Fidget is 7 weeks old today...

Today we stareted trialling re-usable nappies. How has it taken so long? Well, we were advised to wait and see what size and shape bundle was born before buying the nappies, which only a short while into this trial already seems like excellent advice. You can end up spending around £200 on your whole kit, which is small compared to what you can spend on disposables, but very expensive if you buy the wrong things. So she was born and for several weeks I was hardly on this planet never mind in a nappy buying place. Then there was making an application to a money off scheme, and then making an appointment with a nappy lady. So here we are 7 weeks later with a hire kit that consists of one each of a wide range of real nappies.

We started this morning with Motherease one size, which I had high hopes for and you can see here being modelled by Berrie the doll for my trial run...

But no sooner was it on, then Fidget decided to get right down to the testing with a big poo, at this point I established that the leg holes were not snug enough. Leakage was avoided, but only through careful handling of the cheeker!

We then went for Mothereaze Sandy's which were a much more snug fit and handled well against a big Fidget poo, but this is because they are in a range of sizes so the current size she will quickly grow out of.

We are now on the delightfully named Fuzzibunz pocket nappy. It looks promicing but the poppers would be better as velcro, as getting the sizing absolutely right was a little difficult.

My favourites before we started were totsbots bamboo, but they have already suffered a signifcant settback in that they take so long to dry. When we recieved the pack, we were advised to wash them again in our own detergent, which I did yesterday. Everything else is dry, but these are still in the tumble dryer, after having been tumbled dried once and put out on the line. So we will see.

Tune in soon for more nappy updates!!!