Pea Pods?

pea pods are a funny nappy in that people seem to either hate them or love them... i never had a problem with them though and they have great inserts.

baby factory stock lots of different types of MCN's now so you can look there. not sure where you are if there are any RL napy stores either.

Oh and the other option is to get a hire kit so you can trial the different types and brands on your baby without the cost.

tee hee - see its not just napies that are different. its accessories too. I never had a nappy bucket, just a pedal bin in the wash house. i only use tea tree oil but have it for the bath and other stuff too and and have never used liners.

Also, does anyone have any comments on Real Nappies?

Ta

Oh, or any comments on the baby first fitted nappy that Baby Factory sells?

Edited by Monie

I like Peapods. We used them in conjunction with our Itti Bitti's and never had any issues. Cool nappy I reckon. However, I decided to sell the heap of Peapods I had to get some Large Itti's.

Hate Real Nappies. But I only tried the small a few times on Jude. But it seemed to be too stiff, too wide in the crotch and the elastic left red marks on his back and legs. That was the first of my trial nappies to go.

Baby First ones we found were good as well. Much nicer than the Real Nappy. But again - decided to sell the two I had to get more Itti's.

We did what you are doing - stocked up on a few of each kind before Jude was born and then tried them out. TradeMe is your friend Oh Baby is also your friend - if you see a nappy you think might be good, use the search function to see what others have thought of it and ask again if you want as new people might have different opinions of them.

You don't need to stock up on liners - I'm glad we only got one packet. We don't use them at all. But lots of people do - so you can decide after baby is born.

I reckon it's awesome to see so many people getting into cloth nappies. Not sure why I think that but I still think it's cool.

I found peapods fine( but only had size smalls). Infact I found them better then ittibitti's and everyone seems to rave aboout them.
We have got away with one nappy bin, just a bucket with a lid. chux cloths make great wipes, I have them in a container with a drop of teatree oil and water.

me too, I also love pea pods! It think they are great.

With cloth nappies, when i started with them i found the choice bit overwhelming ..
so i tried about 6 different kinds of pockets ...and Peapods are just about fail proog for us. It s just about the baby and the fit i recon.
Some of the brands i didnt fit my daughter at all (eg. never got Babycheeks to work properly, i found them quite narrow, smallich on the front,)also Itti s are quite a low rise, so not so great for tummy sleepers or commando crowlers as they got pushed even lower and leaked on tummy.

But to come to the point, its really trial and error... depending on your preference and baby :-)
Good luck!

Edited by iceland

Our Nanny used Pea Pods on our son from about 2 months of age and I didn't like them at all. TMI, but I found he got really hot down there because of the fleece, and also if he poo'ed it it didn't absorb the EBF as well as cotton does. I was doing a lot of laundry because the whole nappy needs to be changed each time, and for a work at home Mum it just created more stuff for me to do (on top of everything else!).
My little guy is almost 8 months old and I've been using Real Nappies on him for a few months now, I love them! You have to wash the nappy a couple of times before you use them and then the're fluffy and soft.
I might be a bit paranoid, but I don't like the idea of having polyester directly on my little guy's skin. I find it doesn't breathe as well as cotton so try and stick with nappies that are made of natural material.

I've only got one pea pod but I quite like it.  I really like the insert as well.  It's so daunting at the start.  I didn't want to but unintentially baught 5 different types of nappies and it was a blessing in disguise because I like all of them but find each of them suit different situations best.