What has hapened to huggies?

Aha Ren, that's why flats are so good!!! You can fold, and put them on, the way that suits your baby best ;) So adaptable!

Yep, I agree with Cookiemonster. I love the Aldi nappies too and they are cheaper. Fraser often goes 8-10 hours a night without a change and I have had never had a problem with them. I'm not kidding, they weight about a kilo when I take them off him after 10 hours so they obviously absorb a lot of fluid.

I also dont like the huggies wipes either. I use the Woolies "Select" brand and find them awesome! They are only $18.99 for 480 of them too which is an added bonus. They come in a big peach coloured box. I had to use the Huggies wipes out of desperation two weeks ago and Fraser got his first nappy rash ever - not happy!

We sometimes use the ALDI ones overnight. They are really good for leaks, but they do smell (sometimes I think he has done a poo, but it's just wet & smells bad). They also go a bit hard when they are full.

We have had great success with the Babylove nappies. DS never leaks through them (and he does leak through the BBH bamboo & the Huggies).

Out of curiosity we bought a bag of You'll Love Coles nappies for our toddler... 44 for $15.98 so almost the same price as Aldi nappies. They are slightly bigger than the equivalent Adi nappy but I find they are "bunching" up inside when they get wet... whereas the Aldi ones just expand... don't bunch. So... while they are ok... we'll go back to Aldi until my toddler is a bit bigger.

Can't wait until the warmer weather to use more cloth!!! And to start toilet training (running around with just a training pant on.... at the moment there are just too many layers for my toddler to deal with... he can sit on the potty but by the time I strip him down he has done the deed).

Janie - i might buy a pack of flats see how they go..... do they come in the pack of 12 at BigW? just the terry flats you mean? How do you hold them together? I don't wanna use pins :redface: so do you use snappies?
So i'll have my MCNs, disposables and some terry flats that should keep me out of trouble :lol:

renstar - I bought a pack of 24 terry flats from spotlight when I had Nina which I used full time for the first 4 months. I used snappies with them. But now that I've found mcn, I wouldn't go back to flats. But that's just me.

I have friends who have used ALDI nappies on their boys and others who have tried them on girls and had a terrible time with them.

I have bought huggies and have noticed that they aren't as absorbent of late. I still use them at night but using Babylove during the day, although these are not that much cheaper and a lot less absorbant. They are Aussie owned though

I have gone through 3 boxes of the new Huggies and haven't noticed any difference myself, I've tried the aldi nappies and I thought they were good but DH didn't like it. Also I wait until the huggies are on sale somewhere for 30 or 32 dollars a box and then I buy a few boxes...if you do it this way the huggies work out no more expensive than aldi

definitely still a huggies fan

I'm also a huge huggies fan. I too haven't noticed any change in their new designs. Fingers crossed it keeps up. I have heard a few people commenting on how they have changed and they aren't as impressed with them.

I only just started using the new ones today, but I actually found that the packet I was using were different - they didn't leak, but they just seemed like they were full of water and almost sloshy kwim? Like the crystals didn't work properly. Although they did seem thinner when I got it out of the box, but they have gotten thinner each time they change their design. But I have never had Alister leak at all in huggies ever, he's just not a big piddler LOL.

I have loved huggies for 6 months until I got this new design this week. I am so mad. They are thinner, they leak and give harrison rashes. He never had a rash with the old design. I don't know what to do now. I might try the aldi ones.

I used Huggies on DS when he was younger - until we started solids as I found nothing other than Huggies contained breastfed poo.
But shortly thereafter I discovered Aldi and BabyLove and haven't really looked back. I haven't used Huggies in so long that I haven't even tried them since the first "changes" which was at least a year ago.
I only use a disposable at night and I use a BabyLove for that and it does the job - even if DS has it on for 12+ hours. My only problem I have ever had with BabyLove is the tabs ripped off a few times in one bulk box I had so I wrote and complained and they sent me a complimentary packet for compensation.
I'm not sure what I'll use for a next bubba - maybe Aldi from what I've just read here. I hope to use cloth as much as possible but will have disposables until we get rid of the meconium poo and maybe for a couple of weeks after that - not sure yet as we haven't even managed to conceive yet!! Guess I'll just have to do a bit of research.
It is annoying to hear that Huggies has changed AGAIN and isn't working for people!

Ren, have a look at this thread hun https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...cussion-2.html

As it's a discussion, it's a bit all over the place, but there's some really good tips in there, and a think a couple of pages in we discussed flanellette/towelling. FWIW, no matter which sort I've used I've never used a pin! But yes, snappis with tt. Feel free to PM me (or post in that thread of course) if you have anymore questions :)

I just found this thread after sending huggies a complaint!

I didnt realise that it was the new nappies that was giving her a bad rash but it all makes sense now.

I emailed huggies because thier nappies not only seem thinner but DD has leaked through every one of them!

The old designs were great. I would have them on all night and she would never leak, she didnt get a nappy rash either

with the new design she has leaked and has hte worse nappy rash on her!!

I have 2 boxes of the new design in toddlers too. Might have to exchange them.

VERY ANGRY!!