Plastic Pants

[Boomally]

I get the impression most mums are against putting traditional type plastic pants on over their DCs terry nappy, whereas I have been using them on DS1 and 2 with no ill effects, and think they are the best water proofing system! Am I alone in this? Is so, what is the best way to waterproof a bulky well padded terry nappy bottom, with the added guarantee of no leaks?

Is there anybody out there?

A lot of people don't like plastic pants because they're PVC and not breathable so are hotter than modern PUL wraps. Also the PUL wraps remain soft and flexible and don't go brittle with washing like PVC, many parents find that one set of 4 PUL wraps lasts longer than several packets of plastic pants, so more convenient (less shopping) for the same cost. Additionally, if you get poo onto the wrap, then, being pull on you have to pull off rather than open out flat, which can lead to poo down the leg....
Finally, and this is the main reason, many people find that the elastic of a pull on pant is normally quite thin and can cut in leaving a red mark, most PUL wraps have more generous and wider bindings covering the elastic than traditional PVC pull on pants.

We never had leaks with PUL wraps, velcro or popper, or pull on, but I found it more convenient to use one that opened out flat, but everyone is of course welcome to their own choice that they prefer.

O.K. Thanks for that, but what sort/make of PUL wrap/pants would you recommend to go over a well boosted terry night nappy for my heavy wetting nearly 4 year old DS?

Given the choice of wearing PUL or plastic pants myself, it would be PUL every time

Rebs XL are meant to be very big, but I am not sure if they are 4 yr old size. Possibly the ladies at weenotions might make one big enough to fit if you email them?

Wool would be your best bet for that size imo.

It is completely breathable, lovely and soft for him to wear, and where most wool is made by a WAHM they can tend to do it to your sizes.

I used terry squares and plastic pants with my first 2 children but were glad to move on to other things!

I used terry squares and plastic pants on my older children. I did find that over the years the quality of the plastic pants changed and when I bought some from Mothercare or Boots that were like crisp bag plastic with thin elastic aroung the legs, I decided I had to find something else. Also, I found that when I cleaned them they began to crack around the leg openings.
The pul pants and wraps are much better. Thank goodness for the internet. I couldn't believe how much things had moved on.
I still love terries although various other nappies also made their way into my collection but the terries were always the good old workhorse, very absorbent and quick to wash and dry.
If you decide to try something different, something like bummis - whisper pant pul pull-on pants are good. Don't be put off by the price, I found they lasted much longer than the high street '6 for £2.??' plastic ones.
If you want something really different then Motherease wraps work really well over terries (and pretty much everything else)and are hard wearing.
After that you might want to branch out into some of the pretty/different/ wraps that are out there.

Just to say, at the moment I use a size 3 Tots Bots nappy with a White Tots bots size 3 wrap on my 4y6m dd for night time.

Cotton tots nappy

I forget that my 4yr old has a 7yr old's bum

Well tell your 4yo to give it back

I agree with Juuule, the Bummis whisper pants are good and roomy, you'll find the Disana microfibre pull on ones are even bigger. The XL Litewrap is huge, as is the Disana microfibre velcro fastening wrap. Disana also do a huge wool wrap too. I don't think the Motherease wraps will be big enough for a 4 year old, the XL Motherese Airflow really isn't anywhere near as big as these.

I misread the title and was expecting to come here and judge people who have plastic plants in their house.

juuule, is your size 3 Tots Bots nappy as absorbant for a 4 year old, compared to a terry square bat folded, or do you have to boost it?

Boomally, the unboosted Totsbots are working fine for our 4yo. I haven't tried the terries on her at night for a while so I can't really say from direct experience of them. Having said that I did find that the Totsbots were slightly more absorbent than the terries because of the fact that, with the terries, although the centre pad is 6 layers thick the sides were only 2 layers thick and sometimes got very wet. The Totsbots seem to cope with this better.
I was using 60cm Little Ewe terries. I would probably have got the bigger size of terry square.
HTH

I've been trying out the bat fold, but one of the problems I've been finding is just what you say, that the edges get very wet, and I've gone back to the kite fold, with another terry nappy pad folded on top for nights, which I find works much better.

Now, for me, the kite fold never seemed to hold anything and got wet really quickly. I did try padding it but it seemed to get too bulky. Perhaps I wasn't doing it right.
Good thing there are all these fold options to fit all our individual babies/toddlers.

Yes, I agree. It's horses for courses regarding the nappy folds, and what you're happy with. As regards nappies, I think there's far too much choice, and it can all get very confusiing for the new mum. Frankly, I don't think you can beat good old fashioned terry nappies!