Newborn with skinny legs

[hunniechunks]

Hi everybody :wave:

I started using cloth part time on my eldest when he was 12 months old so only really have experience of using cloth nappies on a big boy lol

My youngest is now 3 weeks old and i want to use cloth nappies on him too. To keep costs down a bit i bought prefolds and terry squares to use with newborn/small wraps (most of the nappies i have from my eldest are one size pockets which don't fit yet) The problem i'm having is that i can't seem to get the nappies tight enough on his legs to contain his poo. Does anybody know of any folds that work for skinny legs or recommend any videos i can watch that might help me to figure it out? Or is this just something i'll have to put up with until he grows a bit?

Thanks in advance

x

 

[lepaskilf]

Hi

My LO had skinny legs! To the point that my mum was worried that they wouldn't fatten up lol! They sure did!!

I started off for the 1st motnh by just using a muslin wrapped like a terry towel and used a nappy nipper to attach and then put an imse vimse wrap over the top.... Imse Vimse have some very small sizes for most of their nappies!

I then went on to Itti bitti SIO nappies as they are not bulky for tall/thin babies x

 

[LittlePants]

To get a really snug fit with a terry square, you need to fold on the bias, so it's stretchy. Although I always used a 60cm square with the origami fold when mine were new born, you get a much neater and closer fit by using 50cm squares with the kite fold, on newborns. Hope that's of some help! I can't think of a fold on the bias with a 60 cm square, which would fit on newborns, but somebody else may come up with a suggestion.

 

[hunniechunks]

thank you both for the replies - I have got some muslins but never thought to use them as nappies! So i will give that a try. Also i never really thought about how i was folding the terry squares so will make sure that i'm folding them on the bias, i think i might have some 50cm ones already but if not i think i'll invest in some (at least i can use them for other things once they stop being nappies!) Hopefully that will help whilst i wait for him to fatten up hehe!!

thanks again

x

 

[Rachel_C]

Are you rolling the terries in at the legs once you've put them on? That should make them fit better round the legs and also provide better containment for poo!

 

[LittlePants]

thank you both for the replies - I have got some muslins but never thought to use them as nappies! So i will give that a try. Also i never really thought about how i was folding the terry squares so will make sure that i'm folding them on the bias, i think i might have some 50cm ones already but if not i think i'll invest in some (at least i can use them for other things once they stop being nappies!) Hopefully that will help whilst i wait for him to fatten up hehe!!

thanks again

x

If you do get some new ones, bamboo terry ones are far slimmer than cotton, and more absorbent - well worth the extra IMO!

 

[hunniechunks]

Are you rolling the terries in at the legs once you've put them on? That should make them fit better round the legs and also provide better containment for poo!

i am rolling them but they still don't seem to fit right - perhaps im doing it wrong lol! maybe a bit more practise is needed!

x

 

[hunniechunks]

thank you both for the replies - I have got some muslins but never thought to use them as nappies! So i will give that a try. Also i never really thought about how i was folding the terry squares so will make sure that i'm folding them on the bias, i think i might have some 50cm ones already but if not i think i'll invest in some (at least i can use them for other things once they stop being nappies!) Hopefully that will help whilst i wait for him to fatten up hehe!!

thanks again

x

If you do get some new ones, bamboo terry ones are far slimmer than cotton, and more absorbent - well worth the extra IMO!

thanks for the tip - i'll look into them this afternoon

x