MCN’s for Newborns

my newborn has had no problems fitting newborn clothes over her MCN.

i havent had much luck with pockets with her, but then didnt think i would in the newborn stage anyway. Have found the prefolds really good...
your best bet though would prob be fitteds and covers. or if you had the money you could try AIO's but the only AIO i have - a bubblebub - doesnt seem to be holding up to her long sleeps and is leaking nearly every time i use it.

i'm not sure on the newborn thing....i didn't start using cloth til charli was 3mths and we used covers/prefolds, then went into pockets about a month or so later........but just wanted to say a HUGE CONGRATS!!!!!!!

all the best for the next 8 or so months

I have no experience with MCN and newborns, my newborns were in flats and pins, but I am giving it a go for this baby. I've bought mostly pockets, but also a Bubblebubs AIO, a Berry Plush and a Bitti D'lish. I also have a stash of prefolds and flats to resort to if the pockets are too tricky in the first few weeks.

We have used NapNaps on Jack since the day he came home from the hospital. The only downfall with them on a newborn is his bum was a bit big in them

We used a couple of bags of sposies for the inital 10 days - 2 weeks just because I had already bought them before deciding about cloth.

We only used pockets though and had a couple of AIO's. If you get small pockets with snaps a good idea is to have some cross over snaps added so you can make them do up even tighter which is handy until they start putting on weight. We needed them for the first couple of months. (hope that doesn't confuse you!)

The idea of fitteds didn't sit well with me having little to no experience with tiny bubbas I didn't want to have to put on a fitted and then a cover over top plus clothing. Just seemed really stupid to me for a newborn. I wasn't keen on prefolds, though tried them later and I just didn't see the appeal in them.

I found fitteds and covers really good for newborns as it was a very leakproof system. The newborn pockets I used were great cos they were so tiny they fitted, but only really fit for a couple of weeks. Then the small sizes were a bit gappy on chicken legs. I dont think fitteds with covers are any harder than stuffing a pocket.

Bizzy, how long have you been using the Bubblebubs. I found it took probably a dozen washes to get mine broken in and now they work brilliantly, but I was feeling a bit frustrated with them in the beginning.

Sorry, no answers on the newborn questions though as my bubs was around 4.5 months old. My friend used a Bumgenius on her big newborn with success, but he would have been at least 5 kg at the time, and if she waited a week or two he was probably a whole heap more than that.

aimeejoy wrote:    I dont think fitteds with covers are any harder than stuffing a pocket.

They aren't harder to use, but having to put 2 items on a bubba daunted me. I hated changing this floppy baby so only putting 1 thing on instead of 2 was essential for a wuss like me!

Bizzy wrote: kebakat wrote: aimeejoy wrote:    I dont think fitteds with covers are any harder than stuffing a pocket. They aren't harder to use, but having to put 2 items on a bubba daunted me. I hated changing this floppy baby so only putting 1 thing on instead of 2 was essential for a wuss like me! i found if i got it all ready and had the fitted inside the cover and lay the whole lot under bub it was a piece of cake... so a tip for next time for you stacey!

lol next time I won't be such a wimp about it having actually had experience with a newborn (Daniel was the first baby I had ever held under 6 months old ). I'll be using pockets with #2

Freesia wrote: [QUOTE=Ladybird84]They are pretty bulky when they're on the smaller settings because the insert that comes with them has to be folded over to fit in properly but that never seemed to bother her at all.

The new V3 comes with a smaller newborn insert to cut down the bulk. I haven't tried it but I think it's a great idea!

Vic xx