Evening all!
The Cushie Shape is very much the Big Cloth Bum look, its not a slim nappy at all on my son. I do think putting it on a child over 1 year old it would be much better and less bulky. Im not going to recomend them for Newborns at all there is no way it would fit from birth.
They are lovely nappies though and i didnt have a problem with the absorbancy at all. Mine had dryed on the line in about 8 hours so its not too bad.