Which cloth nappy option is the best way to go for a newborn?

[rufalina]

I was a prefold user, with the motherese rikki covers. but, I did use sposies overnight..... I had some cotton ones, and some home made flannelette prefolds which I made using the nappy flannelette from spotlight. With all the prefolds, I used an extra hemp booster, cause I did have a heavy wetter. And if I used a flannelette flats, I boosted them too. Good luck.

[Ezz]

Yes I did use the covers for the BBH. Sometimes the explosive newborns poo would go out the legs of the nappy - but the cover caught it. That's the advantage of nappy + cover for a newborn. If you get BBH, you will be able to use them for your DD now + for the newborn.

I did use some terry flats for DS when he was little - but they only lasted for an hour or so between changes & they were so bulky! If you are going to go for flat nappies, I think the bamboo prefolds are going to be a better bet.

But, I like the convenience of not using a cover (which is why I like the greenkids!). I think DS was using these from 3-4 months - but he was a porker. He was 8kg by 3 months.

[*charmalea*]

i used Bambino mio , the prefolds and the newborn covers ... DD has only just grown out of them at 12 wks !! so for me it was great value !! ( am going to be selling them too soon ) also i use (and still do ) use pookey pockets nb snappy nappies .. i love them !!

[Pandora]

we're going to attempt cloth with this bub and I've bought some flannel flats to use for the first week or with my bummis and BBH covers. I dont want meconium poos on the "good" nappies lol. after that I have a variety of different MCNs to try out and see what works best for us With DS I loved the ericas/very baby nappies best of all, and anything with side snaps.

[~Raven~]

Hey Bek when you posted we were flying up the freeway on the way to hossie to have bub

A few places to look for bamboo is bamboofabricstore, fairyfabrics or nappiescovered. I've got it from snapsaustralia too but you'll need to get bigger quantities from them.

[BekZ]

Raven you are a doll thanks for the information.

[HotI]

A few places to look for bamboo is bamboofabricstore, fairyfabrics or nappiescovered. I've got it from snapsaustralia too but you'll need to get bigger quantities from them.

Hi

What %bamboo do you go for for making prefolds? I looked at the shops you mentioned and they have so many bamboo varieties!

Thanks,

Kate

[auzzie.chick]

Hi i'm due in three weeks and was wondering the same what cloth nappies are good for newborns and those explosive first poos (especially as hoping to breastfeed).
Hubby is liking the look of the bumgenius AIO, we have a couple of trial ones in XS size which should fit bubs as the obstrecian thinks baby is going to be in the 80th percentile (mid to top end of 8lbs) as baby was 2.7kg at 34 week scan.

the other trial packs i have are itti bitti (aio and snap in one size small) and tot bots size one.

any feedback on bumgenius aio would be appreciated. and has anyone used the one size pocket bumgenius on newborns?

thanks