Advice needed which nappy?

**TUP** · April 16th, 2011, 09:06 PM

I am going to start using MCN however would love some advice about which ones to get. I have narrowed it down to:

Baby Beehinds
Bumgenius V 3 (second hand & much cheaper than V 4)
Peapods

I'd love any info about which ones are best etc.

Thanking you

**HotI** · April 16th, 2011, 09:18 PM

i don't like peapods and haven't used bumgenius. I do like BBH for my little one.

buy one BBH and one bumgenius and see which fits best and you prefer. You don't have to have all the one brand.

**AngelPants** · April 16th, 2011, 09:27 PM

pea pods dont work here at all, my lil man is long and thin and i find them short and wide...
i havent tried bumgenius but BBH arent my prefered either. i think it depends a lot on the shape of ur bub. different brands fit different babies differently.
my stash is a mix of itti bitti, angeltears, bubblebubs with a few others thrown in. but some people find only one brand or almost all brands fit fine.
if u just want cheapies i find pixie poppits are good but not very pretty (i personally prefer pretties :P)

**TUP** · April 16th, 2011, 09:45 PM

Thanks

I'll have a look at those other brands.

Whats the difference between pocket nappies (I'm assuming peapods & bumgenious) & Fitted cloth?

**xXHopeXx** · April 16th, 2011, 09:49 PM

Im in a similar position to you TUP! I wanna go cloth but am still sorta researching

Here's what I've found so far!

Pockets - they literally have a pocket to put in the absorbent materials, this simply makes for quicker dry times

(and handy if they've just weed and you don't have another nappy! You can shove anything absorbent if you're in a bind!)

Fitted - they are similar to an SIO, but you need a cover as they aren't waterproof, they are apparently best for newborns til they start solids as the poo can be more explosive (

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**xXHopeXx** · April 16th, 2011, 09:52 PM

I'm pretty sure with pockets they either have normal liners to use or you can also use prefolds, depends on the brand I spose?

**TUP** · April 16th, 2011, 10:27 PM

Do you know the difference b/w pockets & AIO?

Whats a SIO?

It's so confusing & such a huge cost if you get it wrong... I thought peapods were meant to be good but from what I've read tonight not a lot of people like them.. Hmm guess I'll keep researching.. It's so hard not being able to go into a shop and see them...

**Hollybolly** · April 16th, 2011, 10:41 PM

No peapods!!!

BBH are popular although I'm not personally a huge fan - You should really get one here and there of different types, because you'll find what you think are best or fit your bub best are not someones elses 'best' choice IYKWIM?

You have choices between OSFM (one size fits most) and sizes (newborn, small, med, large etc) - Different brands have different things.

For the newborn stage, I used prefolds and covers - because until you know whether bub is going to be chubby or lean etc, IMO it's not best to go out and spend a fortune on certain nappies that may be a bad fit for your bubs shape.

The prefolds did us up to about 8-9 weeks (but I had a premmie bub at 2.8kgs)... you'll find most MCN's won't even start to fit a bub until they're between 4-5kgs.

I have a mix of OSFM and sized in our stash - some of our faves are Itti Bitti, Bubblebubs, Sugar Shots!, Cherub's Kiss, Bonnibuns, Close Parent Pop In, Envious, Baby Bum Cheeks, Mia Moo Nappies and Charlie Rose Nappies.

The pop in's were the best transition from the prefolds/covers to MCN's for us... and once DS was over 5kgs I started using the others.

All of the ones I've mentioned above are ones I loved enough to go back and buy more than the initial 1... we have a few of each of them because they work for us...

Please feel free to ask anything else

**willow5** · April 16th, 2011, 11:05 PM

I used prefolds & covers for newborn too. We still use the prefolds now in some of the pocket nappies, so that was value

Most of my stash is Ittis and BBH. We use BBH multi fits at night with extra boosters which seems to work well.
We were given some cheapie pockets called Babylands they came with microfiber inserts that went straight in the bin but we use them with prefolds in them and they work just fine. Some of the elastic is starting to go in them now, but they were very cheap and have lasted for over 12 months, so not too bad really.

**willow5** · April 16th, 2011, 11:08 PM

Oh as for the AIO/SIO ... AIO - all in one, the absorbent bits are all there sewn into the nappy.
SIO snap in one, so the absorbent bits snap in, instead of being sewn in. Makes a bit quicker dry time.

I prefer the AIOs though they seem to be a more comfy fit for DS.

Pockets have a pocket that you slip the absorbent bits into. You can make them as absorbent as you need.

I was going to look at getting some Peapods too when I started but they got a lot of bad reviews so I didn't bother.

It's confusing to start but you will LOVE it when you get into the swing of it

**willow5** · April 16th, 2011, 11:23 PM

Just saw your ticker and your bub is already 2 months old so disregard the prefolds for newborns

**MrsBexie** · April 16th, 2011, 11:22 PM

I have itti bitti tuttos and sio's... I also have Pop-In originals which are OSFM.
They are awesome!!!! The great thing about the snap in ones and tuttos is that if its just a wee nappy you can just change the boosters and use the same shell. They also dry fast too.

Pop-ins are awesome!!! Not a very well known brand but VERY good quality and yhe boosters are soooo soft!! Pm me if you want a link that you can get ittis, pop ins ans other brands cheaper!! (some half the price of aussie $!!) i just got 5 pop ins from yhere for half the price.

Sent from my iPhone so sorry for the spelling and punctuation!!