Summer Baby: Best Cover

[Arimeh]

Hi there!

Wool covers would be fine for summer as they breathe - i think fleece covers do too though so they are also an option for you.

You might get compression leaks with wool covers though with a newborn - I know I did. My DD has only just started moving around enough at night to be successful with a wool cover.

I would think that it would be ok to not have a cover during the day at least on the hot days, just change the nappy more often I would say.

Just be aware that flats of any description are really bulky on a newborn and is hard to get good seals against those poo explosions!!!! Have you thought of prefolds? I used a lot of prefolds when DD was really really small (and she wasn't exactly a small baby!!!)

HTH!

[Maisarah]

Hi Arimeh,

Yes that really helps! I will definitely look into getting some prefolds I think..

[jgal]

Hope the pregnancy is going smoothly - I am stocking up on fitteds and PUL wraps, with wool covers for night-times as it breathes better. There are lots of gussetted covers available now which work really well with prefolds, however I am just lazy and prefer a fitted, and since I can make my own, well...

When DS was a newborn (over summer) we used PUL pockets 100% of the time but they fitted him well as he was quite chubby. I am expecting this one to be a bit smaller so the fitteds and covers would work better.

[Visitor7]

I only use fleece covers here, for day and night. They're very breathable, I'd say more than a wool cover. I do have a wool cover, which I've used a couple of times, but I've found the fleece to be a lot better.

I use bamboo fitted, which generally require a cover, however during the day I can go without using one.

[suse]

I'm the opposite to Jodi, I find wool to be much cooler and more breathable than fleece (although fleece is my second choice). I find that knitted wool covers (soakers or shorties for summer, longies for winter) are cooler than covers sewn from wool jersey, despite generally being bulkier.

ETA: for a newborn, it is good to have back up covers in a quicker drying material as wool takes a long time to dry. If wet, it only needs washing and lanolising infrequently, as the lanolin neutralises urine, but on a newborn with explosive poo it may need washing quite frequently.