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).