bulky nappies

[shimster]

Hello,

I have been using One Life birth to potty shaped nappies since my DD was born 19 months ago. They are great but quite bulky. It means that a lot of clothes don't fit (too small in bum area but too big everywhere else). She ends up wearing leggings all the time. DS was born 10 weeks ago and I would prefer to continue using a washable nappy.

Can anyone suggest either a clothes make that is generous in the nappy area or a washable nappy make that is slim fitting?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Clothes that are generously cut for cloth nappies are Frugi and their stuff is gorgeous too.

Frugi is fantastic, but quite expensive, but absolutely fantastic quality and it really does wear well. Some of mine has done my 2 ds's and then I sold it on ebay for half what I paid.

I find that for boys clothes TU at Sainsbury's is cut well enough to accomodate cloth nappies and is good quality and a good price. Not as nice as Frugi though.

I agree with Frugi - and you could try Tinkertogs. Cambridge Baby also sell clothes for using over cloth nappies.

For slim fitting nappies you could look at Itti Bitti snap in ones or all in ones (also very cute!), Bumgenius Pockets or Flip nappies or Fuzzi Bunz pocket nappies.

Bumgenius aplix All In Ones are super slim fitting and have an extra pocket you can put a booster in for heavy wetters (i've never had to use this) they are about £10 each new on fill your pants website. I am yet to find a pair of jeans that wont fit over these!

DD is 11 weeks and is currently in size small.

Hope this helps

I was just going to ask this very question!

I've just started using Tots Bots' Flexitots and although I've read that these are quite slim fitting they still seem sooo bulky compared to disposables. Anyone know how they compare to the Bumgenius ones littler1 mentions above?

Frugi do seem more expensive for those of us that would normally get our things from George at Asda. I've acquired a few sleepsuits from Next (hand-me-downs, so prob. from a couple of years ago) and they seem a bit less "skinny fit" than others. But are any other high street brands found to be roomier than others?

Lots of people find that the supermarket brands of clothing are cut more generously around the nappy area, and much cheaper than Frugi etc.

I bought plenty of TU drawstring trousers for DS2 and George at Asda is also meant to be good.

Gap are usually mega-skinny fitting, so would avoid.

Otherwise, lots of people recommend buying shorts/roll-up trousers for older boys (3-4yrs) which will look like full-length trousers on babies, but fit nicely around waist/nappy area. Next often do this style.

HTH

Mappiesbyminki do lovely trousers now as well.

I hate Bumgenius. They are fine when you get them first but then the elastics and the applix go in no time. And they're expensive. I use Coolababy for ds4 for nursery. So far they have been great but they are so cheap that even if the elastics do go, they won't be crazy money to replace.