how many nappies/wipes

Ecostore powder rocks...my first box lasted me 2 months with washing almost every day!

We don't use wipes at all unless we are out and stuck without flannels.. we get the little soft stretchy ones from t&t and the nice soft cheapies baby flannels from warehouse. and use those.

For me with the maternity pads.. I found i went down to supers after maybe 2 weeks, but always get very heavy AF anyway, so kinda expected it.. did not expect to have to keep buying more for close to 7 weeks!.. so bought more 2nd time around, didn't use them quite as long but still found them handy for once Af came back. With both girls that was around 5 months.. anyway now you can get the superthin libra maternity ones and i liked them.

Breast pads.. would sometimes go through a pair in one feed and one in between if the girls slept too long cos i'd let down or leak and couldn't stop it. but ok if they woke frequently and i didn't overfill - usually about a box a week under usual cirumstances.. i used them till weaning at 6 months with Paris.. although by then it was mainly at feed times. Ayja i think it used them up till she stopped feeding during the day and only fed at night... maybe about 12 months. Some people need heaps others don't.. I can remember some others talking about how they'd wrap towels around themselves at night to stop the leakage. Johnsons ones are better than treasures.. treasures are more discreet, but johnsons hold much more and i didn't have trouble with leakage or sticking to you like the treasures ones did. Pidgeon ones are ok..nice that they have things to stick to the inside of your bra.. except your boobs don't always stay put and the pads won't move with them, they stick with the bra instead. i guess each to their own.

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Thanks Jax, off hand roughly a price comparison? Is it similar?

Looks like Jax answered my question! I also posted something under the Ecostore question in the reviews section.

I love the 'loving touch' breast pads (hmmmm... kinda dodgy name really).  Countdown sells them and they're a decent price and work so well.  I stocked up and was given some lotions, etc.  What I found was - I had too many newborn nappies (had about 12 packs... ended up giving away 5), there's some lotions and oils and stuff that I don't even need but have them anyway, and it was GREAT to have different brands of everything because trying them all out meant I quickly learnt which ones work for Ella and which ones don't. 

I used the Tommee Tippee washable breast pads and they were great.