Cloth Nappies #145

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LOL Arimeh.... i am still awaiting payment on some things i sold.. then i shall buy more just needed something to tie me over... been a while since i have had fluffy mail... and besides don't think there was much left on that c/card

[Willow]

Gigi - thanks, wish you were around yesterday LOL! I did the strip wash with the detergent, the inserts (mostly BumG so microfibre) seem a lot cleaner if anything else and smell OK now but I suspect that once he wees in them, they might stink again. If so, I'll do another strip wash with the bi-carb. I read on NC that vinegar isn't really a good idea and not necessary, that a really hot wash will do the same thing? I suspect that the problem might be detergent build up which apparently traps bacteria and other nasties causing a bad smell?? I brought Purity instead of Amolin last time and don't like it because it's a lot thicker and a lot harder to measure out a small amount, so I've probably been using too much which could be the problem.

The BumG covers (the PUL bits) still smell ever so faintly but I was too scared to wash the PUL in a hot wash - would they be OK in a hot wash (say 60 degrees) every now and then??

Trying to get some more night nappies now that we can use them but everyone seems to be sold out - anyone know where I can get a snoozywun from??

[Arimeh]

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Trying to get some more night nappies now that we can use them but everyone seems to be sold out - anyone know where I can get a snoozywun from??

Willow - widdlewuns on ozebaby.
if she doesn't have any listed - just email her - she does custom orders

[christy]

Willow I do strip washes with everything at 60... and I have 6 BumG's and 3 Greenkids... I was told that for PUL putting them in a low dryer helps seal the PUL?? I think from the Baby Behinds Rep. So I don't think heat is a bad thing, just not too hot. HTH!

[Willow]

Great, thanks guys!!

[Gigi]

the happy heiny US site (the company that makes them) recommends to put PUL pockets in the drier every so often, to melt or re-seal tiny holes in the PUL. it's in the care instructions.

WIllow, EVERY nappy wash for us is a 60 degree wash. Our PUL products are fine with it, our minky is fine, the bamboo and hemp is fine, nothing is suffering for the 60 degrees hot water.

What i do (to get longer life out of the MCN) is to use laundry bags.
I keep any MCN that is black separate, and any MCN that has velcro/aplix on it separate, and MM fleece separate and any MCN that has applique, separate. (each in own laundry bag). THis stops snags and lint removal. just bought dustmite pillow protectors to use as laundry bags. good size, better zips ( they last a year, as opposed to the two weeks i get out of laundry bags, before zip disintegrates and DIES on me).

Willow, if you're after a good night nappy, there are a good number of medium long and large night KK AIO's on Possum Pouches right now. that site often has not much stock up, so it's such a rare sight to see so much stock listed (for the Nappy hunt). THere will be no more PP stockings this year, so if you're interested, buy NOW. THe hunt discount is extended on that site too. My DD has been in the medium long for over a year now and still heaps of snaps settings left, i think she's gonna be in it until TT.

i also noticed (malden millls) fleece pockets on the bits for bots site, but only the aplix sort at the moment.

both are good "quick dry" night nappy combos. Great for people just starting their night nappy stash. Love the night fitteds, but they do take longer to dry, which is not so great if you only have a few night nappies in your stash (like at the start).

Vinegar is NOT good for MCN, that's why the "de-smell" wash should only be done rarely. And as you suspected, it's the INSERTS, BOOSTERS that will need it the most, not the covers, shells etc made out of PUL (which vinegar is not kind to).

ALIOOPS - great to see you back online! woot!

How are you feeling Janie? Is it you that is ill or your family?

WOTBB: whatever night nappy combo dh put on her, i was too exhausted to even look or care. He just brought her to me, all sleeping bagged up, ready for her bedtime booby milk, gorgeous little sucker she is. It puts her in such a good mood for bed. nothing more beautiful than a sleeping child!

[alioops]

I cant find our soakers yet so the girls are in sposies at night until I find them. so sad

Gigi, There is no Ikea any where near here and now I want those crates that we saw!!! Bunnings had coloured ones like them for $20 each but I dont thing DH will let me. we have HEAPS of cupboard space here. built ins everywhere and then all the wardroes we had in the old house moved up with us. I am too lazy to separate everything in the wash, so I do cold washes (well, that and 1 of my hoses needs to be replaced) and just use the bits of aplix that are on the inside of the nappy to hold the tabs, but most of our nappies have snaps.

Dont think my nappy buckets have arrived yet either, so all the nappies are sitting in the laudry trough as they get used.