Glasgow newcomer :-)

Hi there

I've been thinking of using cloth nappies for a while and decide to take the plunge at the weekend. A lovely lady was offering 8 free cloth nappies (tots bots fluffles) on another website, so I got them and then my mum bought me a couple of tots bots easyfits when I soon realised I was going to need more nappies!

So far I haven't had much luck. Baby had the runs on the first day so after going through all my nappies in half a day, I had to go back to disposables. Last night I put an easyfit on him through the night, and he woke up this morning with a wet tummy and horrible red marks between his legs.

Any tips on how to avoid leaks and sore spots?

Coco x

Hi there and welcome! I hail from the wonderful city of Glasgow, though I haven't lived there for over a decade

How old is your wee one? My son is 4months and would out pee an easyfit overnight- unless we popped a couple of bamboo boosters in to to increase the absorbancy. We find a fitted nappy and a wrap work best for overnight- Totsbots bamboozles and little lamb bamboo both with extra boosting work well for us. More absorbancy also reduces chaffing and redness.

Hi and thanks for replying

My boy is 10 months old but is very small.

The trouble is that I am completely overwhelmed by what's available. I have tried to contact my local cloth nappy network for a trial pack but it's not active right now due to members having babies, etc. A friend of my mum uses cloth nappies and said she'd make me up a small selection of her faves to try, so hopefully that will help.

Thanks again.

Coco x

Hi ya and welcome

We live not too far away from you

Could be that you need a dedicated night nappy now, what did you stuff the easy fit with overnight? Fluffles aren't the best either unless they are boosred also, they are made of microfibre which can just squish out wee if they get to wet. Also what sort of cover where you using, a pul wrap??

Oh dear, this is where I show what a complete novice I am! I didn't stuff it with anything other than the pre-attached liner. And I didn't use a cover as I'd read it wasn't necessary with an easyfit.

I'm so glad I posted. Clearly I need help!

Thanks

Coco x

Hi

Hey

Hi Cocobelle!
Welcome to the tree and so pleased to hear you are getting into cloth at 10 months old.
Ive learnt (from many people on here) is that there is a solution to almost any problems with cloth.

It definitely sounds like you need more absorbancy. Boosting the nappies you have is a good place to start. My DD is a heavy wetter - so weve had to switch to dedicated night nappies overnight, but during the day as long as its either a bamboo nappy or a boosted cotton nappy we're ok. Sometimes you just have to accept that certain nappies will just need changing more often.

Hope that helps. Good luck in getting your boy into cloth

You don't need a cover with an easyfit but does sound like you need more stuffing, most of us here use hemp and or bamboo. I could have got away with using sn easy fit over night with a few extra layers of hemp but DD was a light wetter. You need a cover with the Fluffles

Don't worry, we have all been there, it is a big learning curve Some of us use a mix of pockets and 2 parters (fitteds and wrap) some just one or the other, I used both but preferred either wool or fleece longies instead of a pul wrap x