Nappies

Hi Shelleybean,

When our daughter was born we found that huggies newborn nappies were the best for her. I think it is very dependant on the size and shape of your baby as to what fits best, but Ella just seemed to leak or explode out of treasures. This time round we have grabbed a box of 100 huggies newborn nappies on special, so hopefully they'll be as good for our little guy too!
You do need a lot of nappies in those first weeks, as you tend to change at every feed, and in between when explosions occur. My first midwife advised us to buy a big box of newborn size nappies, and then another in the next size up, and that worked well for us.

I second the buying them on special.

I bought 2 packs of newborn Treasures Giggles, and 'aquired' one pack of Huggies newborn from Birthcare. I'm glad I didn't buy any more than that as Maya was in the next size up by 2-3 weeks as she was such a decent size when she was born.

I personally prefer not to use Huggies as Maya has always been a long skinny baby and the Huggies seem to be cut really short. She is 17kg now and doesn't fit the Junior size Huggies anymore even tho she is within the weight range.

We used cloth during the day, and Treasures Ultra at night. They just seemed to have a better fit.

I've bought 2 packs of newborn Giggles, one of Ultra and been given two packs of Huggies newborn so far for the twins, because I am anticipating they will be smaller and stay in newborn for longer (and also coz there are two of them!)

Josiah was a really little baby... he's still quite small (13 months old and 8kg, he's only grown 2cm in length in the last 3 months) and the Huggies fit him best. Everything else was just too big in the leg, so would leak.

It all depends on the size / length of your baby, either get nappies on special or you can actually ring them up, say your expecting and if they can send you a sample pack - try treasures, huggies, and nappies for less / nappies direct. - Nappies for less chain send about 5 - 8 different sorts out as that is what they stock (they get the foreign nappies, cosies, softway etc)
I went from Huggies to Treasures Ultra to Huggies and for the last 18 months Ive been using Treasures Giggles

Are they those Babylove ones? I tried a sample and it was great and the next one would be one wee wee and she would have those jelly crystals everywhere so I have up

Oh and budget gave her a rash (only thing at service station when silly mum left nappies at home and on the way to Hamilton!!)