Mother-ease vs. Babybeehinds?

[fairyfloss]

Hello everyone, I'm new to this forum and am having my first baby in late May .

I'm wondering if anyone has tried the mother-ease airflow cover and the babybeehind PUL with a terry flat? I'm looking in to buying a few fitted nappies for outings, but will mainly use the flat nappies so i need covers that will fit.
Does using a flat affect the size of cover one should choose? I assume they have been designed to go with their fitted nappies, so with mother-ease should i go straight on to medium if i aim to use it with a terry flat (medium starts at 4.5 kgs)? I'm thinking you wouldn't get much use out of the small ones unless you have a very small baby anyway.
The babybeehind PUL covers are half the price of the mother-ease however, so if there's not much of a difference I might just buy some of them. I just like the fact that the mother-ease has poppers instead of velcro.

If anyone has any advice on any of these covers (or to recomend another cover), I'd be very happy! *Stuck in the nappy djungle*

[Olive]

most people will recommend the motherease!!!!

[fairyfloss]

Ok, I'll get the mother-ease ones then! Thank you!

Anyone who has mother-ease small covers? How long do they last? Is there a point in buying them, or a waste of money? I'm thinking of how the other covers don't have smaller covers than 4.5 kgs anyway, so maybe you can use them on a NB aswell?

[Olive]

the best people to ask would be Janie or nelle, there the experts in mother ease~

[pmccask]

hi all
I'm keen to know about the mother ease sizing too. I've got a small BB which doesn't look that small (bub not here to try it on yet), but noticed that mother ease does an x-sm and a sm, both of which say 2.5-5.5kg. Any enlightenment? I guess there's no point getting x-sm given it's the same size as sm??

cheers

[Nelle]

Ok, fak, so bear with me! :P

Motherease have 2 styles, 'Airflow' & 'Rikki'. I think Rikkis are awesome for littlies, because they have gussets (fancy around the legs) for a snugger fit to guard against poo-sposions. I know they don't have snaps, but snaps aren't all that for a newie who might be wailing and erratcially kicking their legs, velcro's faster, and makes for a more adjustable fit.

ok feed done, I'll change a nappy and cme back for part 2 on fit...:P

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Nelle's Post II: This Time It's Personal.

Okay, now that I've got my dramatic sequel heading out of the way, I just tried our Motherease Rikki Small on Silas, who's probably over 9lb now, and it fits him with room to grow - it's a bit loose, but I put it over a sposie, so cloth would make for a good fit. I used the Rikki Smalls with River (who was born 9lb4oz) and I recall he was in them for quite awhile.
So I definitely wouldn't size up to a Medium. I have a feeling that the sizes you've read are wrong - I think I've seen them on a site before and wondered if they were right. I don't think a newborn would fit into smalls straight away (I think it took even Riv a week to fit the smalls).

Yeah a terry flat will add more bulk, but I still think a medium would be too big. Argh, crying baby, hope that helped, ask more if you need.