Online Shopping for Cloth Nappies

We're planning to mix cloth with disposable diapers for our newborn, mostly to prevent diaper rash. "According to the Journal of Pediatrics, 54 % of one-month old babies using disposable diapers had rashes, 16 % having severe rashes.  A study done by a disposable diapers manufacturing company... shows that the incidence of diaper rash increased from 7.1% to 61% with the increased use of throwaway disposable diapers." (a)

So I went off on another online research and shopping spree in search of the perfect nappies. Its amazing where Google can take you, found 3 local websites that sell cloth diapers:

• Eco Baby Boutique
• Sunshine Babies Boutique
• Pinoy Baby

Took a look at a number of brands before finally choosing the GroVia All In Twos. It's basically composed of an outer waterproof shell and an inner absorbent and removable soaker pad. What made me go for this brand was the fact that the diaper system is adjustable and can be used from newborn all the way to the toddler stage. Most of the other brands came in multiple sizes depending on the child's age. Plus, almost all the online reviews were positive. Below is an online review of how this thing works.

One set of this diaper system comes with a shell and a soaker pad. Additional soaker pads can be sold separately. My next question was, how many of these will I need? After some researching, they say I'll probably need 3-4 shells and about 10 soaker pads for partial cloth diapering for a newborn. Considering one shell is over PhP 1k, and a 2 pc soaker pad set about the same price... hmmmm, am I really sure to use this?

Off to some other alternatives, another option is to use prefold diapers instead of soaker pads, at least until our newborn starts to need less changes. Although the GroVia was not made for this, I did read that it worked quite well for other mommies. Prefold diapers are much much more reasonable.

So those are my options for now... I almost went ahead and purchased them online, then figured I can probably hold off on it until I am 100% sure to go "mixed-nappy-ing".

Sources:
(a) http://www.thenewparentsguide.com/diapers.htm