What nappies are the best?

• Daytime: Hemp or cotton flats and/or Dawn patrol day fitteds plus a cover.
• Night time: Hemp prefolds or Sleepy dust hemp fitteds or two hemp flats folded as one and a fleece cover or longies

Hemp or cotton flats? Hemp is the trimmest however cotton is lovely and soft. Both work brilliantly. 

Best size flats to buy?

• Large flats can fit well from 6.5/7kg on. Use this trick.
• Medium flats can be used well from 4/5kg if starting cloth at this point.

How many do I need ?

• Twenty eight nappies and ten covers to wash every two days
• Fifteen nappies and six covers to wash every day.
• Boosters: We recommend using boosters if the nappy is very wet after two hours of wear.One booster per nappy when using flats. Boosters provide extra layers within a nappy to allow for a long wearing time and prevents the wetzone from getting too saturated. 

How often do I change a cloth nappy ?

• Day time - every three to three and a half (max) hours. Poop nappy change immediately.
• Night time - one night nappy will suffice the ten to twelve hour stretch if baby has stopped pooping at night.

Daytime solution options:

• A hemp or cotton flat  (some babies need one to two boosters) and cover.
•  A Dawn Patrol fitted and  a cover.
• Fleece liners for day are needed once baby starts solids. They catch solid poop very well. Without these cleaning poop can be tricky.

Night time solution options:

• A Sleepy dust hemp fitted (up to 15kg only) and  fleece cover/longies 
• A hemp prefold (the best older toddler night nappy) and two to three boosters and a fleece liner and fleece cover/longies 
• Two flats  and fleece liner and  cover/longies. See our night folding video for the flat combos.
• Avoid PUL covers at night.

What covers are best?

Summer: Fleece covers for day and home play.  Fleece covers for night.

Winter: Waterproof covers for day under longies/clothes. Fleece longies for night.

Cleaning poop

• Solid poop must be discarded in the toilet.
• Use fleece liners. Disposable liners are yet another landfill item. They are not flushable.
• Get a bidet sprayer. They are not expensive, are easily hooked up to the toilet and are a total game changer. There is three to four years of poop cleaning. Make it easy for yourself.

• Watch our cleaning videos.

Reusable cloth wipes

• Very effective and make clean up easy and quick. 
• Get about thirty. They last until potty training.
• Store bought wet wipes contain chemicals, often cause horrible rashes and you need "100" to clean a poop.
• Keep a water bottle at your changing station to wet your cloth wet wipes.

Bum cream

• Generally no bum cream is needed with cloth nappies. Cloth does not cause rashes unless baby is sensitive to wetness. In this case use a fleece liner. 
• Use cloth safe bum cream or coconut oil if needed.
• Avoid zinc based products as they clog the nappy pores.