Plain old flats... which is best

[bellelass]

I used sposies til 6 weeks and then switched to terry flats/lanolized wool covers. The wool covers are amazing, absolutely no leaks even when she sleeps for 10 hours. No poo leaks either, had heaps of wet and pooey leaks with sposies even with very frequent changing. The wool is nice and dry, smells nice and is easy to keep clean. I think they're expensive to buy, I made mine from spotlight sale wool so they cost about $2.50 each plus a few hours of work. SO worth it.

[1MOREPLZ]

With my first born i used teryy flats and found them too bulky with second i was lazy and used sposies with this one i have sewn flannelette flats for newborn bub and will then go into MCNs.... i suppose it is personal preference.

[PinkPalace]

so if i go to spotlight. look for flannelette???
Is it called anything else? Ie cotton poly or something tehnical?

[1MOREPLZ]

i buy the flannelette from spotlight it is called NAPPY FLANNELETTE and i think from memory it is $2.50 p/metre.
I also bought micro-polar fleece for liners... so we shall see how we go....

[PinkPalace]

Gee how cheap is that Katones!
Ok nappy flannelette say 30x 30 squares???
And micropolar fleece- i was in spotlight for the sale yesterday and was looking at the the fleece and couldnt remember which one i was supposed to get to make liners! DOH!

But that is good - there is a litle fabric shop down the road i shall visit tomorrow!

Katones is this your first bub - i just realised we are only days apart! lol

[1MOREPLZ]

nope this is my third bub.

for making the flannelette squares you have to pre-wash the flannelette, and i measure 63x63 allowing for the hems, making them i think 61x61 which is the size i took from terry squares in the shops....

[Janie]

Yep, we used flanny flats for the first four months and then moved on to terry flats after that. We now use a combo of flats and MCN. As much as I love my MCN, I think I would miss my flats if I didn't use them! I love that when his poo is disgusting from ABs (like now ) that I can still use cloth but not worry about it getting stained.........when the flats are grotty I can just soak the beejeesus out of them LOL!