purps

two advocacy sites, to help you research, are:

nappycino
ozclothnappies

i'd put the links, but it's not allowed on this forum, so you'll need to google for them.


The cost thing?
Work out how much you'd spend on disposables, from nb to and including TT-ing - and that can easily be $3 - $4,000.

the difference is WHEN you spend the money

with cloth nappies, you spend the money UPFRONT, but overall, it's cheaper.
with disposables, you spend the money EACH WEEK, but overall, it's much dearer.

There are One Size Fits All type nappies. Not guaranteed to suit EVERY bubba, but they do suits lots of bubs.

I put my bub in prefolds and covers for nb/small stage. Then medium sized pockets (stuffed with the nb size prefolds) and ai2's (all in twos's).

You can get sizes in MCN that are around 8 - 16kg weight range. My bub didn't take long to get to 8kg, and at 22 months, has just hit 11 kg, so the middle size is the one she'll be in until TT-ing. i doubt we will buy the larger sizes at all.

whilst pregnant, to see the MCN in real life I:

- joined the Nappycino forum, and went to real life meetups in my city
- joined the ozclothnappies yahoo group and met local members IRL
- Reusuable Nappy Week (annual event held in October this year, go to modernclothnappies site and see what events are near you)
- Mother Parent Child annual expo (nappy stalls there)
- looked up the IRL shops in my city on the ozclothnappies database

Making the MCN or even just the inserts, is a good way to go, if you have a sewing machine. Unfortunately, most of the fabrics particular to MCN;s, are not sold at Spotlight, and you have to buy them online (places like NappiesCovered, BubbaEarth, SnapsAustralia, Fairy Fabrics). Once you see the price of the fabric per metre, you start to understand why the nappies are the prices they are!

Like with anything, you can have the BMW nappy stash or the mini minor nappy stash. But you do get what you pay for - the cheap pilchers at Big W will leak, break and cause you grief. The more expensive MCN covers will actually keep you and your baby dry, last hundreds of washes and be absolutely fine.

You can use cotton terry flats on your bub, but be prepared for very frequent changes. The MCN use fabrics like hemp and bamboo (mixed with cotton) for much more absorbent results. Some people use the cotton terry flats, but they boost them by placing a booster pad of three layers of bamboo fleece, inside the flat, with a microfleece liner (to keep baby feeling dry). So that way, you get teh flat to last longer (soak up more wee).

Peapods have their own website, i'm sure they are usually more like $18 each, so at $10, if i were you, i would buy one and try it out. You might be one of the people for whom they work fine - you never know if you don't try. Their bamboo inserts are excellent. Even if you don't end up liking the Peapod pocket nappy, you can always use the peapods bamboo insert, folded in three (like a pad) and placed inside a cover. that is another nappy combo.

go and have a read over at ozclothnappies, they have a FAQ section - excellent place to start reading about this new world

welcome and happy reading