I like both Cushies and BumG, for one baby over winter if you are washing everyday 24 should be fine, but if you are being lazy then i would say 36
24 nappies will cost you approx $840
36 will cost you approx $1260
Remember to shop around for discounts and sales and you get discount for buying bulk
so you will sace at least around the 2k mark... which is alo of money and not to mention alot of waste you arent throwing away
Flushable liners are better for more solid poo's but will help alot with newborn poos. but i would honestly recomend if you are doing cloth full time a little squirt is a great investment.
Thanks for all the info so far it has been really helpful.
A big question about NOT using a little squirt:
We are in a rental and there is actually no tap on the toilet tap - meaning there is no turny bit, no handle - and the whole pipes and etc is all corroded up. So a LS is a definate no-no. We just cannot install one.
How do I rinse the nappies without a little squirt? Hence the question about flushable liners...are they enough?
Angela, I have never used a little squirt and had no problems. We tried flushable liners but I found them a bit rough and wouldn't have wanted them on my bot.
When DD was little I threw everything in a bucket with cold water. Breastmilk is completely biodegradable and breaks down in water so nothing remains.
When she got to 4-6 months and her poos changes to a slightly more sticky consistency we kept a poo bucket near the toilet and another bucket in the laundry. We would rinse the poo off with water from the laundry into the bucket and flush that water down the toilet.
At 9-12mth when we started getting more solid poos they just roll straight into the loo. If we have any messy ones I soak them in a bucket of water and I have tongs to pluck them out and flush that water.
It sounds more complicated then it was now that I have written it all out but it really is super easy
I have BG's one-size pocket nappies, stuffing the pockets takes no time at all when you've taken them off the line, they dry super quick even inside when it is a rainy day out, they are really absorbent and excellent at containing runny poo explosions.
I don't think that there is any question that cloth nappies save you money, they are definitely worth the investment. I also like pocket nappies because as DS got older and became a much heavier wetter I could stuff a bamboo booster in with the microfibre for extra absorbency.
Flushable liners are good but I don't usually bother unless DS has nappy rash cream on and I don't have a little squirt here, I normally just wipe the poo into the toilet with some toilet paper and then put the nappy straight into the dry pail. The sun gets out all the stains.
On liners... We dont' have the LS. When DS was very little, we didn't do anything with the poo, just chucked nappies straight in the nappy bin (using flats then) and washed every day. With BM it all just rinsed out very easily. As he got older we rinsed the nappies before putting them in the bucket - just used the laundry sink.
We used microfleece liners, which are great for keeping bums dry. The liquid poos can't really be kept off the nappies anyway, so I agree that the disposable liners probably aren't much good early on.
Recently I began using disposable liners. Now that he's on solids they do catch the poo quite well. However, they also hold moisture against his skin and he's been getting a bit rashy, so I only use them in the morning, when he's most likely to poo. The solids go in the toilet (we also use toilet paper with this, especially if he's not in a flushable liner when he poos) and we rinse the nappy in the sink. I just clean the sink out with pino-clean after.
The sun is great for getting the stains out.
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