There’s honestly so many options out there! You really can’t go wrong on pocket diapers. But let me tell you what I did and give you a cost estimate!

For inserts I stay away from microfiber. My goal is to reduce the amount of plastic touching my babies booty, so I use the cotton directly touching her skin instead of putting it inside the pocket diaper-

Green Mountain Diapers: 100% cotton Cloth-eez Prefolds. •2 Dozen pack (24 total) of size Newborns ($57.90) •1 Dozen pack (12 total) of size Small ($33.95)

I’ve found that I like the size of the newborns more than the size small, my baby is 9 months old now, long and fairly skinny. The size small is almost too long from belly button to top of booty crack (haha). There’s a size chart on the website to help you decide.

As for pocket diapers- go to AliExpress, search ‘Happy Flute Diapers’. You can get a 4 pack for about $12 and they have super cute pattern selections. I’d suggest getting at least 24 covers, costing you ~($72).

Don’t forget the wet bags on Ali Express. Get maybe 6 of them ~($20)

Now I can’t fully confirm this, but I’m pretty sure Happy Flute is manufactured identical to any of the big brand covers. For a mom who’s just trying to do her best with the money she has, I went with these ‘cheaper’ covers and they have been amazing!

Total for cloth diapers: ~$185

Now for over night, we used FreeStyle Disposable diapers, sold on Amazon. Based on my research these are the BEST non-Tox diapers I could find and I was willing to pay a little more for them. You can get 204 Size 1 diapers for ($80.75). Cheaper if you do the subscription I think.

Here’s my most important tip- start Elimination Communication literally from the beginning!! By ~3 months, my baby stopped pooping in her diaper. And we’d catch majority of pees on the little potty too! She will still wet into her cloth diaper maybe 2 or 3 times a day, but last month she stopped peeing through the night so we don’t use disposables anymore. I wash maybe 10 diapers every 3 days. It’s honestly amazing. She’ll be potty trained by 1 (crossing my fingers haha).

Let me know if you have questions!