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 flats folded as one and a fleece cover or longies

Best size flats to buy?

Large flats can fit well from 6kg on. Use this trick. Then no upsizing is needed.

Medium flats can be used well from 4kg, 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:

Night time solution options:

A hemp prefold (the best older toddler night nappy) and two to three boosters or a padfolded flat, 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 day home play. Fleece or SuperWrap waterproofs for outings.Fleece covers for night.

Winter: SuperWrap waterproofs for day under longies/clothes. Fleece longies over the night nappy for night from five/ six months old. 

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. Hubby or friend can easily install it.

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.

Tip: 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. Use a fleece liner if these creams are needed (sometimes during teething).