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Jodi - 45!!!! :spit:
holy moly... ;)
You will never believe what just happened.. had DS in an ecobubs nappy - with the snaps towards the back so they can't take it off - the bugger undid the nappy and waved it around!!!!!!
ARGHHHHHH..... this boy needs pants on all the time me thinks!!!!!
lol did he wave the nappy around like a stripper?? hahahahaha
Hi girls - I have a question. With the warmer weather (and feeling less early pregnancy tiredness) I have started using my MCN's again. But ......... we have a problem :(
DS is 15 months and I have BBB, BB magicalls and Bumgenius V3. The BBB gives him a bit of a rash so I have microfleece liners to keep him drier (which works fine) but both the magicalls and the BG are leaking (the BG really badly).
So - I need suggestions. I have bamboo inserts which just don't seem to be holding him for any more than 2 hours (I have given up on the BG inserts). Do I just add more for additional absorbancy or is there something else? I was really wanting to get back into MCN full time but this has been disappointing. Not to mention I was contemplating what options for increasing my stash with a new little one on the way.
mel sophie reguarly stripped off so i put shorties on her for all sleeps!! tie them up nice and tight, cnat help during the day, doesnt happen as much!
jodi ...... 45 wowie!!
michelle have you teamed the bamboo and microfibre together??? id put the microfibre closer to bum as its a quick absorber, the bamboo them soaks fromt that!!
:hello: everyone...
I went back to work full-time this week, so I've been a bit MIA. (not that anyone missed me :crying: )
Been thinking of buying more IB... there's new colours, you say? :rolleyes:
Hi, I'm Nettie & I'm an addict... I've got around 20 MCN (plus prefolds) but I'm afraid I'm feeling awful thirsty ;)
Yay for the sunshine :hooray: I can finally get my MCN dry on the line in half a day!
WOHB: Sandman & Lovelybums wool cover
Gigi - 11kgs you say... well... *coughs* Punky had her EIGHT MONTH check today & uh... erm... *whispers* She is over 10kg & the height & weight of an eleven and a half month old.... :redface:
I finally bought some cloth pads the other night - can't wait to get them, I feel another addiction coming on lol. I won't say I can't wait to use them 'cause that would just be a lie, but I am very interested in having a look at them at least. Who said what that mail would be again... Kaz? Mama mail was it??
Nappy talk - The MCHN I had today was loving Punk's nappies (a SB & an IB) & was telling me about how she spent $400 online for nappies for her daughter's baby but they were cr@p, she couldn't remember the name of them though - doh! Had a big chat about MCN & even BB!!
I haven't even looked at the new itti colours... I will not be tempted... not until the expo at least.
Hi, My name is Queen & I am a nappy addict. I have too many nappies yet also know that I will never have enough. I hope the first step to recovery is realising I have a problem. ;)
QM - I had a pink IB on Emily the other day when she went for her needles, and the dr loved it, so did a few people in the waiting room! She was wearing a pink dress, so you could see the pink IB underneath.
10kg at 8 months, WOW!! I reckon Emily will be like that. She's 7.2kg at 4 months.
WB nettie, how did you survive your first week back at work? Yeah, I haven't looked at the new IB's yet either. Very tempted though.
omg i have mini babies..
Got Mj weight last week 6.1 kg at 5 1/2 mths
Annika is 11kg now at 2...
must say it does save on nappies, they last much longer.. still in small on most of mjs but i do use some med dlish...
hmm i love a chubby baby though so much to squish! Annika is all bones yuck!!!(:lol:)
I forgot to mention that I've been slightly addicted to the Nappy Hunt too....
I have 3 regular icons and 1 extreme icon left to find ;) It's a personal mission now...
I looked at the new itti bittis and they're yummy... the girly ones are the cutest so I've decided 'no' for now... but ask me tomorrow ;)
oh wow nettie!!
I have only found 2 extreme but only have 5 normal to go....
Queen - i get asked if bilbs is alot younger than she is, purely cos she's so darn short! I've stopped looking at those childyouthhealth charts to check her weight and height, i suspect it's all based on FF bubs anyhoo, and i was sick of feeling like a failure about her size. I reckon, as long as your bub is healthy and has good skin tone, who cares about the kilos bit? i only refer to the scales so i know what size MCN to put her in LOL. She looks healthy to me, has chubby cheeks and a roll on her thighs, so she's sure not fading away to a shadow! but mainly, whatever size she is, and she has been
- miz chicken legs
- miz michelin tyre lady with THREE pudgy rolls on each thigh
- slimmed down after crawling started, so two rolls "fell" off, but chubby cheeks stayed
no matter how she has been, i always think she is lovely (Why? cos i'm incredibly biased!!!), and that's all that matters.
WOTBB: lotus nights with disana woolly pull up soaker
Michelle:
WHERE exactly are your Magicalls and BumGenius leaking?
- If it's from the legs, it could be a "fit" issue".
- If it's from the entire nappy outer, it could be that the nappies need a "strip" wash, to remove buildup of detergent. Have you read about how to wash the nappies in gentle detergent, and only use HALF of what you would use for clothes washes? Cos sometimes people wash MCN as they would clothes, and then the MCN gets this buildup of detergent, which stops it being as absorbent as it should be.
(for a strip wash? use a tiny amount of mild dishwashing liquid and hand wash your nappies in a basin. Keep rinsing until NO MORE BUBBLES.
or
put the nappies and a small amount of dishwashing liquid THROUGH THE DISHWASHER!!! Yes, it's true. i read this on a US site. I ahve no dishwasher, otherwise i would try it myself LOL.
- we have a front loader and i'm told not to do the dishwashing liquid trick in a front loader
- i have heard of people trying this in top loaders and it worked ok.)
re the inserts
the bumgenius OSFA pockets come with a microfibre insert - i doubt that would be sufficient absorbency for a 15 month old.
AJP's suggestion to use that microfibre insert in conjunction with your bamboo insert, is excellent, i would do that too.
What kind of a bamboo insert do you have? is it a shaped pad like thing? or a trifold? (like a rectangle several layers thick that you fold in three to use).
how do you stuff the bumgenius?
every pocket nappy has the pocket CAVITY, where you put the insert
your insert needs to be AS WIDE as the NARROWEST part of the pocket nappy (the crotch). If your insert is too narrow, PUL will be exposed and will wick (leak).
The Magicall - i know there is an old and a new style of these, i don't have any, so i'll let the people who do, fill you in on how to make these more absorbent.
For the future:
when you buy nappies, take the time to find out the FABRIC COMPOSITION of the nappies. Work out which fabrics work best for your child and stick to those.
Don't underestimate the value of a good number of trifolds/foldups in your stash. Not glam, but they sure do the job well. Having boosters (look like a pad) is good too, for the times when a trifold is not enough, but two trifolds is overkill.
And a word about your Baby Beehinds Bamboo. When Mr 15 month old starts wetting thru that, have you heard of OUTER booting? If you add absorbent material to teh INSIDE of the BBB, you will prolly get LEG GAPE, and that ain't good. However, if you put on the BBB as normal, but before you do up teh cover, slip in a trifold on the tummy side (and going under him), so you still with me, the EXTRA trifold is being put OUTSIDE the nappy, but INSIDE the cover. That's called OUTER BOOSTING. Nappy and cover only works if cover 100% covers ALL of the nappy, so if you outer boost, you may need to use the next size up in covers, for this to work. But i'm just mentioning this, to help you maximise your use of the BBB.
the baby beehinds website is very helpful too.
NETTIE: i missed you!;)
Gudi - what stores are you already got stuff from and are bored of, so i know which ones not to repeat to you!
Pink Palace and Jodi - i agree, you've worked out what suits your bubs, and you got heaps of them - if it ain't broke . . . . . . .
Hmmm, methinks Maz and Kazbah are dragging the chain re photos of their bubs in all this much mentioned BUT NEVER SEEN _ AHA cowprint MCN. how bout it gals????;) i need some awwwwwww factor in my day ha ha.
Beautrix - you ahve LOVELY bubs!! Many of our MCN that go from 8 - 16kgs, well i can't see me needing to buy 17 kg nappies, so i reckon they are excellent value. OSFA in the main, did not suit bilbs, so we went to those "sized" types pretty quickly. When i was pregnant, i HATED the idea of sized nappies, had visions of having to buy dozens of them in NB, S, M, L and XL.
the reality was
- prefolds and covers mainly for nb and small phase up to 8kg ,
- from 8 kg on, sized pockets and Ai2's next - and she's still in most of those still (at 22 months).
so, it's all worked out very differently to how i imagined, when pregnant.
Hi Nettie!!! I'm a rare poster as well, but don't worry we do get missed in time :p
Michelle... other than what Gigi said, sometimes I pop mine in the dryer (Magic alls, BumG, PUl stuff basically) on medium heat for 15 minutes to seal the PUL. My BB consultant told me to do that, so if I ever get a leak, I do a strip wash & then pop in the dryer to make triple sure. HTH!
WOHB: Shannon made Honeyboy
I don't think you have an absorbancy issue there as much as the fleece liner and the fleece or suedecloth inner of the nappy are working together and creating a barrier and the wee can't soak through to the absorbant layer so it's just running out the leg. Try using disposable liners with the cream and see how that goes. They will protect the nappy from the cream but not create that layered effect of the fleece.:
Seeing as the BBB's don't have a fleece inner it wouldn't be happening with that one.
want to buy some other nappies....
ooohhh guess what.. the bbb fitteds are available in BLUE for me to buy :D
Gigi - I usually shop at NN - but have done DD, Baby soft landings, cotton bottoms, wee wuns don't really have anything I want...ozebaby (which i usuaaly just shop at widdlewuns..lol) I need more stores...
Oh and DS has only just moved to 12kg .... he fluctuated between 11 and 11.5 for ages - started getting worried when I could see his ribs!!!! Plus he's not the greatest eater....so looks like we both have skinny ones that don't eat!!!
Thanks girls :)
Gigi - I knew your knowledge would be a help!! I do outer boost with the BBB, esp for nights with a wool cover and it seems to work well. I'll try the microfibre with with bamboo for additional wee collection. The fit seems to be ok still but it may be the volume is to much and leaking out. It could be a compression thing too. Or add the trifold - i have a few. If all else fails, I'll try the strip wash but I have used the half detergent since I bought them. Just wanting to get back into my nappies!!
Gigi - i just want to say. I love your posts. Everything someone has a question you are this wealth of knowledge and you never mind typing the same answers for all the newbies! *hugs*. You are wonderful!!
Katones - Yay for blue. I love the blue - wish i had bought more. Have mostly purpple, pink and orange... i think 1 blue :( it is a gorgeous colour :)
As for the strip washes - i am happy to say i dont have to worry about them with the soapnuts :) i am still very happy with the way they are working with my nappies. ANd confident knowing they leave no residue.
Well i tested out one of my prefolds i made (terry + microfibre) in a PUL pad folded on dd... lol she is now my new baby guinea pig. And they were great! held a lot more than i thought they would :) so excited about using them with bub!
Christy - at redlands... do you remember if they provide you with flats to use whilst in hospital.. i know they give you 6 x sposies but to save me bringing in my cloths.. i wonder if they have terrys and i can just take in snappis. I will have to ask them but thought you might know off the top of your head !:)
WOHB - mm not sure.. DH changed it.. perhaps a haute?
OK am going to sound like the DUMBEST BIATCH ever here....
how do i use a prefold???