How to customise your Baby Bare Nappies - The Teddy Bare

Here at Baby Bare, we realise every baby has different needs when it comes to cloth nappies. Therefore, every nappy needs to be able to adjust to those needs.

Whether it be a heavy wetter, tummy sleeper, chubby bubba, skinny bubba, toddler, newborn or anything in between, we have OPTIONS.

Our new Teddy nappy is part of growing those options. These nappies stick with the Baby Bare requirements. Trim, low rise, absorbent and affordable.

So how do you use these new nappies the best for your child? Read below for plenty of hints, tips and tricks for the best combination for your baby. Most of these tips can be applied to your Bare Cub nappies as well, so have a read.

With each Teddy Nappy you receive a Cover and a long 65cm foldable insert

Using Side Snaps
If you are new to side snap nappies, there is a few tricks you should know about.

The first one is to pull the insert up over your child first, then pull the cover to go over it. This allows the tabs underneath the front panel to not sit against your child, but rather the insert to do so.

Secondly, snaps the lower snap first. This snap secures around the legs. The higher snap gives you the waist fitting.

When snapping for the waist, you can snap into a different size to what the legs have been snapped into. You can go diagonally back/forward 1 or 2 snap places to give more or less room in the tummy.

Your Looong insert
Your Teddies come with one long 65cm insert. It is suede cloth topped to keep your baby feeling dry. This insert can be folded in so many different ways to help get a good fit on your baby. It snaps into the nappy at the back.

Your Teddy Insert

The nappy fit is a combination between the shape and application of the cover, and of the inserts.

We recommend trying a few combinations on your child to work out what you like, and as they grow adjusting the way you assemble your nappy.

The most basic way to use this insert is to fold in half.

Insert folded in half, snapped into your nappy.

If you find you need less insert in the front you can fold more into the back. This will help make the nappy less bulky in the front and give a padded bottom. This is good on little babies who lay on their backs most of the time. While it may appear to create a bump, this becomes much less noticeable when you pull the nappy up and put it on as the fold flows into the front of the nappy.

The smallest users may find a good fit folding the insert into three layers.

Triple layer Teddy Insert

Bigger Kids/Toddlers
If your baby is getting to be bigger (toddling), you should assemble the nappy so part of the insert is hanging over at the front (only when not on your child). This is because you are going to stretch the nappy up over the insert when its put on. If you dont do this, the insert will sit too low in the front.

Remember, pull the insert up towards their belly button (not that far though). Then grab your cover and pull it so the elastics are stretched through their groin. Pull the cover outwards to cover your insert and snap onto your child.

If you do not stretch the nappy by pulling it up you will not get the best fit on your child. By pulling the insert first you will find it easier to snap the nappy into place without the insert getting in the way. 

For larger children, the insert will need to be pulled up in the front and the cover stretched over the top

Make sure when you put the nappy on you pull the insert up towards their tummy, then pull the nappy to follow and cover the insert. Adjusting where the insert is folded will help you get the insert in the right place in the front. Playing with this perfect fold point on your insert will allow you to get a great fit on your nappies. See below.

You can see that you adjust the length of the insert at the point where it snaps in. 

You adjust how long it will be by leaving more space where the insert folds back on itself.

Using a Booster

Invisible insert folded for maximum coverage at the front of the nappy

Your long Teddy Insert is extremely absorbent. In the event you feel you need extra boosting I first recommend the invisible insert. This insert allows you to put the extra where you need it.

Tummy Sleeper? Try putting in folded in the front.
Just need more all over? Fold it in half in the nappy.





At nights or for extended use in the nappy you can add the trifold booster into the nappy. This will give you 12 wide layers of 450GSM bamboo fleece.

Trifold booster placed under the Teddy Insert

Small Babies

If you have a small baby and you would prefer to make the nappy less bulky, you have lots of options. You can use the trifold booster as an insert on its own. Fold it up and pop it into the nappy. This will place beautiful soft bamboo fleece against your baby which will work well to grip the newer baby poo and keep them comfortable.

Trifold Booster folded up in the nappy ready to use

You could try using a Birds Eye Flat. The cover can be used over the top if you want to fold it onto your baby. Alternatively, place it folded up into the nappy and you have a beautifully trim and soft solution for your baby.

Birds Eye Flat folded up into the nappy. A great trim solution.

Hopefully this guide gives you a few tricks to try to perfect the fit of your nappies on your child. Please do no be overwhelmed by reading it. I suggest playing with the nappies a bit to see how you think you would like to fold them and then adjusting for the best fit on your child. These are all ideas. In the end there are no 'rules'. Have a play, have some fun and find what works the best for you.

We are always here for any help you feel you need.

Jenny