For the first few weeks of her life we continued with the "old fashioned" flat nappies and snibs but that was only because thats what we did inthe hospital and I was worried about my milk supply so wanted to be sure I was getting the 10 wet nappies in 24hrs.
AFter that we have used Bumgenius Pocket nappies and the Rumparooz Pocket nappies and have been really happy with both.
Like anything (even disposables) if they are left on for too long they WILL leak. I do not find them particularly gross to clean, even with sposies you are meant to flick the poop down the toilet and not throw it in the bin so in that repsect its exactly the same.
We have one of those kiddie wheely bins as out nappy bin so once they are rinsed and wrung we dry pail them in the bin.
I disinfect my nappy bin once every few months and when I throw a wash in, I leave the bin with the lid off outside and in the sun when possible.
I wash every second day and use the Eco Store detergent and only 1/3 of a scoop. My washing machine is front loaded so we do a RINSE cycle first with NO detergent then do a full cycle with the detergent.
I am due to have my second baby in 6ish weeks time an dplan on doing cloth for both. I will need to increase my stash but plan on doing the flat nappies for the first week again (at least).
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