FLIP on New Born?

gynna

Has anyone tried the FLIP diaper on a newborn?

susangilchrist

Put it this way, I can barely get a flip tight enough on my 4 month old.

DiademChi

The regular one size Flip covers are usually a little too big for a newborn even on the smallest setting.  However, if you have a big baby, it just may work!  I'm getting some xs Thirsties covers for the newborn stage and using the organic Flip prefolds inside until the baby is big enough for the normal Flip covers.

madisonpeas

We also found the Flip covers too big on our NB.  The suggested smallest weight to start is 8#.  We had good luck starting LO with them once he was about 10#.  I agreed that a smaller other brand cover might work for smaller babies.

 

Treasa

Today was wash day & as I had ran out of pf's I reluctantly put our one & only Flip on my 3 week old.  It worked like a dream & now I want to get another shell & inserts.  Now my DS is a pretty big boy - he is 11lbs & the Flip fit him perfectly on the smallest size setting.  On a smaller baby I don't think it would work as well!

StellarStina26

My Flips started fitting at 4 weeks.  She was 10 pounds.  It is more about size than age, but generally they will not fit a newborn.

NativeFloridian

I'm pretty sure this is unusual, but I've been able to fit a Flip cover on my 1-month-old since the day we came home from the hospital.  In fact, our two Flip covers are my favorite because they never, ever leak.  But, so far as I can tell, usually Flip covers are too big for a while.

itsalovething

Depends how big the baby is... our Flips started fitting at 5 wks/8-9 lbs and we've never looked back.  He was 5 lb 14 oz at birth, so Flips would have been too big.