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Posted: 08 February 2008 at 3:02pm |
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I have been reading on here to try and find out what works best. I have decided to use prefold in the early days but would like to progress from them as time goes on.
I had thought that fitted looked well suited but I notice on here that most of your prefer to use pockets. Can you explain which is better and why you like them?
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Maya
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Posted: 08 February 2008 at 3:08pm |
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I personally don't get the whole fitted obsession - why buy a cute nappy and then cover it up with a wrap/cover? But Gandt loves them, esp for smaller babes.
I know that a lot of people use fitteds and wraps for night time too as they can be more leak-proof than pockets, but I haven't had too many probs with pockets leaking.
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Posted: 08 February 2008 at 3:11pm |
I agree with the buying a beautiful nappy and then just covering it up! It just seems silly to me  With Seb I'm going for some pockets, some prefolds/covers. With the next baby I plan on using prefolds/covers/fitted for nights as they apparently are really good at "containing" (as Maya said), and then going onto pockets/fitted for the medium stage.
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Bizzy
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Posted: 08 February 2008 at 3:20pm |
fitteds are great at containing everything...and true you do need a cover over them under their clothes but at home in the summer i never bothered and was therefore able to change toby as soon as i saw he was wet, and he looked so cute...my fave was a snazzipants buzzy bee fitted.
Pockets you have to cover them up in winter too with clothes so the argument of covering fitteds kind of goes out the window there.
For night you cant beat them for breathability with a wool cover. 
They can be a bit more bulky than pockets for some people.
Pockets are great too mind you and it all comes down to finding a system that works on your bubba.
The snazzipants website has the best comparison chart i have seen with regards to the diff types of nappies and the pros and cons...
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Posted: 08 February 2008 at 3:22pm |
Pockets are good because you can adjust the absorbency to suit your bubs so easily, and they are so simple for those crazy folk who think cloth nappies are too hard, like DHs, in-laws, etc...but fitteds and covers for night time because of the anti-leak business. So I reckon a combo is the way to go 
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Posted: 08 February 2008 at 3:45pm |
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Drying time.
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Posted: 09 February 2008 at 11:05pm |
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With fitteds you can go for all natural fibres if you prefer and wool soakers are just awesome overtop. I have to cover up Joshie's nappies most of time as he just takes them off so I just enjoy looking at them when I put them on and when I hang them on the line!
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Posted: 10 February 2008 at 9:46pm |
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I agree with the drying time for fitteds. I think Pippa at Snazzi is doing a fitted that does not need a cover. I had one and it was great (too small now) but did take a while to dry. You can put it in the dryer though.
I love my pockets as they dry quickly, don't need covers and you can increase the absorbency for heavy wetters. I am also a fan of the prefold though, they rarely leak and if they fit well contain all the mess and they are cost effective.
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Posted: 10 February 2008 at 11:29pm |
I heart my pockets too as the drying time is so ultra quick and I also like the fact that I can make them as trim looking as I like depending on my inserts. I am loving the summer and showing off his gorgeous butt!!
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Posted: 11 February 2008 at 10:56pm |
 3boys wrote:
I agree with the drying time for fitteds. I think Pippa at Snazzi is doing a fitted that does not need a cover. |
Would that not make it an all-in-one!?!?! 
I like pockets because you can customise the absorbency to suit your child. I never liked the idea of fitteds and covers - just the whole idea of putting 2 nappies on a wriggly critter just doesn't do it for me! 
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Posted: 12 February 2008 at 8:50am |
Two Blondinis wrote:
3boys wrote:
I agree with the drying time for fitteds. I think Pippa at Snazzi is doing a fitted that does not need a cover. |
Would that not make it an all-in-one!?!?!
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HEHEHE thats what i was thinking too 
she already does some AIO's that i have heard great things about.
Oh another thing i love about fitteds is that some of them can be sooo soft and cuddly...
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Posted: 12 February 2008 at 8:56am |
What covers do you recommend Deb? I have just bought a gorgeous fitted from Mothers Instinct and need to buy a cover too I guess 
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Posted: 12 February 2008 at 9:27am |
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well that depends on what you want it for. For nights i love the funky bumz pull on fleece covers or knitted soakers or longies.
Day time a PUL cover is fine and you can get some patterned bummis wraps from snazzipants - and i see they along with mothers instinct are selling the bummis super brites. or else there is plain moon eze covers from the TM seller kimnz (i see she has a few listed at the mo for $16). I loved these covers, very basic looking but did a great job and were really soft and flexible.
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Posted: 12 February 2008 at 12:16pm |
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Thanks for all your thoughts it has given me much to think upon over the coming months.
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