How many nappies do I need for a newborn?

I have 5 ecobot covers, 2 home made covers and 6 ecobot prefold inserts. how many more will I need?

also I have 5 ecobot small covers and 18 prefold inserts aswell as some old flats from mum - but htey will probably be to big to fit in the small covers but may fit in the med size I have.

an y help will be appreciated.

Hi there,
the first lot of covers are NB from www.ecobots.co.nz and 2 home made NB size.
the first 6 prefolds are 34x22cm
and the 18 prefolds are 36x29cm

just had a look at the ecobots website to see the sizing of their inserts and they are different to the ones I have even thorugh they are from ecobots.

thanks so much, its my first time doing this. so have lots of questions.

where can I get a snappi from?

If you're going to buy a snappi on TM it should be under $5 or so, you can get them on various online stores for about that.

The snappi is used with the prefolds - you'll need pins if you want to do a similar wrap around thing with the flats, or there is some nb pinless folds I think. The prefolds are made up differently, so the snappi can grip on.

That's what you'd do without a snappi/pins, it's not very good at containing nb poo explosions, which are very common, esp if you're breastfeeding.



Yoinked from one of the retailers sites - that's what a snappied prefold looks like.



That's what it's folded like, though there are different folds you can experiment with. From here you'd just fold it up, and fold over the top till it's sitting at the right level, then snappi it.

Not a problem! It's always great to see newbies in cloth