Cloth Nappies #150.

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[~Mummyof3~]

Love the theme FJ

[1MOREPLZ]

thanks PP and others who answered my question...
i am using the microfleece liners aswell.

[Kitt3n]

PP - with the magic alls, did you use a fleece liner? did he still react?

I have dubbed the magic all's "husband nappies" lol......

[Gigi]

ARIMEH - to get our nappies dry, we have a pedestal fan going, positioned in front of the clothes horse (full of MCN). this is how we dry ALL our laundry, EVEN SHEETS, it works for us, and is cost effective too. Running a fan is much cheaper than running a drier.

Have you ever tried a NIGHT POCKET? purely from the drying time perspective, it might be useful to you. e.g the bits for bots fleece pockets (not their night pockets which are fitted pockets and made of absorbent fabric).

I was told, if you leave a baby in a wet nappy, that brings nappy rash, so we def change wet or poopy. Some kids only poop once a week! so if you only changed the poopy nappies, i would dread to think, the state of that bub's bottom!

FJ - glad everything is going so well for you, that's FANTASTIC hon!

Bilby shrieked with delight, started dancing on the spot, when she saw zebra striped minky (trainers) on our clotheshorse, miz bilby is developing "her tastes". I told her "that's what big girls wear when they do their wee and poo in the potty" - she disappeared and came back with a potty, looking at me expectantly. Took her nappy off, got her to sit FOR ONE SECOND on said potty, not interested !

WOTBB: 36 degress at childcare, i have "trusted" them with MINKY pockets for the first time!

anyone's dh's struggling with Little Squirt, get them to read the instructions (google for them)
if you depress the lever HALF WAY DOWN you don't squirt the walls, gentle does it. Less is more etc etc.
if you press it FULLY - you'll get wet walls.
object you are squirting - do them one at a time - hold object low in toilet bowl
i'm sure Suse put FABBO directions up once.

[Arimeh]

Gigi - oooh a fan.. never thought of that... might try that - THANKS!!!!!

As for night pockets - we do use GK anytimes and minky's for night times - but the bamboo inserts take so long to dry here..... plus I don't have enough microfibre (which I always use on top of the bamboo...)

[alioops]

Kat - The only nappies I dont use liners in are already lined in microfleece IYKWIM. We use 5 nappies per day on Em, and 2 on Sarah. Sarah only wears nappies for her sleep times. Em has never been a huge wetter.

WOTB: same as before, nap time is nearly over though.

[Gigi]

Katones:
do you have a wetbag? as soon as i got one of those, i felt a bit more confident to do it. (The Secret Confidence Weapon) but the First Time, yes, it was daunting to me too. but it was easier than i expected. the only diff is, cloth mums TAKE HOME the used nappy (hence need for the wetbag to trap smell). and many nappy bags sold in shops, cater for disposables - which are tiny compard to cloth nappies. it took me a while to find a suitable nappy bag.

Pneumonia! wow, sorry to hear that Mummy of 3.

FJ - we used cloth (prefolds and cover) from 5 days in, (and i had trouble walking upright for months but only had one baby), it's different for everyone, but there are plenty of stories of parents using cloth right from the start too.

Arimeh
- a strip wash is to strip back excess washing detergent (using gentle dishwashing detergent).
- A de-stink wash is another animal altogether (bicarb and vinegar wash to remove smells, just do it to the inserts/boosters). i found microfibre held onto the urine smell more.

Alioops - i wash at 60 degrees 100% and our PUL is fine.
How is EM's tummy? (or other end really!). i hope for YOUR tummy's sake, she is ok!!

love the bubby photos eeryone, keep em coming.

MAZ - woot on M taking his first steps! that's grand Maz!

where did i read the other day?
MCN mummy tells friend - i save so much money using MCN, it's great
Friend says: how would it save me money, we use two disposables per day, it's cheap
MCN mummy: (in shock)
gigi thinks: that's child abuse
childcare workers tell me stories of babies who come to the centre in the morning, in the SAME nappy the CC worker put on that baby the night before as their "going home nappy".

WOTBB: lotus night nappy with disana woolly pullup (i still haven't shrunk it, yeh!)

i put ( tried on ) on her small blueberry training pants today, amazed at how big they run, she couldn't pull them up and down by herself, LOVED herself in them, did a little dance, Madame has decided zebra stripes are awright! they're a bit boofy. rise wise they were ok, but yeh, the only way i can think to describe teh too bigness part is "boofy".

ECAPRIS is going to have her baby very soon. best of luck Rachel! a sibling for Angus.

[NaNa]

kat - Gigi's so right about the wetbag being the Secret Confidence Weapon! Of course, I have a red one. And a black one. And a blue one just for something completely outrageous!! Only issue I've ever had was after a big day at the mall *shudder*, too much shopping in my bag already, so I had the wetbag clipped to the pram and the guy at the entrance to KMart or whatever wanted to check all my bags! He didn't expect that...
good idea to make up a pile of DH-friendly nappies! I put printed instructions with diagrams on the wall next to the change table (and the washing machine too) in the hope that one of these days my DP will be able to put a nappy on DS unassisted... other than a BumG, anyway. He likes them.
Gigi -

childcare workers tell me stories of babies who come to the centre in the morning, in the SAME nappy the CC worker put on that baby the night before as their "going home nappy"

I used to cook for a childcare centre, but some of the tales the parents and staff would tell me about what kids ate at other centres was just plain frightening, and sometimes heartbreaking.
Maz - WTG Mateauz!
Gorgeous pics everyone!
oh-oh spaghetti-os! DS is screaming... BBL

WOHB: BumG

[PinkPalace]

Maz - look at those first steps!! great!!

Mel - Montessori sounds great. i remember christy telling me about it - and yay for no stinky nappies coming home! the sewing.. i taught myself by just having a play.. still learning!:P

Nana - hi! havent spoken to you yet lol so hi!

Ness - HOws the house hold this morning??? and your eye?

gigi - if we put all our bubs photos up - you must show up a pic of those zebra training pants!!!

On another note... i woke up this mornign (after ANOTHER LONNNNNG night) to find DH had put the nappies on wash... awww... warm water prerinse.. and even remembered to wash wash with the soap nuts! so very proud!

Well after all the talk yesterday about nb in cloth... i have ventured to put DS in one of his pockets.... his happy heiny!

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...hp?photo=10745

WOAB - BG Blue
WOEB - Lamby HH

[NaNa]

lol PP! hi! can I borrow your DH? just to give mine a few lessons on laundry?

[*Efjay*]

Ok, first lessons in NB cloth...

When using a prefold (or I guess any fitted style) make sure the cover is coving all of the nappy. Yes even the little bit that is exposed at the back, wee WILL travel that far & WILL wick on to clothes

AI2 styles of nappies really are made for SHORT wear. Example: a white Minkee Bettlebum will not last a 4 hour sleep.

Yes at less then a week old, some sort of "night" nappy will be needed. Just not necessarally going to be at night the long stretch happens

So so far 2 leaks. But more wicking then "leaks"

Off to do a load of washing.

Iain- Cotton prefold & minkee cover (me thinks I will be washing sheets when he wakes, no way that will last more then an hour if he stays asleep LOL
Isla - choc dlish

[1MOREPLZ]

well i ventured out with Jack in a cloth nappy (even if it was just to woolies!!)
and boy did he look cute!! and afew people stared at his fluffy bum!! he had an orange t-shirt on that said "driving daddy round the bend" and a rockmelon IB... DAMN i didn't take a picture

WOJB ~ peppermint IB

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Time for a new thread HERE