Cloth Nappies #145

[Gigi]

Sammi - that double sided terry is Teh Best, i would not bother with BM prefolds, if you have the ability to make your own double sided bamboo terry prefolds. I liked their covers and might try one of their trainers.

beautiful belly there Sammi. Bummer on dh catching you out with the fabric.

Whoa Nettie, ALL the icons! You will have Nessa turning herself inside out to catch you up LOL.

Falguni - how did you get a beetlebums off wahmnaps? Beetlebums stock on Ozebaby.

Suse, the ONLY ironing that gets done here at Bilby HQ is dh ironing his work shirt each morning. I can't tell you the last time i ironed.

WOTBB: bilby pocket FJ nappy and baby legwarmers

[~Raven~]

Suse I need your DH to have a talk to mine. Trev would rather go to work in a wrinkled shirt than iron one if I forget Hope the little one is better today!

Never let your teething 15 month old near your snap fastening MCN..

You may have to explain that one to me I'm imagining snaps being gnawed on or something!

Well I got the urge to sew but not prefolds ROFL so made a fitted nappy from the very baby pattern. Man do I need practice!

[maz]

hey sammi

9 weeks and 6 days to go baby!!!!!!!

then NEW BORN MCN HEAVEN!!!!!!

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i got fluffy FJ mail

was soooo excited... and they are DEVINE!!!!! wish i could sew that well....

where would i buy bamboo material??? someone please PM me...

[MummyTummy]

Hi Everyone,

I've hung out in the newbies thread (thanks Nelle), and jumped on here a couple of times but thought I would officially join the chatter now that I have a baby to put in cloth!!

I have to admit that I have been very slack at putting Jett in cloth cos I didn't have enough NB sized nappies so he only got them occasionally, and now I'm in a bad habit of putting him in sposies! I hang my head in shame! I still don't think I have a full stash as some of the OSFA nappies are still just too big for his little bottom.

But, hopefully by coming in here to chat to you all you can keep me enthused to put him in cloth all the time! And I will just have to get more fluffy mail!

So for my very first post with baby

WOHB - Itti bitti d'lish

[Arimeh]

Yayyyyyyyyy MT, nice to have you on board!!!

[Junglemum]

Gigi- is was prob Ozebaby- they all seem the same at the moment! I just clicked on the stocking link from NC and ended up on the right page. Obvioulsy didn't pay as much attention as i should have! lol

[suse]

Suse I need your DH to have a talk to mine. Trev would rather go to work in a wrinkled shirt than iron one if I forget Hope the little one is better today!

I keep telling DP not to bother, his shirts are trashed and wrinkly within about five minutes of getting to work, so what's the point. But he says he's got to at least start the day in an ironed shirt. Pfft. What a waste of time! (Can you tell I'm one of those 'if it needs ironing, I don't buy it' kind of women?)

E is much better/ish, the front tooth is finally through, but he's still chewy and drooly so the one on the other side is still on its way. And he bit my hand tonight, the little bugger! I HATE TEETH.

WOHB: Cute Tooshies with lots of bamboo boosting, and woolly soaker.

ETA - welcome MummyTummy, and welcome to the world little Jett! He is exceptionally adorable!

[Gigi]

mummytummy - welcome and congrats on your nb
i didn't get any of our OSFA anywhere NEAR fitting our nb until six weeks old.
Have you bought any pocket nappies or got trifolds? Cos that's one thing you could use earlier. You could get the trifold (for your pocket nappy), fold it in three, lay a microfleece liner on top (for keeping bub's bottom dry) and lay this inside a nb cover.

some of the osfa nappies, you need to fold down the front tummy side, to make it fit the nb. And maybe leave out, the inserts at the beginning.

FALGUNI (aka hyena extraordinairre!) - lost in the cyberspace with only a link to cling to, yep, been there many times moiself, thinking, "how did i get here?" (Talking Heads ref for the old timers).

Sammi - yeh on the sewing! nesting anyone . Love that double side bamboo terry.

Katones - bamboo is not sold at spotlight unfortunately. here are some MCN supply sites that do stock it:
bubba earth
snaps australia
nappies covered
the bamboo fabric store
nappyworks
fairy fabrics

sometimes there are fabric co-ops that sell bamboo fleece too, but they take a fair bit longer to actually get your fabric, so if you're impatient to make something pretty soon, buy from the shops. (cos i know you're excited to sew hon, you may not be able to wait that long!).

Suse, does Mr E manage to wet thru the cute tooshies trifold and booster? Do you extra boost that? do you have to OUTER boost it for it to work? Maybe producing teeth makes extra wee wee too!

i caught bilby "surfing" and giggling up a storm, on the ARMS of the highchair today! OMG, my life flashed before me! Maybe tiny bilby is really tiny monkey!

She has only fallen badly once (back on Anzac Day) from the height of the changetable, i think she must have no memory of that, going on her "NO FEAR" approach!

Maz - how long before you catch those butterflies?

WOTBB: Kester Kovers AIO

[~Raven~]

Welcome MummyTummy Jett is very cute BTW!!

Katones I've purchased bamboo from snapsaustralia and bamboofabricstore. Am looking into getting some from greenbeans ATM. It's a NZ store.

Suse yes well I get that totally, especailly when DH brings me home "presents" like the one he did last night. Yes I am now the proud owner of a set of white wall tyres and his shirt was filhy.

Gigi I think their desire to climb totally over rides the fear factor from previous falls. Tiny monkey doens't have the same ring as bibly though

Ange I was thinking it was probably ozebaby when you said beetlebums. I wasn't sure if you got the name mixed up though

Maz I'm counting down with a mixture of excitement and terror. I have seriously too much work to do for her bedroom. It's a disaster!

Woke up at 3 with the hungries. Not happy Jan

WOHB not sure as DH put him to bed!

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now i am confused.....

which particular 'bamboo' would i purchase?? the bamboo fleece, bamboo velour.... i want it for a soaker part inside prefolds... and what materials are best for prefolds?? see SO many questions....

[Beatrix]

Kat- for prefolds i wouldnt use bamboo, i would use micro terry or even just flannel.

with a new born they need changing so often tht i think its a waste of precious bamboo!!

in regards to what bamboo to use, most use fleece. some nappies are made out of velvour though, cute tooshies (i think)


Well i did the stupid thing last night, while cleaning my kitchen i shock the toaster over the sink and dropped it in...... while the sink was fulll grrrr. so now today not only do i need a deep fryer but now a toaster...

so no dlish order for me

Gigi- you want to see a monkey? come see annika!!! but that is a cute picture in my head!

[Arimeh]

Sam - I forgot to write this before now - your belly looks wonderful!!!

(Oh how I miss being pregnant...)

Have to say - was mighty impressed with the Monkey Doodlez I had on DD last night - gave her a bath and put her in it before 6pm - then gave her a feed and she fell asleep around 7-ish - and then - woke up at 1am!!! STILL IN THE MONKEY DOODLEZ!!!!!!

And NO LEAKS!!!!

WOOOHOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well - thats my news. Hopefully get fluffy mail today. Did anyone ever feel the need to shop - like a REAL NEED to shop - but then realise that they don't actually need any more nappies ? its an awful realisation... (must mean I need to have MORE children)

WOAB: Widdlewuns
WOMB: Err.. thinking thinking... yeah no, don't know. DH changed her at 5.30 when she woke up for another feed. Probably just a fitted and cover I would imagine. (had to laugh the other night - he put a cover on a Monkey Doodlez AIO...hehehehe)

[Beatrix]

Raven- didnt even think of that no brain atm....

so if you def know you will use them later bamboo is great, but if you anything like me and have no brains flannel will be fine