How long do newborns stay in newborn nappies for?

[mitzy81]

I am going to do cloth nappies, but will wait until I am in a routine and figured once out of newborn disposables will start on cloth (plus I am hearing about explosive newborn poos... how long does that last?) Is it like a month or 2? How many nappies will I need?
Thanks

[Winter]

Hello

We got 2 boxes of Huggies newborn nappies and we have a couple left over. It really depends on how big your baby is. The newborn nappies go to around 4 kilos so if you have a bigger / smaller bub then your might need more / less. Maybe just buy one box and see how you go.

And yes, the explosive poos are not a myth!! Have you been told about PROJECTILE poos yet?? The poo can really fly long distances!

[AliBaby]

we went through 3 boxes of newborn nappies. DD was 3.65Kg when born. just keep your receipts to get a box refunded if you dont use it

[Phteven]

Imran was in them for about a week. He could have gone straight into the larger size but the hospital gave us a pack of newborn size so we used them.

[Antheia]

Orson has only now just gone out of the newborn ones at 3.5 months old. But he is still under 6kgs.

[Sterla]

My DS was in newborn ones for a couple of months, but he was on the smaller side (3.035kg), so it took longer for him to need the next size up. I think we went through about the equivalent of 3 boxes.