New convert to MCNs... but very confused about liners???

[Amber4]

To the MCN pros out there..... we've just started using MCNs (mainly pocket or AI2s) in the past couple of weeks. I've picked up a whole range of brands from Blueberry to Itti Bittis, BumGenius, GKs, etc.. so far no complaints with any of them. BUT I also bought a few rolls of flushable liners because the idea of these gorgeous new nappies getting stained with no. 2s (bub is 5 mths old so poops are still pretty "muddy"!) and the prospect of cleaning up the no 2s isn't very appealing. Only problem is that the liners seem to hold quite a lot of moisture and therefore DDs tush ends up quite damp... when I take the nappy off the liner is kind of stuck to her from the moisture, and she's beginning to get nappy rash. Do I need to use a liner? I just wanted to protect the nappy really and save on clean up time but I've read some people use washable liners (eg, silk, fleece etc)... it seems to me this wouldn't really change anything because I would still have to wash it? Any thoughts/advice would be hugely appreciated! Thanks!!!

[Ryatha]

I've been using MCN for almost a year and I have found that flushable liners just annoy me. DD2's poops just go everywhere and miss the liner most of the time. Occasionally I use microfleece liners if I am using a cream on her bot and if the nappy rash is bad I use raw silk liners. Other than that I don't use anything and put the nappies in the sun to get rid of any stains that might appear.

Other MCN users have a 'little squirt' which attaches to the toilet to squirt away the mess but I've never got one. DH and I just scrape or roll the solids into the toilet and the rince the nappy prior to putting it into the washing machine. if it is really messy then I do a double rince before the wash cycle in the machine.

Good luck with the MCN!

[Amber4]

Thanks for your advice Ryatha... good to know that the liners aren't really necessary. I've tried a day without them so far and although the dirty nappy was messier to clean up, DD's butt stayed dry the whole day which was great.

[meow]

I've heard of this problem with certain brands of flushable liners. We used some eenee flushable liners in the early days and I don't remember them doing this but they did just bunch everywhere and I found them annoying.

If your baby is still exclusively BFing then the poop just washes out in the machine- no need for liners or prerinsing. My son does mucky poop and I would hate to be trying to scrape that off so we use fleece liners and a little squirt- makes life much easier! Generally fabric liners draw moisture away from the skin so it soaks into the nappy and doesn't sit on their skin so much.

Putting your nappies in the sun generally removes stains so you don't really need liners except if you want them for cleaning up. Trying to squirt my son's poop off the nappy is so much harder than getting it off a fleece liner.