How To: Cloth Nappies at night!

Sorry for being a few days late with this one! I can't even remember what happened on Friday to make me miss Blog Post Friday but here we are anyway :)

This week we are talking about Night Nappies and it should be a pretty easy one! There are a few factors to keep in mind when selecting a Night Nappy as the usual Day time stuff isn't usually going to be absorbent enough to last the distance in the MCN world.

Absorbency - When you want to put a Nappy on your little one to last overnight you need to make sure it is going to be absorbent enough to do the job. Usually you are trying to get something to last you 12 hours (if you are lucky enough to have a Bub that is sleeping that long). Bamboo is quite simple in that 1 Layer is usually 1 hour of absorbency (obviously that would vary depending on the size and thickness of the Bamboo but from a Cushie Tushies Perspective our 1 layer is 1 hour). Therefore to go 12 hours you need 12 layers. A Cushie Tushie Couture has 6 layers of Bamboo (2 in the Shell of the nappy, 2 in the Long booster and 2 in the small booster) so you are already half way there. You need to then Boost it by another 6 Layers. This is where the Bamboo Fold Ups come in (if you are a little tight for cash you could use the Boosters from another nappy for this job). This is a great rule of thumb with any Cloth Nappies that you are buying to use overnight. Find out how many layers of Bamboo it has and go from there.

Waterproof Layer - If you have yourself a serious wetter overnight you might also need to cover the Couture to last the distance. Wool is fantastic for this and we try to have Wool Soakers on our website but they sell out so fast that we have had to take them down for the moment whilst we work on producing them in higher numbers. Wool is fantastic as it works as a cover over our nappies the same way it does on a Sheep! It actually absorbs the moisture into its fibers and then evaporates them into the air! Neat huh! When Buying a Wool Product for a Cover make sure is it is a minimum of 8ply 100% Pure Wool.

So there you have it! A nice and easy one :) I wish you all the success in using cloth overnight as there is nothing better than waking up to a Dry bum and happy baby.
Cheers,
Shell