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still waiting jodi... for her to wake.
it sucks because you spend all this $$ on items and they dont fit.! but yes the BBH wool cover in L definately doesnt go over the nappy.
i have 2 brand new - never washed in hot water.. that is just the sizze they are.
Melham said she has a natural colour BBH wool and it is bigger than the L green's i have.... strange.
Looking at some longies from NN... and then maybe buy a shortie in the summer?
That's weird, maybe it's a dudd?! I was surprised the BBH large wool cover fits Nina consider her hips are wide. Even Maz's covers only just fit. I really need an XL cover with Nina.
tots bots, is that what you suggested for a cover maz, the size 2?
it fits her waist fine but it doesnt cover high enough if that makes sense
I have 2 and they are both the same
Jodi just wait it out. Maz should be getting a wriggle on soon enough :p
Netti I don't crochet but reccon will give it a bash soon. There is a pattern called ladybug which I'm not sure if it's free or you have to pay for (shouldn't be too much if you have to pay for it). I'll try to find some for you as I belong to a few knitting forums :redface:
PP if they are smaller than the non coloured cover I'd definatley be complaining. You will find them very good when you contact them about stuff like that.
Speaking of knitting I'm very proud of myself for making the encased elastic waistband for the Shanons longies pattern lastnight. Took me freaking ages but woohoo for me! I also saw a different way of doing short rows while I was browsing around so I'll give that a go and share how I went. I hope it's easier than the wrap and turn method :wall:
WOHB don't know as DH put him to bed as he's still snoozing!
well i guess we will just wait and see huh?
Have emailed.
I went to DDU and Nn and all the large longie are out of stock... :(
it just isnt my week!! :(
- there is aa 18month LJ longies at NN... it says 10-13kg. DD is 9kg... will it be too big? its the only size i can get
And UPDATE - yep soaked again this morning!
PP- i think upsizing should be fine as they are drawstring waist.
Mj had a great night last night, sleep for 7hrs!! I had to express after her feed again this morning cause of her not feeding well i am getting very engorged and sore and dont want to get mastitis
Nettie yay on the fluffy, they sound great!!!
Huh? Sorry but I can't remember what this is about!! :lol::
LS & Raven - thanks! I'll have a look as soon as DS lets me!
The nappies are on the line in the sun and the liners are cut up and in the wash...
WOHB - Swaddlebees side snapping AIO (short term nappy as it tends to leak)
Still here, still no baby... no leaks last night - I love my Snoozywuns, and with the longies it was brilliant...
However... had his new BB (Bamboo) on with a Swaddlebees PUL cover at the hospital this morning (monitoring) and he leaked. So DH changed it, and about an hour later - leaked through another one!!!!! Arghhh this kid can pee!!!! He did have a lot of liquid this morning so no wonder...
WOHB: BumG (napping)
Maz, do you mean you don't know what I'm talking about in general ('cause I know where you're coming from there lol) or just about the lollies you are brewing?!
Gigi - emailed you Sweets. Well, I didn't email you sweets, Sweets, you know what I mean... or do you? Do I? Does anyone..?!
Nettie - so jealous of your fluffy mail right now!!
No Gudi this morn...? Hhhmmmm....
Oh, also, Ash, I mean... cookie... check your facebook. ;)
Damnit Mel!!!
Sorry QM.... ;)
I'll have to try harder..
PP I hate to ask this if you have already covered it, but you seem to be leaking no matter what system you are using at night time....you had the layers and BBH on last night didnt you?
Have you checked for leg gape? Or tummy gape? She is tummy sleeper isnt she? I found that trying to boost Charlotte's nappies to the extreme mean that I would get either leg gape where the shell wasnt big enough to hide the height of the layers in the crothch iykwim, or that the front across her tummy would leave a gape between the nappy and her tummy due to the bulk...
Just a thought :)
QM - have you taken something we should know about? ;P lol
Sammi - good work on the waistband!! :)
FJ - did you lost package ever turn up?
PP - DD's longies are quite huge....but they have a drawstring, and she has almost grown into them in the space of 3 weeks anyhow :) They will always get bigger!
Well, feeling good about the nappy washing today - we have had 2 days of nearly-roll-off-poo!! YAY!! Sooo much easier to wash them when they aren't putrid! lol
WOHB: Fluffle and Maz cover
Pink Palace
MORE important than the kilos, is the RISE of your baby e.g THE RISE OVER HER NIGHT NAPPY
that's the most important thing to know, when buying woollen soakers, shorties, longies, or fleece longies which are called FLONGIES or fleece covers as well.
LIMEY
we don't use pj pants
bilby wears longies over a fitted night nappy
if wearing a night AIO or night pocket, she wears babylegs and socks
all this is under a LOOSE all cotton sleeping bag
i don't know for sure, but i have reservations about whether our system would still be leakproof.dry in a polar fleece sleeping bag. Fleece doesn't air so well, that's why i use the natural fibres sleeping bag.
sometimes people who use onesies or pj pants OVER the top of the night nappy combo, get compression leaks - not everyone, but enough that it's worth mentioning
PINK PALACE
make sure you know your bub's NIGHT RISE before ordering anything
did you look up the green mountain diapers site? i don't buy from there, just use their fantastic photos of bubs in MCN to help me decide stuff
Don't worry about reading for hours then a quick post - that will change! and it's what i did at teh start (so watch out LOL),. no i'm sure you won't turn out as bad as i have
queen - got your email - SAME address as i've been getting the bounces from - WEIRD
NESSA - How is Milliana today???
:rofl: Oooh no secret squirrel from me QM ;) Will message you back :p
Mehkelti, come on litte rabbit, we all wanna meeeeet you :cheer: :hooray:.
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? :redface: 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...
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.. )
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??
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?
No worries PP, just let me know if you're in need of anything particular and I'll see what I have ;)
im looking at the snoozywuns now Gudism
did you get a large and do you find without another cover it is ok?
Yeah Mel, the winge are kinda shaped...stumpy? I still loved them though! (I say loved because we're out of the mediums now. :))
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...
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?
PINK PALACE!!!! Here are those prefolds I saw on ebay!! item number# 330255125610
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!!
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 :(
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
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).
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
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
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
Gigi - thats exactly what I was trying to say.. pmsl...
FJ - thanks they are the kozi ones i was looking at. Might try for the lamajama... or what ever they are!
Gigi- i have honestly not read half of those responses! lol have now. NOt sure it is my lack of concentration or the forum moves a littel too fast sometimes that i dont remember how far to read back if i dont check for a day. So please dont take offense - just think i am a little dense if i ask the same question twice :) im sorry i do this
I am trying the BBB again tonight (i have been experimenting like you say to find what works). I am having a trifold inside under the short and double long snap in bamboo boosters and going to do them tighter to try and reduce waist gape. Then see if perhaps a little less bulk might make the BB wool cover fit better in the rise... i can only try.
My theory behind using less bulk (although it probably sounds backwards) was that we had a busy day today and i put a standard bbb + pul cover on her at 1230 and with all the driving around and hospital visits i didnt get her home (where she was asleep in the car) for hours and she slept in this... until 530pm. So 5 hours and no leaks.... BBB was soaked but no leaks....
The wool covers (large) were BRAND NEW . SO it isnt an issue of shrinkage.
I measured her and she has a 19inch rise with the boosting as above with the BB wool on. So i will use that to look for longies and shorties.
I will back off a little on the questions, i am sorry but i do get a little confused and frustrated waiting for that lightbulb moment.
xxoo
Nessa, Get me on MSN for sure, I also have a Pfaff hobby lock also, might be a differnt model number though as I only got it earlier this year.
I just gave all of my prefolds a wash. I did some adjustments to them as I made them too big for a NB I think. So Now I have 30x30 & then some 40x30 for later on.
Im also making some NB nappies with applix closure. I made 2 with a rainbow pring (different to the one you got GiGi) & DH thinks its too gay LMAO!
Oh, i am so tired, i read that as if you were EATING a delicious chocolate LOL!!!:
how many days are you "over" now Mel?
I now leave the night longies "too long" on purpose (i used to hem them all up) cos i figure, the extra length just keeps bilby's feet warmer.
i use her biggest, longest longies for night (to totally cover the bulkier night nappies) and use the smaller, shorter in the leg longies for the day (over the less bulky day fitteds).
NESSA - i use a very old overlocker from the 1960's!!!! I am such a dunce, my technically minded dh reads the manual and does the threading for me - it is beyond me - otherwise i'd help you out in a heartbeat! My best MCN sewing has been done when i had access to BOTH a sewing machine and an overlocker SIMULUTANEOUSLY.
I think it is possible to do it all (well, get it done) with only a sewing machine, but for some bits, you don't get the neat finishing off you get with the overlocker. If you sew inside out (turn and topstitch i think is the Sewing Jargon for that), i suppose it doesn't really matter, cos no-one will see when you're done. but being a obsessive compulsive type person, things like that bug me. Prolly has lots to do with me being a wonky cutter outerer, i love how the overlocker neatens up my wonky cutting out!!
Gigi - believe me, once DS goes to bed - I will be eating delicious chocolate!!
I'm now a week overdue.. :rolleyes:
Gigi- i have both machines!! oh and i have a heap of material on order, we are going to have to do a sewing meet, just me and you!!!! and cause i have one of each machine we can do swapsies!!!
the WHY WOOL link on the Nappycino site covers these topics:
Why do people see wool as a wonder fibre when it comes to cloth nappying?
So how does it work as a cover?
So what is lanolin?
What kind of wool works best?
Night time
Recommendations for night time wool
So how hard is to care for wool?
Where do I start?
Really helpful article to read.
http://www.baabum.com/images/baabumlogo.gif
oh wow, i would LOVE that so much! so much i would love to sew up! My fabrics and jumper stash is getting ridiculous!! I have plans!!:
PP - dont back off the questions if you have them!! Keep them coming and hopefully between us all we can sort out the problems :) That's what we are here for!
WOHB: double boosted BumG....hopefully sleeping soon!! lol
PP i am sure the coloured wool covers are smaller or my natural one that was secondhand has to have been stretched, reason being my new blue wool cover doesnt cover the top of the nappy but my natural one more than covers it, I am going to order another natural one just to see if there is a size difference.
Cooper is really sick today and am just deciding whether to take him up to the hospital, he has a really bad cough, runny nose and getting fevers that are giving him the shakes, he had nurofen about 7 and that hasnt worked so have just given him panadol, will give another hour and see how he goes, he is still drinking and having wet nappies though.
WOHB.....bbh and wool cover
Sorry to hear the little man isnt well!! No good :( Take him in to the hospital, if he is having trouble breathing (or you say he is) they will see you straight away so you wont have to wait for hours....at least then you can rest assured either way :) hope is better soon
Poor Cooper
If you cant cool him down, and keep the nurofen and panadol up to stop the high temp (and shakes), then i would get him seen. Try cool clothing and tepid washers .
I hope he gets better... perhaps that Spew yesterday was the start of something :(
Its ok. I have read that you can use conditioner (like your hair conditioner) to soak wol covers in and then stretch them.... i might give this a go if tonight's practice run doesnt work.
I have also orderd a llamajama longies from DDU. so hoping they might help. :) I talked DH into it after my hormonal preggy soak the other night :(
WOHB - BBB +Wool cover
p.s thanks Limeslice :hugs: