Liners

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I only use liners when he's rashy and I have to use a barrier cream - I use microfleece mostly, but also use flannelette when I use nappies with suedecloth inners - I find that with two layers of staydry fabric if he has a big wee it's not absorbed quickly enough and often leaks. This seems to be most prevalent with BumGs.

Flannelette is also suitable if you don't wish to use synthetic - raw silk is mostly used for its microbial properties as it is good for nappy rash. But it is expensive and wouldn't be a choice as an everyday liner. It's good to remember that although microfleece is synthetic, it has one advantage over natural fibre in that it draws moisture away from your baby's skin, keeping it dry. So whilst natural fibre against a baby's skin is good, it doesn't have the staydry properties of suedecloth and microfleece.

Although I have some flushable liners (Eenees), I only use them if I have to use a barrier cream, I don't use them on a day to day basis. It is quite rare that a baby poos neatly onto a liner which can then be thrown away leaving the inside of your nappy pristine; they move around inside a nappy once your baby starts moving, and before then they are useless - particularly if you breastfeed, breastmilk poo is not contained by a liner.

ETA: I think a lot of people use flats for those first couple of days - rather than gooping up their MCNs with meconium. My DS was in special care for the first couple of days and they used sposies on him (and there was NO WAY I was leaving them my MCNs to use as I never would have seen them again LOL), by the time he was out he was pooing normally so I never had to deal with that.