Swaddlebees

I have been researching for ages and DF and I have fallen in love with swaddlebees. Does anyone else use them and what shortcomings have you noticed? Also what inserts do you use for day/ night?

Thanks

oh yeah..i only ever used the swaddlebee microfibre insert it came with because it was shaped to fit

Yep - a very trim nappy. Noah could never fit the smalls that came in the hire kit. He was 9lb at birth and just too big

See if you can get an approx size from a scan or your MW. I had a scan at 38 weeks and they said she was going to be at least 9lb and she was 9lb 7.5oz
In hindsight I should have waited a couple of weeks after I had her then gone straight into the mediums, but I had already bought the smalls and I'm VERY impatient with new stuff

nikkiwhyte wrote: And looooovely organic velour!

I cant stop rubbing it against my face.....do you think that might stop once bubs uses them

Emma, did you use the medium on the gremlins when they were newborn?

I never bought smalls, they were in sposies until 2 weeks, then in flats with medium covers till 8 weeks and then straight into medium pockets. And they were smallish-average birthweights (just under and just over 7lb).

I have Swaddlebee's and love them, we had a few probs with leakage to start with but once the inserts had been washed a few more times they were fine. I got 2 hemp inserts also and they also take a few extra washes for absorbancy. I also put the outers in a hot dryer to "seal" needle prick holes which helped. I have found the care of them soooo easy, I still have a few days where I use sposies but thats on 'my' bad day and can't face doing washing. I haven't used them on Ashlyn o/n as she is a very heavy wetter but Anastasia can go thru the night without wetting thru. I have found if they are stuffed too full the elastic around the legs doesn't meet the skin and can be the cause of leaks but sometimes its just a matter of fitting them in flatter. I have folded flats and used as boosters which work fine. I dont have much to compare to as the only other mcn I have are 2 peapods which work fine but the quality just doesn't compare, although I love the inserts for the peapods and use them with the sb's with a microfibre - great combination. The colours a beeeautiful (don't want to cover them) and look as good as new wash after wash. "Dirty" nappies aren't a problem, I have even stopped using liners (except when using creams) poos comes off the valour very easy. Would def recommend getting some hemp inserts as they are mush trimmer & hold more, I havn't used bamboo as yet but think I might look into that soon.
Both my girls are in the large but there is a good fitting range with the row of pops. For newborn, maybe you would be able to get by just with a hire kit - not sure how long you hire them for.
Good luck with the research, & you will still be able to rub them against your face after bubs uses them as they come up looking brand new everytime sofar!!

Will get onto it for ya

I've got a couple of swaddlebees, I think they look really cool cause they do look very trim! Can't wait to actually try them out!