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Im not a huge fan of flats.....or a cover/nappy system...
I have heaps of BBH and CT...are they any good on a newborn? Not that id have a clue how to make them smaller to fit...maybe i should try!
But is this the best way to go for a newborn?
Id rather an AIO/Pocket kind for BumbleBee
*Bump*
Yeah, I wasn't a big fan of flats either. I did use the BBH from newborn without problem, but then she was a big bub at 4.1kg. It's easy to get them to fit, you just fold down the front so the inside snaps are visable. But practise a couple of times first! I also liked the BG onesize. They come with a newborn insert now, which made them a good fit. A lot less bulky.
HTH
I have some BG......quite a few BBH....maybe ill use them
how big were the girls Kim?
Chelsea was 3.3kg and Jasmine was 3.5kg
I never used cloth with C until she was 9 months old...and J was about 4 months.
Hmmm got any bumg's newborn? they should fit well...
I think I used small monkey D's as well...
But I have to say - when Miss M was first born - I used a lot of prefolds or fitteds and covers.....
My green kids are still a bit bulky on her now at 4 months... swaddlebees would be ok I guess? Itti's are great too...
God damn selling off all my MD's....
I have the one size BG's
How do you make GK small enough for little babies??
What fitteds did u use Mel?
for the gk - you put the insert in to where the velcro part starts - fold it over - there ya go - little sizing..
I used a fair amount of different fitteds, verybaby, ericas, fj's newborn is brilliant, ct's... ummm... thinking thinking.....kissaluvs.... ummmmm.... thats all i remember off hand - I sent off all my newborn stuff to friends to use with their babies....
Hmmm...ill have to look into more nappies...argh..maybe sposies are easier for a long long time!
KIM - slap slap & tsk tsk... ;)
sposies aren't as cute ;)
kim, I only have bbh, magicalls & itti bittis in my stash, and I've been using them on Emily since she was 2 weeks old. It's worked well. She was 3.65kg born, and quickly grew into a chubby baby. The bbh have always worked well for us at night. When she was a newborn, during the day she lived in magicalls & itti bittis.
I used flats with Nina when she was a newborn, never again!
So itti's are good hey....ive not tried them before.
love them! But they don't suit all babies. They would never suit Nina as she has wide hips, but Emily doesn't. Emily is long and narrow.
q - doesnt the meconium poo stain them? Thats why i was planning to use flat for the first week or so, i didnt want to ruin the "good" nappies lol
ray ray - i'm just going to line them with some old cut up cotton for the first few days to catch it
Good ol' sun should get the stains out!
Kim I'm not too fond of the AIO's so far except for bubblebubs. Am having no leaks with fitteds/flats/preflds and covers.
I have now got a heap of nappies from FJ on the way, plus my fitteds i have already.
Have some Cushie Tushies too but will wait til he is a little bigger for them..
And i spent up big on BG's cos they are $30 til tonight!
Not bad for $350 in nappies....in hmm....30 mins!
lol
Kim you are just as bad as me ;)
I learnt from you Mel!
pmsl!!!!
Glad I'm such a good influence ;) Maybe that will work in my favour.. IYKWIM... ;)
:shhh:
I have huge faith it will work for you.....
*mwah*
I love you Kim - you're the best :hug:
I wasn't a fan of the prefold/flat system either Dom has been in AIO's since he left hospital (tried disposies for a day but he reacted to them) We had some newborn old style magicalls, XS bubblebubs and small ittis. He was 8.5lb so rather average and we had no problems. Only 1 blowout so far **touch wood** We also used kiss-a-luvs for night/home use - still use them with some boosting :) the majority of our stash though is bubblebubs an magicalls (new smooth and pre BBH styles):
Ash was 5kg born so probably not the best to go by buy we LOVED CT and BBH from the start, we used longies/mother ease rikki covers/BBH pul covers and had great success. I used flanny flats for about 2 weeks before I chucked that in because Ash was just weeing SO much!
I also used BG OS with great success :) They fit Ash great!
Oh and small bubblebubs :)
it will really depend on your babys size what you end up using at the start. the hospital had some really small flats which we used during our stay and it was only when we went to leave the hospital that we realised that liberty was too small for sposies and pretty much everything else so we used 2 facewashers placed together for thickness and folded in half like a triangle and a snappy to hold it together as a nappy!! she was 3.1kg born and 3kg before leaving hospital and 51cm with the scrawniest legs and it was her legs that were too skinny for nappies. it only took her about 3-4 weeks to be big enough though. hope u find something!
kim - i have been having a wonderful play with nappies - every one of them has been a success, no blow outs or any leaks at all!
itti's, kissaluvs, happy heiny sherpa, lovely bums and NB magicalls along with one or two others were our first few weeks. I will get some more kissaluvs for the next one and maybe some swaddlebees NB fitteds as i absolutely love the small organic fitted that i have from them.....
Thanks Kitten....have you used the BumG's yet?
I think i have way to many nappies now...so once bub is 2/3 weeks old MCN begins!