what is your favourite cloth nappy?

never used them on a newborn as i started when toby was 3 months old and i just used old fashioned flats and covers from farmers. I think for a newborn i would use fitteds and mostly prefolds and covers, because they need to be changed so often anyway. what do i mean think, that is what i am going to do. I recently brought a swaddlebee fitted and think it is fab, not that i have tried it on yet, but i also like designer bums fitteds and snazzipants.

oh and i would avoid fuzzibunz until they fixed their production issues. I have heard so many complaints since they started making them in mexico

Edited by GandT

i think you'll find they arent the only nappies with teflon or other questionable things in them.

I'm so P'd off with the poor quality of mexican Fuzzis that I am currently selling them all on TM and replacing them with Honey Child naps.

I wouldn't recommend mexican FBs for a newborn unless you have a big baby, 10lb+ (or any other size due to lack of quality checking before they leave Mexico IMO).

This morning I sold a pack of 18 HC naps for a 3 week old (3.5kg) and the smalls fitted perfectly

The other brand I like is Baby Harmony but only for novelty factor (I spent $40 on a REALLY flash one!) but it has never lasted as long as my FBs and I use the exact same inserts in them.

I have bought other brands to try and don't think it's worth mentioning them as none of them were as good as what I had hoped.

A: Neither Fuzzi Bunz or Honey Child Pockets use Teflon. However Fuzzi Bunz do have an additional waterproofing that is called a DWR and behaves similar to Teflon. This is applied to the outside layer of the nappy and does not touch the skin. DWR's are common on all upholstery, carpets and drapes. It is not allerginic.

Honey Child Pockets do not use any DWR's or additional waterproofing.


ETA: Please see my post re. FBs and HCs NOT containing any Teflon!

Edited by Two Blondinis

i only use pockets now, but for a newborn i'd suggest prefolds/fitteds/covers.

my fave pocket nappies are baby harmony....then joel-eze and peapods. i'm about to order a tweedle to see what they are like.

Sorry just going to hijack the thread a moment

liljo how difficult do you find it to stuff the bumgenius?

Just curious as I was going to go with bumgenius but then was told they were hard to stuff (esp for men as they have larger hands) so it was better to use haute pockets.

I would be interested to hear about it from someone who has bumgenius though.

I'd say flats or prefolds with covers on a newborn, Maya was flats and covers from 6 weeks till TTed at 22 months, the gremlins were flats and covers from 2 weeks to about 8 weeks then into M sz pockets.

My fave nappy changes with the season, it used to be Ecobubs but they haven't lasted so well with the washing, and I love Berry Plushes, and of course my newest fave the Bubblebubs AIO's.

But my all time fave for reliabilty, fit and ease of use/washing has to be the Happy Heiny's, closely followed by Fuzzis. The jury's still out here on the new Honey Child naps, atm I'm finding the extra wing snap a bit fiddly on two wriggly butts, but I'm persevering.

BumGenius pockets

Thanks for the feedback on the Bumgeniuses guys - I think I will have to go have a look but it sounds like you guys have had positive experiences with them. I'm guessing realistically I'd probably do a lot of the stuffing anyway

I like my fuzzi bunz but I'm a bit concerned re the Mexican thing. Rohan is starting to grow out of his small Fb's and I thought that I'd look at Tweedles - can't find them on the web though. Any pointers?

Ta