Otherwise, when my daughter was born (late November) we kept her warm in those zip up outfits. You know the type, the footed baby bags. My, those were cute. I cannot wait to go pick up some more of those! I imagine you’d dress the baby similar seeing as how Sept and Oct can be pretty chilly upstate.

Jess, AHHH I hunt daily on Etsy and most of what I find are cloth wipes, which heck I used washcloths for Danny I don’t need fancy wipes heh. The slings however yes in desperate need! If you could hunt some links down that would be ultra fabulous!

Melanie, I worry about sizing, my son was 1 wk early (8lbs 3oz) due to c-section (footling/transverse breech) so I expect this one to be around the same size if not bigger (vbac). I don’t want to spend a ton of money on NB diapers if he only fits them for a week or two, then again I don’t want to under buy either.

This has to be my form of nesting because I can’t clean the house so instead I panic about baby wares lol.

Personally I loved the motherease shaped nappies (it’s one size, my daughter was born at 7lb 6 oz, they started fitting when she was about 9lb) and the motherease wraps.

However, I declare that I had become a nappy nut and also had pocket nappies (which I stuffed with loads of different things, like cut down old hand towels e.g.) and loved Little Lambs bamboo nappies (UK only though I think).

The key is don’t stress, try to find a variety on ebay, try it at your leisure and then buy the ones you get on with best! You can always use some ecological disposables for a while.

As for slings: I loved my simple sling (essentially a long piece of cloth) the best. Especially, when breastfeeding and carrying a newborn around.

Good luck! I found at 7 months I stressed too… must be a normal hormonal reaction, but then again… what is normal in the world and pregnancy!

Melx

Looking around on there, I don’t really see any cloth diapers, but they do have quite a few covers, burp cloths, blankets, slings, etc. I’ve seen some really cool slings actually but I’ll have to dig up where I saw them (this is the problem with having 3 accounts on the thing).

I love Etsy, as you can find unique, often eco-friendly/organic items that are handmade and not chemically treated and things like that. Definitely recommend seeing what you can find on there!

Good luck, lovey! Let me know if there’s anything I can send over to you. :)

I would also pick up a few pocket diapers/all-in-ones. I love those because they let you stick the prefold inside. It makes quick changes throughout the day and on the road great. And at night, the pocket diapers/all-in-ones have the added benefit of wicking away all of the moisture, so the baby won’t wind up sleeping in a wet diaper (well, he will, but he won’t feel it against his skin).

For wraps/covers, I used Litewraps. Inexpensive, basic, but quite functional and long lasting.
For the pocket diapers/all-in-ones, I swear by FuzziBunz and Happy Heiney’s. :)

Since newborns and infants pee and poop a lot, I’d recommend at least 2–3 dozen prefolds, and maybe 5–6 wraps? And at least 6–8 pockets/AIOs.