Absorbency?

[Heaven]

[Olive]

hun i change millie around the 2 hour mark, i change more often than if she were in a sposie

[kawazuki]

i find i go through maybe 1 more a day with DD she is a big wetter aswell
and i dont need to change over night at all, her night nappy (pop in) lasts 14 hours on her.

their skin doesnt feel wet feels teh same as a sposie.

we still use them for school and when we are away for the weekend.

[Arimeh]

So cloth nappies are less absorbent than disposables?? Yes but they don't have all the crappy chemicals in them

Does that mean I'd be doing a lot more changes during the day?? We go through about 6 nappies during the day, and I don't change overnight, so 1 night nappy.

And what happens over night? Sometimes we have leaks here at night because she wees so much. Would I have to be changing more overnight?? Bc I would hate to do that, it wakes her up too much. If you get a proper night nappy, you won't have to change it. They are good for about 12-14 hours in a heavy wetter depending on type of nappy you get.

And when they get wet does the moisture get off their skin like in sposies or do they feel really wet? IYKWIM. I can't imagine how it just wouldn't be all wet and stinky. Depends on what they are lined with. Suedecloth is a stay dry fabric for example, but if they were in bamboo or whatever, they would feel wetness. I think most of my nappies are lined with microfleece, and I'm pretty sure thats a stay dry fabric too. So they aren't sitting in their stinky pee

[Heaven]

Ok thanks girls! I think I'm going to order a couple to try today!! Yay!! Have been researching and am totally confused but oh well, lol.

[Heaven]

Oh, and I'm liking the idea of pocket nappies. Any suggestions for a few to try first, ones that seem to fit most bubs well? Slim ones?

[Arimeh]

The slimmest pocket in my stash is my swaddlebees. However, I don't like stuffing it cos I can only just get my hand in there to stuff it.. LOL.. so trim also means, trim to stuff

Plus - DH wont' stuff that one cos he can't physically get his hand into the pocket, which means that I always have to stuff it. With our other ones, I usually get him to stuff them cos I hate touching microfibre

I have HEAPS of pockets, I love them. My stash is lots of green kids, a few happy heiny's, ecobubs, couple of swaddlebees, bumgenius.. umm.. trying to think what is in the drawers at the moment.... preggo brain... nope its gone.. LOL

Monkey doodlez do a trim pocket nappy as well - but OMG - talk about difficult to stuff - even harder than the swaddlebees.

This is just based on my experience though!

[sneakysparkle]

sorry to hijack SJ but what night nappies do you girls recommend? in particular for Miss D? (2.5yrs)