Does anyone have any Bumwear nappy pants? Just looking at them now and they seem really good as we are going to start TT with Charlotte as soon as we get home, so she will be about 15 months by then....and since she has been walking since 10.5 months and has started talking now, can tell us when she needs a new nappy, we figure it must be just about time.
So I thought I should get some of these nappypants, as I am using disposable Nappy pants now anyway. But the sizing seems odd...I think I should get small, because CHarlie is still not even 10 kgs yet, but she has always needed the higher rise...
It's been ages since I've been on here cos I really didn't have anything to add!
But I do today!
We just went on our first camping trip with Jett! Not the caravan park type, but the real rough, no running water, squat in the bushes type! I debated what kind of nappies to take for Jett but in the end both DH and I decided that we could do full time cloth for 4 days out in the bush. Either way we would have to take the soiled nappies home with us so at least we wouldn't have to carry soiled sposies about with us and fill up our bin when we got home.
It worked a treat! And we got a lot of interest in our nappies from the people we were camping with. One is pregnant now and 2 are planning kids in the next couple of years. They were impressed with the nappies themselves, having never seen them before, and the fact that we were camping and still using them = extra points, they must be easy!!
And DH - there is nothing that sells the idea of cloth nappy than a husband who loves bragging about them and telling all and sundry about how good and easy they are! You just know that they can't be that bad if a Dad loves them!! I'm so proud of him!! Especially since he was against the idea of cloth in the beginning!
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MAZ - Happy birthing day to you hon, happy turning one day Matteauz! have a wonderful party won't you?
MummyTummy - you don't have to wait until you have something THAT huge to share! we'd love to hear from you even when you havne't just been camping with cloth!
did you take four days worth of MCN with you? is that how you managed (in a place with no washing machine). and does that mean you had to STORE four days worth of MCN, i'm curious how much room that took up.
there are threads on Nappycino about using cloth on all sorts of holidays, yours would be a perfect story to add to that thread. People post them, so that when others are considering holidays and MCN< they can read what others have done, get ideas from that.
How wonderful your dh has "come around" too!
LIMEY - yes, bilby is Miz February. The print is quite dark, so her top is not THAT blue, her skin is not THAT dark, but you get the general idea.
KITTEN, you can see some of the calendar pics, by going to the ozebaby website, click on the ANN store (Australian Nappy Network). The calendar is one of the listing they have, of their products for sale (advocacy tshirts etc).
the money they raise thru the calendars, helps to promote MCN e.g finance Real Nappies Week and other advocacy events thruout the year.
LIMEY - there are some great threads on Nappycino about cloth training pants. I think cos your bub is so young, you would benefit from looking at the websites for Tribal Baby (click on the stockists links) and Noonee WIlga (check out the half pints and the onewets) also, for training pants for younger bubs. Also Bongo Baby.
Charlotte is going great, with her speech etc, good on her. I have a 11kg child and i'm finding it ahrd to find knickers the right size for her (we're attemtping SOME tt-ing, but without the language that Charlotte has, cos bilby has very few words, and none of them are wee or poo!).
noonee wilga makes custom tiny knickers called HALF PINTS.
i'm about to try the BumWear trainers soon, will tell you how they go.
i have seen the Bummis trainers in a IRL mcn shop, they are massive and ****y.
i got the blueberry trainers in small (2nd hand), they are ok on bilby, but are also ****y. i will use them for car trips, shopping cnetres, because they have the hidden PUL layer. (once she is trained at home i mean).
i met a seven month old who was EC-ing and wearing knickers full time (keeping they dry too), so you can get tiny knickers.
Charlotte sounds like a very clever little chooky, to have so much language. i'm just not used to it, having a child the other end of the spectrum (very little language at two).
here is a list of some MCN trainging pant brands and where to get them:
bummis
motherease (nurturenappies)
little beetle
imse vimse (new age nappies)
bambino mio (ecobabe)
starbunz learners (darlingsdownunder)
simple simon (twins in cloth)
happy heiny pocket trainers (the weewuns)
bumwear (brindabella baby)
bongo baby (bongo baby)
blueberry minky trainers (baby blossom and the weewuns)
one wets (noonee wilga)
there are some wool ones on nurturenappies too, i forget which brand
there are more, but that's what my memory has for today
the diffs seem to be
- if you can stuff them or not
- if the inner is absorbent or stay dry fabric
- if they are pullup style, or snaps
- waterproof layer on outer, or hidden layer
- sizing (many start at 11kg)
- made of synthetics, or natural fibres, or a mix
- if they are boofy or ****y, or whether they are "sleek" and feel more like knickers
- rise varies too - i think just like MCN, it's worth measuring Charlotte's rise, adn checking with sellers, before you buy, to make sure the rise will suit her.
Some kids seem to TT very quickly, like in a week.
others go thru stages, transition from one to teh next
others take ages
some day train but might take a year to night train
sounds like it varies heaps.
wotbb: lotus night nappy in large (on smallest setting) with ellybelly soaker (woollie).
mummy tummy - we recently went away for 4 days as well, and I took our mcn with us. We stayed in a cabin at the beach, and although there was a washing machine at the laundry in the park, it was so small, so I didn't bother using it, cause then I'd have to put it all in the dryer as well. So we waited until we got home to wash them. It went fantastic.
gigi - I took about 90% of our stash, as I didn't know if we had laundry facilities or not. I folded all of ours up and stashed them in a sports bag. I also took our nappy bin, which is a 60litre bin with a flip lid. I was worried about the smell, as we were in just a big open room, but nothing!
Are you finding it difficult to find undies to suit her cause she's small?
Nina tt in about 4 weeks, and is mostly dry at night now. But yeah, they are all different.
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Jodi - bilbs is 11kg and the size 2-3 knickers i have bought her so far, are very gapey in the legs and also a bit loose in the waist. SHe is three months younger than your Nina. Due to how our unit is, totally not suitable for bare time or knicker time, nonstop for a week, i think it will take us much longer. we also have no outdoor access.
People tell me to let her run around naked or just in knickers, for a week, stay at home all the time for a week, give her heaps of time outside, (which we can't do) and inside is so cluttered, it's just not do-able here). Best i can come up with (compromise) is to have her in knickers for an hour a day, while we are holed up in the dark hallway, all doors to rooms shut.
she sometimes still does some pretty sloppy/pastey poo action, so i'm too nervous about that, to let her run around (say at a playground) with just a dress or long tshirt on. i mean - how could i get that to work? everytime she went anywhere near a swing or slippery dip, i'd be wanting to be putting a nappy on her! it would be a nightmare.
i am finding TT-ing a bit of a minefield! MCN was so straightforward! you put the nappy on, child poops in said nappy - repeat the cycle - i knew what i was doing there! now - i have no idea.
As usual Gigi you are a wealth of information! Thanks you very much!
Charlotte is only just beginning to have actual words, but can certainly understand and indicate to her nappy when she needs a new one. I dont know how close to doing the poo deciding she needs a new nappy actually is, but hey its a start! We just figure that there is no harm in trying to teach her things now, it could still take til shes 3 but maybe not. DH has a massive aversion to poo so the quicker the better for him I think.
She now says mummy and dad (cant quite get to daddy yet lol) , ice cream, ta, bye, hi, that sort of thing. She natters on and on non stop and even though the words arent right you can understand what she is saying, the sounds and inflections are there - she just nver shuts up anymore!! lol
I will have to go and hunt down Miss B's pics! how exciting for you too!
Have you moved recently? We had to move a couple of months ago into a tiny 2 bedroom unit, it is like a shoe box, and with a housefull of furniture it is hideously cramped. half the things are still in boxes cos I have no room for it either. I hate it! I am so glad the house will be finished in July so I dont have to stay there for long. I can understand how you feel at the moment.
Thanks again for the info - I only found about half those lol
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I'm so proud of him!! Especially since he was against the idea of cloth in the beginning!
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