Hi Ari,

Congratulations on taking the plunge into MCN's. MCN's will never last as long as a sposie (unless you stuff it with heaps of inserts etc) so I've found that I change every 2-3hrs whereas a sposie is every 3-5. This may explain why you had some leaking. Also bamboo and hemp will hold more than microfibre.

If you are planning a 2nd child then OSFA would be my choice. My little ones also have a aplix / little finger syndrome and I found that snaps (not necessarily side snaps) work just fine. So far Happy Heiny's (my only 2 snaps) stay in place regardless of the number of attempts to escape.

Most of the side snaps that I've founds are sized - but maybe someone can help with this.

The 2nd hand nappy sites that I've found / used are 'used nappies', 'buy for baby' and 'monkeys undies' (all are .com.au I think) but if you google you will get them. You might not get exactly what you want but maybe you can buy new the basis of your stash (8-10 I'd think) and then top with with 2nd hand in different brands etc. This way you could make sure you have your 'new/confident they fit & work ones' for out of the house and the 2nd hand ones for at home days where you don't mind changing more frequently and its less of a drama if you get a leak.

Also try BonnieBuns (google) made by a WAHM on the gold coast - friends have used them on their twins for ages and love them - they tried and discarded bumgenius, tots bots and several other brands before deciding to stick with these. She does aplix and snaps.

I'm no help on night napppies, we tried and got leaks every night (sugar peas, BBH with booster etc etc etc) so I use a sposie at night. DD is a prolific wee'er, so I decided that it was a balance between the budget (at one sposie a night) and washing PJ's and bedding every day from leaks. Also decided I'd spent too much on night nappies testing them out to be bothered spending another $30-40 on yet another one to only have it fail.

Not sure this answered all your ?'s but hope that it helps.

good luck on the MCN journey and your next IVF miracle.