Cloth Nappies #138

[The[cookie]Doctor]

Oooh no secret squirrel from me QM Will message you back

Mehkelti, come on litte rabbit, we all wanna meeeeet you .
Hope she gets a move on for you!

PP - those clothes m'dear - I have sorted our all the slightly ratty ones and I have still filled a jumbo (nappies) box and have some for another box, any chance you would be happy to pay half postage? Wouldn't ask but the pile is never ending. Maybe I should take pics of what I have and then you can decide if you want it before I send it??

WOHB: magicall...

[Arimeh]

PP - do you want to borrow one of my snoozywuns to try on Ashley? That way if it works for her you can buy them specifically for night time for her. I'll have another one coming in the mail anyway.....(accidentally ordered one yesterday.. don't know HOW that happened.. )

[PinkPalace]

hi girls!

Limeslice
There is no leg gape - it leaks at the top up her singlet and shirt. Never at the legs or crotch.
I understand what you mean by bulk and tummy gape... how do you stop this though if they need bulk? will the longies stop it?

Gigi - should i measure from ankle up to where for the rise?? to make sure i order the correct sizing ?

AJ - hold off just for the moment thanks babe! i have been given a whole heap from mantaray so will see how they will go lasting me . is that ok?

Gudism - we will be in sposies until i find a solution. I will order some longies today and hopefully get them by tuesday. Thinking i should get medium instead of large - she is asleep so cant measure her.
And i will see if that stops the leak... will it or am i being sillly on what a wool cover actualy does?

Any other ideas for good quality longies or shorties before i purchase??

[Arimeh]

PP - I got some cheap (ish) longies off ebay for around $27.99 a pair, and they work great. I gave them a wash and lanolised them, and had them on him last night. The nappy underneath was pretty wet (we left it on for the morning flood, and a surprise poo!) but the longies were fine. They just sorta repel the pee I think from leeching into other clothes above the nappy (is that the right words I'm looking for?)

WOHB: Ecobubs wool pocket Purdy purdy...

Actually Q for Nelle cos I know you've got Ecobubs too - do you notice that the nappy seems a bit backwards? Like the snaps that I would assume to be at the front (the shorter winged ones) have the edge of the pocket there (which is like at the back of the nappy on the BumG's?) Or are mine a bit... d!cky?

[The[cookie]Doctor]

No worries PP, just let me know if you're in need of anything particular and I'll see what I have

[PinkPalace]

im looking at the snoozywuns now Gudism
did you get a large and do you find without another cover it is ok?

[Nelle]

Yeah Mel, the winge are kinda shaped...stumpy? I still loved them though! (I say loved because we're out of the mediums now. )

[Arimeh]

PP - I got a large for Aricyn - because he is just over 11kg and large goes from 10. It fits him really nicely, although i have ordered a medium because he has a really slim waist so it should fit him ok as well.

I put a BB wool cover over it, but it doesn't quite reach the top -nearly but most of the time I try and pull it up as much as I can. I like using my longies or shorties over the top of them - even though they don't need a cover - I do it because I know he does that big morning wee.

Nelle - so the open pocket part is supposed to be at the front and I'm NOT going insane?
I think DS still fits into the mediums... lol.... since he has decided to be on a liquid only diet (can't get him to eat ANYTHING) then he'll probably be in smalls soon...

[PinkPalace]

what longies does eveyone buy. I am looking at the ones on DDu... buying a longie and a shorty....

there are a few on an auction site.... Oz... but i think it must be a WAHM.. they are only $15 for shorties and $20 for longies... do you think wool is wool or better to go for the ones on DDU?

[*Efjay*]

PINK PALACE!!!! Here are those prefolds I saw on ebay!! item number# 330255125610

[Beatrix]

woot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Guess what i got a over locker!!!!!! omg i am so so excited!! and best of it it was free. now for me to figure out how to work the thing.

So what did i do went and brought some stuff so i can try to make my own fitted nappies, tired b4 with a normal machine and it just wasnt as nice.

PP- as long as its at least 80% wool, wool is wool!!! but DD ones are stunning, i have two
oh i know the ladyou you are talking about on ebay and hers are gorgeous too!!

[*Efjay*]

Ness if you need any pointers just give me a yell. How did you score a free overlocker?

PP, Are the longieson DDU the Kozy designs? If so you will find them a thinner ply then others. I have a a couple of Kozy designs & have no issues but have found them a little more prone to compression leaks if sitting on your hip with a very wet nappy LOL.

Lime, No my longies never showed

[Beatrix]

Fj- my grandparents have been pn the prowl for me for ages and they found one in the paper. so they went down there this morning and got talking to the couple (i think they told them all about me and my marriage prob etc) and the lady said well as we cant find the manual and dont know anythign about it just take it,

Its a pfaff hobbylock 783 model, so is a few year sold but seems to be in great nic, very clean on the inside.

i got the manual off the net (gotta love google) and have threaded it, it is all colour coded but for some reason its just not picking up the stich (like with a normal sew machine the bobbin thread is the bottom stich) so yeah am a little confused. i will have a fiddle with it later and see what i can do

if not i will bug you on msn!!! lol

[Gigi]

Pink - i am confused - you ask questions about MCN, i do my best to answer them (if i have ideas on those topics, then you post the same or similar question the next day. Not sure if you don't understand my answers or if you don't see my replies. I'm unsure.

for example, your questions today, i answered yesterday (cos you asked them also in last few days. My reply to your questions yesterday is found in this post
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...7-post232.html
(it's a few pages back, so to save you searching for it, i've just put a link (hope this is allowed mods - i have gotten in trouble before for posting links).

I gave you places to look for photos to help you choose woolly stuff, websites that educate you on how to use wool for nights, all kinds of stuff, how to measure the rise, etc.

If my answers are gobblygook to you, just say, and i will try and re-express them in a different way. I'm sure i use way too much MCN jargon! remind me to un-jargon if i type out stuff that is clear as mud to you ok, cos i don't INTENTIONALLY try and confuse you. (if that's what it all boils down to).

[Beatrix]

Gigi- you are a wealth of info for me!!! hey by any chance do you know how to use a overlocker????


FJ- we are in test mode....

WOAB: Fj night special (folded so we have apporx 16 layers of bamboo near front area) and some kozy dolphin longies

[Arimeh]

I feel like such an idiot.. commented about DS's longies being too short in the legs so I had to use socks.. uh.. looked up the legs.. they had hemmed about 10 cms up inside the leg..
PMSL...
Uh... lets just say that I took the hemming out and NOW they go all the way to his feet.. pmsl...

Christ.. I need this baby out before I turn out with absolutely no friggin intelligence.. lol

WOHB: A delicious chocolate IB

[Gigi]

PP - I got some cheap (ish) longies off ebay for around $27.99 a pair, and they work great. I gave them a wash and lanolised them, and had them on him last night. The nappy underneath was pretty wet (we left it on for the morning flood, and a surprise poo!) but the longies were fine. They just sorta repel the pee I think from leeching into other clothes above the nappy (is that the right words I'm looking for?)

The reason the other word for the lanolised knitted covers is SOAKER, is because these items SOAK UP urine.

(you might see items for sale described as "wool soaker")

So, after the fitted night nappy has absorbed as much as it's going to (is at maximum absorbency, feels damp to the touch), then the wool of the longies takes over, soaking up urine (well it does if you have lanolised the woollies AND the cover/longies is 100% covering the nappy, including the back, EVERY skerrick of the fitted night nappy needs to be covered for this to work).

that's my amateur description, it's much better explained at nappycino forum, at the WHY WOOL link.

the clothes ABOVE a night nappy will WICK if you tuck singlets, pj tops etc INTO the night nappy.

wicking is like this
imagine a bucket of water
you put 20cm end of a bath towel in the bucket, only the immersed bit is wet
come back in 30 mins, whole towel is wet, even though only 20cm is IN the water - this is WICKING

hth

[Arimeh]

Gigi - thats exactly what I was trying to say.. pmsl...