Kat - I think there is a uk site - nappy lady - or something like that that tells you how to fold and use nappies.
PP - I love my prefolds with DD ..... but not as much as my IB's!!! lol
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Kat - I think there is a uk site - nappy lady - or something like that that tells you how to fold and use nappies.
PP - I love my prefolds with DD ..... but not as much as my IB's!!! lol
Sammi - good thinking 99... were would we be without you hon! Im gonna have to get some disposable liners now.
Christy - I wuv you honey!!!!
We're are all the oldlies gone???? have you been benched out girls?? pwease come back!!
Katones there is a pictogram on Nelles blog. Or there used to be. Hopefully she can get the link for you.
It's in my sig :) I think it's under nappy stuff?
I was thinking about this last night, I think I don't post so much because I've mostly stopped with the nappy buying...
I go through quiet spells too Nelle. Sometimes I don't have much to say and other times I feel like the conversation is passing me by.
It's not just about buying nappies here though is it? I didn't buy anything for almost 6 months and only broke the drought when I got that CK Aurial.
Actually I'm going to mention buying nappies now ;) I picked up my order from theweewuns just before.
I got a fuscia berry plush plus an extra inner,
2 blue berries one pink camo and the other huckleberry,
2 VB fitted, (Janie gave me one as a gift! How sweet is that!)
1 swaddlebees pocket,
1 packet of flushable liners and a bottle of gaia bath and body wash.
Thankyou all so much :hug: :hug:
I really don't need to be buying anything else as I also have some bamboo single sided toweling and some itti bitti boos on the way from bamboofabricstore so I think we're set. I'll be making anything else I might need now I think. (She did have a few more of the boos left in small and large if anyone is after one. IB won't be getting any in stock till late Oct so they told me)
I'm slack... :redface: Sorry.
Although if I were to post now, it would be complaints, complaints, complaints - we've been having leaky city ATM. BumGs leak, Berry Plushes leak, my night nappy leaked last night (luckily while I was feeding him so I didn't have to change sheets - whew)... Grrr. I've strip washed, so hopefully that will see an improvement. Otherwise, dunno what it could be. :think:
And now, at 3:30 he is finally asleep (yes, this is his MORNING nap), so I'd better go hang the nappies on the line otherwise we'll have none for tomorrow.
WOH(sleeping)B: wildchild daydreamer in purple minky. Mmmm, minky. If it leaks I'll scream.
ETA: Yay Sam!!!
Katones, don't worry, nothing is obvious, we are not born knowing stuff, we learn it.
i googled "how to fold a prefold" when i was new and that showed me - via a diagram.
Imagine you have an A4 piece of paper, sideways (landscape)
you fold it in three
it now looks like a pad
well, that's what you do with a prefold.
fold it the WIDE way if you want prefold to be shorter
fold it the LONG way if you want prefold to be longer
there are videos on youtube about prefolds
there are all sorts of refs on google about it
the US ones pop up if you type in "prefold diapers"
there are also line drawings on what to do, at the listing for Prefolds, sold on the booroi website - nice and clear.
i think the first year i did the nappy hunt, i found a nz MCN site where they show you, pic by pic, a prefold being put on a teddybear.
once you see it, you think IT"S SO EASY, but like anything, if you know nothing about it, well,it's a bit daunting.
so dont' worry, no DUMB questions here, just stuff you dont know yet.
From reading this thread, i learn something new everyday, i like that. We're learning EMPIRICAL knowledge - knowledge gained by observation and doing.
ozclothnappies and nappycino also have great educational threads - another way to learn about MCN.
Maz - do i not count as an oldie??? how many years does it take to count hon???? (goes away to eat worms).
WOTBB: sugarshot pocket we just swapped for, very noice.
SUSE - could it be that at nine months, Euan just needs MORE layers of absorbency now? How much absorbency do these nappies have? (layers, fabrics etc).
e.g what do stuff the bumgenius with?
do you have boosters? these can be useful when putting another trifold is overkill, but you need SOMTHING extra. I often stick a nb sized hemp booster in at the tummy side, or inside a trifold, for a bit of extra absorbency. So not big enough to cause a leg seal "issue", but enough to add extra absorbency.
well, that's my idea for you IF the strip washing doens't do the trick.
oh yeh, WHERE are the leaks coming from?
legs - fit issue? are you getting leg seal?
whole thing - absorbency issue? (strip wash, dryer to seal, increase absorbency layers)
waist - rise issue? (get higher rise nappies)
keep posting, we can't help you with the hiccups if you don't post sweetpea!
Thanks GiGi...
i think i have it figured now :)
Just got to get my preggy brain working properly :P
Maz - PM me your postal addy & Ill send you a pack of disposable liners, I have heaps
ok,:
out of the BIG ones, that still leaves
- Baby blossom,
- beyond belly,
- ecobabe,
- sustainable hemp products,
- the nappy bucket
- nappyworks
places like that
then there's the WAHM based malls
- wahmnaps
- wahmania
- ozebaby (all the other stores there that aren't Widdlewuns LOL)
- minicuture
what are you after Gudi? maybe one of us will know where it is, if you say what you're trying to find?
MAZ - i THOUGHT i had read all the posts, but i've lost the plot where you talk about flushable liners? Are you going on a holiday? or is this for everyday convenience? Only asking, cos, if you are going on a holiday, WOOT! that would be wonderful for you! (has Jed made up for his recent misdemeanours???).
WOTBB: au la natural cos my little bilby is just out of the bath
Ah Gigi honey - you are a GODDESS!! You are right though - gotta post more - apart from anything I miss you guys. I do lurk, but it's not the same.
Mostly it seems that now that Euan is so active, it's inserts shifting inside the pocket. Either because he moves around so much, or because he is thrashing around on the table and it shifts while I'm putting it on. Short of staplegunning him to the table (and the nappy), I'm not quite sure how to solve this problem. The majority of leaks are in the wings or out the back and sides of a nappy. In a lot of cases the insert is barely damp. It usually happens when I put him down to sleep in a BumG or BP (am trying to only put him down in fitteds now), and when he wakes up he has a huge wee that just runs out the back or soaks the wings. I'm trying to identify if any in particular of my BumGs leak, if it's the dreaded leg elastic going. One seems a little less springy, but I don't know that it's that one that's leaked.
He is weeing more, but I don't think that it's an absorbency issue. I don't have fitteds leak on me (although he absolutely soaked the sugarpeas insert + a bamboo booster the other day and the outside of the cover was actually damp in a spot at the front). At night, he doesn't even dampen the shell of a night nappy (Lotus), but a Whizz Kidz is pretty damp come morning. They go on at about 10:30-11:00pm, and are off by about 8:30-9:00.
So far I haven't had a leak since the strip wash, but I've also been fairly vigilant about changing him before putting him down. I think I will start extra-boosting my BumGs though, if only to provide a bit more rigidity and stopping the inserts from bunching up when he wriggles around.
Thanks ma lovely - you're ace!
Gigi - I don't actually know what I'm after...lol.. I just want to shop!!! lol
No babe you havent lost the plot...i just thought Sammi made a very good and valid point that was over seen. It was my way of trying to make others see that she was putting a good suggestion across too. Dont stress babe..all is good :) Vy's nappy rash is lifting (yay) and Mateauz little pea's arent bleeding anymore (yes they were bleeding):
Thank good for the warmer weather is all I can say!!! Never mind drying time for the nappies.....free balling time in this house is more important ;)
As for my comment about were are the oldies??? I miss EVERYONE when they are AWOL for a week. I may not say their name or ask were they are individually but I think of them and wonder were they are and if they are ok. We're like family in here so its natural to stress.
So girls - just to let you all know..I love each and everyone...shiaty and wet nappies included..I'll wash them for free :)...I love washing nappies...its a natural high for me (YES im insane atm)
Hey Mel...should I be letting you know that Ive been sewing beads onto something's :p
Oh OH....have to share...after 8 weeks of not BFing :( Mateauzx latched on for 15 mins in the shower and I still have milk..he had a big milky grin at me snuggled back in and went to sleep on me. Ahhh im so gonna miss this
WOMB - have no idea...Jed changed him
WOVB - as above!!!
Awww, that's gorgeous Maz.
wow, your milk is still there, that's amazing Maz. What a lovely moment for you and your M.
Suse
your leak description makes me think FIT, rather than ABSORBENCY.
we're having the same "Wriggler on teh Change Table" routine at our place, so i soooo relate to that!
I would suggest you put him in something with HIGH RISE for those naps. Or even a night soaker over his day nap nappy. But the fitted and cover for day naps sounds a good idea, i would favour the harry high pants ones.
Back to the fit isthoo, can you put the nappy on him, on the changetable, then let him stand up, look all around and fiddle with the closures more, once you have seen him stand up?
BUmGenius v3 have a 12 months warranty if you are worried about elastic. What is the rise like on Euan? DO youhave yourself a little giraffe there? Any tradies crack showing? And what do you stuff the pockets with? Trifolds? Shaped inserts? the bg microfibre insert only?
I'm intrigued about the pocket inserts moving around bit. Are the inserts the correct width for the pockets? I can only imagine inserts movign around, if the inserts were too SKINNY for that particular pocket. Like if you put Swaddlebees inserts (made for a narrow crotched pocket) inside a wide crotched pocket like the bumgenius. I can't quite imagine you doing that, maybe i have misunderstood what you are getting at.
wotbb: the KK aio i left at the front of the night nappies tray - i'll bet that's what dh would have put on her, he likes those Kester Kovers. I can't believe madame is STILL on the smallest snap setting for the medium long size - she's been on that same setting since July 2007! and she's gone up at least 3kg since then. I think she'll be in this size until TT-ing, for sure.
Gudi - you have a week at least, until the nappy hunt discount code runs out - have fun chickadee
Suse - i'm not buying much anymore these days either (i guess trainers will be the next step for us), but i like this group too much to stop posting. And as i will not be having any more bubs, i get my thrills hearing about other people's newborns - cos i would so much love to have another child myself. Love hearing about the newborns.
Awww - fanks Gigi & Christy... (feeling all warm & fuzzy now)
Ness - I got the last extreme last night ;) Now I'm eligible for all the prizes - yahoo! I've only got 3 regular ones to go. One of them is a personal quest for me now... I NEED to find this one!!
it's finally happened to me... I got the gray panadol staining on the Bubblebubs. Hope the sun will fade it!
WOHB: BBB & Wool cover (he's still awake!!!!)
Nettie - yah, I hate that staining. Sunshine, frost or frequent washing ;) Goodness Nettie, that's serious hunting!
Mama-mail sounds lovely, I was thinking fluffette mail :)
Speaking of which, DH now groaning at the mama-mail coming through!
Lovely drying day yesterday, right until I got the washing out of the machine and it started raining (grrrr).
Maz - how lovely!!!! Lucky little Mat.
Oooh, I got my twinkle lily order from the PO yesterday! Lovely organic playsuits and pants and shirts ... and a couple of nappies (hehe) - blue camo & pawprints. And some raw silk liners. Just need to prewash everything!
And more platinum panties mail ;)
Actually, better get them off the drying rack in front of the fire b4 the guests come!
WoHB - dunno, DH changed him, prolly a sposie.
Right nettie we need to msn!!!
lol
Hmm mumma mail just isnt something i can get into... :lol: not that i need to at the moment hehe still no AF