A GUIDE ON HOW TO USE OUR NAPPIES
FOLDING YOUR PREFOLDS
For the most simple method of use, Ecobots do not need pins, or other fasteners. They will come pre folded in 3, for your convenience.
Choose where you need the most absorbency, for girls, the middle is often best. For boys, you may want more bulk at the front. These simple folding methods are shown below, but there are others.
For both boys and girls, once folded, put a liner over the nappy. (Liners are provided, they make nappies easier to wash because they catch the solids.)
Once you have placed the nappy in the cover, make sure that it doesn’t stick out anywhere. Then secure the velcro tabs at the front around your baby, making sure that the nappy is not too tight or too loose, particularly around the legs.
If you prefer to use a snappi nappy fastener, which helps to hold everything in, then check out our instructions below.
THE GIRL FOLD
This is the basic way to fold your prefold’s for use with a little girl.
The thickest area of the nappy is in the middle.
This is the area that you are likely to need to highest level of absorbency for a little girl.
First, lay the nappy flat, next fold the longest edge of the nappy in towards the center.
​Then fold the other side in over the top of the first fold, finally place into the nappy cover.
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THE BOY FOLD
When folding your nappies for boys, you will probably need the nappy to be thicker and therefore more absorbent at the front of the nappy.
These photo’s show a simple way to achieve this:
First lay the nappy flat, then fold one of the short ends of the nappy in, if your baby is quite small you will need to fold it in quite a way, if they are bigger then you can fold it a smaller amount.
Next fold the other two sides into the centre, folding along the sewn lines.
You can see from the photo that one end on the nappy is now thicker than the other end and there is extra fabric here.
Place the nappy in the cover with this thicker part at the front of the cover.
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HOW TO USE SNAPPI NAPPY FASTENERS
Some people simply like to fold their ecobots cloth nappies into a pad and place them into a cover, other people find that using a snappi nappy fastener to secure the nappy around their baby adds an extra level of security that helps to keep in poo explosions, and keep the nappy in place on a wriggly, active baby. If you decide to give Snappis a go please purchase them here.
As with other prefold nappy folds, there are a number of different ways that you can fold the cloth nappy when using a snappi, here we will show you how to use snappi nappy fasteners with one of the more basic methods: