Im over cloth....

[Taurean]

I don't know anything much about cloth (looked into it all, love the idea and the look but put it in the 'too hard' basket) but I admire you guys for even doing it part time.

DD has been in Huggies since day dot. They have been fantastic, can't rave about them enough. I always buy our nappies by the box and pay roughly 30 cents a nappy. We paid less per nappy for the newborn ones as there were more in the box.

DD was so tiny and had such skinny legs when we brought her home that we bought some Huggies premmie nappies which worked a treat for the first few weeks until she fit in the NB sposies properly.

I'm a huge Huggies fan. Dad was a rep for them for 17 years so I've heard a lot about them over the years. Shame he changed jobs just as I fell pregnant but my sister did alright out of it though!

HTH

PS I've heard lots of good report about Aldi sposies so they could be worth looking at for cheap night nappies.

[turtleschell]

Oh I don't think i will ever use cloth on a newborn baby. That poo is just.. too much, too sticky, too wet.. no.. no thankyou.

I think we should never be so har don ourselves, if we are struggling, just make it easier. And remember, a lot of mums use sposies 24/7, so really, night sposies are not so bad.

I know a lady who even uses baby wipes to mop up water spills on the tiles. WTH?

[*Efjay*]

Oh I don't think i will ever use cloth on a newborn baby. That poo is just.. too much, too sticky, too wet.. no.. no thankyou.

I think we should never be so har don ourselves, if we are struggling, just make it easier. And remember, a lot of mums use sposies 24/7, so really, night sposies are not so bad.

I know a lady who even uses baby wipes to mop up water spills on the tiles. WTH?

Oh don't knock baby wipes LOL< They are great for everything LOL.

Aldi sposies are good.

eta - Kim, I have been thinking it for days & then while at coles earlier I thought stuff it & tossed some in the trolley lol. But yeah I have a good day time stash. But nights suck lol.

[~Raven~]

I had my blah moments with cloth and used a couple of packets of sposies when I needed to. Didn't take long for me to get over the cost and when you get to the bottom of the packet when you forget to buy them and have to make the choice whether to go out just to buy nappies or use the cloth again

But yeah nothing wrong with taking a break if you need to!

[CrazyLady]

I had my blah moments with cloth and used a couple of packets of sposies when I needed to. Didn't take long for me to get over the cost and when you get to the bottom of the packet when you forget to buy them and have to make the choice whether to go out just to buy nappies or use the cloth again

But yeah nothing wrong with taking a break if you need to!

The amount of times prior to finding MCNs where I ran out of sposies was ridiculous. I buy one box of disposables every month and a bit just for night use. The amount of times I've ran out and forgotten even that is ridiculous too . I couldn't find a night nappy that Pixie didn't flood out of and I can't use full time disposables or she gets red burnt skin and rashy. Putting the one on her overnight I have to make sure I moogoo everywhere or she has a red nappy on after I take the sposie off. As for using cloth full-time, I'd find it easier because I don't have to remember buying sposies and DD throws a wobbly every night getting the plastic on her butt.

[~MummaBear~]

I went on holiday a couple of months ago and we used sposies while we were away. I was worried that if i started using them again i would want to stop using cloth but i hated them! Ds got a rash, they smelt weird and i felt horrible throwing them all in the bin... and he had nothing to keep his pants up ROFL

[ladybird11]

I use sposies at night and cloth during the day at home - of we go out I generally would put DS in sposies; and um, no sorry - I've only got med - large sized cloth nappies too .

[Smoke Jaguar]

Ahh, Tali - once you're doing it you won't know yourself I'm not a homebody by a long shot! EC is not about making yourself or your baby uncomfortable or pressured. And if no-one tells you about it, how do you know? I 'discovered' ECing here on BB, and decided to look into it further from there

[*EJ*]

I love my cloth but having 2 in cloth creates a lot of work....

And being in Melb doesn't help the situation because it's so hard to get them dry, i'm washing and using the dryer every day. Things seem to be getting on top of me a little at the moment and i was just thinking to myself of ways to ease a little of the load and nappies were one of them... but i don't think i can do it...

We have sposies and use them at night on my boys and sometimes on DS2 & DD when we're out...

It's like an addiciton i can quite give up

[Kazzo]

I sometimes put sposies on DD2 when we go out as well. Some clothes don't fit with cloth on and I still want to get some wear out of them and sposies help with that.

[turtleschell]

haha FJ yes I admit baby wipes are amazing..
I use terry flats on DD and therefore use them for all cleaning, spills etc coz I like to have a decent sized wash load of all those nappies.
Whenever I see that lady use a bunch of expensive baby wipes for mopping up water I just cringe! I think i use one wipe every couple of days!!

[Kazzo]

There is a website that you can get bulk boxes of sposies, they have babyluv, huggies, snugglers and more. Not sure if I am allowed to post the website. A girlfriend of mine gets her nappies from there and says she saves heaps. Not sure though, have never looked to see the prices.

[~Kim~]

I can't believe this thread appeared today! I was thinking aboutvwording my own version of the very same thing! I keep looking at my enormous stash, and how often I have to change him compared to disposables....gah tug of war! I've tried the Eco ones but they weren't great and cost a bomb.