What has hapened to huggies?

[Laranna]

I stock up on the Huggies boxes when they are on sale too. The best price I wait for is $29.99 at Toys R Us.

[jenjams]

Another Aldi user here too. DD is in their crawler ones and has been for a few months now. They are bulkier around the crotch than huggies but we rarely have a leak and she goes overnight in just the one. I do buy huggies when they have their super specials. I have 2 boxes of toddlers waiting for when she is big enough. We also love the Aldi wipes too.
Out of curiosity, when did the huggies change? I got my toddler size a couple of months back and hope they are the "old" design.

[Janie]

We use cloth almost all the time, but when DS does have a sposie on it's Aldi. I think they're better than Huggies for us. My mum has Huggies at her house for him, and he's been known to leak through them from time to time.

We used Huggies newborns alot when DS was little.......and he really was little, 5lbs1oz born, so they were the only sposie that came close to fitting him. Everything else was a big waste of time! Still, the Huggies leaked ALOT, and it was such a relief to get him into cloth (when he was a week old) and not deal with all the extra washing of sheets and clothes etc. I have heard that the Aldi newborns aren't as small as the Huggies, so for a tiny baby they might not be the best. It's really all trial and error!

[Shanti]

Janie - i noticed that! The ALDI newborn ones are bigger than the Huggies ones (we have 1 huggies newborn nappy from our bounty bag). Might be also cos the ALDi ones go up to 6kg whereas huggies only up to 5kg bubs.
I'm gonna buy a box of huggies newborn aswell i've decided. then we're using cloth after the first 2 weeks.

[Janie]

Ren, you'll love cloth You do have to get your head around it, I found, but once you do it's sooooooo much better. I was really tempted to put it off, because it all seemed too hard, but I was so over all the sposies leaking that I forced myself to get into it, and I was so glad I did!

[Shanti]

Thanks Janie
I have bought a stash of BBH's already and they are just gorgeous but look way big for a newborn just yet (OSFM) and also invested in some Peapods!! Did my research on MCNs already, months ago, whilst waiting to fall pregnant LOL

Sposies will always be kept in our house though for 'backup'! emergencies etc!

[The[cookie]Doctor]

Ren the bbhs fold down at the front for a newborn, so you only use the small insert and it folds down so there is two snaps, iykwim. If you have a 3.5kg baby it should be fine... not sure about other sizes though!

[Janie]

Yeah, there is no way I could have used BBHs on DS until he was at least 3 months!!!! We went flats all the way and I love them

[Sair]

I have heaps of Huggies left over from my trip to Canada and I found they leaked at night, so I wonder if they changed the design everywhere.

I have always had problems with those silicone balls with Huggies. Always picking them off.

Aldi nappies I LOVE!!! I had been using them for about 7 months and they have never leaked and I have never gotten those silicone balls from them either.

That being said, I got fed up with the cost of sposies and made the switch to cloth. I will only use sposies if I go away for a weekend or such and need the convenience of throw away. I will def keep Aldi nappies on hand for those times. I love the wipes too. They are thicker than J&J but still that same soft texture. I always have thought the Huggies wipes are too scratchy and rough.

[visitor1]

Bought our first pack of newborn nappies yesterday..... ALDI. Hope they work.

Anyone here got a newborn in ALDIs'? Any feedback?

EEEEkkkkk...on a newborn.....never again

Not high enough and get looovely newborn poo everywhere....clothes turn messy...sheets turn messy.

Huggies is all i use for Newborn babies.

[christy]

LOL Kim I found the exact opposite!! Huggies leaked every change and Aldi didn't. LMAO they must fit certain shapes more than others With Matilda I couldn't use Huggies at all, but I didn't know about Aldi nappies at that time.

[*Efjay*]

Ren I found the NB Aldi nappies to be great when we reach the "infant" size in huggies. The NB aldis I found to be a tad too big, but about the same size as teh Huggies infant size.
My best tip is to buy & try unfortantly its the only way you will finds whats best for you. If you buy while on sale thats fine, just don't open & keep reciepts. Buy a few small packets of each brand you buy in bulk that way you can try them out & if they don't suit you can return the biiger boxes you got on sale.

Also, don't rush out to grab them while on sale right now. Nappies go on sale all the time. I found that between woolies & coles I was getting sposies on sale each time I did my shopping.

What you should be looking out for on sale is MCN LOL

[Neenee Jellybeanie]

I've honestly never had a problem with huggies. I went through all the cheaper brands and they leaked and gave Aurelia terrible nappy rash. In the end I bought huggies and never looked back! Though I've noticed too that sometimes the absorbent crystals come out of the nappy, but they've never leaked and DD doesn't get nappy rash any more.

[Mother Goose]

Has anyone actually emailed Huggies? If you did - have you had a response? I have just sent off an email and am curious as to what their response might be with this matter...

[Curly]

I remember a similar thread when Huggies changed their designs last time (from almost plain white to covered with pictures, plus the sticky tabs changed style). Someone had contacted Huggies and were told that it was probably just a matter of getting used to the new nappy.

My two cents...I've not had any trouble with the new Huggies and still swear by them. It's been my experience with DS that I get what I pay for in terms of nappies. I've tried Aldi (among others) and they were okay but I had a few leakages so I don't bother with them anymore. Huggies have never, ever let me down and I trust them absolutely.

I think Woolworths Select are worth a look, they can hold just about as much as a Huggies can and have coped overnight with no leakages...they just don't have an elasticised waist, only elasticised tabs, so will tend to sag if you leave them on a long time.

[~Kate~]

I use Huggies but buy when they are on sale $40 a box is a rort. I've used Huggies from day dot and have only had a coupla leaks, once it starts happening regularly I went up to the next size and had no problems. I did try some other brands but didn't want the inconvenience of messes if they didn't work. KWIM. I have been told by many of other mums of girls and boys that Aldi are fantastic, so might have to try them now that DD is in the bigger size.
I think the brand of nappy depends on your babys bladder size as well as body shape. Some might fit better around waist but not around legs and vice versa. Trial and error is all I can say. You could always email the companies and ask for samples...?!

[~mamaspice~]

RE: the newborn size Aldi ones. I found that they were really wide in the crotch so I never used them on bub as I thought it would feel like she was sitting on a horse or something. The other sizes in the Aldi are a better shape (like the huggies shape) and I found them to be good. No idea why their newborn ones are a weird shape. . .

I saw an ad for the new huggies and it said they have stetchier tabs. Wonder if they just need to be fastened a bit tighter now to stop leaks??? I always make sure the nappy barriers are pulled out properly around bubs bottom after I've fastened it and I never really have a leak prob with any nappy I use.

[Shanti]

FJ - yeah i bought some BBH's on sale recently! i've stocked up on MCNs just need some sposies now.... might buy just small pack of huggies newborns and a small pack of another newborn brand and see where that takes us.... lol ikwym regarding the big boxes and being able to take them back not a bad idea if i have the receipt.

This thread goes to show how many different baby butts are out there!!! different shapes, sizes etc..... no nappy is one size fits all then! Trial and error.

As for Aldi, i have noticed the crotch is heaps wider than the huggies *(like someone else said).....