ARE REUSEABLE NAPPIES SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE BIG FAT PANTS?

[Dalrymps]

I bought some tots bots bamboozles and didn't use them for the first few months cause ds was too small for them. Anyway, I decided to try them today and when I put his clothes on he looks like he's really fat round the middle, he's quite a skinny little thing so it looks a bit odd .
Also, when they came, I washed them several times as per instructions and they took ages to dry, especially the gathered bit around the leg. Any advice/tips from anyone regarding this?
I really want to give them a go as I bought them to save money and help landfills, just a bit dissapointed as I thought these were one of the best makes.

lol, I love their fat little bottoms! Have used motherease for my older dcs and will when #3 big enough. they will balance out as he gets older, promise! you will find there are certain brands of clothing that work better than others, osh kosh are great, so are cherokee at tesco. when you potty train tou will probably find you are digging out the previous years trousers!

Sorry, not much help with the drying time except try spreading them out as flat as poss.

Yeah thought it might get better as he gets older, the fat bottom is cute, more concerned about the fat front . I have quite a lot of tesco clothes for him so thats lucky. Once heard of a website actually that makes clothes to fit round reuseables, cut4cloth or something like that? Are motherease all in ones or do they have a seperate wrap?

bamboozles are quite bulky, when you buy the next size up bambinex/geobel are slimmer than bamboozles HTH

Bamboo does take ages to dry btw

Hi Dal sorry haven't used resuables so not much help from me....

A mate I know who has though said that she bought lots of different types off ebay as differnt makes suit different babies better. You would probably be able to buy another tupe for what it would cost to sell what you have - thats how she does it. Not sure if that helps but if you're not happy with the ones you have and still want to use reusables give that a go!

Know they do have bigger looking bottoms though as they are more bulky - presume the bigger tummy is also normal!

Bamboo does take a long time to dry as does hemp. For something quicker drying you could try cotton.

Microfibre is the quickest drying, try a bambinex teddy or a fluffle but they are quite bulky.

You will get used to the big bum look. It will also protect your baby more from bumps when they fall over learning to toddle!!!

Thanks for the advice everyone, bil uses little lamb microfibre ones and says they dry quick so will see how these go...Will have a look at some of the others you have sugested too

Agree the padding is useful. Clothes are made for the disposable baby (!) though but it doesn't pose too much of a problem when under 18months as the next size up can be used. After this, trousers in the size up are suddenly much longer so trickier.

We used onelife.

Hi Dal
I use bamboozles too, have done since lo was 2 weeks when they drowned him, now hes almost 18lb the size ones look perfect but are actually getting too small...I love them...perhaps they suit him because he's such a chubby chap? I have a 1600 spin on my machine and they seem to dry quite fast to me, but I only have 3 terry bambineos to compare them with and the terrys take forever. Agree about trousers though, we have needed 6-9 months since 16 weeks.

My ds is learning to walk at the moment and everytime he goes womp on his bum I think thank god for the extra padding! The fat front gets a lot better as they get bigger, but I've never used bamboozles.
If you're after trousers, H&M are fab for cloth babies as they do adjustable waists plus quite a lot of styles baggy in the bottom/leg. I managed to get a gorgeous pair of jeans for ds (15 months) which fit over even the bulkiest nappy and are fine in the leg. Cut 4 cloth are great, just v.expensive (tho the jersy trousers they do are lovely and not too much). There was a thread with other places too recently (in Nappies).

I use mainly bumgenius and they only a bit bigger than dispos. Normal clothes fit over.

lol - the eye adjusts and they feel far nicer holding some bulk under there bum than a scrawny ass. I use mainly pockets so dont have to shoe horn my ds into his jeans to much.

top tip re trousers - buy cutoffs/roll-ups in bigger sizes so you get the width without the length

dd wore 12-18m Gap cutoffs from 3-6m, they were fab.

...but take even longer to dry than bamboo, no?