Clothes that fit well around real nappies

Maybeanotherday

Hello
I would appreciate ANY advice anyone has about clothing brands that fit to washable nappies. I seem to be having more and more problems the bigger he gets finding clothes that will go around his bum

Mrs_Cupier

Having put 3 through real nappies, I would say don't bother with anything from Boots, unless they've changed their designer in the last 5 years. We were given some lovely Osh Kosh dungarees that fitted nicely, or ultimately I made my own. I found a pattern my mum had from the late 70s when everyone wore real nappies, and the trousers fitted really well.

Sorry, that's probably not actually what you want to hear is it? :rotfl:

The other thing it pays to do is look at the material - heavy cotton or denim doesn't have enough stretch to accommodate real nappies, but anything made of jersey or velour will have more give. Poor old DS2, with his capacious backside, spent until he was in pants in jogging bottoms.

Hope this helps a bit!

happytails

Frugi, cut4cloth do clothes for cloth bummed babies.

We dont get on with Jeans but find stretchy cotton mixes and velours as PP has said work well, Lucky we have a girl and she is in dresses alot over summer.

If you use fitted nappies or prefolds that require a wrap, you could always look into wool, it acts as a breathable barrier, you lanolise the wool to stop it smelling and this also waterproofs it (think sheep!) and the wool allows the wetness to evaporate some and wont leak out of the wool. This is my breathable that PUL wraps and they do longies (pants), shorties, soakers etc etc, plus side is unless they are soiled by a no2 leak you just air them and hand wash them once a month and re-lanolise - therefore wrap/trousers in one and they are super cute!

Sarah x

teacherandmum

yep strechy material best or skirts with tights

OrkneyStar

My DS used real nappies until recently (currently in sposies bit started potty training today!)....anyway I'd say:
1. buy shorts in the next size up (bigger bum, short leg) or buy styles which have the option to fold up to 3/4 leg. You can get some lovely shorts that work well as trousers with real nappies. This was what I tended to do most times.
2. buy stretchy material, jogging bottoms/velour that sort of thing.
3. get dungarees as these generally tend to have a larger sized bum on them and often have two choices of bib height.
Primark and M and C (especially denim/harder fabrics) never had a big enough bum in them. Contrary to other poster I found the Boots range (Mini Mode) good size wise.....although DS was a fairly thin baby with a big real nappy bum. If I think of anything else I will add it on.
All the best.

Maybeanotherday

Thanks guys, little man is a chunk he weighs over a stone and has only just turned 5mths. I used real nappies with my little girl and she just wore dresses with pantoloons and skirts etc, but nearly everything on the market for boys seems to be jeans lol

Pepzofio

Yes, dungarees are the way forward! My DS was in cloth nappies, but he's always been such a skinny thing that the nappies actually helped keep his trousers up, as anything with a long enough leg was miles too big on the bottom!

You could also try getting american baby clothes online - we had some relatives bring stuff back and their sizes are ENORMOUS!!! Also TK Maxx tend to have some... interesting... sizing - I've seen baby/toddler trousers in there with inexplicably wide waists for their size.

Gingham_Ribbon

I had big babies in cloth nappies and found that jeans were mostly a no-go. Most dungarees were okay but some were very narrow fitting, from the same shops as ones that fitted beautifully.

I was given most of their clothes but I got some on ebay in bundles and the rest were usually from Asda. Soft, stretchy material was best - tracksuit trousers were ideal, especially the cheap ones from Asda that had elasticated ankles as I could get a bigger size and they wouldn't trip them up.

fernliebee

I've got a girl and she is pretty slim but very tall, so we don't find it much of a problem, however I have found that in some styles I've needed to buy the next size up in trousers. I agree with the 3/4 length option in a bigger size, but TBH I haven't found much length difference in the next size I kind of judge by eye as a 6-9 months in one shop is the same size as a 12-18 in another anyway!! Tesco stuff comes up quite big, as does some asda things.

What about just buying next size up and putting a turn-up at the bottom, maybe even a stitch or two to hold them up, which can just be snipped when he grows iyswim.

supersunshine

I just buy the next size up for my little girl and haven't had many problems. Luckily I haven't had to buy too many clothes as I have friends who give me fab hand me downs and haven't had any problems fitting her into the clothes she has been given. I do have to roll the bottom of her jeans up a bit but they look quite cool like that anyway :-)