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i ask alot i know lol. ive been thinking of what nappies to use for my newborn, i have reasonably big babies roughly 4.3kg, 3.9kg and 4.4kg with little waists and chubby legs. i already have some BBH bamboo but want something i can fasten with a snappi so was thinking Mandy Mac Macaboo and iish fly prefolds. you thoughts?

also what are you opinions on the thirsties duo wrap and Lollidoo eco fleece covers?

[Jenn]

I loved my thristies covers. They were amongst the best ever, and the pul is so soft compared to other brands of covers.

I liked my snappiable fitteds more than prefolds, but prefolds will do the job and are quite easy to get the hang of. I still have all my prefolds for no reason LOL

The snappiable fitteds I had were given to me by a member off here when we were friends - she made them using the very baby pattern, but put terry on the inside/outside and sandwiched flannel and other materials inside. They snappied PERFECTLY and were AWESOME to use.

At night I used very baby OSFM fitteds with a cover, as my little one didn't poo at night.

[RosieMum]

I also love the thirsties covers.

I used bamboo prefolds on both of my boys. I made them from Terry so they were snappiable. The ones I used for DS2 I finished just hours before he was born (although I had no idea at the time) I get gooey just thinking about it.

[bethers]

i loved GF smalls once kate hit 4kg.

[paulag]

Definitely get some Ishfly prefolds. But make sure you get the Large size, not the Small. And keep them as boosters for later. They fit really well inside a BBH fitted. I haven't used the Duo Wraps, but I love the size Small Thirsties covers. They work really well with the prefolds. You can pick up Ishfly prefolds pretty cheap 2nd hand. I managed to get them for $3 each and in excellent condition.

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so does a large still fit well on a newby?

[paulag]

Yep, just fold down the front. Works really well. You'll get much more wear out if them. :-)

[paulag]

I used them on my bub from day 1. She was 3.2kg at birth.

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thanks for that, do you need more covers with prefolds because they dont have the elastic legs to contain the contents?

[Jenn]

If you put them on snug they generally don't leak. It'll depend on if you have a boy/girl and what kind of fold you are doing. I had about 5 covers for newborn/small and washed every second day or so. I'd swap the covers every change, hanging up the one just used to air out.

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thanks for that, im going to try the prefolds with fitteds.