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Newborn Diaper Review: Super Brite wrap by Bummis with Preemie/Newborn size Organic Cotton Prefolds

Posted on October 24, 2011 0 comments

Cole wearing a newborn size Super Brite at 4 days old, about 8 lbs

We welcomed our new son Cole into the world on Oct. 12, 2011. He was born at the hospital, and for the first 24 hours of Cole’s life, he wore the provided disposable diapers at the hospital. We went home when he was 1 day old and began to use his adorable little newborn cloth diapers.

His birth weight was 8 lb 2.5 oz and he definitely wouldn’t fit into a one-size cloth diaper even though most one-size cloth diapers say they fit starting at 7 or 8 lbs.

I have a variety of newborn-sized diapers in his stash, including:

preemie/newborn Bummis organic prefolds
Bummis Super Brite and Super Whisper Wrap covers size XS
Sandy’s XS
Bamboozle size 1
Thirsties cover size 1
Woolybottoms Hybrid Wool Soaker size XS
bumGenius AIO size XS
Mother-ease Wizard Uno size XS

Today I’m going to write about the Super Brite wrap and prefolds.

Super Brite and preemie/newborn size Prefolds:

Until his umbilical cord fell off (it was day 6 or 7), the xs Super Brite covers with prefolds were the best fit.They fit the lowest in the front and didn’t rub against the umbilical cord at all. The preemie prefolds are also the perfect size inside these tiny covers. I’ve been using the “boy fan fold” and we haven’t had any leaks or runny poop getting onto the cover at all. This fold can be seen on the following video (it’s the 2nd one that is shown, at 25 seconds on the clip): Bummis Organic Cotton Prefolds

Prefolds are great at this age because I think the average of changing 12 diapers a day is an understatement – I think we’re changing him even MORE than that! (They really do poop a LOT at this stage!) For only $10 for a pack of 6, the preemie prefolds are a great economical choice during the newborn stage. They also double up as a change pad and to catch pee. Our little guy pees at at least 50% of all diaper changes, so I’m going through lots of prefolds because I use one to cover him up so that he doesn’t spray everywhere, and if I miss it then I use another prefold to mop up the mess. Once he outgrows these tiny prefolds I will continue to use them for this purpose, especially because they are smaller and won’t take up so much room in my diaper bag.

For about 2 days I used bio-soft liners until the baby’s meconium had passed so that there was no staining. Once his poop turned yellow around day 3, I stopped using the liners and have been putting the poopy diapers directly into the diaper bag without rinsing, and they are coming out of the wash perfectly clean and with absolutely no stains. (because he is being exclusively breastfed)