Clothing for cloth nappy wearers

[Lucy124]

Does anyone know of somewhere where you can buy nice clothing for toddlers in cloth nappies?

I am mainly looking for trousers as vests I can just buy in a bigger size. Sometimes I get dungarees but they can be too narrow and then the poppers start opening up as the nappy comes almost down to DS's knees. Summer is OK as there's a lot of cotton jersey stuff about.

I'd love to put DS in some little jeans now he is walking but in order to get them big enough round the bum they have to be age 3 or 4 (he's a big 16 months) and are way too long!

Surely someone must make cloth nappy clothing!

I'm so glad you posted this Lucy124. I'm on the hunt too.

i've just bought ds a really nice pair of dungarees in tracksuity kind of fabric from John Lewis which are nice and stretchy.

Otherwise, Bright Bots (an Australian) company sell clothes for clothie bottoms. Plushpants are the company who sell them in the UK.

Plushpants

If anyone else knows of any others I'd love to know - especially good fitting denim stuff.

www.wahmall.co.uk have lots of items made by work at home mums. Although its an aution site, unlike e-bay lots of the things are brand-new and mums use this as an outlet for their "stock". There are several dungarees, trousers etc on there at the moment.

www.greenbaby.co.uk do clothes and I am sure they are designed to go over the cloth nappies they also sell.

i was wondering bout this too. since dd2 has gone into cloth nappies her jeans dont fit, so have just put her in dd1 jeans with the legs rolled up. very attractive. tho on nice days i put her in a skirt, as she has pretty wraps lol.

Thanks very much Bobsmum. I ordered two pairs of Brightbots trousers from Plushpants and they are great. One is bright red and the other indigo denim. Poppers round the legs (although the ones at the top still pop open when ds sits s#down with a thump). Cut nice and wide and long! I would say the sizes are not as huge as the Plushpants website makes out tho. DS is 17 months and not small for his age admittedly but the 18-23 size is a good fit on him.
This is Lucy124 with a new name bytheway - was too similar to Lucy123...

Hi Freddiecat! I did like your original name!

Anyway My dd wears terries and I have found that Tescos babywear is better than most for having room in the bum. Admittedly it does sometimes mean having a size to big and big turn-ups, but it all adds to the look!

Still, must try those others!

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Good question Lucy.

I had a clothes crisis yesterday with DS's wardrobe and practically emptied it of all his winter wear. He's a very tall, slightly pot-bellied 14 month old.

IME, Gap are useless as are OshKosh, while Boden can vary enormously. George seem to be pretty good but that's only based on a few items.

I shall check out the recommendations on here.

Freddiecat - I just ordered stuff from Brightbots a couple of days ago - got sucked in and bought 2 cute tops too - well a boy's gotta match! Will let you know how they fit. ds is a big 12.5 mths and I've risked 12-18mths - hope I'm not being too optimistic...

dadslib - the problem is being tarred with a 'green' brush. I use cloth nappies because I believe they are better for the environment and cheaper. That doesn't mean I want my family to look like 1960s hippies!

The problem is a lot of 'green' clothes manufacturers make clothes that say 'look! I care for the environment and paid a fortune for my organic cotton unisex outift - aren't I such a good person?'.

I just want to put DS in some hardwearing jeans and a sweatshirt without him having trip-inducing turnups because they were designed for a 3 year old.

Mainstream clothing for environmentally aware parents - now theres a SAH idea...

Just got the new Green Baby catalogue - it has nice stretchy smart clothes which are v tempting for Christmas.

I find that Gap and OshKosh are fine over Totsbots, but my dd is quite skinny anyway.(Not that I buy them new, you understand,I spend a few quid on Ebay every now and then!). We've also got a pair of Ladybird sweatpants (probably meant to be boyswear)that are very roomy, but have nice snug elastic around the waist.

try www.snazzykids.co.uk/

they sell bright bots clothing too! and sometimes have excellent sales!!!

Excellent - will try these too! I actually wrote to Boden and suggested that a higher proportion of their customers may be cloth nappy users than other manufacturers and how about they make some larger cut clothes. However they weren't interested.

I think JoJoMamanBebe do quite a lot of stretchy jersey trousers - but like Gem13 - I want some nice jeans and things!

OK if this were to be a new brand of clothing - what would the main criteria be? My thoughts are:

1. longer from waist to crotch
2. wider around the bum
3. NOT poppers - because they pop open unless VERY generously cut

Would love to start this up myself but already have two full-time jobs (paid job and mother) and no idea what the demand would be!

Freddiecat - excellent plan!

I would also suggest a wider band of elastic at the waist, because thinner bands seem to make ds look like a sack with a bit of string tied round his middle.

I had a lovely pair of maternity "jeans" from Next which were more of a soft cotton denim than stiff jeans denim IYSWIM. Something like that kind of fabric would be really comfy I imagine. Also could baby clothes manufacturers not use lycra or elastane or whatever in their clothes instead of just in adult sizes. I'm sure for all babies, not just cloth bottomed ones, it would be far more sensible for crawling and rolling around on the floor, than clothes with no "give" in them.

I'll buy your clothes Freddiecat!

Oh well - might be made redudant at the end of the year so maybe I'll make some clothes if I am!

Took DS to a birthday party in his new BrightBots jeans and people remarked how smart he looked!

Have you tried www.clothes4clothies.co.uk This is a WAHM company and she makes wonderful clothes to fit over your cloth nappied baby!
HTH
Vicki