Calling all MCN experts

Nothing wrong with Peapods. I had a few when I first started out and had no issues with them. As to the rest of the questions i'll leave them for people with a lot more knowledge than me.

sorry bout all the questions

some people find peapods excellent, come dont. its all about your babies size etc...

but i would suggest that maybe you get a hire kit so you can trial diff types and brands of newborn/small nappies. i think greenbeans do them and the nappy network and also fuzzi bunz do one but it is only that brand of nappy.

JD, that makes complete sense. I was the same, didn't see the point in hiring when I could just buy them!

To be honest we didn't find the Peapods good. I liked the price but had constant leaks so ended up getting rid of mine after a few weeks. They are not THAT much cheaper than alot of the other brands out there anyway. I have a range of pocket nappies. Fuzzis, honeychild, tweedles, drybees, Bumgenius + a few others. I find them all fantastic although honestly my personal preference is the fuzzis/honeychild nappies.   The Tweedles are quite cost effective and you can get some great looking nappies in a choice of velcro or snaps. Check out www.tweedles.co.nz. I know Rachel has some great package deals on there as well.



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We found peapods useless. The fit on them was ok, the PUL fabric we found was not totally waterproof. Peapods in aussie was great though and sent me replacements however those still had PUL fabric that had the same problem. So I've got rid of all mine.

Tweedles are a good if you are on a budget because they are pretty cheap. But have you thought of giving nappy making a go? I've recently had a go after not really doing anything sewing wise (other than the odd repair) for years and it's not too difficult

What prefold brand do you have bobbie?

Yeah I got prefolds from Snazzipants - just the white ones though I did like the unbleached (but the white ones were cheaper).

I also got a bummi polar wrap? (I think) and will be going back to get some whisper wraps on Sat.

Hi JD, I can only offer my experience so far but here goes....

I purchased a "special delivery" package from snazzipants before bubs was born and it has about 18 prefolds, 1 fleece cover (which I love) and 3 bummis whisper wraps. I also purchased a couple of joel-eze pockets and a couple of swaddlebee pockets and an all in one from swaddlebee. oh and a mummys touch.

At first I liked the joeleze but at the moment he seems to be at a funny size and I cant quite work out how to get them to fit right. I didnt get on wel with the swaddlebees at all!! leakes everytime!

The prefolds have been brilliant. I dont do them with a snappi (too confusing for me). I just fold in 3 and put in wrap and I found the fleece wrap so good I bout 2 more. Prefolds are the most economic I think and I am tempted to keep going with them as he gets older as it is sooooo damn easy. But I am still trying others.

I bought a bubblebub AIO and it rocks! and I am tempted by the bum genius OSFA naps.

Hope this helps. Oh and my boy was 7lb5 at birht and is now 10lb and I started using them from 1 week and they are still fitting.

I agree with Nikki. If you have no official agents in your area then get onto the Nappy Network or even on here and ask who is local and has a good range of nappies to show you. Shame you're not in Auckland as I think Emma has 2 of every nappy for sale in NZ! LOL
It's always better to hear about the pros and cons of a nappy from someone who has actually used them on their own child

As for Peapods. I've only ever trialled one and that was part of my training for being a Honey Child Agent. I really didn't like the fit on Caitlin or the hemp inserts as I found they got really smelly when wet with pee
Also, as an Agent, I've had quite a few customers buy Fuzzis or HC nappies who started with Peapods because they were cheaper but found they didn't perform as well as they had hoped, so sold them on and invested in a more expensive but better performing nappy. I've also had the same comments made from people using the Snazzi Pants fitted and whisper wrap system.

Choosing an MCN is a very personal thing where you have to look at the cost and the quality of the product and the ease of use for you. If you're having more than 1 child then look at the cost of the nappy over the nappy life of both (or more) kids, not just this baby.

We bought the Fuzzi system as we knew we wanted to have more than 1 child and we knew people that were using them on their 3rd child and they were still going strong from when they used them on their first child. So we didn't mind paying the extra as we knew we would save in the long run.
This was back when they were still the high quality USA made FBs, I refuse to sell the Mexican made ones because they are cr@p

The good thing about our Honey Child nappies is that they really are a no risk purchase, you can buy your pack of nappies (or a trial) if you find you really don't like them you can return them for a refund within 30 days, so there's no messing around with having to sell them on Trade Me

Im in Hastings! Thanks for the offers to meet If I go to palmy at all, Ill try and combine it with a meet up or something.

Thanks heaps for all your advice.
I think I might invest in some prefolds.... and then maybe some pockets of some sort later.

I think I might even try my hand at making them