Cloth Bums and NB clothing
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Topic: Cloth Bums and NB clothing
Posted By: NewMummyJade
Subject: Cloth Bums and NB clothing
Date Posted: 23 January 2011 at 6:50pm
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Question for experienced cloth Nappy Mums
Just curious how having cloth bums has affected clothes fitting your bubs? Like did you need 0-3 month instead of NB etc etc? Im going to get some onsie bummsies to extend the things that dome at the crotch but wht about leggings and all in ones etc? Thanks in advance  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Nothing
Date Posted: 23 January 2011 at 7:32pm
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I mostly had a problem with my girls fat tummy rather than her bum! She would grow out of her pants at the waist well before her legs! Onesie bumsies are really good, very handy. My girl was in NB clothes for maybe a couple of weeks max, she soon stacked on the pounds and went into 0-3month sizing. ------------- 
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Posted By: T_Rex
Date Posted: 23 January 2011 at 8:42pm
It hasn't made a difference here, but we used mostly prefolds and then itti d'lish both of which are pretty trim - about the same as a sposie really I think. I don't notice DD having a big bum amongst all the sposie kids at daycare anyway 
She outgrows clothes in length not width. She wears quite bulky night nappies so her domed-bottom pj singlets tended to be the first thing I sized up. She's pretty lean so pants were fine width wise even with a night nappy. If you went for OSFA in particular it might be different as they can be quite big on a newborn. Maybe also true for some pockets? Did you have a particular nappy in mind? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 23 January 2011 at 8:47pm
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We use the itti d'lish nappies, and although I have noticed they make his bum bigger than sposies would, it's always been his own chubby thighs that have meant he's grown out of clothing. Most things seem to have a bit of extra room around the bottom (although I do think that clothes are designed to fit sposies, I think you notice they don't fit quite as well round the bottom). -------------   
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Posted By: NewMummyJade
Date Posted: 23 January 2011 at 8:51pm
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Oh yah! Glad to hear your sucess with Itti's as thats what Ive got!
It was part of my reason for choosing them actually, them being the trimest. Ive got prefolds as well. Yah I love hearing of ppl with Itti success, I went all out and got 12 Smalls and 15 Mediums so im terrified they wont fit/work well and I would have wasted all that $$$. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: RedHeadDuck
Date Posted: 23 January 2011 at 9:48pm
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We have all Itti's and I haven't noticed any difference really in his clothes, I did just find (bodysuits are all pumpkin patch ones really) that he wouldn't be in the sizes past what they are, so 3-6months was truley 6months unless I had a extender on IYKWIM. He is pretty average for height/weight.
They don't seem to be much bulkier than a sposie, but we do use sposies at night-time so I haven't noticed any difference in his AIOs |
Posted By: Nutella
Date Posted: 24 January 2011 at 12:49pm
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I found that as DS got older, the pants seemed to get slimmer if that makes sense so some pants not made from stretchy stuff can be a bit tricky with cloth nappies but I didn't have problems with things when he was little. I got the onsie bummies but wish had gotten way earlier coz I don't use bodysuits much now...def worth it to get more wear out of the clothes especially if your baby is long and not so round. ------------- 
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Posted By: MamaT
Date Posted: 24 January 2011 at 3:04pm
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I haven't really noticed a problem at all with clothing sizes and Ittis. DS is 12months now and is wearing 6-12month or 9-12month clothing.
He outgrows things in the length of the body before width or anything else, I have some onsie bumsies but haven't actually really had to use them much at all, only when he's been in the couple of pocket nappies I've got or in his night nappy from time to time. -------------  
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Posted By: shadowfeet
Date Posted: 25 January 2011 at 8:54am
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I've only had problems with a couple of pairs of pants but they didn't fit properly in a sposie anyway. Bodysuits seem to fit to the age on the tag, and she's wearing a lot of her size 9-12month bodysuits still at 13 months with cloth. Overnight I need to make sure there's enough room for her sposie to expand so it ends up the same size as a night cloth anyway. I use ittis and some OSFA. ------------- 
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Posted By: HuntersMama
Date Posted: 25 January 2011 at 12:49pm
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We never really had a problem at all - ocassionaly when DS wore pants that were quite fitting I would have to be selective about choosing the smaller MCNs. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: JAFAjaffa
Date Posted: 25 January 2011 at 1:53pm
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I had a giant child anyway (we skipped the NB size entirely), so he was generally out of clothes well before the age on them. He's almost 14 months and has been wearing 2 year old clothes for a few months. So adding cloth nappies to the mix didn't really make much difference! I just notice that some of the pairs of shorts from places like Pumpkin Patch tend to be tighter in the bum.
We use a variety of nappies, but ittis are my favourites! Anyway, I guess it just depends on the baby and depends on the clothes - I've noticed some crazy variation in clothing sizes too! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 25 January 2011 at 4:11pm
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I hate using cloth nappies with newborns especially since their legs are so scrawny. Now I use sposies for the first 3mos. -------------  |
Posted By: Kalimirella
Date Posted: 25 January 2011 at 8:13pm
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Lol Busymum, I couldve used cloth nappies straight away my daughters thighs were so chubby, you could seriously not easily fit one hand around them.
For the OP, My daughter has always been long in the body with shorter arms and legs, so has always grown out of onsies early though she has of course slown down now. ------------- Kiara is 3 and Teagan is 2, now we're expecting our long awaited 3rd! http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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