Reusable nappies. What age for birth to potty?

[Caspianberg]

Its early days here, baby not due until next year.

However I have been looking into bits we need to get and would really like to go down the reusable nappy route.

I have seen many suggest waiting or buying various to try, but I live overseas and delivery is a long time or not possible. So I'm hoping to buy everything on my next trip back to see me at least through the first 6-12 months.

I think from reviews tots bots seems like a good route to go down, but any other suggestions would be fabulous.

Questions:
Tots bots teenyfits, are they worth getting, or should I just get the birth to potty size and maybe use disposable the first few weeks? They seem really expensive at £10 plus per nappy if they will only last 3-4 weeks and i would need a fair few.
Realistically what age would the all in one start fitting?

If i go down the all in one route, I was thinking the bamboozles for nighttime in addition. How many of each is realistic to have enough but not go crazy?

Would 14 Easyfit stars plus 4 size one bamboozles enough? I have a dryer the bamboozles could go in if needed.

Sorry for the 101 questions.

Try the nappy lady. Fill in the questionnaire and they will personalise some recommendations for you including quantities.

Thing is some babies grow out of the teeny nappies in a few weeks, and some need them for 6 months. Some poo every few days, some every couple of hours. For us we ended up with premature nappies (dd was late just small) and loads of the cheap ones which do okay until they start moving more.

You could get the birth to potty ones assuming that they'll be used eventually and then some of the teeny ones and mix with disposables.

I bought all birth to potty and had a teeny 6lb baby! Used disposables out the house for the first few months but reuseables at home. They were a bit too big so we got the odd leg leak when bf, but most of the time she was lying on her back so no leaks. She grew into them and they are brilliant.

I use bamboozles overnight and 5 have been good for us but we don’t have a dryer and they can take a couple of days to air dry. With a dryer 4 should be fine (I do a wash every 3 days).

I do have a couple of easyfit stars. They are ok but not my favourite. Motherease UNOs are my favourite but massive supply issues so very hard to get at the moment. 14 day nappies should definitely be enough.

Thank you, this is a great help.

I think maybe investing in some teenyfits might be worth it then if the all in ones likely to not fit until 8+ weeks. Disposables are also pricey here and we have no bin collection so they probably won't be any cheaper or easier. At least the teenyfits can be reused if we have another also.

Maybe I will scout for some second hand if possible

My Ds was 6lb 4 oz and took ages to fit in to birth to potty nappies - we ended up buying 20 second hand tiny nappies and used these with some disposables until Ds was 5 months ish. Other folks who’ve had 8/9lb babies have been able to go straight into one size

Easyfit stars are meant to go from 8lb upwards. My baby was 8 lb 14 at birth but skinny of leg and they were no use until she was over 10lb and possibly closer to 11. The day after rotavirus drops was therefore not the time to try them out in hindsight.

The bamboozles were ok though from smaller.

I think 4 of those + a couple of wraps sound fine. They take a while to dry. Didn't bother with size one bamboozles though.

I would only try one or two of the easyfits before you invest, I sold mine as they were terrible for leaking. I mainly have Baba and Boo and they are fantastic.

I've used birth to potty since my baby was about 12 weeks I think.

We didn't use cloth before that point, but with future babies I would either look for a newborn hire kit or look into muslins/terries with a wrap, or Baba and Boo newborn/close pop ins, and go second hand as they are barely in them any length of time.

I would use muslins or terry nappies with whatever wrap you want. Honestly, I would use disposables for the first 6-8 weeks regardless. It will likely be cheaper than buying loads of cloth nappies (you go through maybe 8 a day and you’ll need at least 2 days worth to account for washing and drying time, they must be air dried). Having a baby is a massive shock. I struggled to brush my teeth every day when I had my first! By 6 ish weeks, I could manage the extra work that goes along with cloth. But for sanity and just to buy more time with your baby instead of washing, I’d use disposables to start and switch when you feel ready.

ITry the nappy lady. Fill in the questionnaire and they will personalise some recommendations for you including quantities*

I found this utter shit. There was a few of us on a forum at the same time who tried it and all got the same recommendation.

If you are going to struggle with supplies I second the terries. You can fold them lots of different ways and find one to fit your baby. I used the “jo” fold.

Then you can get a few different wraps and find one that you like- the fit of the wrap
Is key to not leaking, not rubbing etc. Wraps wash and dry easily so you can cope on two or three until you can get more.

You can also use terries to stuff pocket nappies if you prefer all in one style. I liked nature babies as they had lots of poppers to adjust.

Thanks for all the additional advice.

Hiring a newborn kit really isn't an option as it isn't available here.

I think I will keep an eye on ebay and facebook market place in over the next few weeks and can get anything delivered to my parents if needed and then collect on my next visit if I can go down the second hand route.

I know washing from small might be hard work, but DH will be here to do that whilst I recover hopefully the first few weeks at least. Like i said we have no main rubbish collection, so disposables would have to be bagged up and driven 15 miles to the nearest rubbish depot where we get charged per kg anyway, so isn't really an easier/cheaper option. Probably equals out.

I tried the nappy lady, wasn't that impressed tbh with results as didn't really help with what i ask for.