Nappies/Diapers

[foop]

We started with Pampers when my son was born because it was supplied in the hospital and was too tired to try others in the 1st 3 weeks. They are good, but I found it a little expensive and my son occasionally had nappy rash even though we change him everytime the indicator changed colour.

Eventually, i had a bit more time and found out about www.diapers.com.sg. Requested for a sample of GOO.N newborn, found the quality to be very similar to Pampers but at a cheaper price. Had been using GOO.N since..... until they ran out of stock about a month ago. No more rash ever!, absorbent and compact and doesn't take up too much space in the nappy bag.

Mamy Poko is of similar quality to GOO.N except mamy is bulkier.

Didn't like Nepia as it gives off a smell.

Hope my experiences with nappies help:)

[Blue Sapphire]

Nicely put by Cbavasi, diapers are indeed like shoes. And like normal underwear! The same reason why each of us would prefer a certain type of underwear. What is comfy for one isnt for another etc.

Although I have posted my opinion of certain diapers I've tested and have my own preferences for my kid and so does each one of us. I really dont think any of the mentioned diapers deserves to be labelled are BAD. There are far worst out there. Ive tried some that tear when you merely open them up. Or the insides tear and the materials inside the diaper comes out. We travel quite abit and although I bring a diaper stock sometimes it runs out and have to buy from the shops whichever country we are at. I dont even remember the names of such brands but they are really poor quality. You wont appreciate certain things until you've tried worst.

As long as you intend to use disposable diapers you will end up using alot. So the best thing is to try the different brands yourself.

[pumpkinseed]

For nappies, I've heard good reviews about Bumwear. Am going to have a closer look at their store soon. Thinking using nappies during the day at home, and then disposables when going out and for night time.

If you're worried about having loads of washing to do when it comes to nappies, you can try this egg shaped mini washing machine. I got it recently and have tested it out on my lingerie items. Seems like it'll be useful when it comes to daily loads of nappies or tiny baby clothes! To disinfect or remove stains, try Napisan. My extended family had used it for nappies for the last 20 years while I personally use it for stubborn stains.

Good luck finding the right diaper/nappy to use!
Bet it's gonna be a whole lot of fun

[buanshb]

I'm in agreement that the Goo.N diapers are great. They are indeed very similar to Pampers but cheaper. Go onto www.diapers.com.sg - they also provide fre60e delivery for minimum purchases of $60. My daughter is 6.5 weeks old. We were using the new borns, and now progressing to S size. No diaper rash, holds well.

[Thaiclan]

I mixed and matched with cotton nappies and disposables for my first and have started doing the same for my 5 week old. Cloth during the day and 1 disposable (currently Huggies are best fit for her) overnight.
Regardless of all the countless discussions of whether cloth is best, the biggest deciding factor was that my daughter became completely potty trained by 16 months (only wearing overnight nappy from 14 months onwards anyway), whereas my friends kids who used only disposables took at least 6 months longer than that (if you were using Pampers this would cost approx $900).
My daughter would feel wet and tell me she needed changing, whereas in a disposable they just don't make that connection until much later.

[batgirl_cdn]

Just remember people, each standard disposable diaper takes around 200 years to degrade. Those diapers will be in the landfill for a couple of generations. A good alternative is Moltex Oko disposables, but they are expensive! http://www.moltex.de/englisch/index_englisch.html

I highly recommend going with cloth diapers. My absolute favourite are BumGenius one-size pocket diapers. You just scrape or hose off the poop into the toilet, stick it in the diaper bag or pail. It isn't bad at all when out in public, just put it in a bag or two and stuff it at the bottom of the buggy or in the diaper bag. These cloth diapers take only 1/4 or less of the laundry soap you usually need for a load, and they dry quickly because they are synthetic. (Though I see that BumGenius are now making diapers with organic cotton on the inside, so those will take longer to dry.) Mine have lasted beautifully with baby 1 who is now almost 2 yrs old, and baby 2 is on the way and I have diapers ready to go. There is an initial investment, but they pay off already with the first child and then cost nothing but water, soap and electricity after that! (and they don't use much of those because of the material of the diapers - so easy to clean). http://www.bumgenius.com/ When you are done having children and don't want the diapers, just sell them on. They may not degrade as easily as cotton diapers, but then many babies will use them before they start to wear out, so that still saves thousands of disposable diapers in the landfills.

[Blue Sapphire]

A question about Pampers. Do they sell different qualities depending where they are made?

I'm on a trip and I needed to buy some diapers and saw alot of brands I've never heard of. Found Pampers Comfort L which is an orange coloured bag. The diapers have a plasticky outer cover and it has those sticky tapes. One of the worst diapers I've come across, I feel like throwing the whole bag but it cost!

[tiggerlovesme]

I stumbled upon a website that is doing contest that givesaway one month worth of Huggies Diapers! http://sg.quaffs.com/huggies

I joined it as well, it is pretty easy to join, i just used my facebook account =)

It isnt like other contest, where you know you have to send this in and that. So much simpler to join a contest online!

[thirdeagle]

With my first kid born in the US I tried a bunch of different diapers and Huggies worked best until she was an older toddler and only using diapers at night - then she went through a big phase of leaking through everything - Mami Poko were the best solution. I tried cloth at the newborn phase but was discouraged with what I had and never tried them with her again. In hindsight I should have tried again - I didn't try different brands, and with my second, she fit into them better when she was a little older - like 2 months.

With my second I used Pampers Newborn (gifts) and she grew out of them fast. After that regular Huggies seem to work best.

I did try a bunch of different cloth diapers. Kushies were my choice when she was little but she grew out of those at about 6 months. I think I got those at First Few Years in Paragon. Bumwear is working out really well for us - she has just turned two and yes - she is potty training a lot earlier than my other kid - but with her it may partly be a factor of birth order and personality, not just the cloth diaper.- I got the bumwear at their store in UE Square. The website whoopiekiddies.com has a bunch of choices too - Fuzzibunz, Bumgenius, Happy Heinies, Bummis . That said I tend not to have her in cloth diapers when we're going to be out for a long time. Disposing poop is easy with a diaper liner - and I prefer to be putting it down the toilet than into the trash.

[snowqueen]

I've just been on diapers.com as I was interested in all the good comments people have made about the Goo.n diapers but I have found that these are actually more expensive than Pampers - for the large size which I'm using anyway.

In my shop on site I can get 38 Large Active Baby Pampers for $20 or $16 at Carrefour whereas for a pack of 38 Goo.n diapers these are $23.20 so are more expensive.

I'm guessing it's the new born and small Goo.n's that are cheaper than the NB and Small Pampers.

[beckysmith]

For nappies, I've heard good reviews about Bumwear. Am going to have a closer look at their store soon. Thinking using nappies during the day at home, and then disposables when going out and for night time.

Pumpkinseed, did you get Bumwear in the end ? We used them on our bub and we're very happy with them and we've been recommending them to our friends since. She used them until she was done with potty training

[snowqueen]

You can also buy Fritti at Carrefour and they are quite reasonably priced. They have stretchy tapes like the Pampers but are bulky like a Huggies/Mamy Poko.

[Dolph]

I wouldn't stock too much up on nappies as you don't know how your baby is going to react to them. My baby recently started developing rashes. More with some brands of nappies than others, but for that reason we have now started using cloth nappies as well (Bumwear) and they really help. They only thing I would say about cloth nappies is that they are a bit bulky (doesn't bother the bub though) and for small babies they *can* leak if they have a big number two, but generally we are very happy with them. We were afraid they would involve lots of work, but that is not the case at all.