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by mcm  (September 2007) (rank 5th) |
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Re: Cloth nappy help
Asked by
Rachall
Question:
All you cloth nappy lovers and users, can you tell me how you started collecting your stash? Did you get the nappies one-at-a-time or did you go out and buy a whole heap of different kinds
and brabds? Also did you buy them brand new or second hand first? I am wanting to actually start my stash
and I am lost as to how to go about it. It all seems so daunting to me.
My Advice:
I started out using cloth flats with my eldest daughter and then again with my last baby at 8 months. I had 8 flats and 2 wool soakers which I made myself. I then bought a few trial packs.nurturenappies had a good trial pack at the time with a bamboo flat, fitted, pocket, AIO and wool cover and a few other cloth accessories which was great when I was new to cloth. I also bought a trial pack from Baby Beehinds and Green Kids. This gave me an idea of what I would like to use. I preferred fitteds with wool soakers I made myself.
I have bought a few second hand nappies on forums and swapped also. A good forum is nappiesaustralia where you can freely swap, buy and sell all for free (no listing fees). Or you can have a look at ebay (but avoid the cheap nappies) or buyforbaby
Favourite nappies we use include Pookey Pockets, Bits For Bots, Beetlebums, Whizz Kidz. There are many different nappy retailers that sell a range of different nappy types including flats, fitteds, pockets, AIOs, A12s as well as covers and accessories. Ones I have had experiences buying from include The Wee Wuns, Darlings DownUnder, as well as online malls WAHMania, and oZeBaby. There are also smaller retailers who have stand alone sites such as the ones above and itti bitti who have great customer service and products.
Its a good idea to slowly build up a stash and see what you prefer and what suits your baby best. Remember that the well known brands have high resale value and can be sold or swapped quite easily if they don't suit you.
There are many nappies available and I can understand it can be very daunting which is why I slowly built up a stash. Now my son is 22 months and we have quite a few different nappies for different situtations. I don't mind using flats around the house. For carers pockets are nice and easy just like disposables. We have mostly Green Kids for that purpose. itti bittis for trimness as my bub has skinny legs. But I do prefer fitteds especially bamboo towelling with a wool soaker. For night time we use mostly VBSNs available at The Wee Wuns with wool longies.
I hope that helps and doesn't confuse more.
