Tarkine - so far I have used one of Maz's covers and a mother-ease - both bloody fantastic fits on a newborn. And if you are after nappies, I can highly recommend FJ's nappies - they are a great fit.
FJ - I think you should sell them too. They are too cute (and good for queensland weather I would imagine> )
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Willow - i have a front loader and wash nappies in it
with a DELICATES cycle, that is a quick cycle, i doubt that would be enough agitation to get nappies clean. Stained stuff wouldn't be getting a pre-soak either.
the delicates cycle is for fine fabrics, stuff that says "handwash only" on the tag, needs low temps, cannot handle much agitation - whereas MCN can take up to 60 degrees hot water and needs ALOT of agitation.
i use the BABY CYCLE button on my LG Inverter.
It's basically a pre-soak cycle, a long wash cycle and a rinse cycle. takes two hours but is gentle on the MCN, saves water and when you take the nappies out of the machine, i find the spinning cycle gets heaps of water out (for quicker drying).
So if you don't have a baby cycle (and not many machines do), i would pick a longer cycle with the pre-soak option.
Front loaders are slower but you get used to that pretty fast. I put on loads to be going while i am out, use the timer to get loads to start first thing in the morning.
FJ - my aim in life is to surprise you!!
Gudism - it's good when you realise what works and what doesn't in your stash, allows you to re-evaluate - cull the dead wood, buy the winners. i did that at about 12 months in, cos i is slow, but i did feel cleansed afterwards!!
Last edited by Gigi; August 13th, 2008 at 07:23 PM.
Gigi - yeah I know. And this time round DH gets some input as well cos I asked him what nappies he likes best as well.... (his answer - anything without side snaps..)
So I can't wait to go shopping again.. its been too long..
We got our shipment of BBH's fitted's the other day!! Bought them at the sale price so saved a bit of money and got a free AIO with the package!! I just love the BBH's!!
QUESTION - what nappy rash creams do i have to buy to use with MCN's that won't damage the nappy fabric?? I'm thinking just paw paw ointment? Would that do the job? What about Sudocreams? are they bad for MCNs? please let me know as i would like to buy some soon.
Ren, if you find you need to use creams you need, actually MUST use liners. All creams are going to build up & have a bad effect on your nappies. So a fleece liner for those times is highly reccomended.
Cornstarch poweder is ok though.
ok, so you don't really even need creams? What do you girls use? Just cornstarch powder? I notice J&J do one so i'll grab one of those (dont' wanna use talc!)
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I just love the BBH's!!
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