How many covers are needed for a NB stash full of prefolds/fitteds?

[emg86]

Hello ladies! I plan to CD our baby girl from day 1. I have been diligently working on my NB stash which will mostly consist of prefolds and fitteds. I've got some wool on the way as well to try out. I have been trying to figure out how many covers would be plenty. Ideally, I would like to avoid laundry every day. Anyone have a special magic number to share?

[Chamomile Girl]

Well, I know you are asking about covers, but how many diapers do you have? Because I have 24 prefolds and need to do laundry every day. Newborns go through a lot of dipes.

The good part is they don't tend to poo up the covers like bigger babies.

I'd say 5-7 covers.

[emg86]

Originally Posted by Chamomile Girl Well, I know you are asking about covers, but how many diapers do you have? Because I have 24 prefolds and need to do laundry every day. Newborns go through a lot of dipes. The good part is they don't tend to poo up the covers like bigger babies. I'd say 5-7 covers.

I was thinking 24-32 diapers....haven't finalized my number yet.

[theoriginalpumpkin]

Originally Posted by emg86 I was thinking 24-32 diapers....haven't finalized my number yet.

I'd just get 3 dozen for ordering sake. Remember, you can also use them as burp cloths and diaper table pads.

[momEmac]

I like to have 3 covers per dozen diapers, 4 would be even better. I had 36 prefolds for DS and 6 covers. I had plenty of diapers, but really needed 2-3 more covers and would have loved to have an even dozen covers for the 3 dozen diapers. But I could have washed every other day with 8 covers. With six I was washing covers by hand or washing diapers every day and a half.

My iDevices are out to get me. Please excuse mistakes.

[theoriginalpumpkin]

7-8. For DD2, I had 8 covers as I had gotten them on sale and I never ran out.

For the triplets, I had 15 at first. I noticed that 5 (each baby had a color) was not enough but rarely did one baby go through more than 7-8 in a single day.

[jennayoung99]

I was told a ratio of 3:1 for prefolds to covers was good, newborn poo doesn't stay in a prefold everytime.

[foggierbard9]

We had 6 pul, 6 fleece, and 2 wool soakers for our youngest and that allowed for every other day washing ith a few spares just in case.

[nicolemariep]

We have 3 dozen prefolds and 5 covers is plenty. We snappi the prefold so poo rarely gets on the cover and we wash every 2 days.

[MomBecks]

If you're fastening prefolds on I'd say 5-6 but if you're just trifolding I'd suggest more like 10. Newbies poo like no one's business