Cloth Bums and NB clothing

Question for experienced cloth Nappy Mums

Just curious how having cloth bums has affected clothes fitting your bubs?

Like did you need 0-3 month instead of NB etc etc?

Im going to get some onsie bummsies to extend the things that dome at the crotch but wht about leggings and all in ones etc?

Thanks in advance

It hasn't made a difference here, but we used mostly prefolds and then itti d'lish both of which are pretty trim - about the same as a sposie really I think. I don't notice DD having a big bum amongst all the sposie kids at daycare anyway

She outgrows clothes in length not width. She wears quite bulky night nappies so her domed-bottom pj singlets tended to be the first thing I sized up. She's pretty lean so pants were fine width wise even with a night nappy.

If you went for OSFA in particular it might be different as they can be quite big on a newborn. Maybe also true for some pockets?

Did you have a particular nappy in mind?

Oh yah! Glad to hear your sucess with Itti's as thats what Ive got!

It was part of my reason for choosing them actually, them being the trimest.

Ive got prefolds as well.

Yah I love hearing of ppl with Itti success, I went all out and got 12 Smalls and 15 Mediums so im terrified they wont fit/work well and I would have wasted all that $$$.

I found that as DS got older, the pants seemed to get slimmer if that makes sense so some pants not made from stretchy stuff can be a bit tricky with cloth nappies but I didn't have problems with things when he was little. I got the onsie bummies but wish had gotten way earlier coz I don't use bodysuits much now...def worth it to get more wear out of the clothes especially if your baby is long and not so round.

I've only had problems with a couple of pairs of pants but they didn't fit properly in a sposie anyway. Bodysuits seem to fit to the age on the tag, and she's wearing a lot of her size 9-12month bodysuits still at 13 months with cloth. Overnight I need to make sure there's enough room for her sposie to expand so it ends up the same size as a night cloth anyway.

I use ittis and some OSFA.

I had a giant child anyway (we skipped the NB size entirely), so he was generally out of clothes well before the age on them. He's almost 14 months and has been wearing 2 year old clothes for a few months. So adding cloth nappies to the mix didn't really make much difference! I just notice that some of the pairs of shorts from places like Pumpkin Patch tend to be tighter in the bum.

We use a variety of nappies, but ittis are my favourites!

Anyway, I guess it just depends on the baby and depends on the clothes - I've noticed some crazy variation in clothing sizes too!

Lol Busymum, I couldve used cloth nappies straight away my daughters thighs were so chubby, you could seriously not easily fit one hand around them.

For the OP, My daughter has always been long in the body with shorter arms and legs, so has always grown out of onsies early though she has of course slown down now.