https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 21:17:45 +0000 Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:01:43 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=10729 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=214189&title=is-this-a-good-idea#214189 Author: peanut butter
Subject: 10729
Posted: 16 September 2007 at 10:01am

I have been converted (this week anyway) to prefolds and wraps. I have 4 wraps (one newborn polar fleece and 3 small bummis whisper) and that is almost enough...I really like the fleece one so I have ordered another and I also ordered some microfleece liners as I worry about the wetness next to his skin.

Most of the time the wraps come out unscathed..but yesterday we had some dramas....a megapoo that exploded out ofhis nappy and onto our floor and then in the middle of the night I realised I might not have got the nappy on tight enough as he weed whilst feeding and it trickled out the side and all over my pyjamas!!!

But I still say....GO FOR IT!]]> Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:01:43 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=214189&title=is-this-a-good-idea#214189 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=214118&title=is-this-a-good-idea#214118 Author: Maya
Subject: 10729
Posted: 16 September 2007 at 12:06am

I used flats and pins from 2 weeks, and the gremlins went into med pockets at 8 weeks. I planned to use sposies for 6 weeks until I saw how many they were eating thru and changed my mind.

When we were doing flats and pins I had 6 covers and that was heaps between the two babies.]]> Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:06:37 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=214118&title=is-this-a-good-idea#214118 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213502&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213502 Author: nikkitheknitter
Subject: 10729
Posted: 14 September 2007 at 1:33pm

I think with the fitted/cover combo there is more opportunity to stop leaks/explosions too as there are two layers to get through.

With wool soakers/longies you don't have to wash those every time either... just air between uses.]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:33:30 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213502&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213502 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213475&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213475 Author: caliandjack
Subject: 10729
Posted: 14 September 2007 at 12:10pm

Makes sense and can see why people like them.
For some reason I thought you had to wash all MCNs after each use.

I did read one MCN site that recommended fitted/prefolds/covers for newborns, as they are changed more often.]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:10:28 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213475&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213475 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213470&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213470 Author: nikkitheknitter
Subject: 10729
Posted: 14 September 2007 at 12:03pm

fleury wrote: So with fitted/prefolds and covers do you only need to change the insert and reuse the cover?

If you avoid getting poo on them then yep, just change the prefold or fitted. But it does pay to air them between uses so you'd change the cover each time but you could reuse it after a couple of hours airing... does that make sense?]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:03:08 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213470&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213470 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213469&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213469 Author: sally belly
Subject: 10729
Posted: 14 September 2007 at 12:02pm

fleury wrote: So with fitted/prefolds and covers do you only need to change the insert and reuse the cover?

Yes, I think so. Unless the cover is dirty of course ]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:02:22 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213469&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213469 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213461&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213461 Author: Skyflame
Subject: 10729
Posted: 14 September 2007 at 11:28am

We used sposies for the first 4 days until the meconium stopped and then went straight into newborn prefolds and newborn bummis wraps and have had no problems at all. We were given 1 pack of newborn sposies which we still have half the pack as we only used them for emergencys (like when I hadnt got the washing done). It depends on the size of your baby, our boy was 6lb 3oz and is very long and lean and so was in the newborn size until about 12 weeks when he moved to smalls. We had 24 prefolds and 6 wraps, but you might be able to get away wih less.]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:28:37 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213461&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213461 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213458&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213458 Author: caliandjack
Subject: 10729
Posted: 14 September 2007 at 11:22am

GandT wrote: sally belly wrote: How many covers do you have? I was thinking 6... so long as your covers dont get "dirty" then you can get away with 2 in a day... i found that the cheap covers from farmers etc best when toby was a little baby. because he wasnt moving that much it didnt matter it was just velcro fastenings and it wasnt a hassle when he went up to meds, which i still use on him at 2 yrs old.

So with fitted/prefolds and covers do you only need to change the insert and reuse the cover? ]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:22:31 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213458&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213458 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213456&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213456 Author: kebakat
Subject: 10729
Posted: 14 September 2007 at 11:20am

We only used sposies for a couple of weeks. It would have been sooner but wanted to use up the little stash that I had got before deciding on going cloth otherwise I would have had him in them from when he was a week old probably ]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:20:50 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213456&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213456 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213440&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213440 Author: Bizzy
Subject: 10729
Posted: 14 September 2007 at 10:43am

sally belly wrote: How many covers do you have? I was thinking 6...

so long as your covers dont get "dirty" then you can get away with 2 in a day... i found that the cheap covers from farmers etc best when toby was a little baby. because he wasnt moving that much it didnt matter it was just velcro fastenings and it wasnt a hassle when he went up to meds, which i still use on him at 2 yrs old. ]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:43:15 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213440&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213440 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213438&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213438 Author: busymum
Subject: 10729
Posted: 14 September 2007 at 10:37am

You will probably find that people will give you bags of nappies for your baby shower etc. I was given a few and had bought a couple of packs as well, which worked out quite well because Kryssi didn't fit size small FB until 8wks/9lbs. I didn't want to buy smaller nappies because I didn't think they would work out cost effective.]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:37:54 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213438&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213438 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213437&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213437 Author: sally belly
Subject: 10729
Posted: 14 September 2007 at 10:36am

That was really helpful, thanks nzpiper

How many covers do you have? I was thinking 6...]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:36:52 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213437&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213437 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213421&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213421 Author: peanut butter
Subject: 10729
Posted: 14 September 2007 at 10:12am

Well I am now slightly more "experienced" than when I first posted a similar post.

My little one is 3 1/2 wks and in cloth fulltime. I used sposies in the hospital and we weret here for 8 days but as soon as we got home I tried the cloth nappies I have been stock piling.

I bought a newborn "special delivery" kit from snazzipants and that consisted of about 18 prefolds, a snazzipants fleece wrap (brilliant!) and 3 bummis whisper wraps. I had initial trouble with them but I think that was me not being vigilant about the prefold being INSIDE the wrap and not poking out.

I found the fleece wrap great on a newborn as it was nice and small and just fitted him perfectly (my boy was 7lb 5). I initially found the bummis wraps a bit too big but this week they seem to be better....maybe he isjust that little bit bigger.

I also have various pockets...joel-eze which are great and swaddlebee which I am not enjoying. I have a mommys touch which I personally find too tricky on the little fella so I avoid using it (laziness on my behalf) and I just purchased a bubblebubs which has been brilliant..no leaks.

So I guess I am saying YES it can be done...and why shouldnt it. Our parents had to use cloth on us from day dot!

I did have a couple of nights when I went back to sposies as I was having a baby blues meltdown and we were getting leaks and I had to change all his clothes every time in the middle of the night while he screamed the house down.....I chose the easy way and after beating myself upabout that too I felt better. Then when I was more in control I took a deep breath and went back to cloth....with no problems.

Wow!!! that was long...sorry!]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:12:13 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213421&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213421 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213419&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213419 Author: sally belly
Subject: 10729
Posted: 14 September 2007 at 10:11am

Good point Nikki about being able to use prefolds as inserts later. I'd forgotten about that... they do seem a cost effective system to start with.

Let's go shopping!]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:11:05 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213419&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213419 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213409&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213409 Author: nikkitheknitter
Subject: 10729
Posted: 14 September 2007 at 9:58am

You can definitely start off with cloth!

When I have my next babe (wtf?!?!) I'm going to!

Prefolds and covers are a good idea to start with as you seem to be able to get a good fit with them (as I've heard) and they are really cost effective. Then you can use the prefolds as inserts in your pockets later.

If you are worried about meconium you could always use a liner, but that is generally passed in the first couple of days anyway.

Welcome to the addiction! Let's just say that it doesn't end with toilet training ]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:58:42 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213409&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213409 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213407&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213407 Author: sally belly
Subject: 10729
Posted: 14 September 2007 at 9:58am

Thanks ladies, it seems I am on the right track after all... ]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:58:12 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213407&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213407 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213404&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213404 Author: caliandjack
Subject: 10729
Posted: 14 September 2007 at 9:53am

Sounds like a good plan, I was going to get a box of Huggies newborn and when they run out start using MCNs.
Esp as it will be first bubs and don't wont to make life too difficult for yourself. ]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:53:58 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213404&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213404 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213403&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213403 Author: Bizzy
Subject: 10729
Posted: 14 September 2007 at 9:51am

sounds like a great idea to me. just what i am planning on doing too. ]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:51:26 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213403&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213403 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213401&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213401 Author: littlejo
Subject: 10729
Posted: 14 September 2007 at 9:43am

I think disposables for the first couple of weeks is often recommended as the meconium is pretty sticky.

I wanted to be using cloth by 4-6 weeks, and it ended up being about 8 weeks when I made the change (straight to OSFA pocket nappies by the way - and he would have been approx 5.5kg then).
But I hadn't got organised and bought MCNs beforehand, so had to find time to choose them, order them, and wait for them to arrive.]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:43:05 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213401&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213401 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213396&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213396 Author: jack_&_charli
Subject: 10729
Posted: 14 September 2007 at 9:34am

i used disposables until charli was sleeping through, but that was only because i had a stash of them instead of a stash of cloth.
alot of ladies on here have used cloth on newborns without any troubles. i'd definately recommend prefolds and covers to start with until bubs is abit bigger. i used that combo on charli at the start and it worked great ]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:34:21 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213396&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213396 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10729&PID=213392&title=is-this-a-good-idea#213392 Author: sally belly
Subject: 10729
Posted: 14 September 2007 at 9:25am

I seem to have developed an addiction to cloth nappies even though I don't have a baby yet and as a result I'm starting to build up a little collection. I have some pocket nappies & an AIO (all size small) but I'm not sure if these will fit baby when he's say a month old?? I guess it will depend a lot on his size.

I am thinking that I'd like to only use disposables for a couple of weeks at most (maybe I'm dreaming??!) so I've been thinking that prefolds & covers might be a good way to go for a young baby.

I know a lot of people say to use disposables for the first few weeks but I'd really like to be onto cloth by then. Does anyone more "experienced" than me have any comments?
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