what size itti?

I am going to get a few nappies to trial when bubs arrives, is it worth buying size small or shall I just get medium and wait a few months?

I'm not so keen on spending a lot of $ on small sized nappies if they don't fit for long.

Thanks!

It is tricky when you don't know what size bubs will be!

My advice would be to buy small nappies - at least 6. Most small nappies will last for around 4-5 months (but this depends completely on each baby and their size!).

But each brand is different - my youngest was in smalls in some while in medium in other brands.

Yeah, hard call. Unfortunately it's so individual to your baby. My little girl was prem so you'd think she would have fit the smalls for longer, but because she had such skinny legs she grew out of them before she could put enough meat on to fill the leg holes. Mediums are going great though.

I love my itti's but personally I wouldn't recommend using them as your main nappy. They're not great at containing poo and I can only just get 2, maybe 2 1/2 hours out of an AIO with a booster (although my girl is a wee machine) so they don't last as long as some others. I tend to use them when we go out so her pants aren't as bulky.

I have 3 small AIO's (1 lime green and 2 purple) that were worn about 3-4 times if you're interested in 2nd hand? $18 each plus postage. PM me if you're interested.

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I'm a huge fan of Fuzzi bunz and Honey Childs. I have some in small and medium and they've been brilliant. But they are at the more expensive end of the market, although I bought those all 2nd hand (the itti's were new).

For smalls my main nappy was cotton pre-folds with bummis super brite covers (that have the double leg elastic to keep in poo - don't make the mistake of going for a cover without the double gusset). I didn't do any flashy folding with the pre-folds, just laid in the cover. Absolutely brilliant system. Might be different for a boy though as they wee in a different spot.

I wish, sigh. Kiara's a once a week pooer as well but she's still only in the 15th percentile for weight so the leg fit is still not tight enough. It's amazing just how much can squish out those leg holes.

Thanks for all the advice. I have a Happy Heini pocket so will get a couple more to try as well. The main thing I dislike about cloth is how bulky they are so I'm trying to find the trimest options available.

Will try a Honey Childs as well. Are Bum Genius quite good as well?

Well I've got the three ittis from thesaff, I already had a happy heini from when I decided I was going to try making some (yeah right) and wanted one to know what I was trying to make, ordered a Fuzzi and a fitted with cover (Little Lambs bamboo) just before. So that is all in ones, pockets and fitteds covered, I might try and find a decent OSFA to complete the selection, any recommendations?

I love itti's - they are our main nappies as well as some bitti boo's with a thirsties cover for nights.

Jude has always been average for weight and height I think but he has a bit of a chunky build, especially around the thighs and was able to fit mediums from between 4 and 6 weeks. He has been in Larges since around 6 months old because of the chunkiness - the rise wasn't high enough and he was forever showing butt crack My sisters boy is the same age but still fits his medium ittis very well at 12months - he's a tall, skinny boy.

Others we have kept in our pile are three ecobubs wool pocket nappies - originally used them as night nappies but didn't cut it for our heavy wetter no matter how much we stuffed them, we now use them as daytime nappies and they are great! and one ecobubs AIO which is also very good. The Ecobubs ones are all mediums and look like they will fit him for some time yet. We also liked the Peapods (although some people don't) but sold them in favour of ittis. All others we trialled and didn't like so much - we sold on TM.. Didn't have success with fuzzibunz or honeychild, hated Real Nappies and found one size fits most nappies (like YoYo Nappies) too bulky.

Hope this helps

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clover wrote: Well I've got the three ittis from thesaff, I already had a happy heini from when I decided I was going to try making some (yeah right) and wanted one to know what I was trying to make, ordered a Fuzzi and a fitted with cover (Little Lambs bamboo) just before. So that is all in ones, pockets and fitteds covered, I might try and find a decent OSFA to complete the selection, any recommendations?

I have a totsbots AIO OSFA you could have for $25 + postage (postage probably be like $4?). If I remember rightly it cost me $40 or $45 brand new (might have to check, to make sure I'm not ripping you off!!! Depending on how much I paid, I'd be happy to drop the price) . Literally been worn 2 times, but I don't like it! I could take some photos for you, but it is seriously like brand new. Don't even think it's been pood in PM me if your keen