Cloth Nappies #151.

Whoa Gigi - your avvy is almost as hot as the real you! (Almost, but not quite!). Melbel's given some excellent suggestions babe, I hope that there is a way to resolve it.

Mel - I'm gonna order some moogoo, but it probably won't arrive in time to clear up this rash, it will have to be Sudocream and fresh air.

PP - that's a hardcore poo-er you have there. Lucky DH caught that one and not you, eh? I do the 'sun maximisation' strategy on the clothes horse too - one horse is for inserts, microfibre down the bottom, bamboo up the top, and the other is for night nappies, fitteds and pockets/covers. But I still try to arrange my pockets according to colour LOL.

Ness - congrats on 8 months BFing hon!

Hasn't the time just flown - Euan will be one next week! Can't believe it's been nearly a year since I popped in to bemoan the poo stains on my lovely new nappies.

Oh, I had more, but will BBL, the teething one stirs...

ETA: Sam, the more the merrier - we can all dance naked in the rain together, do a birth/rain dance for you!

Yeah Sammi, pretty sure the elastic needs to be tightened. Its in the wash atm from yesterdays poo lol. I will sit with it & the hundred other things at some point.
Its a good fit other wise.

Another good fit is the klssuluvs which makes me sad. I have one when I coul dhave had 12 but Aus post screwed me over & I never got those. Wish I had now seems the fit so well.

YOu know...im gonna have to do the nuddy run in the back yard and get jed to take a pic of my bare butt for ya's all :ROFL: better find the widie lense

eta - Sure it was AP that screwed you over them kissa's babe??? hmmmmmm

I have a little boy that wont sleep!

OH Ali - give Jodi a big hug for me and AnnaT...I am so jealous!!!!! their my baby's buddies from 2006 :( I wanna come play too!!!!!! *stamping feet!!!!*

yeah it was when i moved & they didn't redirect my parcels so i would say it got pinched from the door step of my old place. ig ot some compentastion back from AP though

Hello girls!
I hope you don't mind me jumping in. I have a few questions.

I started DD on cloth a couple of months back. All went well, I like her big bottilicious bum. She's wearing BBB + wool cover at night (sometimes PUL if the wool is in the wash)
day time, we have some Green Kids pockets, Peapod pockets & Swaddlebees OV pockets (using the hemp inserts in some, bamboo terry trifolds in others). I like them all. I jsut find the washing really hard to deal with. It wasn't so bad in the beginning, but I am pregnant now and have a sensitive nose and weak stomach. And her wee seems really strong. I dry pail and have recently washed every day to combat the smell problem. But when I open the nappy bucket, I find the urine smell sooooo overwhelming (I usually spray the room with orange oil first to "distract my nose". The smell of her morning nappy is also hard to handle. DH does the first nappy change most days as I just can't stomach it right after getting out of bed. But he's really over it and I think he just wishes we'd go back to sposies.
Now with the warm and humid weather, I find my whole laundry smells like a train station underpass. It's really gross. I have to do something about it. Any ideas? is there anything I can add to the nappybucket, to neutrlise the smell a bit? I have tried adding some Baking Soda, but it doesn't do anything. Somebody suggested nappy pail deodorisers, but where do I get something like that?
I'm usually not such a woos when it comes to smells, but I think pregnancy is not helping atm.

My mum is also coming next weekend to stay with us for 6 weeks. She's pretty opposed to cloth as it is, and I really don't want to turn her off even more. If anything, I had hoped to win her over by showing her that it isn't as bad as you'd imagine (she only ever used sposies on us and doesn't know anybody who did or does cloth). But atm, tbh, it is that bad. To me anyway.
I keep persisting, because I jsut spent all that money on my stash, and I kinda like it and am feeling I'm doing the right thing. And I already notice a big change in DD as to her awareness of her bodily functions. I just think I must be doing something wrong. I dry pail, rinse dirty nappies with the LS (DD has pretty creamy poos, that don't just roll off). Wet nappies go straight in the nappy bucket (lined with a bin liner). I don't really want to rinse them, I try to minimise the handling as I find it so hard to stop myself from vomiting...

Oh, I'm just a whimp...

Thanks for listening and any tips you might have.
Saša

FJ - awww thats a shame mate - I think I have about 8 Kissaluvs and I LURRRVE them.. just such a good fit on her - I never worry bout leaks if she is wearing them (and teamed with a M/E cover!!)

Sasa - I have had no more ideas since I posted in your other thread babe.. sorry.. I can't think of anything... peg for your nose perhaps? :dunno:

Hi Sasa! Welcome!!

I think a few others can testify to the overpowering nature of early pregnancy combined with toddler nappies. I haven't got there yet, but a couple of things you can try are:

- put a few drops of tea-tree, lavender (or even eucalyptus) oil on a cotton bud and tape it to the lid of the bucket.
- I always LS my wet nappies. It makes a big difference to the state of the nappy bucket, so if you can stomach a few extra seconds of handling, it might really help.

If I think of anything else I'll let you know!

Thanks, I might try the Tea Tree Oil thingy. And I might do the rinsing,... if I have to. It's just that then I have to either carry a dripping nappy to the laundry or remember to take the bucket into the toilet before getting it all wet. And I'm not the best at remembering things,..... I'm a bit special sometimes... So, do you take the inserts out and rinse them and the nappies seperately?

A friend of mine just told me that she doesn't drypail her MCNs. She puts them in a bucket full of water and canesten rinse. Is that alright to do? Does it not affect the PUL or elastic? How about residue causing rashes?

By the way, my nappies don't smell when washed. But they do seem to smell quite strong once they get weed on. I use soapnuts to wash them. I did use Aldi trimat front loader detergent in the beginning, but have since gone off the smell of that. Soapnuts seem to agree with me better as they don't smell. I sometimes add a drop of lavender oil (or rose geranium) to the little bag that you put the nuts in. But mainly for my normal clothes, not nappies. I do line dry nappies, outside if possible, inside on a clothes horse when it rans. I do sometimes have to "finish" them in the drier when we have rain for a few days as they take forever to dry and my stash isn't that big - yet.

By the way, Gigi, your Tax story is absolutely shocking. You poor thing. I hope you can sort it out. You shouldn't be responsible to pay his debt unless he's declaring bankrupt (not that I know the legalities). But I do know that the tax office is usually very cooperative when it comes to paying off your debt over time. They rather get the money eventually than never. So I would do what the others have said: talk to an accountant, definitely give your DH a piece of your mind, and talk to the tax office. As long as you're making an effort to communicate and solve the situation, they should be helpful.

Saša

suse - i bought 2 of those hangy things with 20 pegs that you can clip i guess your smalls on then it hangs one the line as one big contraption... am i making sense?

Anyhooo i clip all my inserts on those and they spin around in the wind and rotate in the sun! lol

Sasa - get some fleece about and cut it so its about 10cm in diamater....oh make it 2 layers and put something thats is soakable between them...eg an old face washer..
....them get some ribbon and make it about 40cm long and thread it through one little section of this 'now disc' and double it to allow 2 strands of 20cm IFYKWIM....
.... then get some essential oils...eg I used vanilla and put about 10 - 20 drops on it....
....tie the ribbon that isnt attatched the the disc to the bucket and pop the disc into the bucket.

I use to make these guys..I called them snozies...if they lose their smell or get soiled you can always wash them under the tap.

If you cant get your head around it babe...shoot me your pm...ive still got one or 2 sitting here that i'ld be happy to send ya :)

They really helped me when I was pg...I had exactly the same trouble as you.

Good luck xx

Oh Gigi!! Hugs to you sweets... we have a perpetual tax bill too... we pay back $240 a fortnight & it was all supposed to be over & done with in Jan but then we got ANOTHER tax bill.... *hmph* It's just so awful to look at 'that' letter & know that that is where all your bloody money is going to go from now on. :( Definately do what Melbel said & get DH to DO his tax returns, that will hopefully reduce the amount some. Thinking of you hon.

Nappies.... we're almost bloody out!! There are two machine loads soaking wet on the line, & the rest bar two bbh are dirty. :( ...and we've not had to resort to flats in such a long time! D'oh!!

SHOUT OUT TO RHYB!!! Clear your PMs honey, Jodi & I are trying to get in touch with you to organise a meetup!

Maz, thanks, you make me feel like less of a woos. At least I'm not alone in this situation. And I'm glad you found something that helped. So, if I understand your description right, could I use and old cloth breastpad??? Sorry, am trying to find the lazy way out... and the immediate one, that doesn't require me going to Spotlight first.
But that's a great idea. Can always chuck it in the wash with my nappies every now and then and refresh with new oil... mmmm...
Thanks again.
Saša

Okay, if you have one of the new Minky Magicalls, what do you think of it? Our ye olde style Magicalls (which I have been whinging about for ever) are going to go. They're not reliable or absorbent enough, I'm guessing the new style that allow stuffing will be better.
Are the newer Magicalls sized a bit bigger by any chance?

*wolf whistle* go Gigi hot chick!

WoHB - night nappy for his day nap.

Maz - i wanna see that photo!!!

Gigi *hugs* what a humdinger from the ATO!

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Thanks, I might try the Tea Tree Oil thingy. And I might do the rinsing,... if I have to. It's just that then I have to either carry a dripping nappy to the laundry or remember to take the bucket into the toilet before getting it all wet. And I'm not the best at remembering things,..... I'm a bit special sometimes... So, do you take the inserts out and rinse them and the nappies seperately?

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I keep my nappy bucket in the toilet next to the LS all the time, so that I can rinse then dump straight into the bucket. I only take the bucket into the laundry when I'm doing the washing, which I do every second day (although we don't actually have a laundry, we have a cupboard with a washing machine and sink in it). If it's wee, I pull the inserts out, give them a quick rinse, and chuck them in the bucket. I don't worry about the actual pocket most of the time, it's the insert that has all of the wee in it.

PP - that's a good idea. ATM I'm drying inside because it's so humid, and I'm trying to find a way to save space.

WOHB: Berry Plush, and still a bucket load of Sudocream with a liner.

nelle - do you want me to send you the medium one I have here...i have tried and tried but as soon as I put it on Mateauz gets blisters. Bugger ya...I'll jsut send it anyway :lol:

Sasa - yeah bugger it just use a BP hon...should do exactly the same thing

OH Crud Vic.....can you put them through the spinner on the machine again and hang them up on a clothes horse inside?

ETA - jed would wanna get home from work soon...im ready to make 4 kids into AIO's

Suse, doh, why didn't i think of keeping the bucket in the toilet??? I told you, I'm a bit special sometimes.
nelle, I have a plain Magicall, I don't mind it for an AIO. I'm not usually a big fan. I don't stuff it, but only use it for short periods. Not sure about the sizing when compared to the older ones,....

SAša