Cloth Nappies

lizzle wrote: also worked out that it took me three months to pay for them - as in, the money that I would've spent on disposbales, so anything after three months of use, I'm saving money!

This is the thing that a lot of people can't see and as an agent is the biggest stumbling block, I just can't get anyone to see past the lump sum payment (even though with FB you can pay off over 3 mnths).

I can see past the lump sum - it's just a lot of money to front up with rather than paying it off in smaller bits (like you are with disposables). I will definately be using cloth - just not too sure what kind.

I have booked a hire kit so will get to try a few different kinds out before we buy and I am making sure that we have the cash sitting there so that when we decide what to get, we will have the money sitting there. I am really keen on fuzzis though but I am a bit worried about buying a whole pile of nappies and then finding that they don't really suit us. The hire kit will be great for sorting that out.

I just read something interesting on the net - apparently, on the disposable nappy packs it tells you to flush the poo down the toilet and not to put a "full" nappy in the bin due to health and safey regs for the bin men/women. Would be a good agrument when people say they don't like to deal with the poos with cloth nappies. I haven't got any disposables here to check if it's the same in NZ.

i use prefolds and covers for toby mostly - i dont find them bulky at all, rather trim really. but i used old fadhioned flats on him to start with.
i use fuzzis for gabriel, but they arent my fave, i prefer the happy heinys on him and the joelypockets, i have two of her fleece ones but havent tried her one size or fitteds yet.

for nights i use fitteds with a wool cover for toby and just scored a buzzy bee snazzipants which is way cool. on gabriel i use pockets stuffed with a flat and a microfibre insert too.

my fave pockets tho are rosies (who doesnt make any more) i have tow fleece ones and two PUl and also some of her all in ones which are great too but i dont really like AIO's that much...

Toni_akl wrote: I just read something interesting on the net - apparently, on the disposable nappy packs it tells you to flush the poo down the toilet and not to put a "full" nappy in the bin due to health and safey regs for the bin men/women. Would be a good agrument when people say they don't like to deal with the poos with cloth nappies. I haven't got any disposables here to check if it's the same in NZ.

Yup it does say that on all disposable packs! One girl at work argued about the having to flush thing and was most put out when I pointed out you're meant to flush the excess with disposables as well.

Her argument was "well no one does it" so I pointed out that just because no one does it doesn't mean you're not meant to!!!

Hopefully no one minds me sort-of thread-jacking....

I've just bought some more Fuzzis and now have enough for night-times (not just day) for both my girls, Hannah is almost 3 and Briona is 16mos. Question is, how many inserts and/or doublers do you use overnight? They both sleep up to 12 hours (yay for me!)

I use two inserts for Jake (2) and one insert and a booster for Taine (10 months)

works for us, and the boys are very rarely wet in the morning. mine are also 12 hour sleepres.

Busymum... depends how much they wet. Hannah seems to be a super wetter combined with a front sleeper... it's not pretty.

I use a microfibre insert, a hemp insert and a microfibre booster. It is working ok-ish, but she still seems to get damp through the night. So I am working on wool! Yay!

As a comparison, Han used to just use a microfibre insert and a folded flat overnight in her fuzzis and that worked fine (until she decided to start holding her wees for long periods of time.)

Would that be Toni?!

Busymum - I use 2 inserts with Hannah for overnight

I use fuzzibunz, can't recommend them enough! THEY'RE FANTASTIC!!! we were disposable users for about 7 months. i always thought cloth nappies were more work, more washing but its no hassle at all. feels good too to know i'm not putting my daughter into a disposable with yucky chemicals on her little bum!