Nappies
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Topic: Nappies
Posted By: Renata85
Subject: Nappies
Date Posted: 06 October 2011 at 12:50pm
| What do you use on your baby; cloth or disposable nappies?? Or both? |
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Posted By: SallyE
Date Posted: 06 October 2011 at 1:00pm
| Full time cloth on both the 2.5yo and 9 week old. |
Posted By: Faffer
Date Posted: 06 October 2011 at 1:09pm
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We've just started on cloth in the last month and I love it, wish I'd ignored the negative opinions and started earlier! We're using cloth full time during the day now. Still using a sposie at night, though I'm keen to investigate some good cloth night nappies now. -------------  
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Posted By: Dee_firsttimer
Date Posted: 06 October 2011 at 1:24pm
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I want to use cloth! I have been investigating the best option on what ones to buy and use - obviously ones with packs that carry the child through are what I want.
Currently favour the Real Nappies Cloth Nappies but havent bought yet!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Faffer
Date Posted: 06 October 2011 at 1:28pm
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Dee - I've only used itti bitti tuttos so far and have been really impressed, DH liked the idea of a OSFM nappy. -------------
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Posted By: _SMS_
Date Posted: 06 October 2011 at 1:42pm
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We use cloth on DS. But DD has disposables for naps, cloth at night.
From about 2yrs DD stopped wearing cloth. I was pregnant & couldnt handle toddler poo in cloth anymore so we used disposables 
Faffer i love Pop Ins for night time use. They are quite dare but well worth it. They are also on clearance now. I use this site http://www.tweedle.co.nz/category/103-pop-in.aspx - Tweedle Then you just buy the night booster. Also Chic Cheeks, Cheeky Cherubs are good too. All FB groups :) -------------  
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Posted By: Tania444
Date Posted: 06 October 2011 at 1:45pm
| I've got some cheaper cloth nappies, which I am finding great!! They're called Sunny Baby, and I bought them off trademe. They didn't work so well when baby was little, but since he was 4 months or so, they have worked great! I still use a disposable at night though. Really glad I have the cloth nappies now, a huge saving! and they are easy to wash and dry! |
Posted By: MamaT
Date Posted: 06 October 2011 at 2:04pm
Full time cloth since DS was about 6 weeks and have started collating nappies for the new baby too. I'm so glad we went this route, it is lovely to bypass the baby aisle at the supermarket  -------------  
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Posted By: fallen
Date Posted: 06 October 2011 at 2:05pm
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Disposables!
I have enough washing already. ------------- |
Posted By: Jaune
Date Posted: 06 October 2011 at 3:05pm
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fallen - It's not that much more washing, seriously!!
We've been using cloth in the day since 10 days old and full time from about 8 weeks. Love using cloth nappies and will use them from birth for the next baby. Disposable nappies still have their place though if we're away for more than a couple of nights...they are convenient. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Danda08
Date Posted: 06 October 2011 at 8:34pm
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Cloth for my twins but disposables at night for no other reason than it's easy and I've always done it. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Chickoin
Date Posted: 06 October 2011 at 8:49pm
Cloth for day, sposie overnight until I find a *really* good night nappy  -------------   
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Posted By: rachelsea
Date Posted: 06 October 2011 at 8:54pm
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Cloth full time here on DS. DD was also in cloth full time till she toilet trained 5 months before DS was born. Not sure what I would have done if I'd had two in nappies! And I second pop ins for night ------------- DD 4yrs DS 2yrs http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: kandk
Date Posted: 06 October 2011 at 9:51pm
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Cloth in the day, disposables overnight.
And why don't they make toddler jeans etc that actually fit over a cloth bum??! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: newmama
Date Posted: 06 October 2011 at 10:35pm
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Disposables here - weak weak tummy could not handle having to wash dirty nappies ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: T_Rex
Date Posted: 07 October 2011 at 6:52am
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I find cleaning the little bottom worse than washing the nappies, newmama
Cloth fulltime here, and will be for the next one too. DD's been put in sposies a couple of times at daycare and it gives her the most horrendous rash, so I told them never again! We use large bitti boos in thirsties covers at night - she's in them from about 6.30pm till she agrees to a nappy change in the morning, usually after breakfast, so around 7-8am. Recently we've started boosting them with a medium SIO trifold cos sometimes she's a super-wetter. We've had one leak ever (touchwood!) when we didn't have the cover on quite right. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 07 October 2011 at 11:22am
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Full time sposies here too, tried the MCN hire kit and having to contend with my first pooey nappy put me off.
On top of that I'd be doing it all myself, hard enough to get DH to change a sposie let alone cloth. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: EmDee
Date Posted: 07 October 2011 at 12:06pm
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Right now, full time sposies - I have enough trouble trying to keep on top of my washing while working!! When I'm at home again then it will depend on the day and my mood, lol! But will aim for cloth during the day and sposie at night. ------------- DS 8 DD 6 DS 4 DD 2 |
Posted By: CrazyCass
Date Posted: 07 October 2011 at 12:16pm
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Aiming for Cloth 100% of the time, after about 3/4 weeks... have a hire kit coming but have my heart set on Itti Bitti OSFM (in LOVE with the colours and how soft they are)
Dunno why but almost EVERYONE we tell that we are going to use cloth reckon we wont after a few weeks - have some faith please! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 07 October 2011 at 12:52pm
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I have always used disposables...& loved them. They have got cuter & better over the years. Easy to use, no washing, drying folding or wet smelly nappies waiting for a wash. I never likes the way cloth looked on babies as they look so bulky between the legs.
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Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 07 October 2011 at 3:16pm
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Sposies, had cloth, used them like twice and sold them all on. I struggle to stay on top of the washing as it is let alone putting another load in. Plus cloth nappies are really expensive to buy for what they are and sposies are 35cents each most of the time. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kiwiking
Date Posted: 07 October 2011 at 6:40pm
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I'm planning on using cloth, I hate the idea of disposables and their impact on the environment.
And the cost is also a huge factor. I'm going for itti bitti tuttos and have been getting them on special (and my mum bought me my first 5). ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Jenny_PracticallyPerfect
Date Posted: 09 October 2011 at 8:08pm
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We used disposables for the first 2 weeks of our son's life - we had enough to deal with just trying to adjust! Once he was 2 weeks' old, we started using a one-size-fits-all cloth nappy. We have used BumGenius (love them!) and FuzziBunz (like them, but not as much as BG). I bought a wet bag for when we are out and about. The wet bag is from PlanetWise and will hold 2 cloth nappies and keeps the moisture and odour locked in.
Also, I use a flushable liner and just place that on top of the nappy. That way, any waste is caught by the flushable liner, and I can just flush it away rather than dealing with rinsing or scraping out the nappy. I do keep some disposables around, though, for times when we are in creche at church (cloth nappies aren't allowed). Check out The Nappy Lady online for some great resources and information. |
Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 09 October 2011 at 8:25pm
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Cloth in the day, sposies at night. We went with cloth to save money, mostly, and it really does. Also, they look so damn cute. We use itti bitti d'lish nappies.
I'm pretty flexible, though, I'll use sposies sometimes when I'm out as they last longer, and when Jacob has nappy rash I find cloth tends to make it worse (I know others have the opposite experience - I think in our case sposies tend to keep his botty drier). -------------   
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Posted By: Danda08
Date Posted: 09 October 2011 at 8:51pm
Same with my girls Hopes. Takes a couple of days of sposies and masses of bum cream then we can get back to cloth. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Hopes wrote:Posted By: E&L+1
Date Posted: 09 October 2011 at 9:04pm
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Depending on the rash we sometimes have to switch to sposies too. I'm mainly full time cloth but do use sposies at times. Generally when we are travelling or she has bad nappy rash. I prefer cloth for many reasons though and it's always a good feeling when I'm using them again after using sposies. I'll very shortly have 2 in cloth. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 09 October 2011 at 9:13pm
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Oh, and I don't really enjoy rinsing off a particularly messy dirty nappy... but I enjoy the money I save more than I hate the job of washing them And it's not really a biggie - I agree with whoever said that wiping a wriggling dirty bottom can be plenty grosser. -------------
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Posted By: pudgy
Date Posted: 09 October 2011 at 9:54pm
Dd was in cloth at 3 days old, ds I think we used sposies or a week. Then both in fulltime cloth with a sposie overnight. Until.........we moved and between the 2 of them I had almost 2.5 weeks of v& d and a broken washing line  Now ds is in sposies. I do feel awful about the amount of rubbish
Cloth nappies saved us heaps of money and they've been passed on.  still using cloth wipes though.
^^^^ I agree with the wiggling dirty bottom being worse than rinsing nappies lol ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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