Advice for a beginner

[Visitor7]

I'm looking at buying some fitted cloth nappies. I'm looking at the Baby Beehinds website as they're having a sale on ATM, and need to know if I'm getting the right things.

Bamboo Fitted Nappies (buying 18 to begin with)
Wool covers (not sure how many I'll need??)

What else will I need to get started?

[River]

I would recommend the BB PUL covers along with the wool. Wool can suffer compression leaks. The beehinds PUL covers are my favourite PUL cover. Perhaps think about a couple of the magicalls AIO nappies, as they are quick and easy and great nappy bag nappies. They are sized though so you would have to restock when your bubby grows out of them.

Covers, probably 2-4 per day for your wash cycle + 1 day (drying time). So if you plan on washing every 2nd day, I would say get 10-12 covers for a newborn. This sounds like a lot, but little bubbies tend to do those explosive breastmilk poos which invaribly get on the cover.

[Visitor7]

Thanks for that. Have put my order in now

[*Efjay*]

Wow Jodi thats a massive order. Have you tried the BBH nappies at all?
I found they were a terrible fit on Isla.
I would have been more tempted in getting a few to try before such a big order.
My suggestion would be to only wash & try a few before prewashing ALL of them. That way if you don't like them you can onsell them as new.

Good luck I hope they are a good fit for you.

eta - oh der just re read your post, this will be for Bubba wont it. Well you should be ok.

[suse]

Yay Jodi, how exciting!! You are more than welcome to come over and check out my stash if you ever want to see other types of cloth nappies in action - I haven't used BBH though but lots of people love them!

[Visitor7]

FJ - I ended up ordering a little less than what my original post said, just enough to get an idea of what they're like. And yeah, they're for Emily. Hopefully they fit well!!

suse - I'll have to take you up on that offer. I only know one other person here who uses cloth.