cloth nappies at night?
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Topic: cloth nappies at night?
Posted By: Syd
Subject: cloth nappies at night?
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 12:54pm
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Hi ladies, another question about cloth nappies. I have decided to go old school (although not too old, the modern versions!) with cloth nappies. Everone keeps saying to use diposables at night. I didn't really want to use disposables at all (although I could well change my mind!)so does anyone else have any experience with using cloth nappies at night or something to put in the way too hard basket?!
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Posted By: fairsk8
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 2:04pm
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Double them up, so fold two nappies together as you would fold one nappy. And also you get woolen wraps that you wrap around their legs at night and they absorb most of the moisture before it wet the bed. Gowns at night make it much easier to change bubbas nappy in middle of night.
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 2:27pm
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i use cloth at night... at the mo my fav for my little boy is a fitted with a wool cover. i think the thing about using cloth at night is to make sure it is absorbent enough. i have successfully used rosies fleece pockets overnight, fuzzis with a microfibre insert and a flat, rosies fitteds with BKT booster, snazzipants fitted with a snazzi booster. so you can prob adapt your daytime nappy for night time too. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: Syd
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 2:38pm
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so its not impossible then as everyone tries to have me beleive?! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: fairsk8
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 3:57pm
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Nope not impossible but you may have to change sheets at night time more than you would using disposables. Think about it, they used to do it before disposables were a common thing so it must be possible. ------------- http://www.bump-and-beyond.com/">
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 4:11pm
| I have to say my boys are both in disposables at night, and still wake up wet. taine is often wet in the night and we change whole outfits, now he also weras fluffies which cut down on that, but jake is in nappies and will be wet, prob 80% of the time I have to wash his pjs, not too bad with the sheets though. He sleeps with his bum in the air. |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 4:37pm
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I'll be using cloth and I know plenty of people who do so and thier bubs stay dry at night. It's just a case of finding the right combo.
Which system do you use? If you're using pockets a lot of girls I know use either 2 inserts or an insert, doubler and hemp. (and many combinations there of!) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Syd
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 4:45pm
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Thats cool - thanks for all the advise! Its funny how people tell you what you should & shouldn't do. I figured that babies have survived for thousands of years without disposables so I'm sure it fine! I'm thinking of using 'real nappies' as they just look so easy to use. (they have the pocket where you put the inserts) I'm still looking though! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 4:47pm
There are so many systems out there now!! We've chosen to with Fuzzi Bunz, same sort of system though being pocket nappies.  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 7:55pm
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hey syd - i think that no matter what you use there will be leaks and linen changes... and i didnt think that real nappies did a pocket. as far as i was aware they are a prefold and wrap system. (let me know if i'm wrong tho cause i havent tried their pockets.)
Have you checked the nappy network? they have reviews on most nappy systems available and i dont think you have to be a member to read the reviews. www.thenappynetwork.org.nz ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 8:10pm
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Heard raving reviews about Joely Pockets today. (From a woman who uses a mix of fuzzis and wonderoos also)
Anyway, what I really was meant to say was that my daughter was in modern cloth at night for quite a while with no probs! (So definitely not impossible) I have recently gone back to using disposables at night because she started wetting a lot more and the bed and pyjamas would end up soaked. So instead of investigating more cloth options I got lazy and just went for disposables again. Don't take a lesson from me though! Ideally I'd be investigating more nappy options but finances and motivation are lacking
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 9:45pm
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nikki dont you use fuzzis? do you have any flats cause they go great in fuzzis with other stuff. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 09 June 2006 at 8:56am
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I use Fuzzi Bunz overnight and the only times I've ever had to change a wet bed was in disposables... Modern cloth is MUCH more effective overnight than "old-fashioned" flats with covers. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 09 June 2006 at 3:36pm
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Deb... I was using a flat and a microfibre insert but it just wasn't cutting it. That was pretty much making her waddle with all the stuff that was between her legs.
Wearing sposies at night (while lazy) is cutting down my stress. I was having to change her during the night (pyjamas too). I'm happy living with the fact that I'm going to sposie user hell 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 09 June 2006 at 4:33pm
thats what i use with gabriel overnight, a FB insert and a flat, it always looked trim to me ... i know lots of people have suggested hemp for overnights, but to me that means buying something else again... my husband already complains i have too much ... ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 09 June 2006 at 4:37pm
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Well if he can toilet train Toby for ya (at this age) maybe then he could stop complaining
Gotta take pleasures in the small things... if you are responsible for the unpleasant duty of changing a baby around 7 times a day then at the very least it could be with cool nappies!! (I guess I just meant that I don't know how much more I can stuff the FB with overnight. I think the bulk was making gaps in the sides and with the combination of wetting in larger amounts, that was why it is leaking so much.) |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 09 June 2006 at 4:42pm
Don't worry, while we're wanting to use cloth nappies only there are several packs of disposables on hand and I will probably use them for the first week or so while I get my head around being a new mum! You won't be alone in sposie user hell! *lol*------------- http://lilypie.com">
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nikkiwhyte wrote:Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 09 June 2006 at 5:33pm
Good to know Paws! 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 09 June 2006 at 5:38pm
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the only reason i dont have any disposables in my house is cause i am too tight to pay for cloth and sposies... ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 09 June 2006 at 8:29pm
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Yep me too Deb! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 09 June 2006 at 8:32pm
Oh and Nikki re stuffing overnight... I use either 2 inserts and a doubler, or a microfibre towel ($6 from the warehouse) folded into a pad (= 6 layers) with a doubler, in a bigger xize Fuzzi (petite instead of medium). That is really confusing sorry!  ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 10 June 2006 at 12:01pm
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Yeah, I know there are other cloth options.
I just remembered the other reason why I switched back to sposies at night is because of the smell. (DOn't let that put anyone else off). The ammonia almost made me throw up every morning. |
Posted By: 98765
Date Posted: 10 June 2006 at 3:58pm
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I use wonderoos at night which is a pocket nappy and I use the twon inserts u get free and a flat folded four times so its long and thin and thenfold a quarter at one end over twice so its thicker at the front. This might not work for a girl cos boys pee at the front so i have more stuffing there. I have only had 2 change his PJs 3 times. Twice at the start when i was figuring out how to stuff it proerly and once when DP put the nappy on ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: angel
Date Posted: 10 June 2006 at 10:18pm
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Its definately doable - we've had way more success using cloth overnight than we did with disposables.
My girls isnt a very heavy wetter, but she is a tummy sleeper. We use a flannel flat, then a hemp booster, then a hemp flat, all pad folded and stuffed in a "fitted pocket" which is something I made myself (basically a pocket nappy like a fuzzibunz, but with flannelette outer and microfleece staydry inner) then a wool soaker or wool longies (pants) overtop. Hemp is definatley the way to go for overnight. Have a look at the forum on www.thenappynetwork.org.nz ------------- Aimee Ella - 5.5 years old! Toby - nearly 3 years old! 
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 11 June 2006 at 12:31pm
Hehehe I feel the same way now too! We'd bought them before we decided to use cloth, we were starting our sposie stash...once we decided on cloth we figured we may as well keep them and use them...I'm also to tight to biff them! *lol* ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Syd
Date Posted: 13 June 2006 at 3:44pm
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just looked at the real nappies and they are the covers with the prefold inserts. I get so confused with all this nappie lark! Has nayone uesd real nappies? everyone seems to use the pocket systems? are they a lot better? ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 13 June 2006 at 4:27pm
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For me the pocket system was easiest for me to get my head around and was recommended by tons of people. I like how you can adjust them for absorbancy and drying time is really good too.
That said, you never know i might reassess once using them but to be honest I doubt it. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Nic01
Date Posted: 13 June 2006 at 5:21pm
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I'm using real nappies & find them really good. I got them in the first place because they worked out a bit cheaper than the pocket nappies & you don't have to wash the cover every time. I have to admit that I haven't tried them at night yet - mainly because I'm lazy & don't want to risk having to change the sheets, but I've just bought some of the booster pads you can get with real nappies so will give them a go some time. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Syd
Date Posted: 14 June 2006 at 9:37am
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Thanks Nic! I've ordered some so I'll see how I go. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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