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I found the place online that sells them - but they are "restocking"... :doh:
Maz - thanks for the tip!!!!! I'll have a look. I have some swaddlebees pockets - but one is a medium which doesn't fit DS anymore (yay he actually grew out of one!) but is too big for DD yet....
Need to have more children me thinks..
If anyone is interested - there are some cheap BBB on ebay.. plus some swaddlebees.. :shhh:
Thanks mel! I have 2 days of sanity left until DH goes back to work :)
Christy... will have to check out ikea :) Not sure the windows will last much longer with the amount of crayon they are seeing atm lol
I am proud to say:
WOAB - BBB +PP's Shorties
WOEB - PP's prefolds + Fleece cover :)
YAY
PP - at least she isn't EATING the crayons like my child does :rolleyes:
And yay for E being in cloth - woot!!!! I know that great feeling!!
:tmi: I am NOT listens Mel....want to go shopping tomorrow
YAY PP honey you go girl!
**** Maz - how gorgeous is that PIC!!!!!
Aww sooo adorable..
thanks Christy - i try SO HARD to keep all the people (both names, onscreen and real, plus their stories) straight in my head, but i find it impossible to keep the right story with all the different names!!:
i read all about Pink's amazing homebirth - i SHOULD remember that! and still - my brain is like a sieve! how embarrassment!!! i don't mean to offend by forgetting, it just happens. :redface::redface::redface:
Jovie is NOT a heffalump, just a healthy bub who is prolly MILES taller than bilbs - who is a shrimp (as in, a real shortie). She's got such chubby cheeks, she sure is in no danger of being underweight.
Christy, i bought my first trainer for bilbs, and to my surprise, it's just like a PUL pocket nappy, but with a MUCH narrower pocket stuffing opening, and the do up part is different - i was so surprised when i saw it in real life. So it made me think - how does this differ from her wearing a pocket nappy? ANd i couldn't actually fathom how she could pull it up and down by herself, the waist band would need to be wider elastic for that to work i reckon. i still have lots to think about vis a vis trainers.
Ness and I have just been to the Reusable Nappy Week event in our region, lovely to get to cuddle all these tiny bubs and meet the toddlers. MJ was looking divine in red minky (wot a superbabymodel!!). Met some people from other forums too, funny to find out their REAL names, instead of the forum names. But i had no bilby with me, so no avatar pic for them to recognise! Destructor Bilby was in childcare, where her arms could not reach and thus destroy! the nappy displays!!
PINK - when you say you are nervous about Ashley being around home, just in fitteds, - i am doing that with bilbs, she is nearly two, poos are formed MOST of the time, i am finding with WELL FITTING fitteds, it is no problem. Wihtout the cover on top, i SMELL she has done business quicker too. I was also very scared of the messes that would occur with NO COVER time, but it's turning out better than i expected (but i dont' have a nb to attend to as well!).
but if Ashley still has very runny poos every time, i would wait also.
ARIMEH who wuz GUDI - fitteds AIO"S?
wot about all in two's would you consider those?
Many AIO's are actually AI2's when you see them IRL. e.g the snap in dlish
i like how fast they dry e.g dragonflymagik minky hidden pul AI2's - side snaps
the size 2 fits a wide weight range of 7 - 16kgs - excellent i think
also bits for bots does that same sizing, in a FRONT snapping quick dry AI2
so they ARE sized nappies, but a very wide weight range - many kids are not even IN nappies (day time) by 16kg).
and Kester Kovers AIO's (which are really ai2's cos of teh snap in trifold) - that's another one. But they are more typical sized nappies, the weight range for each size is not as wide as the bits for bots and dragonflymagik. But they avoid wing droop cos of clever snap design on the front.
Cushie Tushies are a AIO front snapper, not sure of the sizings.
CGR's are front snapping AIO, they are sized.
babysoftlandings has a mixed pocket package, where you buy four OSFA pocket nappies (you pick the brands) for a package price. We use pockets for childcare, pre-stuffed. that is like having the staff put on a AIO cos they just put ONE thing on your bub.
i forget whether you are after aplix or snaps closing type - oh well, there's a few brands for you. i reckon once your bub is past 7kg, the size 2 jobbies are great value.
to cut down the "surprise" factor, of when they arrive, trying them on your bub and thinking, whoops i didn't realise ....... when i looked at the online photo . . . . .
i email the makers and ask
"what is the crotch width"?
"what is the rise"
any7thing else i can't work out from the photo (sometimes there is only a photo of the back view and i can't see how the MCN closure is)
so i can work out - before ordering - if they will suit my bub or not
a $3 tape measure from the haby aisle at woolworths (where safety pins are sold) will get you a tape measure.
this has saved me buying many things that really would not have suited my bub.
(took me 12 months to figure out this is what i needed to do!!!!).
i was sick of having to send stuff back (po$tage) and selling brand new things (making a lo$$). I was surprised how willing and helpful the WAHM's and nappy site sellers were, to help me out with measurements, wanting to make sure i chose stuff that really did suit bilbs.
GUDI - honeyboys?
i just heard the lovely CATNAPS honeyboys are no more (sad)
but Cherub's Kiss is still open - hard to find them in stock though
she also has a store on ozebaby and sells on the gossamer dreams site once a month (hyena sale time).
Some clever chooks on this thread sew their own Honeyboys!
The rise is high on the HB and the crotch was too wide for us (in the medium) but they are great on many bubs. bilbs suited the small one really well (at the end of that weight range). it was the only AIO we used in the runny poo phase, that we didn't get leaks with - very impressed. love that malden mills windpro.
Ali there is no need to make a strip wash sticky when there is a forum dedicated to washing and maintenance which is full of the info you require. https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...g-maintenance/
The search function works wonderfully well too!
gigi - yeah I was just after the aplix closing ones - cos snaps take longer and aren't as nice for people that have no idea really (just going by DH's reluctance to use ones with snaps and also my mum and MIL!!)
I ended up just getting a few more AIO's BumG's for her - the pockets are still a little bulky on her - even though they are great for DS and he takes them to daycare - once she gains a little beef - I should be able to use them for her too - and HOPEFULLY he will be nearing toilet training and he won't need as many....
Couldn't help myself and got some more GK's too.. lol
Oh and i used the KK the other night Gigi!!!! I was most impressed - used it on DS even though I think it was only a medium that I brought? Fit him fine.. LOL.. I can see why its a night nappy cos it was pretty bulky on his little butt.. lol
mel - thanks about my little man...he's cheeks are so red atm and he has a bum to match but alas he finally has a tooth.
Gigi and Ness - I hope you both had a wonderful time today at your RSN function...the girl who was organising the one here never got in contact with me or some of the other girls :( quiet disapointing
One more sleep and im in Melbourne...i can hardly wait!
I got some sort sort of fluffy mail today! My sugarbooger Berry vines nappy bag.
Looks good but to be honest I not that big of a fan of the colour/pattern not really what I was expecting from the photo. But alls good, it will grow on my Im sure. The bag it self is nice & big & has lots of pockets etc. can't wait to stuff it with nappies & stuff LOL. Not sure I will even be able to fill it LOL. ITs bigger then I would normally buy too.
hmmmm, hopefully it sits on the pram ok.
Gee I sound really disappointed in it don't I? LOL
I put the baby seat in the car today (well last night but then changed it again today lol) so really baby can come when he is ready. The only thing we still don't have ready for him is a name LOL. Although DH is really Keen on "Iain" but we'll see, Im not that keen on it but could probably live with it. But agian we'll see what he looks like.
Isla is tryingout her new (swap) abby grow night nappy LOL. I figured Im not tempting fate by trying it over night. sleep is more important to me right now. So she can run around with it on during the day. Must say its a really nice fit. Might have to hyena some more.
Congrats on your first tooth Matteauz! and may there be many more! m'wah!
:redface: Thanks Hun. Anyone know where the switch to turn my brain back on is? Serious Pg brain going on here!!:
WOEB Green Camo cushie tushie
WOSE large pink BBH Magicall
LMAO! hate to tell ya, but there isn't one. Well at least I don't have one thats for sure!:
:hug: Maz you have a wonderful time away!!!
Just got back from taking Jovie to the hospital... I only have 4 nappies in the nappy bucket since Monday. The GP said she was dehydrated & needed fluids so I went. They didn't believe me on the amount of nappies & I said "She's in cloth, see?? I would know" and then they started listening. They gave her heaps of pain relief & then she sat up & drank heaps! :o WT? I've been working day & night to get fluids into her! She has a middle ear infection now, which is why she's been cranky all day!
Christy - I'm so glad that they found what was the matter - :hug: poor little mite
and btw - don't you HATE it when they can get fluid into them when you have been trying everything to get them to drink...
Well i have decided i havent made my prefolds properly.
I did them30 x 40cm
and they are not wide enough to snappi !!
So i am resorting to padfolding them :( in a cover. Which is ok until the runny squirts happen!
*sob*
What, even if you pull the ends out at the back and front? I had to pull the corners out at the back AND front with Si.
Ditto Nelle:
I pulled the back corners out and folded them over the tummy front.
I cant understand why your prefolds arent working hun
ahhh don't tell me that! I did all mine 30x40
Ahhh time for a quick pop in b4 tidy time..
Had a good morning tea with the RNW... then Gigi and i did lunch... yummo
Christy- oh your poor popit!!! i find some how just somehow my children always tend to make me look like a fibber once i get to the dr... they are fine.. miracle reoverys.. Hope she gets better soon!!
Maz- yay on the tooth, teething is so much fun!!!
I was folding them into like a triangle with a flat front so i have the back full width (30cm).
BUt as they are too long for my little tike i have to fold the front over to reduce the length and then it is hard to have edges pulled out as it is doubled over .. if that makes sense?
Try folding the back over, inwards, so that it will help catch any blowouts out the back. Should make things easier.
Hi All!
DS is still in sposies at night as he still has a couple of sore spots on his bum. But he is sleeping some better so that is worth it.
My eye was swollen up good and plenty this morning so I was off to the doctor immediately and it is some sort of infection. I'm not on oral antibiotics and eye drops FOUR times a day! My eye isn't as sore but itches like crazy. The good thing is DH said the swelling was down a lot when he got home from work!
Sorry - nothing too nappy related to report - I still feel yuck. Skipped mother's group this morning - primarily about my eye but also because of the friend issues I'm having. SIGH...
WOHB: sposie and lots of curash cream
fluffy mail today! another widdlewun - blue hibiscus with matching singlet. Unfortunately not enough time to wash b4 tomorrow, but hey. DH thinks I should slow down the buying ... but there's xmas & st patricks' day yet! Ahhh well, least most of my nappies are OSFA :)
DH was trying to do a cloth bum waddle and not succeeding - I was telling him he wouldn't see that with just sposies! AND we have a babysitter once a month now on Mondays - the day I have to work from home with Pip! WOHOO! So I'll convert their kids into using MCN - pockets / AI2s i think :) Or should I include a couple of sposies? Arhhh.
Maz - such red little cheeks! So elf-like in time for chrissie photos! Where's the tooth?
Gigi - sounds like you enjoyed your function today!
So excited about tomorrow.
WoHB - KK AIO nights
Pink - which covers are you using with the prefolds? i used them with leg gusset covers mainly, padfolded, and that got excellent pootainment - and bilby sure did try that theory out ALOT.
we had 30 x 30 for nb, and 30 x 40 for later on.
LilPrec - good to hear your eye is improving
Christy - ear infections can really sneak up on you. i'm glad Jovie is on the mend.
Have you worked out which brand was the Austin Powers MCN today Ness (shagadelic one?).
Thanks to my Secret Swap person, its still at the post office coz everytime Ive ben down its been outside hours & it doesnt fit in the PO box. But thanks in advance!!
I had another dream (making that 4 now)that the baby is a girl. This time I once again gave birth unexpectedly to a baby girl that the best way to describe her was that she looked like one of the "baby Brats" dolls. She was cute & all but thats what she looked like, with blonde hair.
I don't know why I keep having these dreams. Every "baby" dream I have had the baby is a girl.
I am very comfortable with the baby being a boy so its got me a little baffled.
I think I am givign up on the Longies being part of the outfit he wears home. I looke din Big w yesterday & they did have a few of those Polo tops you saw christy but only down to 000 & they looked too big for a NB.
Plus I was also thinking that if he comes home it them, then they go in his keepsake box & then he will rarely get to wear them AND then I can sell/swap them on.
If Only I could find a nice coming home outfit. I have a couple that I don't mind but I really want the one, not just the "that will do" . Same with his nappy, what nappy should I put on him first as I will want to keep that special too LOL. But I don't really want the "my first nappy" theme
I want something cute & orginal...
Poor Isla just fell out of bed. She was in mine as she woke early this morning & came in for achat. So it was a pretty high fall LOL. She is ok though, just a rude way to wake up.
Im going to bleach my hair today, try & get it back to a more natural colour. DH wants me to be a red head again. Said he will cut his hair if I go back to red. Little did he know I have been planning to do that anyway so I said Ohhhhh OK! Poor guy has this thing about growing his hair long again. It was long when we met 12 years ago & he cut it off about 4 years into the relationship & I think has wanted it long ever since. It was his choice to cut it to, I was devastated when he came into work with all his curls gone.
But now to grow it, it has to go through that unprofessional scruffy look & in a uni library, its just not a good look.
What do people think of using Velcro as the closure for wet bags? I was going to make a heap with draw strings but I can't find the time to get to spotlight for the toggle thingsso I can pull it shut. So I thought doing them so they have velcro. I only need to make a couple.
Those who have the sugarbooger bag (I know of at least 2 of you) so you use it as your "everyday bag"? Like toss your keys, wallet etc in it? It sjust seems soooooo big. I just can't see me needing such a big bag but then I am obviously forgetting a few things about having a NB! LOL
Hey those B4Bers out there - what's the go with bloody annoying people using bidding bots on EVERYTHING. I don't usually bother bidding but saw a couple of things that I want and thought I'd bid on them. People have obviously got automated bots running because everytime I bid, they up the bid at EXACTLY the same time I bid. This has happened on about five items. Is that even allowed (obviously it must be because people seem to do it all the time)?
It makes it impossible to win an auction. Grrrr.
Oh, whinge over: WOHB: BerryPlush
what are you biddin gon Suse?
eta - it could be that they have their max bid set higher then what your bidding. So say its sitting on $15 & you bid $17 but their max bid is $20, you will automatically be outbid.
Ohhhh, that might be it. :redface: Shows what I know... Hmmm. So how do I set a bid limit?
I'm bidding on a blueberry, a beetlebums and a d'lish BTW.
when you bid, just enter the max amount your willing to pay for it & hope its higher then who ever else has bid. It will automatically only allocate enough of your max bid to put you in the lead. But once someone bids more then your max, you will be outbid.
Ahhh, gotcha. That makes sense now. Ta FJ.
gigi
i have a few fleece, wool and pul now - none with gussetts but elastic legs - so at least it contains the poo... just a bugger to have to wash them when there is a poo explosion with a pad fold
Nelle - i tried the back fold over and it does allow me to fan the front out to wrap around yay! going to play around with the bikini twist fold (thanks ness)... does anyone use this one?
Well DH came into the bathroom and said.. you know the best nappy you have is the IB dlish! ... here i am buying all OSFM BG's, hautes and Babycheeks pockets and he has decided he likes the IB!
I only have 5 and they are large the other 40 nappies i own are OSFM (to accomodate both bubs). So might look to pass a few of those off to buy some more IB....
WOAB - Togs... at swimmin lessons
WOEB - Bamboo prefold and fleece cover
We aren't in cloth yet :( we are over the meconium poos.. but we have lurvly BF poos....
WOJB ~ sposie :(
If you wait till you are over BF poo's he will be like 6 or 7 months before he is in cloth LOL
lol fj!
ok cloth is not our friend with ethan !
figured out the prefolds but now getting compression leaks as i have wool/fleece covers and obviously he doesnt move!!
Which means unless i only want to go 1 hr before nappy changes then i have to use sposies as he is still to little for my aio's !!! arrrhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
*sob* for me!
I much prefer b/f poo than formula poo. Yuck. Newborn b/f poo is so easy to clean up too.
pp - The best thing that worked with Emily in the early days were bbh fitted. Until she started getting big enough, than we could use the magicalls and ib's on her.
Wise man your dh is :D I lurve ib's! Can't wait to get some more. I can't believe Emily has outgrown mediums already :redface: I think I have a chubba bubba there.
Thanks to my swapsee person :D Love it. Question though, what size is it? Is it a large? I've never used a pocket mcn before, so interested to know how it goes.
I counted the stash I have for Emily today. With the mcn I currently have, and the bamboo fitted of Nina's I'm saving for her, I'll have about 60 nappies for her. They're mostly mediums, some large, and a few fitted. Do you reckon that's enough? I'm thinking it is.
Jodi - yeah I think its enough.... I have to do a stash count - but I'm kind of scared!! lol
PP - Do you want me to bring newborn PUL covers tomorrow? If you are coming at all? Cos thats what I used over our prefolds and DD is too big for them now....
jodi - i hafve about 2 dozen bbb fitteds but they look sooo big! havent tried them yet
mel - i dont think we r going to be making it :( otherwise would love to try them!
i wonder if christy is going? maybe she could pick them up for me, and i could post them back??