prefolds question

My baby is now 8 weeks and the last time he was weighed, he was just over 13 pounds.

I am looking at getting some prefolds and covers and just wondering if I should go for medium size, or the small. I don't really want to get small if he is gonna grow out of them quickly.   What do you recon I should get?

What made those of you who have changed go from prefold to pockets? Just curious as the prefolds sound good...and less washing

TIA

Yeah I switched to pockets cos they look cool, are easier to put on, they keep his butt drier, and they're more trim. And I ended up washing most of the covers anyway cos they'd get poop on them, so it wasn't really less washing. I went with prefolds to begin with cos they were cheaper, but now I am loving my pockets!

Harry is just growing out of his small covers now (it's a bit of a squeeze really and I've had a couple of leaks, so I really should let go that he's grown outta them!). He's probably more than 7kg now (11 weeks).

Your boy probably fit the mediums, they'll be pretty big to begin with but I think they'd do the job.

I still use small covers on Sophie. But she is nearly out of them now. I am putting her into pockets once she grows out of her prefolds, and I'll use them to stuff if I need to. She is in pockets now overnight and if we go out, as otherwise she wakes from being wet, or needs changing every 3 hours max. I really like prefolds, but I think they are best on little babies.

Harry is the same weight as Anyssa! But he is a big boy for his age... just got him weighed today and he's 6.95kg

Yeah, Seb wasn't 7kg until 4.5 months Then he hit 10.8kg by 12 months, and started losing a little (down to 10.5) when he started walking... is still between there and 11 now. I feel for you carrying Harry round!!

JD, I just worked out 13 pounds and that's 5.9kg! I totally should have worked that out earlier.. Yes I think you should definitely go with mediums. We have small bummis wraps and they go up to 7kg, so they wouldn't fit your boy for too much longer

arohanui wrote: Wow 4.5 months He's big all over though, tall as well (65cm at 8 weeks), so thankfully things seem to fit him nicely... if anything they're too wide for the length he needs. And lol yeah he's heavy to carry... a lady at church the other night asked for a cuddle so I handed him over and she was like 'man he's heavy!'...uh yep... hence why spends a lot of time in his pram or on the floor Sorry for the threadjack JD!

I just bought a gorgeous homemade minky pocket from a lady off TNN... her son has just grown out of them at 8 1/2 months, and it should easily fit my 19 month old And her bub isn't gigantic either... but it is a little embarassing that he's using stuff after a kid half his age outgrows it... I sort of hope people don't think I don't feed him enough

I generally use pockets when we're out as I find them a little easier to wrangle than the prefolds. Plus she poos almost every nappy change so like Arohanui we end up washing the covers almost every time as well.

But they still have their place. For example tomorrow she'll be in them all day while I finish stripping her pocket nappies.

Also you can use them to stuff pockets if you get pockets later.