Buying ahead....

Hi Roksana, for my first son I had 24 cloth nappies, which was plenty. As for the disposables i wouldn't buy to many as they never seem to be in the newborn ones for long and a lot of it depends on the size of bubs. As you are mainly using cloth I would probably only buy one pack of a hundred if that.

hey while you're buying ahead, nursing pads and maternity pads are great things to stock up on!!

hhhhm depends. for the first few days you'll probably go through them pretty quick. i think i brought about 4 packs of the libra goodnights ones, and about 4 packs of the libra maternity ones in the pink packs. and that was it. it could be more, or less.. depends on you really, but hey if you get too many you can always use them later, if you don't have enough hubby won't appreciate being sent out at 10 at night cos you just realised you have run out (mike was not impressed).

Nursing pads/breast pads should be at the supermarket too. johnsons are better, treasures are terrible. I got a huge stock of them and i think i am down to only having a few packs left. lol. you'll probably need them as long as you are feeding. you can get the washable ones but i think others have said the disposable ones are better for the first little while until your supply settles down. argh it's so much to think about ... lol

I was also told not to buy too many newborn disposables so we bought 2 packs of 28 or something as they were on special the other week and we had a coupon. We want to use cloth nappies too and were told about 3 dozen is right. IO don't know how many we have because they are all hand me downs, lol, but we have heaps.    The mums I have got to know here all say Treasures Giggles are not good nappies and the best are huggies...

I bought some reusable breast pads, tommee tippee ones but I thought I might get some throw away ones for a start...

If you haven't got any cloth nappies yet I would suggest looking into the new type of cloth nappies like www.fuzzibunz.co.nz as they are FANTASTIC and don't leak etc. I learnt about them too late but wish I hadn't, I would have stocked up on those! They are initially expensive but really good in the long run.

Arrrggg you are right so much to think about

1) not treasures nappies
2) try the other website for bulk nappies or else buy giggles and/or huggies
3) buy at least 3 more pack of maternity pads and few goodnight ones
4) look in to clothing nappie site
5)breast pad disposable better buy a few packs (j&j)

OH MY GOD!! but thanks guys..it is so helpful to know all this,,,keep the info coming...and let my list grow...

If you dont mind not getting stuff straight away, have a look on trade me for new cloth nappies. I have bought 2 doz brand new (still in their packets with price tags!) for less than half the store price. Have also bought brand new washable nappy liners from trade me.

I used cloth during the day for Maya and bought 3 doz, was great because I didn't have a dryer to start with so I needed plenty. Don't forget overnappies too, I used the cheap plastic ones (about $3.00 for 3 pairs from Kmart), the fluffies are useless, PLunket say the cloth lined plastic ones are best but they are about $5 a pair, and I found the cheap ones just as good.
We only bought 2 standard packs of Treasures Giggles newborns, and ended up pinching some Huggies from the hospital then my midwife gave me a bulk pack of disposables, so we ended up not starting with the cloths till 6 weeks. Also, Maya didn't really fit the newborn nappies as a newborn as she was quite big so I wish I had only bought one pack of newborn and one pack of small. On tiny babies it doesn't matter if the nappy is a little big as they only have small wees and they are changed frequently.

We use Treasures Ultra, I find the Huggies are bulkier, and the Giggles used to be fine, but now that Maya is only in nappies at night, she does huuuuuge wees at night and floods the Giggles.

I can't remember how many pads I needed, but I do know that I pinched a heap of those from Birthcare too!

the back of the libra maternity packet reckons you will need about 3 packs - and that was about right for me - then ordinary pads will be okay... apparently after a couple of weeks you can use tampons again but the thought of putting anything up there for a while didnt appeal to me...esp after my large headed baby...i felt a bit like that add with the pregnant lady surrounded by large headed people
(hope thats not too much info..)

If you can wait until after you give birth then thats the best time. But who can do that. Leave it as late as possible like sometime in the last 4 weeks. Also make sure that they have enough room in them for you to grow. And also make sure the back size is done up on the last or one of the last hooks so when you have bubs you can tighten it and it wont be too big across your back.

ooo and with breastpads.. i used the disposable ones for the first couple of months and used to go through almost 2 packs of 24 per week.