Seriously need to know what to do?!?!

Ok so I have 4wks till bub #3 I should have started with DD2 and we want to put her on them too, brought my last box of buggies today! So freaking expensive!!!! So what do I do? Where do I start??
I really don't want to b paying $20-30 a nappy and have looked at how cheap you can get them on eBay but if I'm looking at full time nappies that need to last maybe I need to spend that much? What about DD2, she is full time nappies and a pretty big wetter, I suppose tho I change her 4-5 times a day? I think, so how many would I need for her? Should I buy cheaper ones for her day time and expensive for night? And then there's washing them, seriously do I have to wash them every day? Errrrrr I'm feeling a tad overwhelmed by starting this is it worth it? I hate needing a box of huggies every 3-5wks it's a waste...

Ps, dnt want 2nd hand ones, want nice pretty girly patterns.... Gimme every detail you can! TELL me what I need to do?!???? PLLLEEAASE


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Leah and Dan
Lucy 5
Minnie 2
Pippi due 29 sept

YOU are what YOU eat!

If you won't buy any second hand then I am afraid $20-30 is what you will be paying! lol
The China Cheapies are really not reliable, often ill-fitting, and based solely on your screen name, I can guarantee you, they won't fit with your ethos.

Take a look at the Nappy Network (.org) (google it) there is all the info you need to get started there.

Your best bet will most likely be a value pack from Baby BeeHinds, Itti Bitti or Bum Genius, all of which have a One Size Fits Most adjustable nappies, although they will undoubtedly be too big for your newborn for the first few months.

Your other option is old school flannelette flats and terry flats, and covers. Super easy really, cheap, and you can pick up covers fairly cheaply.

On another note, if you do decide to take second hand, there are TONNES of bargains to be had, there is a FB group dedicated to MCN onselling with over 5000 members.

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If you won't buy any second hand then I am afraid $20-30 is what you will be paying! lol
The China Cheapies are really not reliable, often ill-fitting, and based solely on your screen name, I can guarantee you, they won't fit with your ethos.

Take a look at the Nappy Network (.org) (google it) there is all the info you need to get started there.

Your best bet will most likely be a value pack from Baby BeeHinds, Itti Bitti or Bum Genius, all of which have a One Size Fits Most adjustable nappies, although they will undoubtedly be too big for your newborn for the first few months.

Your other option is old school flannelette flats and terry flats, and covers. Super easy really, cheap, and you can pick up covers fairly cheaply.

On another note, if you do decide to take second hand, there are TONNES of bargains to be had, there is a FB group dedicated to MCN onselling with over 5000 members.

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Thanks for the info, I'll google that! Maybe I'll check the FB page out then... I was worried the china cheapies would b cr@p!! So if they dnt fit a new born what do you do?


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Leah and Dan
Lucy 5
Minnie 2
Pippi due 29 sept

YOU are what YOU eat!

There are specifically sized newborn nappies out there - Bubblebubs do amazing nappies, among others.
But mostly, we tend to use flats on the NBs - you change them so often that it is just easier, you don't need quite as much absorbency because (with BF bubs anyway) most nappy changes are dirty too, so flats do a great job, dry easily and you can have stacks othem on hand quickly.
I wash every second day usually, or if we have had lots of nappy free time, then every third day.

Check out Elimination Communication too - esp if you don't want the cost of nappies at all ;)

What r flats? I dnt mind washing every 2nd day, tht sounds reasonable. I looked at a friend FB pages to find some Aussie MCNs and so cute! But $27?? I'm worried about the outlay! But I suppose reselling won't b an issue? What's the FB page? I cnt find it... Off to search the MCN stuff first, might start the EC research wen I'm up all hours BFing... Too much information to cram in my head!!!!


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Leah and Dan
Lucy 5
Minnie 2
Pippi due 29 sept

YOU are what YOU eat!

Flats are the old school cloth nappies, the ones you pin (or use those Snappi things on) :)

I might use my clothies this week, we're almost out of disposables and I'm not sure I've left myself enough to buy another pack of the ones we like :redface:

Ohhhh no, I want the pretty picture ones!!! Lol!!!


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Leah and Dan
Lucy 5
Minnie 2
Pippi due 29 sept

YOU are what YOU eat!

They don't have pictures, but I have some nice brightly coloured ones :lol:

Ok, some numbers for you...

Using basic cloth, for ONE child, you will save around $2500 on nappies. So they are CHEAPER over the average 2.5 years your child will be wearing nappies for. that is Full time usage, washing every second day.

On average, using MCN adds SEVEN - 7 - minutes to your day - that is washing, sorting, drying, folding. It is nothing, seriously. You will not even notice the difference.

If you want the pretty, you gotta pay for it, but even then, it is STILL cheaper to use cloth - that includes initial outlay, water, electricty for washing, everything - than using disposable nappies.

To make ONE disposable nappy takes 1 CUP of crude oil

Disposable nappies take around, they believe 400-700 years to break down. Which means, every. single. nappy. ever. used. is STILL sitting in a landfill somewhere.

Your weekly rubbish will more than halve.

You definitely get what you pay for. And if you want the pretties youre gonna have to pay!
Also wanted to add, before buying bulk packs of a certain nappy, get one or two and have a test run with them. Nappies are like a pair of awesome fitting jeans, what works great on you might be crap in me!

Also, for newborn there is also the option of prefolds ;)

def check out the FB page as well - i sold some MCNs on there (and have on here as well in the past) that hadn't even been used - just washed. and they were far less than buying them new. so you can get some good bargains for either very lightly used or not used at all :)

Hey Organic girl, (love your username) From when ds was 2 weeks I used bamboo prefolds (some terry and some fleece) with a microfleece stay dry liner on top in Newborn size Baby Beehinds covers which I found was the cheapest way for us and they are quicker to dry than all in one MCN's. I had every colour cover, some people suggested that you only needed a few covers but I liked having heaps so that I could use 4-5 a day, they are no hassle washing and drying so I liked to change them often. I also got a few cushi tooshies which a cute minki ones and I bought about 18 of the cheapies from ebay (the china ones). They fit ds really well, I love the bright colours and we haven't had any leaks. They didn't fit well until about 6 months but up until 4 months he fitted into the prefolds and NB size covers anyway so we had a month or so in spossies while he grew into them. I can also put the bamboo prefold in them instead of the microfibre boosters if I want more absorbency. I still have ds in a huggies overnight and I'll often put one on him when we go out but come summer he'll be in nothing but a cute as MCN all the time as he shakes his little tooshie around the neighbour hood :p

Ohhhhh so much to think about!! Thanks for all your input!!! Happy to keep hearing pals recommendations...

We've been talking and are thinking we'd hate to get 12mths dwn the track and for the cheapies to give way but ate thinking of buying a few to use on dd2 in the day time, it sounds like a lot of ppl mix them up a bit... I found a lovely lady on FB who does GORGEOUS patterns so they're EXTEEEEMLY tempting!!!! I agree it's what you pay for so will have to look at a couple of second handies too!!!!! It's just the outlay when were so tight ATM! Bit dh said he'll just try get a few cash jobs before bubs comes!!!


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Leah and Dan
Lucy 5
Minnie 2
Pippi due 29 sept

YOU are what YOU eat!

If you use terry/flanno flats then you can buy very nice covers which aren't as exy and get multiple use before washing (excepting poosplosions). If you're planning more than the three, then you'll save with nappies.

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def check out the FB page as well - i sold some MCNs on there (and have on here as well in the past) that hadn't even been used - just washed. and they were far less than buying them new. so you can get some good bargains for either very lightly used or not used at all :)

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I still can't find this FB page? There's one for NZ but not aus???


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Leah and Dan
Lucy 5
Minnie 2
Pippi due 29 sept

YOU are what YOU eat!

Thankyou thankyou thankyou LS!!


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Leah and Dan
Lucy 5
Minnie 2
Pippi due 29 sept

YOU are what YOU eat!

Always happy to enable - welcome to the Dark Side :D hehehe

Haha thanks!! I'm still down right not sure what to get tho!!!


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Leah and Dan
Lucy 5
Minnie 2
Pippi due 29 sept

YOU are what YOU eat!

Ok so I went to a friends who was selling her MCNs we tried 2 different brands on for dd2 who is 2, one O/N cushie tushie and 1 day time cnt remember the name OMG they were SO BIG! she couldn't walk with them on?!?! Are they all that chunky?!?! She cried and wanted it off?!!!! How does this affect walking ability? They cnt all be that bad yeah? I told dh and he was so upset, were really looking forward to this cloth journey!!!


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Leah and Dan
Lucy 5
Minnie 2
Pippi due 29 sept

YOU are what YOU eat!

itti bittis are much slimmer. there are other compact nappies too.

Do you compromise with absorbency?? Thanks for replying :)


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Leah and Dan
Lucy 5
Minnie 2
Pippi due 29 sept

YOU are what YOU eat!

cushie tushies are 5h!te

i use a combo of baby beehinds, itti bittis and then a few randoms i have picked up. i don't use the itti bittis overnight, but during the day they are fine.

if you want to try them, you just have to start. my dislike of sposies is greater than any issue i have with any of my cloth nappies.

Ok, woops, the night one was a BBH and the day was a CGR.


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Leah and Dan
Lucy 5
Minnie 2
Pippi due 29 sept

YOU are what YOU eat!

I TRULY dislike sposies!! Really I do!!!!! With DD2 she already has feet and knee issues I'm worried it will make it worse?!?! And how come some brands go frm birth to toddler where as some it's a sml/med/lrg case? Maybe this is the way I need to go with such small children?? Also did NOT like the mink.. Really bulky


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Leah and Dan
Lucy 5
Minnie 2
Pippi due 29 sept

YOU are what YOU eat!

night nappies are usually pretty bulky. don't know what CGRs are like, never heard of them til now.

I have BBH nights. They're bulky, but overnight they don't even come close to leaking. And our wee poppet has them on for over 12 hours, and is a hardcore wetter.

Trim nappies... ittis are pretty trim. Bambootys (small fit) BBH petite all in twos. I find Bonnibuns quite trim, similar fit to CGRs, but a little bit firmer around the belly. The Genesa Forge side snaps are pretty trim too. Using pockets can be a good way to stay trim as you get to vary what's stuffed in there.

I find you get a better fit with sized nappies, but if $$$ are an issue, then OSFM naps are a good choice. GreenKids, Bonnibuns, Bubblebubs Candies, BBH Multifits are options you can use.

We have no issues with cloth because we just don't know any other way. We've used them right from the start. I cannot handle the thought of poo sitting in my bin. That's gross. Instead, poo gets dumped into the toilet, where it belongs, within 10 minutes of me changing it.

I agree with everything Audax said. We also use BBH nights and never have a leak and DD is in them for up to 14 hours on a big sleep night. I regularly use BBH Multifits on my 15 month old DD and she is quite petite. We couldn't use them prior to 6 months though, too bulky. I am also grossed out by the poo sposies, I <3 how liners just go down the loo and the nappies are basically clean.

I really like the look of the greenkids ones, they look trimmer around the crutch part and I like the idea of stuffing the pads inside rather than snaps but also like the look of the Velcro... Am I on the right track???? They have a fold dwn option for newborns. Hrmmmm information OVERLOAD!!!!! (I like the patterns too lol)

So should I order one? What if it's the same problem? Maybe I'm just use to no bulk and same with DD. perhaps starting a new born on them won't b an issue as we will be use to it but maybe it will push dd2 into toilet training??? The GK are cheap too?! $23! Anyone make there own inserts?



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Leah and Dan
Lucy 5
Minnie 2
Pippi due 29 sept

YOU are what YOU eat!

i find greenkids to be quite wide in the crotch, i got mine second hand so not sure if they are the same as the ones they sell now.

if you are concerned about nappies being big on your 2 year old, osfm nappies are definitely gonna be too big on a newborn/young bub. i prefer sized nappies for this exact reason.

how big is your dd now? itti bitti have a few clearance nappies on sale including a pink medium itti bitti snap in one for $18. fits 6.5kg - 12kg

the cloth nappy hunt is also on at the moment with many of the nappy companies having sales, and you get a discount if you register with the cloth napy hunt.

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i find greenkids to be quite wide in the crotch, i got mine second hand so not sure if they are the same as the ones they sell now.

if you are concerned about nappies being big on your 2 year old, osfm nappies are definitely gonna be too big on a newborn/young bub. i prefer sized nappies for this exact reason.

how big is your dd now? itti bitti have a few clearance nappies on sale including a pink medium itti bitti snap in one for $18. fits 6.5kg - 12kg

the cloth nappy hunt is also on at the moment with many of the nappy companies having sales, and you get a discount if you register with the cloth napy hunt.

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Oh bummer!!! Maybe I should forget doing dd2 as she is use to the trim sposie? She is 26mths and 11kg, she is extremely tiny, I'm extremely petite as well, she got sized for shoes yesterday and is a size 5!!!! Teeny tiny!!! I suppose a night nappy would be a good way to at least introduce them to her and by the time were TT we culd just have her on those anyway? I'll look at the itti bitti. It seems so much more expensive going size nappies??? But I agree, a teeny NB is going to be too small for one....


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Leah and Dan
Lucy 5
Minnie 2
Pippi due 29 sept

YOU are what YOU eat!

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Anyone make there own inserts?

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Yep I just use my homemade prefolds, which were upcycled from a local laundry service's old cotton towels, so no cost. I used them on DD until she was about 8 weeks old, then we stuffed them in the GKs. She was a big baby though, you might have a different experience.

I wouldn't use night nappies by day. Waaaay too bulky. For a cute, trim easy fitting day nappy, check out Genesa Forge sid snappers. They're sized, but the weight ranges are really broad. The smalls fit DD birth-5months (about 7kg, and longer than any other smalls fit) and the mediums look like they'll fit forever. The inserts in them are quite narrow, and the waterproof layer is fleece, so they're soft and squishy and gorgeous, and might feel nicer for your DD2.

I mostly use bamboo flats, as I need to be able to get them dry on a balcony clothes line. I got some seconds from Bamboonies and then I bought some second hand which were unused.

I use BBH covers on them and snappis.

I also have some OSFM Hemp BBH nappies and some Magicalls.

I got microfleece liners and cloth wipes from an eBay shop called Beautbots.

For newborn we also use bamboo flats with a snappi and cover. They are awesome because you can make them fit to the baby.