Im over cloth....

[*Efjay*]

So here I am on to baby #3 in cloth & I just don't feel the love for it anymore. Mostly night nappies. Rohan still poo's several times over night & I just CBF trying to make what I have work for nights. He is long & big but not so big in the thighs. So I thought stuff it, I will do sposies over night & cloth during the day. So I bought a small paket of NB nappies & yuk lol. I will see how they go but I think I just gave my self incentive to make an effort to keep going with cloth.

Don't get me wrong, cloth is easy enough but at the end of the day sposies are easier lol

[Charlotte91]

Oh hell yeah!! We generally use cloth, but we've used sposies for nearly 6 weeks straight. We only use a very cheap brand of sposies.
Must get back into using cloth, but its a bit of a drag. Once I've started it OK, but sposies are so easy.

[~Hestia~]

I can relate - when I'm cleaning off my 3rd poopy nappy of the day I have the same thoughts Moo has always been in sposies at night. And every now and then I give myself the day off so Moo has a sposie day!

But you can't beat that big cloth baby bum hey?

[*Efjay*]

Yeah I just bought the "you love coles" ones. I use those over night for my 2 yr old who is day TT. But I don't see how they will hold up to NB poo lol

eta- cloth bum, yep its ok in the day but I feel sorry for Rohan some nights, he looks uncomfortable with so much on. He did the night n a sml Maz night naapy last night & it was horrid in the mornng, no poo (thats a first) but so wet. Thats when I thought, nup not doing cloth at night. It stinks, its sooooo so wet & really I just can't be stuffed trying find something that works.

[Junglemum]

Hahaha FJ, i was looking at my box of NB nappies, thinking i should get them all out and wash them in preparation, but i just can't be arsed!! I KNOW it is better for baby, better for the environment, better for my hip pocket, BUT no matter what any clothies say it is more work. Not a lot more, but a bit more. I am struggling to be motivated and excited about them. Maybe because i don't need to buy any.

My last two were in cloth from birth, but i am feeling tempted to use those NB ones the hospital provide!

I need to find the love again..... if you find it, lemmie know.


ETA- i use sposie pullups on my other two at night for all the reasons you say. They look uncomfortable, are huge and stink in the morning.

[*Efjay*]

Days its ok, Its just nights. It will be faster to change a sposie then a night nappy & Rohan kicks & fusses & cries, I feel bad that I seem to take to long & just wants to get back to sleep.

[starangelk]

Totally agree but the savings keep me motivated to keep going! Although I would def go sposies overnight if DD pooed several times. We used sposies when she got a bout of nappies rash last month and OMG - so so so easy. Even going out is easy! The space the sposies take up is nothing compared to MCN's.

[Heaven]

Yeah, I've always used sposies at night too. Tried cloth but it looked so uncomfortable!!

[*Efjay*]

I know the cost is what is making me feel guilty a bit. But I figure I can either buy for MCN that fit properly now (god knows what ones as this boy is a weird shape LOL) OR I can make do with sposies at night & just try now & then to see if the night nappies I have fit yet.

Also, what I bought was $10 for 36 nappies. so thats what beep beep dot beep dash beep dot.... 27c a nappy... thats ok isn't it?

[Charlotte91]

We buy nappies from cheap as chips. They're fine during the day, but looking at getting better quality for nighttime.
DD's in 3-6kg and it $6.66 (weird price, lol. They're evil nappies!!! hehe) for 78 nappies.

[Kazzo]

I do sposies at night too. DD1 is TT for the day now but man, she can wee at night and my cloth nappies just can not hold it all and she does not wake if she is wet. I find DD2 sleeps better with a sposie at night when she is laying flat. During her day naps she sleeps with a boomerang pillow so she is slightly raised. I buy the coles sposies and the large bags last me just over a month so I think it is not to bad on my pocket. Both only waer one a night because there is no poo at night (they poo like clockwork .

[Taurean]

I don't know anything much about cloth (looked into it all, love the idea and the look but put it in the 'too hard' basket) but I admire you guys for even doing it part time.

DD has been in Huggies since day dot. They have been fantastic, can't rave about them enough. I always buy our nappies by the box and pay roughly 30 cents a nappy. We paid less per nappy for the newborn ones as there were more in the box.

DD was so tiny and had such skinny legs when we brought her home that we bought some Huggies premmie nappies which worked a treat for the first few weeks until she fit in the NB sposies properly.

I'm a huge Huggies fan. Dad was a rep for them for 17 years so I've heard a lot about them over the years. Shame he changed jobs just as I fell pregnant but my sister did alright out of it though!

HTH

PS I've heard lots of good report about Aldi sposies so they could be worth looking at for cheap night nappies.

[turtleschell]

Oh I don't think i will ever use cloth on a newborn baby. That poo is just.. too much, too sticky, too wet.. no.. no thankyou.

I think we should never be so har don ourselves, if we are struggling, just make it easier. And remember, a lot of mums use sposies 24/7, so really, night sposies are not so bad.

I know a lady who even uses baby wipes to mop up water spills on the tiles. WTH?

[Kazzo]

There is a website that you can get bulk boxes of sposies, they have babyluv, huggies, snugglers and more. Not sure if I am allowed to post the website. A girlfriend of mine gets her nappies from there and says she saves heaps. Not sure though, have never looked to see the prices.

[TeniBear]

Kazzo, could you pm me that site? As much as I was all for Milly being full-time cloth, I never actually did it - maybe #3 will finally be in cloth

Aldi nappies are okay, but don't seem to fit properly. They're not as stretchy around the hips either :-/


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[~Kim~]

I can't believe this thread appeared today! I was thinking aboutvwording my own version of the very same thing! I keep looking at my enormous stash, and how often I have to change him compared to disposables....gah tug of war! I've tried the Eco ones but they weren't great and cost a bomb.

[*Efjay*]

Oh I don't think i will ever use cloth on a newborn baby. That poo is just.. too much, too sticky, too wet.. no.. no thankyou.

I think we should never be so har don ourselves, if we are struggling, just make it easier. And remember, a lot of mums use sposies 24/7, so really, night sposies are not so bad.

I know a lady who even uses baby wipes to mop up water spills on the tiles. WTH?

Oh don't knock baby wipes LOL< They are great for everything LOL.

Aldi sposies are good.

eta - Kim, I have been thinking it for days & then while at coles earlier I thought stuff it & tossed some in the trolley lol. But yeah I have a good day time stash. But nights suck lol.

[~Raven~]

I had my blah moments with cloth and used a couple of packets of sposies when I needed to. Didn't take long for me to get over the cost and when you get to the bottom of the packet when you forget to buy them and have to make the choice whether to go out just to buy nappies or use the cloth again

But yeah nothing wrong with taking a break if you need to!