Ask a Mum who uses CLOTH NAPPIES / DIAPERS [28/6 - 5/7]

[RainbowMum]

This thread has been so much fun to read. Wish the little one I look after had some reusable ones so I could get a feel for them, but she's 2 now and we're getting ready to potty train so not really the time to invest in reusable ones really. [she wears eco disposable ones]

 

[kirsten1985]

I've gone for little lamb nappies. I have 24 coming, I need to get a bucket just wondering what else to get. Also curious if you use reusable wipes too?

I'm not familiar with that brand so I looked it up, are you using the fitteds or pockets? If the fitteds make sure you have a few wraps as well. I would get a bucket and pail liner, smaller wetbag to use when you are out, that's really all that you would need to get started. I do use cloth wipes as well

I use little lambs, I have bamboo ones, 20 size ones and 20 size twos, 10 wraps for each size. I have a wet bag for when we are out, and two pails with mesh bags in which I bought off ebay as there weren't any on little lamb website, these are def a good idea as you dont have to touch the nappies again to get them in the washing machine! I use cloth wipes at home and the biodegradable jackson reece herbal wipes when out (which smell gorgeous by the way!) I bought the paper nappy liners from little lamb, but didn't like them, so now I get OneLife liners from www.friendlybaby.com which are much softer.

mommyof3co, do you use flushable liners? which ones do you like best?

 

[Maffie]

Well i've been let down on my bargain nappies so on the hunt for some more. I've used the usednappies website and bought a couple of fuzzi bunz, going to try a few other brands too to see what I like the look and feel of.

 

[mommyof3co]

I've gone for little lamb nappies. I have 24 coming, I need to get a bucket just wondering what else to get. Also curious if you use reusable wipes too?

I'm not familiar with that brand so I looked it up, are you using the fitteds or pockets? If the fitteds make sure you have a few wraps as well. I would get a bucket and pail liner, smaller wetbag to use when you are out, that's really all that you would need to get started. I do use cloth wipes as well

I use little lambs, I have bamboo ones, 20 size ones and 20 size twos, 10 wraps for each size. I have a wet bag for when we are out, and two pails with mesh bags in which I bought off ebay as there weren't any on little lamb website, these are def a good idea as you dont have to touch the nappies again to get them in the washing machine! I use cloth wipes at home and the biodegradable jackson reece herbal wipes when out (which smell gorgeous by the way!) I bought the paper nappy liners from little lamb, but didn't like them, so now I get OneLife liners from www.friendlybaby.com which are much softer.

mommyof3co, do you use flushable liners? which ones do you like best?

No I don't use them, I feel it kind of defeats the purpose of not having them in paper diapers...if I needed a liner for some reason I had some fleece ones but I rarely used any kind of liner

 

[mommyof3co]

Well i've been let down on my bargain nappies so on the hunt for some more. I've used the usednappies website and bought a couple of fuzzi bunz, going to try a few other brands too to see what I like the look and feel of.

Awww I'm sorry I hope you like the FB you bought!

 

[Blob]

Hey, i bought totsbots when Tabs was first born and totally hated them, wasted like £200 at least...gutted. Then i saw the bumgenius ones at a baby show and bought 3 and a few weeks ago decided to give them a go again...now i've got 3 more of those and 3 of the Blueberry ones and going to get 2 more I love them now ha ha!!

 

[claire-lou]

May be teaching yu to suck eggs so sorry if I am, but I'm really concious of the fact that I think the nappy bucket smells. I'm sure it doesn't as I wash it everytime I empty it. However my mum suggested a couple of drops of teatree oil. It smeels fab now and i can smell it everytime i open the cupboard door, much better than the poo smell I was convinced I kept getting a wiff off.

 

[Shifter]

Jack's poos don't smell too bad at the point of nappy change, a sort of sickly sweet smell (as per our chat with Jade today Claire lol!), but once the nappy containing his morning poo explosion has been sat in it all day it does pong when I take the lid off!

Will try a drop or two of nice oil in there and see how much difference it makes

 

[sapphire20]

At what age did all you ladies start using reusable, I bought them while I was pregnant but havent started using them fully yet, I use maybe two a day just to get the feel for them but I tend to find she wee's quite a lot and id need to change them every half and hour to an hour! I have tried using boosters aswell to see if this works but the whole nappy including the tabs that tie at her belly are wet, am I doing something wrong? I use the nappies with the wrap! x

 

[mommyof3co]

You do usually have to change much more often, especially at that age, and also depending on the type you are using. Prefolds you especially have to change often. I didn't start using until 2mo but that's when I started buying, I know many that are full time cloth from birth.

 

[claire-lou]

I started at about 3 months. I just got up one day and decided that I wasn't buying any more disposibles

 

[Shifter]

My tupence-worth:

We intended to start after a week, just to get all the meconium out first (wouldn't have enjoyed washing those nappies lol) but we were a bit delayed due to a slow c/s recovery for me, so I think we started at about 5 weeks.

Fitted ones, which is I think what you are describing do soak right through all over. That's what I didn't like about them. I'd suggest prefolds, Bambino Mio or Mothercare Smart Nappy are both pretty good, the Smart Nappy in particular is very absorbent. When your LO gets a little bigger I'd recommend one size pockets like Bum Genius or Blueberry, but they are a little bulky on newborns. Jack grew into BG at about 8 weeks and Blueberry at 3 months.