Cloth Nappy General Discussion #201

Hi everyone, new to this thread. I gave cloth a try when I had DS2, but with having two in nappies and already having used sposies for 12 months on DS1, I gave up quite easily :redface: Looking forward to giving it another go with our new baby. I have a lovely friend who has loaned me her newborn stash - mainly fitteds + PUL covers. I've been buying some bigger sizes as I find them on special, shopped up in the BBH sale, and also have ebay and gumtree open most of the time waiting for a bargain ;) I've done the cloth nappy hunt (found all the icons for the first time too! woohoo) so have ordered from a couple of sites I found along the way as well. I read the last couple of pages of the thread, I love the stash photos! - my whole stash fits in a green shopping bag, so looks like I have a long way to go yet ;)

welcome P! well done with the hunt, im shocking at it. my stash is only 2 -3 over fittimg in a green bag, in fact it probably would if the night nappies weren't so bulky.

Yay, go P! I've got them all except Tinoki. I spent ages on Noonee Wilga last night though.

Although I don't quite have as many nappies as some, I've still got a reasonable size stash - over 40 BBH and 50-60 nappies in all.

Which is just as well because now our pipes have decided to block up, so while we are waiting for our Landlord to check it and get a plumber I can't do any washing at home.

We are having a girl (according to ob at 16 week scan anyway hehe) so this week DH and I went through my tiny stash and put aside the boyish ones for my sil :( so sad to see them go.

Now I have the most pitiful stash waa!! But upside is I do need to replace some. I bought two bonnibuns ones from mumgo during the sale hope they are good, anyone use them?
Keen to get some bambooty as well for the newborn stage.

Just so I can take this back to DH, what is the absolute minimum amount of mcn's needed for one baby? I had over 30 now we are down to half that and he reckons I only need max 20, like he is the one that knows all about mcn's :/ I want at least 30 back in my stash and that's not including specific newborn size :( men so difficult

I think I had about 30 small bambooties for newborn stage and washed every 2nd day, she wee'd constantly too so I changed probably 12 x a day. it was a hot summer so they dried easily, if it was winter here ( vic) it would have been harder but i still think 30 would have been ok.

We had side explosion/leakage issues with the ittibitti and bambooty smalls on DD as a newborn but Hotl suggested I try a cover over the nappies and that helped catch some of the escapees effort she needed another outfit change.

BTW I won an ittibitti AOI in the festival of fluff!

I got away with 20ish, but I live in a place hotter than hell, where night nappies only take an hour to dry.

Oooh yay LL!

Hi, I'm new to this thread too.
My DD is 4.3wks/4.3kg atm and we have been (successfully!) using homemade prefolds with wool covers for the last ~3wks. I'm hoping to stretch that for a bit longer but as the nappies themselves don't stretch, I'm a little doubtful ;)
I have a small stash of 6x BBH Magicalls, and a mixed dozen others - all OSFM. Which is well and good but I think is going to wind up being very bulky on this little bum. So I'm considering some sized/fitted nappies. I'd really rather not deal with covers, happy with pockets, but I just don't know what I want! I live in a cold southern climate so drying will be an issue through winter.
I'd welcome any suggestions and advice (asap!)

Bambooty easy dry are good. they do dry well and bambooty have good sales online.

Hi ladies, I have 14 fitted nappies & 9 covers (all newborn/small) that a friend has lent me - I realise this won't be enough for a newborn in the middle of winter, but not sure how many more to get? And not sure whether to go for more fitteds or some AIOs for ease of use for DH! Any advice or opinions?? I have 5 x BBH AIO in small, but they seem so big compared to the newborn fitted nappies! Argh, wish I had a crystal ball to see how big my bubba will be lol.

Peekaboo, that is not a bad newborn stash. depends on how much you want to spend, and if you need an excuse to buy more. you could supplement with some prefolds or flannel flats (dry quick) and be fine.

I love fitteds and covers for newborns. it was all I used for dd. I got some ittis for ds but still preferred the fitteds and covers, and they are really not that much trickier. you can always match up fitteds in their covers as you put them away so it is simpler when you have to do a change. But I am sure your partner is pretty bright, and probably does lots of thinking/technical stuff at work or as a hobby that is way trickier than just putting a nappy and a cover on :lol:

So our totsbots no longer seem to be cutting the mustard now that we have more or less mobile girls. Tuttos and grovia hybrids seem to be working really well but am wondering about the grovia aio. Anyone used these? Which would you go with?

Melissa, I found as DD2 grew I needed to have more absorbent boosters in my Totsbots. I often use a prefold. She needs extra as she gets bigger and the output increases as well!

WOHB: Purple Cheeky Butts Smartypants with bamboo prefold booster

I have always put extra absorbency in my TotsBots too. But I had to do it with GroVia AIOs as well. DD2 could outwee those from 3 weeks old. And they're very narrow across the bum. Dislike. And tuttos are too complicated and not adjustable enough here. I'd prefer Bonnibuns or Bubblebubs Candies.

P-boo: I only had about that many newborns, and some (ok lots) OSFMs, prefolds, and flats. But I have big babies, so could use OSFMs pretty early.

And I second Bambooty easy drys. I quite like them.

Speaking of Bubblebubs they have a sale at the moment

rumparoozs are my favourite nappies for DS

Tried boosting up our totsbots - awesome! Thanks girls. Might have a look into bubblebubs cos I know I can get them in NZ.