Nappies...
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Topic: Nappies...
Posted By: mrs frantic
Subject: Nappies...
Date Posted: 24 July 2006 at 11:46am
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What are your favourite brands of nappies...I want to start buying some and was wondering which are the most popular... ------------- Mrs Frantic Baby Maddisyn born 28 Sept 2006 http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 24 July 2006 at 12:06pm
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Huggies!!!!!. Treasure ultra are great the new born ones but Ifind they are not as absurbant. ------------- Deborah Mum to:   
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 24 July 2006 at 12:08pm
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I'm no help....we're using cloth (fuzzi bunz) but we do have a small stash of huggies and treasures for the first week or so while we settle in and in case of emergancies. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 24 July 2006 at 12:32pm
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Huggies newborn were good...but we use Treasures Ultra now. They're great - very absorbent, hardly ever leak, no issues with nappy rash - and I'm hooked on collecting the treasures club points off the side which I put towards toys or more nappies.... ------------- |
Posted By: stevie_88
Date Posted: 24 July 2006 at 12:35pm
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Umm I have Huggies and Babylove new born nappies- but mostly flat cloth nappies.
I'm not sure YET what is the best to use- but I'll give any of them a go. I'd love to get some of them Snazzipant things yous get in NZ- they not only look awesome but I think would be handy to have. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 24 July 2006 at 12:37pm
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Oh I also use use flat cloth and find huggies best for night's now with Alan noting else seems to stand up to him. ------------- Deborah Mum to:
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 24 July 2006 at 12:45pm
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Frantic Huggies are so the best for new borns. Once Andrew was older we started putting him in Treasures Giggles during the day and Huggies at night. Now it's still Huggies at night and either giggles or ultras during the day depending on the price of nappies. I have already started buying nappies for the next one and brought giggles as they have made them more absorbant. You will work out which ones you like, as me and my friend swear by Huggies yet someone else I know can't stand them. I would buy a mixture and see what ones suit you. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 24 July 2006 at 12:52pm
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huggies all the way here - we tried others but found they werent as absorbant as huggies.
we also will be going cloth, but for when we are out and about and at night time, will use huggies. ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe -  my big 4 year old 
and Jordis - 1 year old 
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 24 July 2006 at 1:08pm
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I found huggies the best for newborns too. I'm on giggles now that Ella is bigger but have a box of huggies waiting for new bubba. ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: Millie1976
Date Posted: 24 July 2006 at 1:18pm
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Hi Mrs Frantic,
We are also in the process of looking to buy some nappies. I was recommended a good website - www.nappiesdirect.co.nz and they offer really good deals on bulk nappies so we will probably get most of our stuff from that  ------------- Sebastien 2 years old Olivier 3 3/4 years old |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 24 July 2006 at 1:23pm
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I never liked Huggies much coz Maya was quite long/tall and the Huggies seem to be cut shorter so never fit her as well. She was a Treasures Ultra girl all the way at night time, and we used flat cloths during the day with the Johnsons liners.
I have started stocking up for the twins, I have a couple of packs of Huggies (free from Huggies - perks of the job!) but mostly Treasures Giggles and Ultra. I prefer the Huggies wipes to any other brand tho. BTW our local Countdown had the Treasures Ultra bulk packs on special for $16 when I was there yesterday, not sure if it's all Countdowns, but worth a look. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
 (02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 24 July 2006 at 1:36pm
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Dammit wrote a big reply and it logged me out!!
I was saying that I love huggies the best. I bought loads of treasures before Zaara was born and it leaked 80% of the time so I switched to huggies and I think they are great. Even if the nappy is full, Zaara stays dry and she never had nappy rash. Keep an eye for specials. you could buy a pack of 109 new born nappies for $37 - $38 at times. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 24 July 2006 at 1:38pm
huggies all the way more money for huggies but they are the only ones that stand up to him now ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 24 July 2006 at 1:44pm
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Oh and I agree with Emma about the size issue....Zaara is only 8 months old and she is on Toddler, and it is getting smallish on her..... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 24 July 2006 at 2:02pm
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 24 July 2006 at 2:27pm
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Treasures worked best for us. Never really had much luck with huggies, they didn't fit properly. I think if you buy a few of each and work out what works best for your bub you'll be sweet. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 24 July 2006 at 4:28pm
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I love the bradn from the baby factory. They fit little taine really well, and seemed to cope with Jake's excess at night. They were cheap and you get rewards points - buy 10, get a pack free.
Now we are using fuzzis on Taine and dry-nites on Jake. Dry-nites are from www.nappyhouse.com. I get them delivered in bulk as it works out heaps cheaper. Be careful with baby wipes. some of the cheaper ones are so crappy, you end up going through them a lot faster. I used a budget brtand from pak n save - about $2.98, and came in either blue or pink. can't remember the name go to the websites as often they'll give you trial nappies. |
Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 24 July 2006 at 6:06pm
Weve always used Huggies for Bay, right up until undies
Every other nappy seemed to leak!!!! but like a few other ladies have said...huggies is more absorbent and even when they are full he still stayed dry and rash free  Iv only ever used huggies and hes never had a rash in his life
I swear by huggies nappies and wipes. Iv had this discussion with a few of my friends that have girls and they said that huggies just didnt do the trick for them because they are shorter and girls tend to pee out the top! (apparently!?) and boys tend to pee out the side (which ever direction his doodley was pointing) and huggies is made to stop leakage from the sides. Wow that was a novel!!! sorry 
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 24 July 2006 at 6:27pm
| Ok so question - those of you using cloth nappies - how often do you need to wash them etc - eg do a load etc...or do you send out to that service? Mum wants me to use real ones, DH wants me to use the service - Me I hate the thought of having to clean real ones when you can just toss disposables. I will welcome discussion on this as Im being pressured two vs one....BTW I intend to return to work after 3 months also so poss nanny / daycare issues with nappies. |
Posted By: linda
Date Posted: 24 July 2006 at 7:48pm
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We use Treasure Ultra's...produced (which I presume means made) in NZ with local and imported materials. Figured it was close enough to buying NZ made.
A few months back I think Close up did a test on Nappies to see what kind was the most absorbant and Treasure Ultras got the top marks (this was quite a while ago so hope I've remembered right). We've never had problems with nappy rash. I was at Countdown the other day and they had Treasure Ultra's on sale for $8.99 per pack but it amazed me how many people were buying nappies that weren't on special....in some cases payinmg $5 per packet more. I always go to the supermarket with the cheapest nappies and stock up (hate it when Countdown limit you to 3 packets!) |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 24 July 2006 at 8:34pm
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Bombshell... we've got an uber-thread on that topic. Search for 'My foray into cloth nappies" and you should find all 9 pages of it.
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 24 July 2006 at 9:13pm
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I love Huggies best for newborns too but as Briona has got older I have switched to Pam's. Seem as good as Giggles to me, but cheaper. I get them at Pak n Save.
As for cloth nappies... I wouldn't leave clothies with a daycare, sounds like too much bother. I'd just settle with a disposables brand you are happy with. All the best for deciding! ------------- |
Posted By: Anna
Date Posted: 25 July 2006 at 8:57am
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I use mostly Air nappies from babyonline.co.nz and I find them great. On the odd occasion when I am slack and run out I use treasures and usually have no problems with them either. I thnk that if you jump onto baby online they will send you a trial, one of each brand of nappy so you can try them out and pick your favourite? ------------- Anna http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Anna
Date Posted: 25 July 2006 at 8:59am
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And the uber thread re cloth is fantastic! Well worth a read, I think it can be held responsible for many oh-baby-ers converting to cloth. And for the record, I know lots of daycares won't do cloth nappies but mine does, they'll only use systems like fuzzibunz... ------------- Anna http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 25 July 2006 at 12:44pm
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I think alot of daycare's suply nappies tho don't they well the one we used did anyway so we just had to send Alan with one nappy for home time and they were happy to put him in a cloth for us.
I will never go back to using full time dposable's unless he weather was to turn really nasty or something it has saved us so much $$$ and LAan has only had one really nasny rash and that was cause silly Mum forgot to change him to a night nap before bed. Deffently cloth all the way. I only wash mine every second day, but will have to start everyday once baby is here no doubt. ------------- Deborah Mum to:
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 25 July 2006 at 6:12pm
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huggies and treasures have always done me gr8!!!have started stocking up too... ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 25 July 2006 at 9:50pm
| thanks guys Im going to go read the thread!!! |