Using cloth on twins and/or toddler at same time?

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My ds2 is nearly 18 months and I've used cloth on him since 3 months, which I'm very happy with. I'm now expecting dt's in September and would still like to continue using cloth in some way but not sure what's the best combination and without being too unrealistic.

I have quite a lot of nappies, some sized, some btp, quite a few pockets (wonderoos, bumgenius), some bamboo but they haven't washed that well tbh, most of the stash is unisex as I knew I would have another baby! I don't have any newborn stuff but tbh don't expect to be using a lot of cloth in the first few months anyway due to the chaos! I have enough now to wash every 2 days, which suits me fine. I have a dryer and use it after a wash for 30 mins to soften up the bamboo etc.

I think it would save me more money to use cloth on the twins and maybe only cloth at night on ds2 simply because they'd be using a lot more sposies. Also I hate throwing out that many, although I have just been trying some nature babies and they seem v.good so would buy eco sposies anyway. DS2 is getting difficult to manage now because he obviously wants pullups rather than being laid down and I don't find it easy to use what I've got as pullups with all the boosting I need to do for him. Sandies I'm told are good pullups but not if you have 2 boosters in there, everything goes awry! Same with wonderoos whether GAD inserts or the wonderfulls, nothing sits right on him.

So any advice from anyone who's had two in nappies or twins or more? I want to save money, save the environment and save my sanity at the same time but don't think that doing all 3 full-time is going to be reasonable for me!

Thanks CatW. Can you recommend a particular nappy fold that you find works well with terry squares for a heavy wetter?

I have found it depends on how they sleep and whether they are boys or girls. With DS1, who sleeps on his side or tummy, I lay the nappy out flat, turn the top eighth or so down to make a double layer and then fold each side in to the middle so that it overlays the other side. You then fan out the top, doubled over, part which goes round DC's waist and use the triple folded part to come up between his legs. It is effectively Jo's fold from the Nappylady site with a different preliminary step, if you see what I mean. For DD1, who sleeps on her back, I am now again able to do the Gaynor fold from the same site, since I started using the bigger nappies for her too.

Thanks again Cat. I think I understand that, and will give it a try, but Im not sure whether it will give enough padding between the legs and at the front, where DS1 needs it most. I assume you use nappy pins and not those nippa things?

It should give plenty of padding at the front at the expense of having a relatively thin layer underneath DC?s bottom where a clean DS does not need it!
Yes ? I do use pins.

Good luck with the fold.