Whats the go with nappies these days?

[BellyBelly]

Thanks heaps everyone, has helped us out! Keep going though if you have more to share

[Taurean]

I've only ever used Huggies with both my girls and love them. Neither have had rashes from the nappies. DD2 is almost 7 months and hasn't had any sign of nappy rash at all. I use a barrier cream (Sudocream) with every change though so that would help.

[boomba]

We use naty babycare from Coles or woollies.......no nasty chemicals and no leaks :-)

[Bloom]

When we use disposable, we use Aldi. Yes, they went through a redesign a year or two ago, but more recently had a newer redesign and I am really happy with them. Why pay more?

[Miss.September]

Huggies here too. DD is now 3 and only recently begun TT, and they're still holding everything in overnight.

Even when she was in plaster - she was in a spica cast and we had to cut the sides and tabs off a newborn nappy, making it sort of like a pad. That slid into a slot in the spica, and then a bigger nappy went around the cast holding it all in - even with that set up, we had very few leaks into the plaster, the Huggies absorbed most of it.

[~me~]

Aldi all the way here. Boys and girls night and day. Never had a problem. I had to start with the Huggies Newborn as at the time Aldi newborn were still too big, then I switched over to Aldi a few weeks in. Aldi now are supposed to have a true to size new born.

Otherwise check out cloth.

[TaRhLi.]

When the twins were newborn we started with Huggies but as they had little chicken legs we were always getting leakage, so I swapped to babylove newborn as they are smaller in size than the huggies ones and worked a treat. Once they got some meat on their legs I then used up all the huggies ones .

They are 14mths now and I use "pampers' during the day - I buy them online from deals direct (they also sell newborn size) and they are fantastic although at night I do put them into either huggies or aldi brand as they sleep on average 14-15hrs overnight and I need the extra absorbancy, but considering a newborn is changed every few hours I would give the pampers a go as well.

[Ezz]

It's a shame you can't just get lots of sample packs so you can try before you settle on one sort! I know with dd we bought a box of huggies before she was born & then worked our way through a few sorts - you go through them so quickly when they're nb



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Good idea! I just checked a few websites (Babylove, Snugglers, Huggies) & they do offer some samples - I couldn't find newborn ones on the Huggies website (only swimmers and dry nights), but Babylove and Snugglers both offer samples of nappies.

[Santosha]

We use Huggies at night... little man feeds all night so is always full of wee. Huggies seems to be the only brand that can contain the bucketloads! We always get the size up for over night and very rarely wets through. Through the day, just use the Coles brand ones just to save a bit of money.

[ladybirdflies]

Has anyone suggested an of the Eco nappies???? Natracare at Coles. Seventh Generation Online, Growing Up Green online, Moltex online and Bambo Nature also online. THese nappies have less plastic in them, better for the temperature on babies bum. They have less chemicals and are not bleached. The an*s is the most absorbant part of our body so any chemicals put near there you want to be extremely cautious of,from what you have said about vax and homebirth, I would think that you make conscious choices when it comes to health for your child, so paying a little bit extra (which if using huggies there is virtually no difference) and getting something that has less chemicals and is better for the environment. I would also suggest lining the nappies with muslin or a flushable liner to have an extra layer away from the disposable nappy and then you can flush the poo down the loo where is belongs. As far as leaks go, all nappies can leak depending on how they have been put on, and each person has a different view of what a leak actually is to them. I would suggest putting a wool cover over the top, wool absorbs up to 40% of its weight in fluid and it evaporates while the baby is wearing them, over cloth the nappy doesn't get as wet, over disposables it will not add to the heat but regulate the temperature more, and it can wick the leak away from the baby without them feeling wet.

[Cass72]

With DS1 I swore by Snugglers. Tried them 15 years on with DS2 and they were a crappy nappy (love the pun btw!). I also used pampers with him but couldn't find them when DS2 was born.

I bought huggies but they were expensive and not as good as they used to be.

I then went with the Coles "gucci" brand - the ones with little snugglepot and cuddlepie on them. Didn't like the fact that they were imported either, but nearly all are. When we moved back East I started buying Aldi ones which were great but then they changed their supplier so I reverted back to Coles.

I gave the whole disposable thing up recently because DS2 is toilet training and is only in nappies for sleeps. I bought myself some AIOs online through ebay (an OS supplier) for $50 delivered - 10 nappies plus 12 inserts. They are fantastic. DS2 is a right little piddler and although the nappies weigh a ton when I take them off him his skin is still dry. I will be buying loads more if/when DS(orD)3 arrives.....

[BellyBelly]

Well i've done very well for myself - saw the Naty Nature Babycare (eco nappies) on special in Coles and decided on trying them after reading a few reviews. The ticket said reduced to clear at $8.69 or something like that so thought I may as well stock up, sounds like they are discontinuing the line in my store. BUT what I realised when I got home was that the price it scanned at was $3.29 - bonus! Massive saving there, so I went back today to get the last 4 packs. That should see me sorted for newborn nappies and happy to be going eco too. Just hope they gel well with my bubs. My back is killing me now, so glad to have that all sorted. Thanks heaps for all your feedback - wise advice for sure. I did send off for samples too so if I get stuck having issues with these nappies (the main issue some seem to have with them are leaks with little/skinny babies which is common in many brands it seems) I can use something else for a bit.

Thanks all. Time to put feet up!

[Mumma T]

We got heaps of samples from the baby expos. We got through 3 weeks in disposable in samples and left over nappies from friends. We had leaks/overflow in every type and still did in the next size up too. Mcn's seem to be the only thing that will contain the ridiculously huge amount my little man wets. They were eBay cheapies but have saved us a fortune and it's no extra water as we would otherwise be changing DS at every nappy change (which is alot in a 1 month old).

[meow]

Massive bargain Kel!!

We love naty babycare. With my older son we had some leaks in them overnight but they'll be fine with a little one.

We now use Bambo as they're even more compostable and they make big pull-ups which we need for my older son. They are very absorbent, excellent nappies.

If going eco I would avoid Seventh Generation. They are dyed brown!! Talk about green-washing. They are chlorine free but I think that's all that is good about them.

[Frangipani Lou]

BubbaT, what brand are the eBay cheepy Mcn's that you liked? My sister I law uses a babyland brand that are a copy of baby behinds and loves them.

[Mumma T]

Frangipani Lou they are babyland

[little_O]

I have been using huggies, but I was given a pack of little takas Eco nappies. She's just come into the size and they are awesome!! They are so much better than huggies! They seem to have better "poop" stopper liners on the side and they are super absorbent, she stays so dry.

[BellyBelly]

Im finding them awesome too! Its held in some messy things, very impressed. Only problem is I stocked up on the newborn size, and being a big bubba she'll grow out of them before I run out!