thread: Absorbency?

Hybrid View

Previous Post Previous Post   Next Post Next Post
  1. #1
    Registered User

    Mar 2007
    6,900

    Absorbency?

    So cloth nappies are less absorbent than disposables??
    Does that mean I'd be doing a lot more changes during the day??
    How many do you go through a day? At the moment we go through about 5 sposies a day I think and only 1 change over night.

    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.

    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. What I need to do is try some I know!! lol. But thought I'd ask you all anyway.

  2. #2
    Registered User

    Mar 2007
    6,900


  3. #3
    BellyBelly Life Subscriber

    Feb 2006
    melbourne
    11,462

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

  4. #4
    BellyBelly Member
    Add kawazuki on Facebook

    Dec 2008
    Paradise. QLD
    2,288

    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.

  5. #5
    Registered User

    Dec 2007
    Sunny Qld
    14,682

    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

  6. #6
    Registered User

    Mar 2007
    6,900

    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.

  7. #7
    Registered User

    Mar 2007
    6,900

    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?