Advice for first nappy when bub is born?

[Wildrosebella]

Hi everyone,

What's the best nappy to use for the first meconium poo when my Little Man is born? This is what's in my stash but if nothing there is suitable I'm open to suggestions

* Bamboo flat
* Hemp flat
* Hemp prefold
* Terry cotton flat
* Bamboo fitted (Tots Bots)
* Hemp fitted (Baby Greens Growing Greens)
* Itti Bitti AIO
* Pocket nappy (BumGenius, Green Kids, Cheeky Butts)
* Covers - Eenee Weenee PUL snib, Berry Plush

Should I get a pack of those flushable things I've heard about to line in the nappy?

[HG01]

When Caileigh was born, I used bamboo flats with a triangle piece of fleece as a liner. The meconium washed out anyway but if it had have been really horrid, I would have just throw the fleece away.

[robbo3]

I would use the hospitals flats (as nappies and wipes) so I didn't have to clean it up but then not all hospitals supply nappies and not all people are as lazy as me .

I assume that a fitted and cover would be fine - but have no real experience in the matter having used disposables on my newborns *tut tut* .

[Nettie H]

most definate.... on liners either cut up fleece from spotlight, or flushables, becasue the less you get on your nappies the better.

I would use a fitted, not AIO or pockets till bub is pooing BF poos. But thats my opinion, flats might be hard to learn to use on a new bub, till your comfortable.

[alikat]

Are you going to a hospital that supplies cloth? Mine supplied flannalette flats, but also told us to bring disposables. The nurses usually prefer the cloth so they can tell how much wee there is, but some nurses get crabby if you continue to use cloth after a few days- budgets etc. I didn't even change her meconium poo, infact I didn't change a nappy til she was 2 days old, as I was sore and a bit vague with ceasar/drugs.

[Wildrosebella]

I'm not going to hospital at all - home birth all the way, baby! I've got some material on the way, maybe I could use some offcuts from that to line it?

[Carla]

That muconium poop is awful

Stained a fair few of our naps We just used the hospy flats wity the supplied snibs hehe

If I had my time again I would just buy some less dear terry dlats for the first few weeks !!

Bugger chucking out those fitteds

[robbo3]

Originally Posted by Wildrosebella

I'm not going to hospital at all - home birth all the way, baby! I've got some material on the way, maybe I could use some offcuts from that to line it?

Well there you go sounds great.

I think some large triangular fleece liners would be the way to go - I guess the nappy could still get stained but its so obvious when little ones are pooing I figure it would get changed quickly anyway. The liner could get wrapped around bubs and rolled at the edges to help with containment.

All speculation here as I said before no actual experience

[Kat-Pati]

wouldn't flats stain as well

i'd use a fitted make me feel like a mcn user

[Kat-Pati]

alikat i don't know why nurses can't also prefer cloth pads to tell how much blood you pass esp seeing that
a- the pads may be too absorbent and it could be a false reading like with the nappies
b- the pads may leak

ah bug it would prefer the vanuatu lifestyle ya know ec from birth where they let nature take its course