Diapers and Wipes

[jaetee]

I am starting to think about stocking up on diapers and wipes - can anyone recommend the best/non-leaking yet comfortable disposable diapers for newborns? Would also appreciate a "as natural as possible" diaper wipe recommendation as well.

BTW - read a previous thread about Merries - are they available in HK yet?

Thanks.

 

[bekyboo44]

We've found that the diapers in HK are pretty poor quality; we use huggies with our little boy, we were using the newborn ones and are now on the small size and both have been horrendous for leaking.

We were in Europe last week however and the huggies diapers there were fantastic...no leaking whatsoever...no idea why something made by the same company can vary so much in quality from country to country.
Unfortunetly it's just not practical to be shipping nappies from Europe, although would love too.

Found that all commercial wipes here were much too harsh for our baby....we found some in Europe, made by novartis which are actually designed for babies hand and face, but we use them as diaper wipes and they are fantastic.

Sorry that's not very helpeful for finding things in HK! Just our experience!

 

[Felicia Soh]

Every baby's skin sensitivity towards diapers might be different, so you need to try out a correct one. Generally, brand pampers premium is good, but it's pricey. Alternatively, huggies and mummy poko are practical.
Pigeon Baby wipes is pretty good though, for newborn, I usually washed my baby with warm water when they pass motion to avoid redness or rashes.

 

[carang]

we've tried both huggies and pampers and now stick only to pampers. they are a little more $ but we've had very little problem with them.

 

[rani]

We made our own wipes. Have a read through this thread:

http://www.geobaby.com/forum/showthread.php?t=86071

 

[kashismum]

I use the own brand diapers from ToysRUs...although not from newborn. We were using Pampers and they leaked, especially at night when our LO started sleeping through. Since I've switched, we've NEVER had a leak and they're about half the price of Pampers.
Use J&J wipes - others I've tried are not wet enough and don't dispense very well.

 

[loupou]

When I was a girl, my mom used a wet washcloth on my siblings bottoms.

It's about as "as natural as possible" as you can get.

I myself used cotton wool soaked in a VERY dilute mixture of baby soap & water, when they were little,

 

[jaetee]

Thanks for all the wipes suggestions. So for diapers, seems we cant get any non-leaking ones in HK? Anywhere we can get the Merries brand?

 

[kashismum]

As I said, I've never had leaks with the nappies I use.

 

[niutalent]

We've always used Pampers and never experienced any leakage problems either. I like the ones with the stripe down the middle to indicate when they are wet or not.

As for wipes, the only thing I use are the Japanese brand BABY cleaning cotton. They are fantastic and highly recommended. I just leave a few moistened cotton squares next to my changing table. They are available at Mannings and Watsons now. I would not use the commercial cleaning wipes on baby's bottom when they are newborns.