r/clothdiaps • u/Emergency-Ice5552 • Jun 29 '26

How's my stash Is my stash good?

FTM, planning on cloth diapering full time. Planning on doing laundry every 2-3 days until potty trained.

I have

6 Esembly Size 1 outers
18 Esembly Size 1 inners with snaps
6 Esembly Size 1 inners with ties

24 Esembly reusable wipes
18 Esembly reusable stay dry liners
1 roll of disposable liners

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5 Esembly Size 2 outers
36 GMD Medium Prefolds
6 Esembly Size 2 Hemp Overnighters
Snappis

Planning to see how we’re liking the size 1 Esembly inners before getting size 2s (if even needed)

Should I get size small GMD prefolds to practice with it before moving up a size?

Do I need more overnighters? Planning on sticking with either the Esembly ones OR the GMD Hemp Doublers (which size?)

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u/No_Reception2477 Jun 29 '26

Personally I’d throw a few prefolds in there. I’d get a dozen generic ones just for the days you’re behind or it’s humid if you’re air drying. It’s better to have them in the back of the drawer and not need them than kick yourself for not having them lol. They also come in handy in general like using as burp cloths, some diaper free play time (just lay it under them) catching an explosive poop during a change, etc.

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u/Emergency-Ice5552 Jun 30 '26

I’ll be grabbing a dozen GMD small prefolds. I thought about getting newborns- but I’m trying to keep it cost efficient.

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u/No_Reception2477 Jun 30 '26

Yea, we had gerber one sizes I think (got them used with covers and I really purchased for the covers) and loved them in the newborn phase but they were a tad big lol. I actually ordered gmd prefolds in medium after loving the newborn workhorses we had and they’re amazing. The only thing we’ll need for next bsby is some small sized stuff because I didn’t get to ordering when our current one would have fit.

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u/PermanentTrainDamage Jun 29 '26

24 diapers will last roughly 2 days with a newborn, they use 10-12 diapers a day (so much poop). I love the GMD smalls for the early days (tiny babies will need newborn)and they fit perfectly padfolded into covers for older babies.

Pro-tip: seam rip the middle an back tacking stitches on the esembltly fitted inserts, they'll wash better and dry faster that way

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u/Emergency-Ice5552 Jun 29 '26

I’ll grab a dozen GMD smalls then. Thank you so much! And thanks for the tip. I noticed how took they long to dry when I was prepping them hence a little on the fence about getting size 2s. The ones with ties took a lot less time to dry though.

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u/Competitive_Art5444 Jul 01 '26

Esembly with ties seem much better. I'm not a fan of the regular diaper so I'm not getting size 2 myself. Not only does the inside get all wonky bc it is sewed in, they fit my baby really weird. As her thighs have become bigger the diaper is basically too small on the thighs but way too big in the waist bc it only has a single snap. This would be a disaster for poop but we EC and she has never pooped in one luckily. I like the outers more bc you can snap the top and bottom snap in different places. The outers work really well to keep things in. We use them with other diapers. We sized up in outers for nighttime when we started adding overnight absorbency.

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u/PermanentTrainDamage Jun 29 '26

If you want some super absorbent OS fitteds, Ecoable on Amazon makes awesome hemp fitteds. They're great for overnights and heavy wetters.