MCN - taking the plunge

I'm sure the other girls can answer those questions far better than I but one comment I do have is when I washed my fuzzi's a couple of weeks ago they dried really really fast (couple of hours) so I don't know that fitted would be any quicker at getting dry

All in ones take forever to dry & I don't think they're as absorbent as pockets (I have to use an extra booster with my all in ones which kind of defeats the purpose a bit). Pockets dry fairly quickly though.

you dont NEED liners, you do need inserts but a lot of pocket nappies come with inserts anyway.

pockets will dry faster, i dry all mine on the clothes drier on the porch...

you dont NEED nappisan either...i dont use it all and i have a pedal bucket for my nappies. pooey ones get rinsed and put in the bucket with the wet ones then when i wash i put thru a rinse cycle then do a wash and sometimes an extra rinse. i sometimes put a drop or two of ti tree oil in or dettol if they have been sick. sunlight gets out nearly all stains and if the inserts get stained it doesnt matter cause they wont be seen.

the boys may be in the same size, do they wear the same size sposie? if so i would say it would be fine.

a lot of places offer package deals or trial packs too...

i would try a kiwi brand - or you could get a peapod from the baby factory and just see what you think first. but maybe joel eze or tweedle as they seem to be very good prices. or if you dont mind second hand nappies check trade me.

good luck...

I find with having the two gremlins in cloth that in order to have enough to have one full set on and one full set of I needed 20 naps - each baby gets thru 4 daytime naps and 1 night nap in 24 hours, which is 10, so one set of ten in use and one set of 10 in the wash.

I have ended up with far, far more than that tho

Sizewise it seems to me that Gsmum's average-sized 22 month old is in the same size naps as the chubby-thighed gremlins, so depending on which brand you buy you will probably get away with having them both in the same size at least to start with.

Wow, thank you for all that Deb, Aimee and Emma!

Deb and Aimee, I'm mainly thinking of liners because Xavier's only just started solids... newborn poos stick to everything! Once his bowel motions start being a bit more solid, I'm thinking I'd stop using them.

So, okay... don't NEED Nappisan, but it won't hurt to use occasionally... do want lidded bucket (to keep Josiah out of it) but don't need 2 (wet/soiled)...

When weighed a month ago, Josiah was 9.5kg and Xavier was 6.9kg. I'm expecting them to be around 10kg and 8kg now respectively. They are not in the same sized sposies (we use Huggies), but that's because we put Josiah into Toddler-sized (10-15kg) as they fit a little better up the back. We actually ran out of them last Friday before our monthly shop on Saturday, so we put Josiah into Xavier's Crawler-sized (6-11kg) overnight with no worries. They do have a similar thigh size - their nappies that night were done up about the same.

Yes, Aimee, we're planning on more children... probably another 2... so I am keeping reuse in mind which is a big reason for me leaning towards buying mostly new. I don't have a problem with secondhand and probably will get some off TM, but I think I'd be wise to have more new ones given the amount of use they will get.

So, Aimee and Emma, 20 to 24 would be about right? (5 or 6 nappies a boy a day, with the same amount spare)

Edited by becca.l

Sounds good! Also, if you're planning to reuse them for later babies think unisex colors. Otherwise you could buy all boys ones - then have an excuse to buy new girly ones next time round if the next bub is a girl!

Yes getting unisex colours is a very sensible idea if u want to reuse,...that was the plan have somehow ended up with a bunch of cutey pink naps,..hmmm,...how did that happen
Be warned,..buying MCN's is VERY addictive (eh Emma?!!)!

Okay Becca here's what I've done. I have Krystiana in small sized Fuzzi Bunz and Briona in medium/petite toddler (petite is the length of a large but the width of a medium and even Hannah at 3yrs fits petites). I like the pocket system for easy drying purposes but I haven't used them over winter yet (I started part-time in August). There are peapods out there which are cheaper than FB but but from reviews I have heard they are not as good quality so wouldn't last as long.

Krysti has 10 smalls and needs 6-8 per day so it's a very workable number with daily washing. She uses two inserts or one insert and one liner (depending on what I find first lol) during the day and two inserts and one booster at night. I think your little one would be able to fit a medium which are very cost effective because he'll fit them for a good year or so (smalls fit for around 5 months so IMO they won't work out cost-effective for me until the next baby.)

Briona's a bit younger than Josiah and she needs less changes (4-5) in a day. She mostly wears mediums (because I have only 2 petites) but the petites fit better because of the rise. It sounds like Josiah's going to need these, especially once you allow for his size in 6 months' time. It won't make a cost difference to buy different sizes though. I need 6 nappies with her - 4-5 during the day/night and one dry for the next change (while the others are drying).

I wash daily - my current routine is to load the dishwasher and washine machine straight after breakfast. I changed from Cold Power to Persil to help the nappies not "build up" and therefore last longer, so that's a bit expensive. I have heaps of cupboards in my laundry (it's a converted kitchen) so I have one bucket uncovered but in a cupboard for mucky nappies (which gets shaken off in Briona's case but left on in Krysti's case) and the wet nappies just go straight in with the general washing. They could be put together but the first bucket/cupboard is not big enough lol.

The FB website is actually pretty helpful for sizes etc, it would pay to have a look around. And as a starting point if you're interested, I think gsmum still has 2 petites for sale?

jack and charli both have 10 nappies each..well, i've just bought more for charli thanks paws

i have a big bin that i got from the warehouse that i put the dirty ones in and then every 2nd night i chuck them in the machine on hot and that's it.

for liners, you don't really need them but if i think charli is 'due to poo' i'll pop one in to save the yucky clean up. if you were going to use them, you can get microfleece from a fabric store and cut them up yourself. i paid $10 for 10 on TM and then got 1mtr of fabric for $6 and ended up with HEAPS!!

size wise..can vary from brand to brand. you should be able to use the same size on both boys but it just depends on the cut of the nappy. i'd guess maybe med sz?..

brands..joel-eze is my fave. i had jack in peapods at night and swaddlebees during the day but he out-grew the pods and started to leak through the SB's. so i sold them all and now use joel-eze only, sz large.
charli has a mixture of peapods, joel-eze, tweedle and mostly fuzzi's. when she outgrow's hers i'm getting more joel-eze. $22 per pocket (without insert) and over $100 gets 5% disc

wow what a blab!

aimeejoy wrote: Just a quick note about Fuzzi size - my Hannah basically outgrew petites at the same time as mediums (so around a year) because she is chubby. Petites really only fit properly on long thin babies, they just dont have enough width for chubsters!! So just a word of warning.

Okay... so if we went with Fuzzis, Petites would be best for Josiah (short for his age, and thin) and medium/large for Xavier (long for his age and big)?