Would anyone be interested in a general nappy chat thread?

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I can't be the only one with a bit of a nappy obsession.

Can I? [confussed]

Some poppers, some i have bought pins for (3 for 2 in Boots, also got the two necessary types of pad for my hospital bag. Woo, exciting) Tbh, I would assume you fasten the soaky-uppy bit then get the waterproofy bit on after, bit like pulling up pants and tights - gets a bit tangled if you do both together?

Ok, so I'll be using a two part system. I find the terminology more muddling than anything! Am i right in thinking that any reusable nappy system is "fluff"??

Yes. Fluff is an all-encompassing term. I put the inner and outer on separately as I get in a twist too, especially with a 2yo who does not want to stay still. I would recommend you use disposables until the meconium is through, or at least until you are home from hospital, unless you meant pads for yourself. In which case why two types?

I have never used rubber pants, well, since I was 2 anyway.

Yeah, will claim Huggies free from Tesco

Pads for both pants and bra!

I have an entire bin liner just passed over by the Parcel Farce man... My nappies are here!!! :o

Duh! Breast pads!

Enjoy your package

10 small white prefolds
11 large white prefolds
24 large white with blue overlocking prefolds (labelled Tommee Tippee Cotton Bottoms)
4 random sposies
26 more small white prefolds
10 Polyester wraps, newborn size
8 polyester wraps, small size

Yikes!

Any idea on the make of the wraps?

Pre folds are tricky so do not be put off before you start. Lots of videos on The Internet.

Also Cotton Bottoms.

Now i need a dolly to practice on!

I paid £30 plus £16 p+p, so even if the wraps don't fit I've got 71 nappies for 64p each delivered to my door! How much are Pampers again, and you have to bin them?!

About 20p each. Good for you purple I have seen mixed reports of those nappies, they work for some and not others , and even if you only use them 3 times you have saved money. The wraps would probably do fine on lots of other types of nappies too if you find pre folds are not working for you.

Ha, so money back in a week, not including wraps :o

I figure prefolds are prefolds wherever you get them, and wraps depend almost entirely on what shape baby turns out to be. At this rate I'll end up weaving my own soakers out of lentils!

A week might be a bit unrealistic. A couple of months perhaps. Not sure how effective the lentils would be, but I would love to see a picture!

There are pictures on my profile of various things I've made, not out of handspun lentils though, I'm afraid

Lovely items. Your little one especially is very lucky. I can knit but crochet is beyond me. I am good at sewing though.

I'm the other way round, can crochet but not knit. I also sew, was tempted by microfibre teatowels in poundstretcher earlier but the nesting has caused a pile up round my machine so i persuaded myself to wait :o

The waffle type relief pattern tea towels come up quite bulky. Try to find plain flat ones, possibly in the car care or cleaning bit rather than the tea towels. Sometimes Tesco or Asda have cheaper ones if you are buying 5. I have a million outstanding sewing projects.

They had packs of different colours, but they were different textures for different things. I'll keep my eyes peeled

Now, how to introduce my Mum to prefolds... I showed dp and he just went "ok" and shrugged. His sister used cloth for a while so that's easy :o

can i add to valium's rather fab summery of nappy types etc?
re liners...
last time 7 yrs ago the only option i had was paper disposable liners. now i've got fleece washable liners to use with my two part nappies and they are GREAT! also the pocket nappies as valium says are simply a liner sewn onto the wrap, the liner also being made of fleece. this is great the are so much drier for baby's bum than the paper liners! BUT DD is still not on proper food so her poos are pretty harmless BF poos so i may change my mind...the paper ones went straight into the loo what do others think? can the fleece liners be wiped before the wash... or rinsed into the loo...?...?

And is it the kind of fleece i can buy in a shop, or is it a special expensive kind? like most nappy stuff

I like fleece liners. Most poos just peel off with a little stretch of the fleece. If they are more sticky I flush them down the loo, whilst holding onto them obviously. You can get some other disposable liners that are less papery, but I have never used them.

Thinking back, I used fleece liners with my Fuzzis. That was probably why they leaked! I was very protective of my Fuzzis.

My little lamb fleece liners are too fluffy and slip down/crumple up and absorb the poo, so I am going to make some of my own using microfleece I think. I will use the little lambs as wipes.

Any thin-ish fleece will do. I bought a cheap dressing gown from Primark to make DDs ones, but will probably go for a thinner microfleece for my new baby. Any market fleece would do.

Excellent, I'll start chopping and stitching once the dining table is clear of dp's DIY stuff 3 months and counting

Hello ladies, can I join you? I have recently started using cloth nappies on my 1yo and love them! I took advice from the nappy lady and did a trial of 6 different nappies from Fill Your Pants and am converted! I am using Bumbles and MioSolos, the bumbles are so fat and fluffy... And the MioSolos are nice colours, though I quite fancy some patterned wraps for my bumbles, mine are plain. Trying to restrain myself from actually spending more than I would have on disposables...!

Welcome tiggy Do not worry about spending more than you would have on disposables. You cannot sell on disposables, and they just do not give the same warm feeling inside If you weren't getting that buzz from washables, you would be buying (more) books, or DVDs, chocolate or wine (possibly)

Never used bumbles or MioSolos as just returning to washables after a break.

welcome to the fluffy gang tiggy! i've not used those myself so just looked them up - there is so much choice these days! With my DS1 10 yrs ago I got a trial kit from eco babies (I think!) and liked the tots bots best - so I took a pattern off them and made my own out of towelling! Far cheaper! Had to buy the wraps tho.

That collection two kids later is now however very stiff, grey and tired. And thankfully I have been given a lovely selection of hand me downs to add to my stash. I'm totally into the new choices available too, especially the pocket nappies, so am investing in some new ones for DD!

As valium says, we should not worry TOO much about cost as they can be sold on when finished with...