more momma cloth questions...

[ChattyCat]

I finally ordered some cloth pads. I've been looking at them for months now. AF hasn't yet returned, so I still have some time left, but I don't want to get caught off guard, KWIM? DS uses cloth, so why shouldn't I?

Anyway, I ordered 2 regular and 1 super MOE pads with an extra insert for each one. So, that should give me 4 daytime and 2 nightime uses before washing.

I'd like to have a few different brands on hand to try, when the time comes. Does anyone have any favorites? I really want to have a couple of each brand I decide on, so I can give them a fair shake.

Also, how many should I buy? I figure I need at least twice as many. Is that about right?

And, looking ahead to the next babe. For post-partum use, I would just use overnight pads right? How many did you use for that time period? Did you use them in the hospital too or only once you got home? I want to use cloth for the next babe in the hospital (but since we'll have to bring our own this time, it'll be a lot of work, but we're planning on it). Would cloth for me too just be too much of a hassle? I figure I'll probably be there for about 3 days.

Thanks in advance!!!

[annethcz]

I mostly use my keeper. But I also use homemade pads made from this pattern:
http://pacificcoast.net/%7Emanymoons/howto.html

For postpartum, I used homemade pads I made by modifying the above pattern, and just plain flannel pads (with nothing to hold them in/ attach to underwear). The plain flannel works really well, the texture of the flannel keeps the pad from sliding around. I just sewed 6-8 flannel rectangles together. I'm not sure how this compares to the hospital pads, since my kids were born at home. But it worked for me

[memory maker]

sweet cheeks their new moon pads are what I am currently using. they have also started donating part of their profits to breast cancer

[cjr]

How absorbant are the moon pads? There prices are very reasonable. Do you have problems with leaking?

[memory maker]

Originally Posted by cjr

How absorbant are the moon pads? There prices are very reasonable. Do you have problems with leaking?

Today is the first day I have used them. I have had them for awhile, but just got back my first pp af

[camprunner]

Sweet Cheeks New Moon pads are very very absorbant and very thin. When I bought mine they only sold one absorbancy and the web site stated that you could easily double up. My first AF post partum I found that I needed to do that. I love them though.

[allisonrose]

I've seen the Sweet Cheeks Moon Pads on Ebay so anyone interested in them might want to check there as well.

[Ruthla]

For postpartum, I've heard of mamas just using prefolded diapers- particularly the ones that the baby is too little for- they've already got a couple dozen on hand and they have a use when the PP period is over!

Personally, I've never been "together" enough to use cloth with a brand new baby- I usually use disposable pads, diapers, and plates for the first few weeks while getting settled in, then go back to my usual crunchy self a few months later. I did manage cloth diapers with my first (after the 1 packaged of newborn sposies was used up) but I still used disposables for myself. I only had one baby at the time, the washing machine was in my kitchen, and my Mom came to help for a couple weeks so she washed the diapers. When I had my second, the washer was downstairs and I was overwhelmed with 2 babies. When I had my 3rd, I had a dh who was "icked out" by the thought of cloth diapers. I put ds in cloth when he was 21mo (and the idiot was already out of the picture.)

[BelovedBird]

I ordered from www.countrycuttins.com and have been using them for about a year now. They are really great! It is an AIO design that folds out for washing. They have held up really really well even though I don't have enough, wash them often and have hard water. And she is a great WAHM to deal with IMO.