Liners

[Kitt3n]

What type/brand of liners do you use and why?

Obviously I am after something chemical free, preferably flushable.

What would you advise? And where to get it from?

[Mum2SweetCs]

I use fleece liners from baby safari (6 for $2.50)

I bought a pack of the Imse Vimse Flushable liners from ebay but they feel so scratchy and thin so didnt end up using them

[NaNa]

I had some of the Eenees ones, but they're scratchy too. The Bummis biosoft liners I just got this week seem pretty good, tho I couldn't say if they're chemical-free. They're viscose rayon. Mostly I just use pieces of "Little additions" fleece from Spotlight. Cut into 13x30cm rectangles. Easy, no hemming needed. Some online stores have silk and other organic fabric liners that you might prefer if you want something completely natural or microfleece causes problems for bubs.

[Kitt3n]

I am just concerned about the first nasty black tar poo!

[suse]

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.

[Kitt3n]

thankyou so much suse - I am going to cut and paste your post to a notepad on my desktop!

I have some micro fleece liners for if and when i need a barrier cream, I am thinking I might just cut up an old sheet for the first few days to line the nappies with - I haven't any prefolds (and MUST NOT buy anything else LOL!) ..........

Surely I have an old flannelette sheet somewhere.... maybe even a cotton sheet, that should do?

[NaNa]

thankyou so much suse - I am going to cut and paste your post to a notepad on my desktop!

I have some micro fleece liners for if and when i need a barrier cream, I am thinking I might just cut up an old sheet for the first few days to line the nappies with - I haven't any prefolds (and MUST NOT buy anything else LOL!) ..........

Surely I have an old flannelette sheet somewhere.... maybe even a cotton sheet, that should do?

kitt3n - the meconium will be out of bubs' system pretty quick, so chop up something old and just throw it away when it's done! Even chux cloths will work. A lot of hospitals provide a few sposies at birth, and although they're not the nicest things to put on a brand new, perfectly natural little bot, it might be an easy option until the icky black stuff is finished. If you're using flats or prefolds, then just rinse, wash and make sure they get plenty of sunlight. Even NB poo stains will come out.
As for the flushable liners, I found that the eenee liners didn't work to contain anything much, but the Bummis ones do, somehow. DS is exclusively BF, and of course most of the liquid goes thru all liners, but it certainly makes for an easier clean-up and they're great when I'm out and about and dont really want a poopy wetbag with me. I have a few shorter liners that I place towards the back of the BumGs for the same reason - they can leak if he floods - but they catch most of the mess. More useful before I had a little squirt!