clothing for cloth nappies

[lyra stardust]

I have to say I've never had a problem with this either, but I'm wondering now if this becomes a problem later on when they're a bit bigger (mine is 6.5 months)

When he was little he wore mostly all-in-one suits that had a bit of give around the bum, and now he wears mostly stretchy tracky bums and legging sort of things, and also has some pants with button and zip (and adjustable elastic). They all fit fine (mostly pumpkin patch, cotton on kids, pure baby and baby gap from the uk). Actually I find the nappy keeps the pants on lol. I agree the bonds roomies look lovely- I want some but not sure where to get- in Myer they only had girly colours.

I only use itti bitti AIO and he is on the small side, so maybe this helps- dunno.

[Gigi]

anything tight or firm around the crotch, may give compression leaks, so avoid firm fitting onesies and bottoms.

bonds are very small sizes, so be careful not to get the smallest sizes.

sizing up for the bottoms and onesies helped us.

Nights were the biggest difference to us (in clothing).
Instead of pyjamas, i put my child in long sleeve teeshirt and woollen longies over the night nappy. (and then put my child in a cotton sleeping bag in winter).
Night nappies are twice the bulk of day nappies, due to the extra time they are worn, and all the wee they have to absorb.

For a night nappy to work, breathability is important, and we discovered the fabric of the bedding mattered too, e.g we ended up ditching synthetic blankets, and instead had baby sleeping on a sheepskin rug.

the size of the child
the trimness of the nappy
how much you need to boost the nappy, for the child's wee output
quite a few things can vary

i really valued the trousers with the adjustable waists (that button hole elastic stuff). My very short girl got great use out of boy long shorts with the adjustable waists. (like long pants on her).

and then when they toilet train, and there are only knickers to get over, you go BACKWARDS in sizing with the clothes! so hang onto what they grow out of (in nappies), cos you may well get them in those clothes again, after toilet training.

i found the boys departments more cloth friendly than the girls. Less fitted clothing, more adjustable bits.

we used less clothing in summer, the nappies are so cute, when it's hot, i didn't feel motivated to cover them up, unless we were outside and sunprotection was needed.

when bubs is really tiny, she was often swaddled, so that was warmth in itself. (important to have muslin wraps for summer). but the shop ones are often too small. a cot sheet size is better. even my very short baby outgrew the tiny shop wraps SO fast. i sewed FOUR shop wraps together, to get ONE wrap we could actually wrap her in (without her wriggling out LOL).

in the inbetween weather, we often used baby legwarmers like huggaluggs, on her legs.

for any child in nappies, you know you'll be dressing and undressing them OFTEN, due to nappy changes, so choose clothing that is easy on easy off. i loved elasticated waists, no zips, no onesies with closures at the back etc.

as tempting as it is, when you're nesting madly, i wouldn't buy heaps of anything, until baby arrives, you get to try it out, and really ARE sure, "Yes, it's easy to get on and off and fits MY child great over MCN". then go out and get heaps of them.

Keep a record of your research, where you saw stuff and for how much, so if you are unable to hit the shops when bubs is tiny, you can send someone else (with your info so they get what you want).

You'll get given heaps of stuff too, let people know you are going to put your baby in MCN, and to avoid the really tiny sizes. This will help them buy you stuff you'll actually use.

i used MCN on my newborn - and it WAS trim.
What i used was bamboo foldups (from baby beehinds) inside PUL covers (imse vimse and bambino mio). Any bamboo trifold will do the trick. You can now buy nb sized bamboo prefolds too (not available when i had my nb). different words for a very similar item. anyhoo, it was very trim nappy system.
(i also had aio, pockets, etc for my nb, but it was the "two lines of defense system", the bamboo trifold and cover, that worked on my child - fit wise and 100% leak proof wise too. So i ended up using the last thing i thought i'd use, because that was what worked - something i only found out ONCE baby had arrived, and i had her first week to "practise", try things out.

nesting is such a wonderful time! if i could do it all over again, i would spend the nine months stalking the bamboo baby clothing/baby bedding sites! and paying more attention to the bamboo breastfeeding clothing, when i really needed it, i was too tired to look. breastfeeding made me SO hot, and bamboo is best breathing fabric i have ever worn.

[alioops]

I'll be using MCNs - but thanks for the advice. I have looked at a bunch of NB - 6mth clothing & it just looks too tiny to fit over MCNs. We'll see in 3 months!

Looks can be deceiving. I had DD3 in 5x0 with a fluffy butt.

[helle]

bonds and oshkosk work for me
anything with stretchy fabric, really..

[Brotherly_Love <3]

I've never had to size up either.... even at night with the extra padding.... I always foudn they outgrew the onesies quicker than they did anything else.... but so did DS1 who wasn't in day time cloth until 7 months and night time about 10 months. Most of my stuff comes from target, big w or kmart!