Congratulations on your baby girl!
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Originally Posted by Lollichka
The flannel ones have absolutely zero absorbancy so i have bought some hemp/cotton as well as malden mills fleece to make my own boosters for extra absorbancy.
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I am a little worried about the Malden Mills fleece on the booster. As you know, fleece works as a stay dry liner not absorbant, so fleece should work great on the part of the booster closest to Morgan's skin. But Malden Mills is the Rolls Royce of fleeces I gather in terms of being a very dense fleece that is excellent for a cover - the only fleece recommended for a single layer fleece cover. I have read somewhere that Malden Mills might be too dense for effective use as a liner, and even if not, it seems overkill to use such lovely fleece (by reputation - I've not used it) for a liner. Hopefully others who are more familiar with it will speak up, but I would suggest saving that for making wonderful covers with (particularly as you are getting right into such projects and have a snap press and all) and buy cheap microfleece or polar fleece from e.g. Lincraft or Spotlight (or of course the online nappy fabric suppliers or coops) to top your boosters with.
Or leave the fleece layer off altogether as you are apparently changing regularly and having no nappy rash problems using chux wipes as a liner (which isn't a stay dry liner).
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The fluffies pilchers that come in lemon and mint are an absolute waste of money.
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That's interesting - I actually find their pilchers (in 2nd hand form) surprisingly good though daggy looking (again - the second hand ones get really matted looking not fluffy like in the shops), except when the elastic has gone, as long as the nappy is boosted sufficiently. They are quite different to a PUL cover and I have been more aware of smells and dampness, but once my DD was mobile I know longer knew when she had pooed automatically, and a found that was a plus instead of a minus. I must admit though that I hadn't used them much during the fully breastfed poo era, and I have mostly had the white and blue colours, not the yellow and green, in my hand-me-downs.
All the best