I have now taken our nappy design from birth to toilet training (plus some) - and it does fit. They still fit on Charlotte, 34 months old, 16kg and very tall. Charlotte is not a super skinny girl. She's about average.
So why is this misconception happening?
Starting out as a newborn the nappy should be on the smallest setting in the front and in the waist. Below is Emma at about 6 weeks. This setting fit her from 2 weeks old.
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| Em at 6 weeks |
By the time a baby gets to ten months, they are usually not snapping down in the front anymore. This makes many parents panic. They think there child is going to outgrow their cloth nappies before their first birthday.
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| No front snapping |
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| Plenty of room still in the bottom for growing up big and tall! |
This simply isn't the case. Many babies get very chubby before they walk, or crawl, making parents think the waist has been outgrown or the babies legs are too big. But, babies change shape constantly. Once they are walking they trim down and you find the nappy fits well (even if there is a period of time where a nappy doesn't fit).
I want to show you how our nappies fit on a small baby and a toddler.
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| Direct comparison, Child on left is 28 months, Right is 4 months |
Above you can see the largest child is about 28 months. The younger baby is 4 months. As you can see, the same nappy fits on the larger child. As they grow, the nappy tends to sit more along the undies line then as a nappy extending towards the belly button. This is most suitable as it allows their clothes to fit them better and you shouldnt need to size up clothing due to the trimness of the nappy.
Below is Emma at almost ten months. Notice she is on the same front snap setting as the older child in the picture above? Yet the waist snaps are done a bit tighter for her smaller waist.
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| Ten month old baby 9kg |
You can see how some parents would think looking at this shot of Emma, that she will not see another two years out of these nappies. But the evidence in the above picture of Charlotte at 28 months proves the nappy will continue to fit.
These are Baby Bare nappies in our photo examples, but you will find this applies to many OSFM on the market. So don't panic. Just have a look through these images to see that the nappies will see you through much longer then the ten months/ 1 year mark!
Some more examples below.
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| Charlotte at 22 months |
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| Charlotte at 14 months |
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| Charlotte 23 Months |
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| Em 4 weeks old in her Baby Bare cloth nappy, note the overlap on the waist. |
So true Jenny. So true. You could say that a nappy becomes like a pair of undies as they progress to toilet training. Perfect!
ReplyDeleteI, too, was also concerned about this with my 15 month old, but they have continued to fit him. They have just started fitting my newbie at 4 weeks old (he was tiny at 5lbs when we left the hospital), he was about 7 1/2lbs when he started wearing them. He has them crossed over to the max, I also haven't put any insert in (so using like an all-in-one) since he's not a heavy wetter yet, and they are beautifully trim on him that way. I also have some newborn bamboo inserts/boosters (that I actually already had and not using for older baby) that I could add if need be to keep things trim for such a little peanut. Klecia.
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