Although I bought cloth nappies for DD, I gave up on them. They're the terry towelling ones that you have to fold and they ended up being used for burp rags and all sorts instead of for nappies!
For #2, I want to do it this time! I live in a block of units, upstairs, with no lift and the washing room is downstairs. So I need to make this as easy as possible for myself with a newborn and 2.5 year old! I was thinking AOIs or those similar ones, AO2s or something? I don't have much money at all to spend on buying a whole bunch so I'll be buying a few every so often until I get a whole bunch. For a newborn I was thinking I'd need about 30? Aurelia was 9lb 55cm when she was born and went straight into 000 so I wouldn't bother with newborn sizes at all for this one. I was hoping to buy nappies that will last a while and I won't have to replace after a few months.
Help?
edit: I'd like to avoid Australian wool if possible due to the inhumane treatment the sheep receive. I also like the idea of bamboo or hemp.
Neenee..I'm sure all the girls will jump on in and give you heaps more advice but if you google modern cloth nappies alot of useful sites will pop up with heaps of information..We aren't allowed to name links here so just google, google, google!
The modern cloth nappies these days that we use will enable you to just throw in the machine every second day so it will suit your life style!!
All in two's are great, especially for convenience washing and drying!! I personally think a few great snap in's work when you don't have much time cos you just snap out the wet boosters and snap in the new dry ones!!
Hopefully I am not out of line in mentioning a useful site called clothiebumz.....you will receive heaps of help from a wonderful lady!! Ittibitti and baby beehinds are great nappies too!!!
Also, is there a way to do this sort of cheaply? I just looked on the net and it costs 110 bucks for 4 cloth nappies! And that's meant to be on special!
What are the one size nappies like? Is a pocket nappy suitable for every day wear and do I need to put a water proof cover over it? If so, is a wool cover suitable? Sorry for all the questions everyone. What's a good one size nappy to get?
Last edited by Neenee Jellybeanie; June 8th, 2009 at 01:02 AM.
Try stuffable nappy covers - that way you can use the terry nappies, but you may need to cut them in half and/or just fold them ONCE in half (or into thirds, as I do with my flats) and stuff them in. That way you're just buying a cover/fleece liner that's sewn together and not a whole new nappy system. I have twice as many flats as covers and that's GREAT for the drying: the stuffables dry really quickly but the nappies don't so there's no panic over drying.
Not sure about sizes, sorry, the ones I have come in 2 sizes and DS has been in size 2 since about 8m I think. They adjust well for his tiny waist and tiny legs - he's still on the second popper in age two-and-quite-a-bit! So my skinny boy is well in them and there's loads of room to "grow". But just buying covers should be cheaper than buying a whole new system so two sizes shouldn't be so bad.
Nee - I will answer the question regarding pockets. If you were wanting to do it on the "cheap" pockets are a good way to go. You can get pockets from anywhere from $23 up to around $36, depending on brand, what material is on the outside etc. They are good because you can stock up on more inserts than shells since the inserts take longer to dry. Inserts are usually microfibre that come with the pockets as well, which usually do a light wetter during the day (for example, DS is fine in a Bumg for a few hours, and so is Miss M, and they come with two microfibre inserts, but DS needs a bamboo insert in something like a green kids because I only use one microfibre insert per time with him.)
My inserts take two days to dry inside - but pocket shells are literally overnight. Some people reuse the shell too, if the bub has only just done a wee, reuse the shell, restuff with inserts, and away you go. I have enough though to put the whole thing in the washing machine
Ai2's are good too - something like ittis can work in the same way, buy more booster sets than shells, and you can reuse the shell in the same way as pockets - and they dry really quick too.
Ittis are sized though - but you should be ok to go into the medium ittis which might last you a while, I think I put Miss M in a medium around 4 months-ish, but she had skinny chicken legs, so got leg gape before that. DS is 2.5 years now and can still fit into a medium itti!! haha! Totally depends on the shape of your child though, I get a longer time out of my medium sizes because my kids are pretty skinny, I think if they were more solid I wouldn't get as long.
HTH!
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