Weighing up whether to make the switch ...

[mountain mummy]

Mainly looking at BBH, bumgenius, happy heinys, cushie tushies and mummy's touch. Also wouldn't mind trying itti bittis for veygas ...

there's more on my list (I've had about 12 browser tabs open at once today, reading and comparing etc) but most of the above ones I can get trial packs for, reasonably priced, that I can try out on both of them!!

ETA: Up until recently, I had THREE still in them (well, DD was in night time pull ups, but she wanted to wear undies to bed, so that fixed that!! LOL) DS1 was still in night times til Khaemon was almost 1, so that was nearly a year of 3 lots of nappies then too!

[Arimeh]

Cool I have baby beehinds, bum genius, happy heiny and itti bittis.

haven't any of the mothers touch ones - and I got rid of the cushie tushies that I did have because they didnt' suit DS.

[Mum2SweetCs]

Hi Mountain Mummy,

I recently converted to MCN (probably about 1 month). Its sooo addictive!!

As the ladies have already said, probably safer to buy a few to try out as babies are all different.

Personally, I loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeee my Bumgeniuses.

They are a great fit for my DD (She is 6 mths, 7.1kg and has chubby legs) and I use them overnight as well.

Don't quite like the All in ones from BBH because they leak on DD but their bamboo ones are not too bad at all.

I found the velcro on the happy heiny too bulky cause DD has a small waist. Itti bittis are so cute and they have a starter pack for $49.95 but for me they only last approx 2 hrs on DD.

Best of luck and have fun if you decide to convert.

P.S Man you're thread is making my hands itchy again .... feel like buying more eek!

[mountain mummy]

Hi Phoenixml,

Thanks for sharing your experiences! My DS3 also has chubby legs, and I would be guessing not too far behind your DD weight wise (even though he is younger!)

DS2 is 2.5 and has skinny legs and a small waist which is why I'm looking at a few different brands. As I said, I'm hoping to be able to have a bunch of nappies that I can use on both, but if a couple suit one more than the other, that's no biggie! I'm sure DS3 will grow up to be just like DS1 and DS2 (long skinny legs and small waist) DD is still chubby, even though she is in between DS1 and DS2!

I can't wait to start my collection!! LOL!

[Pretty Butterfly]

I have just moved to MCNs and I LOOOOVE them!!!

A lot of those sites have a 'combo" pack, meaning a few different types in each pack. I got a few of those, and found which ones I really liked. It was a cheap and easy way to get a few different brands!!

I have been VERY lucky, and so far all the nappies work on Kane just great!!! But it will probably be different for Little Girl!!!

But I think I only have 5 different types, I NEED more!!!!

[Gigi]

Hi Phoenixml,

Thanks for sharing your experiences! My DS3 also has chubby legs, and I would be guessing not too far behind your DD weight wise (even though he is younger!)

DS2 is 2.5 and has skinny legs and a small waist which is why I'm looking at a few different brands. As I said, I'm hoping to be able to have a bunch of nappies that I can use on both, but if a couple suit one more than the other, that's no biggie! I'm sure DS3 will grow up to be just like DS1 and DS2 (long skinny legs and small waist) DD is still chubby, even though she is in between DS1 and DS2!

I can't wait to start my collection!! LOL!

I would like to point out to you, the great adjustability you get with SIDE snapping nappies. My newborn had three rolls on each thigh and i was having a hard time getting MCN to fit her, without cutting off the circulation to the thighs (leaving red marks). I posted about this problem (all i owned were FRONT snappers and aplix MCN) and got told about side snappers. I bought some and they do excatly what i was told they do.

they fitted my baby great when she had three rolls on each thigh
they fitted my baby great when she got mobile and loss the rolls

you do up the waist SEPARATE to doing up the legs
so no more cutting off the circulation to the legs (just to get the waist right).

so if you have a skinny toddler, and a chubby nb, i coudl nto hear that and NOT tell you about sidensnappers!!!

some examples of sidesnapping MCN

fitteds:
very baby (at the weewuns)
cute tooshies (at bubblebubs)
swaddlebees organic velour fitteds

pockets
swaddlebees (sized ones not the OSFA)
the sized ones are narrow crotch, the OSFA are wide crotch style
blueberry (the weewuns and baby blossom)

aio's (or ai2's)
sugarpeas (nurturenappies, babyblossom)
berry plush (babysoftlandings)
dragonflymagik

covers
staccinator (so simple is the PUL one, wool and fleece)
sugarpeas (wool and fleece types)
berry plush (minky)
very baby (fleece)
swaddlebees wool covers
motherease airflow (PUL)

hth

[~Saram~]

Congrats on having a go at cloth it is awesome and it does save a lot of money. I love not having to go down the baby isle in the shops anymore! And the whole water/wash arguement as the other ladies have pointed out is very outdated. i wash Ari's nappies in with her cloths or the towels (after a pre rinse) so there really isn't any extra washing going on in our house anyway. Money wise, i started with 5 MCn and some terry squares and every time I didn't have to buy a pack of disposables I bought a new nappy! What a great reward for using cloth going shopping :-)

There are quite a few one size all in ones out there that work really well. We have a bum G, nappilicious and , abby grow and they all work really well for us but Ari has only had the one size since she was over 10kg so not a good test but they work well for us.

Mediums are also good value as they mainly go from 5-11kg and most people find the fit even larger than that.

Gigi has given you a great list of nappies to have a look at, I'm sure you'll be hoooked in no time.

Have fun

[mountain mummy]

Thanks gigi and saram ...

I weighed my two little men yesterday - DS2 is just over 12kg and DS3 is about 7.5kg (little chubba for 3 months old!! LOL!) Is it possible that they'll both fit into mediums??