So I've been waging a war against DF for a while now about MCN and using them.
I think they're awesome and really would like to use them, at the latest for our next one.
The agreement we struck was it had to be an all in one. No extra covers or anything, to simplify it for him - and a Lil Squirt of course!
So I guess I was just wondering what you guys would suggest. It will be a while before I can buy any - got another 1.5k left on wedding to pay off. (Almooooost there!)
But I like to be prepared and know my options - I know, I'm a bit odd!
So what would you lovely ladies suggest in the way of MCN that be DF friendly?
AIO's are daddy friendly (and grandma friendly!) but they take longer to dry because true AIO's don't pull apart, so you have a lot of layers to dry at the same time. Therefore, you need to spend money on getting more of them, because you need a bigger stash to allow for drying time.
Have you looked into pockets or AI2's at all? AI2's (like widdlewuns, itti bittis, genesa forge, pop in etc) come apart so not as many layers to dry all together - means they don't take as long to dry, therefore you don't need as many!! Cheaper!
Pockets, once stuffed, are just like an AIO, have a waterproof cover. I stuff my pockets and DH has no trouble with them with the kids. He even knows how to stuff the pockets now But yeah, the pocket shells dry really quick, so it makes good financial sense to buy double the inserts than shells, because they will dry overnight, but the inserts take longer.
EVeryone has their favourites though - if you were wanting AIO's though, I have personally found that my Bumgenius and my Monkey Doodlez AIO's dry the quickest out of all of them.
I've looked at the Bumgenius 3.0 (I think thats it?)
And I was really taken by that, but I always get told not to take the first thing I look at.
I'm not too worried about drying time, cause things here dry really, really fast. (Something about being in the middle of a desert.) But that aside, I was going to get 30ish to start with and go from there to cover the difference in drying times.
I'll have a look at the AI2's, but DF is pretty adamant on simple lol. It's taken me a good few months to work him down this far!
Bumgenius are a good brand with an excellent reputation (for the most part). There are some reviews that the elastic goes in the legs really easily and the tabs start looking pretty shoddy pretty quickly (still work though).
Mine look a bit shoddy I admit, but my elastic has just gone in a few of them, and I've had them for a year now. Its pretty easy to get those replaced too - if you know who to ask. Plus they have a guarantee on them too.
AI2's are a good option and if you get ones that have the inserts that snap in - then once you have snapped it in, its easy to just put on and go.
It's funny how people think cloth nappies are so complicated.
I care for a little girl and had to leave her with my Mum for an hour. On this day, there were only disposables in the nappy bag. My Mum is not familiar with disposables, she knows cloth. When i came back, my little one has a floppy nappy put on back to front!
Disposable users prob think how can you mess that up? Its the same with cloth, once you get used to it, you are fine.
My friend babysat for DS when he was around... 4 months old? And I was still a sposie user then - we came to pick him up around midnight (we had been to a concert) and she was just changing him, and he was screaming his heart out.
When we got him home, I thought I would just *check* the nappy - yup - on backwards..
Wanting to try MCN.. Need advice!
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But yeah, the pocket shells dry really quick, so it makes good financial sense to buy double the inserts than shells, because they will dry overnight, but the inserts take longer.
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