Shells - bonds seem to size their suits really small - so I never had any in 0000 - mind you, I did have an 8 pound 11.5 oz baby last time (but she did fit into 0000's in other brands, just no hope in hell with bonds!!) I found the 000 fit over her butt fine - but I wasn't using flats, just prefolds and a motherease cover or an itti or kissaluvs and a motherease cover or a small bumg AIO. None of them are really huge....

TK - I would just wash the covers once to get rid of any manufacturing residue - but not for absorbency.

Helllo all!!

Better go change kids bums - they smell a bit wee like... *sniff sniff*