u/hannahkv

My baby boy is 9 weeks old, 2d percentile for weight at 9.5lb but 62d percentile for height at 24in. He jumps percentiles in height at every visit while dropping them in weight. I'm struggling to find diaper strategies that cover his butt to his front lengthwise but still fit around his tiny skinny legs.

We've been using newborn size workhorses, and occasionally newborn GMD prefolds jelly-rolled, with Thirsties covers successfully until now. But he's outgrowing the workhorses lengthwise so that it barely makes it past his butt crack if it covers even slightly above the front genitalia. The Thirsties smallest rise is too short now to cover the cloth, but taller rises make the leg holes bigger and prone to leaks. I can still snap the smallest buttons around the waist.

We have a big stash thanks so lots of secondhand gifts. I have OS pockets and some AIOs (Thirsties, BumGenius, Grovia); plus newborn, small, and medium GMD prefolds; newborn, medium and large workhorses; and Thirsties and Cloth-Eez covers sized One and Two. The OS pockets and AIOs still seem huge on him even with the smallest rise settings, especially in the legs.

I'd love to stick to the natural fiber options if possible but anything that will work at this point. We have the same issue with disposables even. Like most boys he wets heavily in the front, and leaks happen most frequently out the leg holes. He's starting to sleep longer stretches at night too.

Anyone else diaper a beanpole boy? Any wisdom?

I'm a pregnant first time mom. I got very lucky and inherited a HUGE stash for cheap of GMD prefolds and workhorses (newborn, small, medium, and XL), plus a huge stash of pocket diapers and microfiber inserts. Like, at least 20 of each size of both prefolds and fitteds, pockets, inserts, covers, and hemp/cotton boosters.

I want to be able to use all of this if possible — I'm thinking the prefolds as burp cloths and kitchen rags when baby isn't in the size we're using for diapers. I'm not buying any burp cloths since we have so many prefolds. I'd like to play around with stuffing the pockets with cotton prefolds when baby gets big enough to avoid issues with used/old microfiber.

I'd like to use mostly cloth wipes but it seems like a waste to buy more cloth when we're swimming in high quality stuff already. Has anyone used prefolds or microfiber inserts as cloth wipes? Does it mess up the diapers? Is it too big and bulky? Does microfiber not work for wipes, and is the cotton too absorbent?

Thanks!!