Cloth nappy help

[Dash]

I started with terry flats and started buying one or two different ones as seconds or second-hand. A lot of stores offer their seconds slightly reduced and it's usually only aesthetic. I was buying through NC, so it was people I had heard of a lot.

I make my own, but I am really glad I bought lots of different ones first, because that taught me the sorts of things that suited us and stopped me from sewing a lot that were useless. For example I was going to make fitteds, but realised pretty quickly that pockets were best for us. I discovered that certain shapes just weren't going to fit DD at all, even if the nappy itself was lovely.

If you're going for a starter pack go for one from a reseller that has lots of different things in there, not just the same style. Get a mix of fitteds/AIOs/pockets because you might be surprised which ones work, and get a mix of touch-tape, front snaps, side snaps and snappi closures, because they suit different shapes and styles of bubs. Then you can work out exactly what features you want in your own nappies.
Deb

[Carey]

I started out with 6 prefolds, two fitteds and some disposables. When I found cloth was going to work out, we got more prefolds. Later I branched out into Mandy Macs (I like snappis). Now we use prefolds, MMs, pockets and AIOs! It just depends on the time & place as to which nappy we use.

[nangari]

I read up heaps about MCN but then I went and bought cheap nappies off ebay and some secondhand nappies elsewhere. If I could do it all again, I would buy 3 or 4 nappies new of the ones I thought might work for us, see how they went, then buy a brand new stash of 20. That is a minimum stash that leaves room to bulk out with terries, home mades, others you might buy s/h to try or something for a special occasion. I wouldn't bother buying cheap anymore. It's just not worth it.

Cas