looking to go washable full time. finished last of disposables, what do i use for night time now?

[tibsy]

hi, pretty much as the title suggests. i've been using washable nappies for a while now with dd 6 1/2 months but have 'cheated' and used disposables for night time.

have just finished the last of the disposables and would like to go down the 'full time' washable route.

can anyone advise what they've found best for night wear, dd is only small, but feeding several times in the night so quite a heavy wetter.

tia

What are you using at the moment?

Bamboo is the most absorbant so is ideal for nighttime - a bambineo/wambamboo with either a microfibre cloth or bamboo booster will stay reasonably slim and be very absorbant.

Wool or fleece wraps make it more breathable which is nice at night where you have the same nappy on for so long - you just have to have slightly looser pjs or it will wick and get damp.

The other popular night choices are bulky but work well - either a huggle (boostered) or a minki. The minki is good because you can stuff it with whatever you like (I tend to have a mix of microfibre and bamboo in there), but it is huge when it is all bedtimed and they look weeble-like

night cloth is easier than day as the babies don't need to be able to walk IYKWIM. I use quick flips and PUL wraps and that holds both my heavy wetters all night.

Bamboo is the way to go.

Helloooooooooooooooooo!

Do you do bamboo kwik flips?

hi, thanks for replies
oh my god!! quick flips, huggles, minkis, I'M bamboozled.
have got really basic bambino mio with pads (look like sanitary pads, but cotton) have also got terries, which i thought might be ok?
i feel such a virgin!
have heard fab things about bamboo tho so will think about investing in some

We tend to get a bit carried away...

They are all shaped nappies which I find more reliable than prefolds (although you can use your prefolds to booster them and save a few pennies )

if you already have prefolds then buy some minkis and stuff them with them

will dry far faster than anything super-nighttime like tots bots

Good point - a minki stuffed with a couple of prefolds would be perfect

thanks ladies, am off to google minkis!!!

higgles are fab for night time or perhaps a bumhugger which are very absorbant great for night time

also a wool wrap is one of the best things I've ever bought to use at night.

of course I meant huggles

I use a bumble stuffed with an extra booster for DS1, who isn't a paerticularly heavy wetter.
For DS2, who is Super Soaker 2007, I use a terry square with another terry square folded inside plus a fleece liner. He looks mahoosive in it, but it holds all his wee!

You can also pad fold the terries (sim. to prefolding, they are good like this with a velcro fleece wrap - like Tots Bots fleece, for example), if you like prefolds and terries, then www.NappyNation.co.uk and www.babeco.co.uk do these in bamboo - they're about £3.50 each and are about the quickest drying way of using bamboo

yes, I do have bamboo quick flips

Did you have to say that Lying would have been kinder to my bank balance

Bumper at night stuffed with hemp booster either by ellas house , happy heiny or wonder full. and a pair of wool longies over the top. Do you know anyone who can knit you wool trousers ?

Kim

hi all and thanks for your posts. my computer has got SO many nappy pages bookmarked its unreal!!
So anyway, first night of using washables and it was............ absolutely fine!!!
used a terry folded and two fleece liners with a bambino mio wrap (all i've got atm).....no leaks, no crying cos she felt wet, no horrid chemical ammonia smell in bed with us this a.m.
WASHABLES ROCK!!!!