Elephant material :think:
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Elephant material :think:
Interesting.....
for a girl or boy nappy maz? lol
YAAAAY, Michelle from WC just emailed me and said she is taking orders, so maybe her embriodery machine aint broke :pray:
I'll keep it in mind. The firm that DH was working for went to the wall before xmas so money is pretty darn tight at the moment, which is why I can only dream of getting premade nappies. I spend my days drooling over nappy bling, thinking one day I'll have the spare cash to get some :lol::
either PP
Maz babe found some efelants.....you have mail....
WOJB ~ no idea hubby changed him...BBB / maz minky cover
I had this wild crazy idea that I would count the amount of nappies I own... hmmm... the task seems toooooooo huge.
OOOh - came up with a brilliant idea (if I do say so myself)
ran out of room on the clothes horse (cos my mum said clothes were more important to be washed than nappies and DH didn't fight her) soooo.... since I don't have a clothes line... and there were about 10 nappies left to hang up - I got metal coathangers and pegged them on there and hung them from the curtain rod... lol
Hey.. it works!!
Shell , she is in brisbane , i gess its a bit far , but you can pick them up for her , she did say she got your order , and also said shed get on to you to find out what you'd like ... shes great .. her naps are awesome , when you order the CeeJay , she makes them up for you then ..
a few posts back some onewanted them too ?? $60 for all that is great ... esp since they are just flannel they have bamboo aswell .. Robyn is such a lovely lady !
i put my order in for custom woolies !! yay .. a frilly soaker is on its way for gab !!
i hope those blisters go soon PP , if you find where they stock moogoo , let me know ... I need some more creams ... I have nasty J&J atm and it leaves her feeling yukky after her massage (dd im talking about)
WOGB - Bum genuis ...
WONB- nothing
oh and whats great about Green Kids ... they seem high rise ? and looks as thoug the H&L would sit on the tummy .. whats the fit like ??
Lea - I love my GK - just a really great fit on DS. Haven't really tried them on DD yet, got plenty of others for her. they are super overnight as well on DS. Oh and the moogoo - go to the website - moogoo dot com dot au - and see their stockist list. Thats where I found the one near me.
HTH!
Well after my wishful thinking and excitement with the tnt truck I got no fluff today either. Hopefully tomorrow - Im still waiting for last weeks order plus some bubblebubs foamy wash.
Mel -with the MooGoo which cream do you use for nappy rash? Do they have a specific one? I have the infant scalp care that I used for cradle cap - maybe I can use that!? ETA: IS it the MSA SOothing cream?
Tan - yeah its the soothing cream
Mel good thinking there :thumbsup:
Well I caved and got some ittis. Just 3 ;) Am loving them on Ruby atm!
Maz that swaddlebees fits her now!
Anyone got any reccomendations for MCNs for my older two. Their both over 12kgs and very chubby round the thighs. Im thinking maybe some fitteds/covers but Im cool for AIO's or pockets. Dont want to spend too much, just want something new to try and could do with a few extra's for their stash. Currently we only have Itti's.
:)
Lea - the moogoo site says that Mrs Flannerys stock it.
I might check it out tomoz at wynnum. If there is some there ill let you know, maybe see if you sister can pick you up some if she goes to the plaza?
Anna - i find the ones with the most accomodating in the cubby legs are honeyboys, iishfly and bubblebubs. these seems to be well elasticed so they stretch a bit more than others :)
We are trying canestan and sposies on DD tonight.. hoping for a morning miracle
where would I go to find those nappies PP? Any particular site or should I just google the names.
Anna on Caleb I use honeyboy! (are a bit hard to get ATM due to lack of licenced makers but they come up on b4b or if you can sew the pattern is sold on theweewuns), berry plush, blueberry, magicalls, itti bittis, bubblebubs and a few others I can't remember atm.
OK, so I settled on 3 IB d'lish snaps ins, 2 sewn ins, 1 bumgenius and 1 Happy heiny. Oh and I also ordered a ceejay pack as well so not bad for a days work... 13 nappies! :)
Great to see you back Rach!:
how much does Tyler weigh?
what's changed?
bum genius is now up to version three, improved, now with 12 month warranty
bamboo is more popular than hemp now
more cover brands have incorporated leg gussets into their designs
bamboo prefolds are much easier to buy now
you can now get happy heiny pockets with a small number of snaps on them, normal aplix closure, with the addition of a few snaps in the middle.
greenkids pockets now have a minky version, called minkytimes
not sure if Ecobubs washable wool pockets, were around when you were before, see them at darlingsdownunder and nurture nappies
ditto about Blueberry minky pockets, in OSFA (Aplix) and also sized (side snaps), also blueberry PUL pockets
minky is the big fave for outers
Itti bitti's new thang is the SEWN IN d'lish. so an a true aio. as opposed to the original d'lish, with the snap in boosters and trifold. The itti bitti boos are very absorbent (the fitteds).
baby beehinds now have Magicalls and Minky Magicalls. i think the minky type are pocket style.
Swaddlebees have put out a pocket/aio hybrid OSFA (cotton velour inner)
Whizz Kidz is on pause
Kidz in Cloth is on pause
Lotus Nappies is on pause
new brands Mini La La, Twinkle Lily are very popular. Wild Child is now making Baby bling mcn, very fancy embroidery with jewel bits applied to the embroidery.
Possum Pouches has started an offshoot called Ceejaynappies, offering budget packs to help get past the "but mcn is too exxy" excuse.
so pockets for Tyler . . . . .
do you want front/side snaps or aplix closure?
do you want low, medium or high rise?
do you want natural or synthetic inners?
do you want narrow or wide crotch nappies?
any pref on plains/prints/colours/themes?
do you want sized or OSFA?
great to have you back Rach!
Anna, side snapping nappies are very accommodating of chubby thighs. cos if legs need a looser fit than tummy, you can do that in a side snapper, cos the tummy and legs can be done up independently. You could have the legs done up on the 2nd biggest setting, and the tummy done up on the smallest setting for example.:
i would steer you towards some sidesnappers:
- Blueberry pockets in large (stuff it with a bamboo trifold) - avail at the weewuns and also baby blossom
- Swaddlebee pocket in OSFA (stuff it with a bamboo trifold)
- Ecobubs washable wool pocket in large (stuff with b trifold) on sale at nurture nappies, but i'm not sure if any larges are left
(these brands above are if they need wide crotch nappies)
- Swaddlebee pockets in large (stuff with swaddlebee hemp insert) these are on sale at the weewuns right now, the older style (microfleece inner) for 20 and the newer style (cotton velour inner) for 25.
(above - if they need narrow crotch nappy)
Side snap covers:
- large berry plush (minky)
- large sugar peas in wool or mm fleece
both of these, can be used as Ai2, if you buy the matching inserts, taking the place of a fitted nappy.
something else very easy to get over chubby legs, is pullup covers
- large dancing bears mm fleece cover (nurture nappies)
- XXL disana woollen soaker (the weewuns) buy this larger than you currently need it, great night cover too.
- handknit woollies with the drawstring waists like at ceejaynappies under budget knits, only 20 for soakers with leg cuffs, 25 for shorties BARGAIN
side snap fitteds:
- cute tooshies OSFA (but i would check the rise measurement with the seller first, to make sure it is high enough for your bubs)
- motherease bamboo OSFA
hope that helps you Anna
i did heaps of research on "what suits a chubby bub" back when bilbs had three rolls of chub on each thigh and i was struggling with her MCN, all we had were front snappers at the time.
OMG Gigi, you're as gorgeous and as thorough as ever!:
so pockets for Tyler . . . . . I'm not set on pockets, and as you might have seen by a later post that I've ordered IB d'lish, HH's and Bumgenius. Oh and yes I've been in touch with Robyn who's doing me a pack
do you want front/side snaps or aplix closure? Front pref, or aplix, not fussed.
do you want low, medium or high rise? not had a lot of experience on this, so can't tell you.
do you want natural or synthetic inners? I'm sure natural are better, but with microfleece liner, does it matter too much?
do you want narrow or wide crotch nappies? Probably a more narrow, but again don't knwo from experience. Ty's a slim baby - a 3% boy on the charts so anything that fits really.
any pref on plains/prints/colours/themes? Not fussed
do you want sized or OSFA? the best fit.
I'm sorry I haven't given you much to go on with my answers. I really only dabbled when Blake was smaller, so its all new to me again.
Thanks for your support sweetie.
xx
Rachel, when you go shopping for nappies, some brands just give you a weight range to go on e.g size 1 is birth - 7kg. other brands give you waist, thigh and rise measurements and sometimes you get both.
if you know Tyler's RISE before you buy stuff, you have a better chance of it suiting him. easier and cheaper to do this, rather than wait for it to arrive, try it on him an THEN realise, oops, rise is way too short, now i have to onsell or return product (postage cost).
you measure rise like this:
get tape measure
start from his NAVEL
take tape measure down, under him and up the other side
to the small of his back (approx level with navel on other side)
that is his RISE
so aim to buy nappies that are his rise and a bit more (like a few cm to allow for growth).
while you've got the tape measure out, measure his waist and hips.
stick these measurements onto a postit, stick on your computer for next purchase time (just an idea). email the seller.maker, state your bub's stats and ask for help choosing the right size.
- itti bitti is a low rise nappy with a narrow crotch
- happy heiny is a higher rise nappy with a wide crotch - did you buy a sized or OSFA type?
- bum genius is a higher rise nappy with a wide crotch (12 month warranty now) - did you get pocket or AIO style?
- a ceejay pack? are you pregnant? (should i be jumping up and down!!) or is Tyler under 9kg?
i worked lots of this out, after A WHOLE YEAR of buying bilby nappies that did not suit or fit her at all (for the most part). i learn the hard way!!! so i decided, never again. and worked out strategies to stop it happneing again (and it's worked). Prolly everyone else already does this, but i wasn't, so i bought lots of things we coudln't even use! so idiot me found out the expensive way, what NOT to do!
Re: inners of nappies.
Most pockets and aio's have "stay dry" inners, synthetic fabrics like microfleece or suedecloth e.g your HH, BG adn IB you just bought. Some bubs react to that fabric and the solution for some of those bubs, is to decrease their exposure to synthetic inners, hence when natural fabric inners are very useful.
but if tyler is tolerating synthetics next ot his skin - no worries. bilby did too, until she was 14 months old and then we had to make the change to natural fibres mainly.
Is Blake TT-d? Do you still have his pirate nappy for Tyler to wear one day?
LEA - i also have a petite bub, narrow crotch, side snapper, sized MCN have been the winners for us. If your bub is petite, only get one greenkids to try. they are wide crotch - my petite bub gets the worst camel toe in those.
It took me a long time to work out that she needed narrow crotch nappies, that they even existed adn to figure out who makes them, where to get them. i found heaps of people on Nappycino with the exact same issue, i took note of which nappies they bought to solve the problem for their petite bubs.
you see, i never considered bilby petite, cos from 4 - 11 months, she had 3 rolls of fat on each thigh! so i thought she was chubby, but it turned out, regardless of how her legs were, slim or chub, she has a narrow crotch. something i had never considered.
MAZ - yes, i wear that lovely Nova Maternity top all the time, it's brilliant thank you! its fits me perfectly! i feel very spoilt.
ARIMEH - good to have you back! how did your SIL cope with you using her washing machine? did it send her to drink ha ha?
Twinkle Lily has some lovely heavy wetter AIO, using lycra PUL prints - very nice and great practical as well as very groovy fabrics - if they were SS i would be sorely tempted!!!
Teru - have a look at ceejaynappies - under budget packs - great for a nb!
where are u alioops?
hi Nessa! hi AngeA! hi Kazbah! hi LilPrecious
my hands are knackered - bye! :collapses:
lea babybehinds used to sell moogoo!! first time i saw the stuff was at ravens house for a nappy demo!!
[QUOTE=Gigi;1590656]LEA - i also have a petite bub, narrow crotch, side snapper, sized MCN have been the winners for us. If your bub is petite, only get one greenkids to try. they are wide crotch - my petite bub gets the worst camel toe in those.
It took me a long time to work out that she needed narrow crotch nappies, that they even existed adn to figure out who makes them, where to get them. i found heaps of people on Nappycino with the exact same issue, i took note of which nappies they bought to solve the problem for their petite bubs.
you see, i never considered bilby petite, cos from 4 - 11 months, she had 3 rolls of fat on each thigh! so i thought she was chubby, but it turned out, regardless of how her legs were, slim or chub, she has a narrow crotch. something i had never considered.[\QUOTE]
thanks gigi... dd gets major camel toe in swaddlebees ! i have 3 organic pockets i dont often use because of this reason ..shame because swaddle bees are sooo lovely ..
the rise measurements instructions were helpful !
And yes the soakers at poss pouches are fab value .. she does them all buy her self with the help of a Great gramda down in adelaide ..
she does them cheap becasue bless her heart she loves to do things for people and doenst belive MCN should be over priced ..they are not cheap quality !!!
she is fully booked for 2 weeks doing her knitting (including yours ShellsBells ;) ) so i have to wait for mine now :(
Anna T why did you not tell me you were after larges ??? nixon it TT and i am getting rid of all his pockets and AIO ..
I have :
5x peapods
1xdrybees pocket
1xecobubs wool pocket (side snap)
1xswaddlebees AIO pocket
1xitti bitti snapin d'lish
1xitti bitti sewn in d'lish
2x eenee pants
and prolly a few more ...
so if your wanting any before i put them up in buy for baby PM me ..
oh and dont for get BBH :)
OH i got the most cutest pic , i was on the laptop yester and Gabriella was playing next top me , she was on top of my pile of cloth'd up fitteds ..then she fell asleep .. aww so my little angel was alseep on a pile of nappies ... i'll try get the pic up in the gallery .. it was so beautifll .. hehe
and im after decent cloth TT pants . we have 12 cloth'd up ones for hom ( not sure if her store is closed now but the TT pants are $3 ea and bamboo fitteds are $8... shes great and got me ont to Genesa forge naps ... )
so im after ones that can with stand an accident on an outing ( i wont be using it as a nap, nor am i want accidents , but they happen :p ..) they are just are exxy as nappies so i want a good one !!
stripwash....tell me how....
WOJB ~ Turquiose IB
Gigi, thanks for the info on Robyn's nappies. No, I'm not having another one, and Tyler is still under 9kg, but I must have read wrong and thought they were for over 9kg. He's probably close to 9kg so maybe they're not worth getting. I'll measure Ty as you instructed and email Robyn and see what she thinks.
Lea, I'm thinking about getting the deluxe trial pack but I'm a little cautious because my babies have always been the squirmiest creatures and I've found to date with Blake at least that putting on one layer - ie AIO or Pocket is easier than a fitted and a cover. Can you 'sell' to me why I should be getting BBHs. Thanks.
Oh so many decisions! So much shopping! At least I have fluffy mail on the way. Gee it's been a long time since I've said that!
for smell - bi carb in the wash with a vinegar rinse (put it in your fabric softener bit):
for repelling - a drop or 2 of dish washing detergent in the wash.
gigi, i had never heard of twinkle lily, me must go and replenish the bank account and fund another nappy, they look so nice!
sad but true - none of my fluff came today, was hoping it woudl while DD is away so i dont have to admit to buying t all LOL!!!
its funny - so far, we dont seem to have a problem with any nappies, they are all working really well on her, and we have so many different ones :)
a big woo hoo - her first night, all night, in one nappy - a BBB with maz cover. 2 dream feeds (well, she stirs but she gets the boby in her mouth before she wakes) and straight back to sleep, quick side chek to make sure no poo and mummy back to sleep too :) was great! 4 weeks old today :dance:
wohb - HH sherpa, tester PUL (now this PUL i like!)
i stip wash my napy by doing a rinse, then adding a small abount of dishwashig detergent, then check the wash half way through , if there are still bubbles floating around , i do another was untill the disappear .. i strip wash everyt 3 months . not leaving it too late or : when they need it, and by doing this they never smell or repell wee ...
but its just what i do to keep my stasg in top condition .. not sure if i need to though ..
ok , i have to fly out the door ... but BBH are great .. they are so soft (and stay that way .. and the whole thing is absorbent .. and its all natural fibers next to the skin .. antibacterial and antifungal , and long long lasting ... OSFA .. so if you have more than 1 child you can use them at the same time ..
waaaaahhhhh i really have to fly out the door now , sorry hun will PM you later to have a chat about them ..
WOGB - sunshine tots pik paisley - man i love that nappy !!!
Katones look here for strip washing discussions Nappy Care/Washing and Maintenance
Kitt3n I have a twinkle lily. Similar to an itti but a bit wider in crotch and with both sewn in and snap in booster. Haven't used it yet though as too big for Ruby.
Kitten - congrats for first night in cloth. it's a milestone sin't it?
there are different kinds of PUL - different thicknesses of it, like one or two mm types. Different qualities of it, the thinnest one i hear about is the ripstop type, you buy at spotlight. You can get PUL with cotton fabric laminated on top, polyester fabric laminated on top, lycra etc. minky laminated to it.
some mcn have a hidden PUL layer and a separate "pretty" layer on top, not laminated to it, just sewn together at the edges.
Lea - do you have the OSFA swaddlebees or the SIZED swaddlebees? bilby only suits the SIZED swaddlebees, not the OSFA, as the crotch is too wide for her in the OSFA sb's..
i hope you post that pic of G asleep on the nappy pile! sounds cute ;)
Arimeh - the trouser hanger trick heh? we use that one too, great space saver when the clothes horse is "fully booked".
Wardy - the budget cloth pack by ceejaynappies, is fitted nappies from birth - 9kg - it's aimed at mums with newborns, as an introduction to mcn.
How funny the PP soakers are knitted in Adelaide!!!
Gigi - you can move the snaps on front snapping nappies as well babe...what do you think i do ;)
anna - HB are the bomb for chuncky legs...mateauz is in mediums int hem but I think we could get him into a large bubblebubs already
WOO HOO Sammi...it fits!!! yay!!!
Hello everyone..im still waiting for fluffy mail :( A bling and 3 IB's oh and some minkee that i ordered ages ago..must get onto that
BBL - sewing for tomorrow :)
WOMB - camo HB
wot do u do for front snappers that only have one row o snaps though maz? (yours have two rows)
thats what most of our nappies were like, in the 1st year, only one row
i struggled so long, trying to work it out - it was my lightbulb moment when i got told about the SS.
hiya ladies - i read here fairly often (and then google lots of nappies - this is a very bad thread for my cc!!!) - anyways - have read a few things over time about wet bags - but i'm not sure where to look or what to look FOR!
so, i'm coming to the experts (or at least the ones that talk nappies most!)
what do i look for in a wet bag? my circs are a little different to most people - if i go "out" for a while, i'm out at least 6 hours - i live a fair way from anything, and with a baby, i'm likely to make the most of the time away from home. going to mum's for dinner is generally going to be at least 8 hours at her place, maybe longer... so do i get a large wet bag (recommendations would be good) so that if i go shopping or whatever, i have plenty of room, or do i get a smaller one - but maybe get two - so if i go shopping and then go to mum's for dinner (in that case i'm out from maybe 9am til 8pm minimum) and then use one while out and about, one at mum's - so stinky nappies aren't being opened and closed all the time? any advice or recommendations would be great (brands included!) - i'm sooo a novice at this so i read lots, and take on board what i can, but wet bag discussions don't seem to be that frequent with names and stuff
so tell me what i should be looking at doing!
Lea I have about 7 BBB's & mine ain't soft at all... They aren't that old but they are rather hard. I don't really want to have to tumble dry them all the time to get them soft again. Any suggestions?
Its mostly around the leg & back elastic. Its hard in the way of being dense if that makes any sense
BG - I have the baby beehinds wet bag that came with their trial pack. its huge - but it doesnt clip onto anything as some of them do, though it does have a hook. I could fit my whole small stash in there!
so far so good, but have ordered a jamtots wetbag too (one that can snap onto the pram for shopping trips etc)......
BG- my advice would be to go two medium sized ones. Or a big and small one. Just easier to handle. If i am out for a big day, which is often as you know i too live in the country, i leave the big wetbag in the car and take a smaller one, and i pop any nappies in the big one and i'm good to go again with the smaller one.
I would also recommend a zip. holds smell in better. ;) ummm as for brands i'm not sure what mine even are! I know Janie at theweewuns has some medium sized zip up ones as i was planning on getting a new one myself. I'm sure someone else will have a barnd recommendaion for you.
maz there'a a market you havent tapped into - minkee wetbags!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! with matching nappy free time mat - with embellishments!
OMG i want one.... :wall:
Hi Ladies
For those of you who use Green Kids, I have a qu. I am thinking about trying one, which of the GK booster/inserts do you recommend? I dont think DD is a huge wetter, if that helps (ie the insert or the booster?) I do think I'd prefer bamboo
Thanks!
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God woman...arent I busy enough :ROFL:
honestly I dont have enough time to keep up with what II do atm babe
OK, quick question... I measured Ty and he weighs about 9kg, he's got a 41cm waist and a 36cm rise. I was looking at wild child nappies (for example) and their sizing is Small/medium- 3kg-7kg waist 28-58cm rise 33-39cm and for Med/ large- 6kg-15kg waist 28-65cm rise 39-46cm.
Which do you think would be best to get? I'm leaning towards a small/medium but it doesn't give a lot of room to grow. Yet if I get a large, I think it's going to swamp him. I'll look at other brands and see if there's anything that might be 'better'.