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If I count all the diff sizes, then probably around 60 nappies... but most of them are prefolds.

I have about 17 in current use plus 6 prefolds which I don't really like using now that he is so big.

For those of you ladies struggling with drying, we have bought a dry bars rack last year and it is seriously the best thing! I only use the dryer very very rarely now and the nappies dry overnight.
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Now I know I'm having a girl the nappy buying can begin.


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I have 35 nappies in 3 sizes, 6 covers adn 24 prefolds.

I have bought and sold probably over 100 though.
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Originally posted by caliandjack caliandjack wrote:

Now I know I'm having a girl the nappy buying can begin.

'scuse my ignorance but what difference does the sex of bubs make lol?   Is it just so you can get 'girly' type patterns and covers etc? We kind of did that although in the 11 I just bought of TM, most of them are girly-ish so if this bubs is a boy he'll just have to make do with butterflies and flowers lol


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SpecialK- whe you use prefolds do you just kind of fold them into a rectangle and then pop a cover over the top? I didn't include my prefolds or flat naps in my OP lol....cos I only really use them for drop cloths!

With this next one though I'm quite keen to use flats cos they dry 1 million times quicker than AIO's and pockets!!!

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Karen, yup I just fold them into a rectangle and into a bummis wrap - they were actually brilliant when H was tiny (up to about 4 months actually) and dried super quick, even in winter. The bummis wraps we got have a double gusset so no leaks ever.
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Is the dry bars rack like a clothes horse but it heats up? think i saw one advistered on tv last year.
We dnt have a dryer so use a clothes horse by the fire when its raining.

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SpecialK- thanks for that info...think I"ll try it on the newborn cos we have heaps of nappies for when (s)he is just a wee bit older...but you know what they're like when they're really teeny, not much fits cloth nappy wise (not that I'm likley to have a teeny baby but YKWIM)!

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Karen I used prefolds for Ty til bout 3 months too and they were brill. I recommend a snappi though!

I have a few nappies in diff sizes but I make lots of mine coz while I fully adore cloth nappies I can't justify the expense I just made a ecobubs type merino pocket for less than $10 and in under an hour which means more $$ to spend on other stuff lol uhm we must be nearing... 60 nappies??
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Far out! Why on earth do you all need so many! lol I think I have something like 12 OSFA's haha and I thought I was an addict! lol How wrong was I!
12 is more than enough for us. Do one wash each night then hang them on the clothes horse under the heatpump and they are dry by morning. The reason I got cloth nappies was to SAVE money on disposables...... but I think if I had 80+ of them, I'd be better off (price wise) just using disposables!
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Originally posted by nzlisajo nzlisajo wrote:

. The reason I got cloth nappies was to SAVE money on disposables...... but I think if I had 80+ of them, I'd be better off (price wise) just using disposables!

lol I know what you mean but no way would you save $$ over the years using sposies even if you went mental like I did with cloth. Almost every single one of mine are second hand from TM and great bargains...plus I'll be using them for baby number two. PLUS we don't *just* use cloth to save $$...its much better for the environment and IMO much better for baby.... sposies (even eco ones) have some nasty things in them that I don't really want next to my baby's genitalia!


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Originally posted by Emmecat Emmecat wrote:

Originally posted by caliandjack caliandjack wrote:

Now I know I'm having a girl the nappy buying can begin.

'scuse my ignorance but what difference does the sex of bubs make lol?   Is it just so you can get 'girly' type patterns and covers etc? We kind of did that although in the 11 I just bought of TM, most of them are girly-ish so if this bubs is a boy he'll just have to make do with butterflies and flowers lol

Well with girls in pretty dresses and skirts you can see their cloth bots, and have to have matching MCNS to with the rest of her wardrobe don't I.  

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C&J- totally!!!

hehe The newborn cloth naps I just bought off TM are quite 'girly' so if we're having a boy I hope his sense of manliness isn't threatened by wearing butterflies on his butt


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Haha Karen, I have lavender covers for H and everyone always hassles me for getting him girly naps! Meh.

Oh, and I got size small bummis wraps and prefolds and they fitted H from 3.6 kgs (8lbs I think). They also have newborn ones that would fit from around 2.5 kgs.

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I only have 15 nappies for Taylah, but i use huggies at night still, and occasionally disposables if we go out. Luckily i have a heatpump so nappies dry pretty quick
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tee hee I have had the same 15 nappies and 5 wraps since DS was 6mths when we started (two this month). The tots bots bamboozles work for us so well I've never been tempted to buy more.

However he has outgrown them and I am totally stuck on what to get now!!

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We probably have close to 35 in 2 sizes, currently using about 20 of them....but Nat's in fulltime care and her carer uses them there too, so at least half my stash is under someone else's roof having that many also saves having to wash and dry them every day or two.
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