius All-In-One diaper in size large (color: White), which was a FREE gift with purchase and is not pictured because James was wearing it, as well as 3 SuperDo inserts for overnight use and a set of 6 gCloth inserts that we very rarely use.

And this is Cora's newborn stash:

She has 4 Thirsties Duo Wrap diaper covers in size one (colors: Orchid Purple and Rose Pink) to be used with 24 Green Mountain Diapers unbleached newborn prefolds (color: orange edge) for days at home, 4 Thirsties Fab Fitted XS fitted diapers (colors: Lavender and Raspberry) and 4 Kissaluvs 2.0 Fitted Diapers in size 0 (color: light brown stitching) to be used at night with either the Thirsties covers or the cute printed Imse Vimse diaper cover I received as a FREE gift (for being such a good customer), 4 Rumparooz Lil' Joeys all-in-one diapers (colors: pink and purple) and 1 WAHM (that's "work-at-home-mom" for those not in the know) newborn all-in-one diaper (color: Sleepy Monkeys) that I purchased from a shop on ETSY (Cloudkids) for nights, as well as 2 fleece soakers (which have the same function as a diaper cover, colors: owls and flowers), also purchased from shops on ETSY (Cottontail Babies and Londonware).

We actually purchased more diapers for Cora than originally planned (the newborn fitteds and all-in-ones) because my favorite online cloth diaper retailer (Sultana at Simple Wonders) convinced me that using fitted, pocket, or all-in-one diapers at night is worth the extra expense (over exclusively using prefolds) in order to save the time and effort of folding and Snappi-ing prefolds into covers in the wee hours of the morning when you're running on 1-2 hours of sleep. And she was right! I'm loving the fitted diapers for overnight. The Kissaluvs are the #1 preferred fitted diaper for newborns because they are ultra absorbant and have a snap-down front to keep the umbilical cord stump uncovered. Both the Thirsties and Kissaluvs require diaper covers though, as they are fitted diapers (NOT all-in-one diapers, so they have no waterproof layer), and I also wanted to try some newborn-sized all-in-ones, so we got some Lil Joeys too (the #1 newborn all-in-one diaper on the market). The WAHM all-in-one and fleece soakers were a mini splurge (not expensive, but also not "needed") - I couldn't resist, they are just too cute! In total, we spent under $250 for 2-3 months worth of diapers, and saved over $50 by buying half of them used off BabyCenter's Cloth Diaper Swap.

Cora also has a stockpile of 10 BumGenius Organic One-Size All-In-Ones (colors: Zinnia and Blossom) that she'll move into starting sometime in month 3 (or whenever she reaches at least 8 lbs AND her BMs stabilize/lessen):

We only need 2 more of those to complete her daytime stash for home use. Also, before she starts daycare we'll need to get her a set of the FLIP one-size diaper covers, and eventually she'll also need a few overnight diapers (and we'll probably go with more of the one-sized BG 3.0s, unless I just get her some awesome fitteds to use under her FLIPs at night). Thank goodness cloth diapers have such good resale value... After about 3 months (depending how quickly Cora reaches the 12-15 lb weight limits) we'll be able to sell her entire newborn diaper stash and recoup some money (likely 75-80% of what we initially invested, even with the diapers we bought used) before purchasing her one-size diapers! Proof in point? We were no longer using our gDiapers or Fuzzi Bunz with James (since we switched to the FLIPs and BG 3.0s), so I sold them over the weekend. I recouped 75% of the original price on the Fuzzi Bunz, even though James used them for 9 months. The gDiapers I sold cheap (40% of original cost recouped), since they were faded and somewhat snagged (an expected hazard from washing them, since they are cotton and have velcro instead of snaps). Cool, eh? You sure can't get your money back on a disposable diaper...