can anyone recommend reusables for a newborn?

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have one ds 13mo who has been in reusables since he was 10lb (think that was about 6 weeks) up till then we used disposables - expecting number 2 in Dec and would love to put them in reusables earlier, any advice for a good nappy to look at?

Can't get em on ebay anymore

The nappy lady has classifieds, as do I, and there is usednappies.com (I think) which is a cloth ebay.

Oh Flame, could you post a link to your site then perhaps ?? Would like to have a look at a couple of different types to work out which we think would suit us most. Do you do anything like a trial pack which might be useful ?

Link is here

Yup, I do a couple of different starter packs, and am happy to talk through various trial options & alterations

Woo hoo !!! I can see light at the end of the great nappy conundrum tunnel !

www.tommeetippee.co.uk/shop/products/cotton-bottoms-essentials-pack-size-1.html I think this a god place to start if you want to try out cloth nappies. You get 12 nappies and four wraps for £25. I think they are great nappies and great as cloths if you decide not to go down the cloth nappy route. They are not everydoies favourite nappies but good as a starting point to see how you get on with washing them etc. I have some motherease sandies but bought the tommee tippee top up set for £12 so I would have some extra.

i am also new to this - do this sound resonable as i really need to start buying and want to put baby in Reuse straight away!
5 Wraps - Motherease Rikki ( s/m)
and i was going for shaped as i will be no good with folding!
5 Totsbot bamboo
5 tots bot terrys
5 Bimbles -

How does that sound??
All size one

Yeah, I used the nappy lady classifieds but it´s always great to buy from Flame or any of the other girls on here and they all know their nappies!

Good luck, you pick up on it all so fast it´s hard to remember why you got yourself so tied in knots about it..happy nappy (shopping)! lol..

Sounds absolutely fine as a start although you might find you need to wash everyday if you always want him/her in cloth OR have a few disposables on standby in case the cloth don´t dry in time. But that´s fine until you decide what works for you, I reckon.

Sounds good - but I recommend the bambineos over the tots bamboo if you can

thank you!

• will prob end up washing everyday but want to get a good idea of the diffent types, what will suit him and then i can get more of an idea when thay move to size 2s!!! - i tihnk i could become a nappy holic

Sorry one more quick question - are the Fleece wraps better for the Night time use ??

Yes - but best off using them once you're more used to cloth as you need to boost them right or you will get dampness

God this sounds complicated! I used onelife nappies as soon as we were out of hospital and have had no problems 20 months later.

Had ds2 in terries from 2 1/2 weeks (ie when they arrived from seller). I was a bit disorganised.
Would not have wanted to put them on him though until meuconium hasd worked its way through his sytem and that took about ten days iirc.
Up until 4 months I used the rofold (tried a few others first, but this was the one I found best) which I found excellent for keeping explosive poos in.
Did try muslins to start with, but ds2'd have such big wees they were sodden. Ended up with terries and a booster. Am now on terries with a fleece liner to keep the moisture off his skin.
When he was newborn we also went through 12-15 a day. Fortunately dh helped with the washes.

Thank you

Seriously, onelife nappies - adaptable for newborns, never had leaks, wash up lovely, washed every other day when little, now about every third day... Glad I didn't have the relative trauma of researching the market as it's obviously a minefield! (We were bought a starter pack by mil).

They do make ds's butt a bit big for clothes (which all seem designed for skinny-nappy wearers ) but that's not so much of a problem as he's only wee and it helps keep his jeans up!!!

my local nappy seller her has recommended bimbles - any one used them? I really need them to be quick drying as I'll have two in nappies

Also I need to do a cost comparison to convince dh - how many disposables do you think I need for first 8 weeks? (I have all in ones already which I used for ds from about 6 weeks but being cautious) I can't remember how many we used for ds but I would want to use Moltex again if we went down that route which are about twice the price of pampers/huggies.... I also get another £25 back from council if I spend over £50 on reusables which helps - I was thinking I'll have two (ds will be 18mo) in nappies so I'll wash every day so I need 8 nappies and 3 wraps - does that sound enough?

Bimbles!! Loved them! And when baby gets bigger you can't go wrong with Bumbles either. As someone suggested, Junior Joy wraps are good for newborns cos they're cheap and have a little dip in the front for the cord/tender belly button.

I would say more like 10 nappies (to allow for drying and the clean nappy poos). Not used bimbles but loooooooooooove bumbles.

Approx £10 for 48 moltex. Allow for changing every 3 hours (poo after breastfeeds)... £93 in 8 weeks.

8 nappies sounds a little bit light to me - unless you have some birth to potty nappies for your older one which you can use in emergencies, when I had 2 in cloth I think it was more like 16 for the little one, as for wraps, you don't want to know, I had far too many lol! Kept trying out new ones

Just make sure you allow for a bad day, you don't want to run out. If you are washing every day you need 2 days worth of washable nappies/wraps, one set in use, the other set in the wash. Newborns tend to go through 8-10 changes a day, esp if they are a "poo at every feed" kind of baby.

For a newborn sized cloth nappy I'd look at the Nature Babies Diddy Diaper - very similar to the Bimble but has longer side tabs so will fit for longer (esp the nippa version). Available in a microfibre version too which is faster drying (it is cotton jersey lined for comfort).

thanks christine but not interested in them lasting longer than 8 weeks as we have the popollinis and they were great last time - I just have a really short gap to fill till next one is in them

Thanks for costs Flame... now don't know what to do! may try 10 bimbles and 3 wraps and see how we get on, I love reusables but such a cost commitment! I better start saving

Onelife are £10 per nappy but each nappy adaptable from newborn up. Wraps about £3 and in 4 sizes. Very easy to use, no degree in nappy science required.

I've just got some kissaluv size 0's from the nappy lady classifieds for baby no 2 and they are gorgeous! Not due til december but couldn't wait! they were only 2.60 (i think) each and are in perfect condition so well worth it. The lady was selling 17 but i only bought 10 of them so she should have some left. Kissaluv size 1's were my favourite on dd until she was 7 months or so cos they fit really nicely