Cloth Nappies...my preferred brand

Now, onto the discussion of my preferred brand of cloth nappy.

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Home made are great. If you have a lovely mother-in-law (like me!) who will make them for you.

BUT, they look (to me) very difficult to actually make yourself!! And you need to have a good stash...and if they aren't OSFA then you need to keep replenishing your stash as your child grows. Which, as babies, they have a slightly annoying habit of doing. A lot. And often.

So my nappy stash is made up of home-made and "commercial" cloth nappies. I have a few nappies (home) made especially for newborns that have the cutest little cut out especially for their umbilical cord (while they still have it/are healing). They are so tiny it is hard to believe that anyone would ever fit into them. But they are great

My preferred brand of nappies is Baby Cheeks, a New Zealand brand.

Now, I would put a link to an Australian/New Zealand website so that you could all rush over and take a look (and perhaps buy up large on the best cloth nappies in the whole-wide-world. However, they don't appear to have an Australiasian site any more. Or be (widely) available for sale in Australia or New Zealand any more. But more on that later.

So, for now, I will leave you with a link to the UK website...Baby Cheeks UK.

The thing that I love the most about Baby Cheeks is that they are truly OSFA and last Charlotte from a few weeks old (I didn't have the organisation/gumption/energy to cloth nappy for those first few exhausting weeks) until she TT'ed at 25 months. And there was still plenty of room in them for her, if she had decided to TT later.

So my original buy lasted the entire time and I didn't have to ever buy a larger size for the growing child.

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A lot of nappies state that they are OSFA but where Baby Cheeks are different is in the OSFA legs system that they have...it is genius and works! With no leaks. The adjustable leg-elastic fasteners are magic and so easy to adjust as baby grows.

They are also a pocket nappy so dry in no-time flat (especially in the brilliant climate of Brisbane :) ). The pocket opening (where you insert the "liners" or "absorbers" is wide and you don't get your hand stuck/caught/squished when you're "stuffing" them. Meaning less faffing about and quicker preparation.

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AND they come in gorgeous colours!! Poor Charlotte ended up with a boys pack because when we purchased hers we were erring on the side of caution and felt sure I was carrying a little boy...so khaki featured on her little bottom every now and again :O

One more cloth nappy post to follow - hang in with me there :)