Night Nappying 101

It is not uncommon for cloth users to opt for disposable nappies at night. There are a number of reasons given for this. Some people say they are worried that a cloth nappy simply won't last the distance. Others say they don't want wet fabrics against the baby's skin for so long. Many just do it because they don't have a nappy that can be used for nights.

But even if you're only using 1 disposable a night, that's still 365 nappies - or over $180 worth of disposables a year while your child needs nappies at night.

If you're a night time disposable user but want to make the switch to full time cloth use, we're going to arm you with the information you need to eliminate disposables from your evening routine! Are you ready?

A Seedling Baby multi-fit pocket with extra booster
set makes a great night nappy

We've night cloth nappied 4 children and have tried a number of different options, including dedicated night nappies, but the three we love most are:

- pop-in +bamboo with night booster
- Seedling Baby multi-fit pocket with extra booster set
- Mother-ease bedwetters

From birth through to approximately 2.5 years, our fall back options are the pop-in +bamboo nappy and the Seedling Baby multi-fit pocket.

If baby is still waking at night
If your baby is still waking through the night, a pop-in +bamboo without the night booster can be sufficient as long as you are changing at each wake/feed, which - for baby's comfort - is a good idea.

A Seedling Baby multi-fit pocket with just the one booster set also does this job beautifully. In both the pop-in +bamboo and Seedling, the boosters are made from a high bamboo content fabric which offers incredible absorbency.

If your baby is sleeping through
If your baby is sleeping through, but not yet toilet training, both the pop-in +bamboo and the Seedling pocket can be turned into night nappies.

The pop-in simply requires a dedicated night booster (available from your local stockist separately or in the nappy packs) The Seedling just needs another booster set, which you can place on the outside of the pocket (you won't fit two boosters sets inside the pocket opening).

Designed as a dedicated night nappy team, pop-in +bamboo with night booster is a killer combination has seen 3 different children through for up to 14 hours from 6 months - 2.5 years.

The pop-in night booster can be folded however it suits! We fold it the 'wrong' way
so that we can then fold the front over again to add extra absorbency for little boys.

Mother-ease bedwetters can be found HERE

If your baby is over 2.5 years or approx 16 kg
Both the Seedling pocket and the pop-in are designed to fit babies to approximately 16kg, but we all know that no two babies are made the same and what fits one might not fit another at the same age or weight. If your child is on the larger side or you feel that the one-size design of these nappies is not suiting your baby any longer, we really can't recommend the Mother-ease bedwetters highly enough. These come in 3 different sizes to fit children between 13 and 31 kgs, so they are also great for older kids and children with special needs.

What about the wet fabric against their skin?
The pop-in night booster has a strip of polar fleece sewn on, and this acts brilliantly as a moisture barrier, keeping your baby dry throughout the night. With the Seedling, you can simply use a polar fleece liner if you would prefer to not have the bamboo directly against their skin. Polar fleece liners never go astray! They're great poo catchers and polarfleece can be purchased cheaply by the metre from Spotlight. Just cut it into strips and you're set. No need to even hem!

HANDY HINT
Always rinse the night nappy a soon as it comes off baby, to reduce the chance of the ammonia breaking down the fibres of your bamboo boosting.

Tell us - what's your go-to night nappy?

© Oz Baby Trends 2013