I used only cloth. I started with flanny flats and a mother ease rikki cover. These worked wonderful and we NEVER had a leak until he was about 6 months old.
When he was 3 weeks we went into ittis and Bum genius one size. Over the next month we started on other smalls like bubblebubs which were a wonderful fit.
Now he used sposies to go to daddies house, which is only every 2nd weekend. I don't like the thought of sending my MCN up there incase they get lost or something so I brought a big pack of babylove and gave them to Dave to use.
Even the tar poo didn't stain the nappies, his first nappy in the hospy was a orange itti dlish.
We use sposies at night and on the two days/week that she's at CC. (I dont trust them with my nappies, LOL!)
I'll probably have the both of my kids in a mixture of sposies and cloth once bubs arrives - it will depend on how regularly I get the washing done.
laa has never used a sposie and i have no intention to ever put her in one. i cant see why i ever would, only because i have managed to build up a nice big stash.
my mum survived with 24 terry flats the whole time i was a baby and never put a sposie on me, so if she could manage that i sure can manage with MCN! kinda a challenge no to be out done
but you have to remember its each to their own and you have to do what works for you
I'd been wondering the same thing, i have my stash of cloth nappies but so far have been using disposables as i look at them and just can't imagine them fitting my DS2. He's 5 weeks tomorrow so maybe i could begin to give them a go, he's still very little though.
Truthfully i'm a bit confused at where to begin with them so i keep putting it off. I have 1/2 a box of newborn nappies left so once they are gone i'm not buying anymore.
I went out and bought all the cloth nappies so i want to use them. But it would have driven me crazy having used them any earlier as i can change 3 nappies during one awake/feed cycle. I suppose that's where the liners come in handy...
I had ds in spossies till he was 10days old then put him in cloth. It was easier for me while i was getting used to being a mum the first few days. I always have a few spossies on my nappy bag as a back up as i find that cloth take up a fair bit of room and once when we were out i actually ran out of nappies
I find spossies useful for trips away where its not convienient to wash or take alot of dirty mcn back home to wash.
Sometimes ds gets a spossie at night if i run out as i only have a couple of night nappies and he like to poop in them minutes after putting them on!
I used sposies until Pip was 9 months old when I found cloth. Unfortunately DH got used to sposies and has been hard to xfer to cloth!
We still use sposies when needed - if DH wants to use them, he has to buy them, I don't budget for them at all. Tonight Pip's in a sposie as I don't have any dry night nappies and I need my sleep.
We have taken cloth camping (quite good actually) and also sposies, it was just as easy either way TBH.
We are a cloth only house, DD was in sposies when she was in hospital until 3 months of age, but when she came home we changed her to cloth.
I do not use any sposies and when I have my next bubba I plan to use cloth from birth, I too hate to think of what chemicals are in sposies.
The washing does not bother me at all, it doesn't take long, just chucking a load on and I love the hanging time, fresh air, peace and quiet, this is my time ,
I wash every second day and if it is raining I manage to put them on a clothes horse and they are generally dry by the time I need it for the next load.
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