you'd have at least a couple of buyers Maz!:
they look pretty easy to make really - wonder if i should just get some PUL laminated material and do it myself? (well, cut it out myself then send to friend who loves sewing... lol
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you'd have at least a couple of buyers Maz!:
they look pretty easy to make really - wonder if i should just get some PUL laminated material and do it myself? (well, cut it out myself then send to friend who loves sewing... lol
Rachel get the med/lge. Iain is only 8 weeks old & while it is very roomy on him I can put him into the med/lge.
BG thats all I did. I made 2 that are about half the size of a pillow case & then put 3 snaps across the top to close it with a flap. Work well for me.
Thanks FJ. I've measured his rise 3 times cause it seems so tiny and he's still only 36cm and that's being generous!
hi ladies
please ignore my earlier GK question... I just realised if I read things properly, I'll figure it out myself!
WOHB - Happy Heiny
told you maz, you need an assistant! a maz-a-licious empire LOL
WOHB - pink BBB no cover, its so hot!
at a guess, going by the stats, i would buy him a med/large, but i don't have any of that brand to know by experience.:
other people on this thread, like Fiona, are much more familiar with the WC fit, i'm sure they would give you the best advice.
but economy wise, i'd much prefer to buy the size my child will soon grow into, rather than a size they will only wear for a short time - i like to get my money's worth!!
Brigsy'sGirl - i think the topic of wetbags DOES come up quite a bit, we all pipe up and say what brand we have, how it's useful.
for the length of time you go out, i think you've already got it sussed. you're a smart cookie, i just agree with what your thinking is already.
baby beehinds wetbag - hold a day's worth of childcare nappies - strong zip - thick PUL - great workhorse - loop on bag.
jamtots - small zippered wetbag - only holds a few nappies
i just saw a monkey doodles one on the darlingsdownunder site - it has a loop too and a decent size, but more money than the baby beehinds one.
i prefer the zips too.
if you use the flushable liners (e.g tots bots or bummi are nice soft ones), and flush them after each pooey nappy when you're out, you aren't carrying around pooey nappies either. i suppose if your bub does formed poo, you can shake those into the loo anyhoo. but what you carry in the wetbag is basically wee nappies (and poo if baby is very young, or still doing sloppy poops) - so zip is important to me.
so go to any major mcn webstore
nurturenappies
theweewuns
darlingsdowununder
babysoftlandings
ozbabytrends
babyblossom
and you'll find wetbags easily.
sometimes it's hard to understand their size by ONLY looking at the photo or pic of the fabric, so helps to get the ruler out, read the dimensions.
for economy, i would just get 2 x baby beehind ones and be done with it
if you want pretty ones, go thru all the listings, happy tushies (wonderbags - two that snap together) have a fantastic range of fabrics to choose from
and if you want a MINKY wetbag, yes they do exist, i know Blueberry makes them (babyblossom and the weewuns), i'm sure some wahms do too, just cant think who right now.
mum2Squidgee - i'd get the greenkids boosters and inserts in bamboo. Even if your bub only requires the booster FOR NOW, it's a pretty safe bet they'll need the insert later. and if you use them for night, you'll need both anyhoo.
greenkids are wide in the crotch, so technically, any bamboo trifold will do the job. the greenkids inserts are good, you can put them in other wide crotch brand nappies too. (like bum genius, happy heiny, OSFA swaddlebees)
oh yeah, i have a cool minky wetbag, pul lined, with a zip, it's a blueberry. You are a clever cookie Gigi.
thanks gigi - will have to go have a looksee now!
Fj - my BB arent soft from sunning either. I will throw them in the Dryer every month or so though (with the rain). I used a smidge of wool wash the other day in my nappies as i had no normal washing powder and they came out nice and soft!
I havebeen told Wool wash is ok on your bamboo mcns
Does anyone know if it is ok to wash your mcns in HOT water reguarlly?
i got kinda fluffy mail :D
anaconda print WC!!!!! can't wait to put that on Jacks butt!!!!!
strip wash in progress.....hmmmm i hope it goes OK
oh yeah - what ws the verdict on woolwash on mcns?
PP - I agree WW does make them nice and soft again....um I wash hot about once a week if that helps. Ive found i dont have to strip wash as much
Gigi - Ive got a huge BBH nappy bag...love it!!!! Its got a loop on the top so I can hang it up in the boot area
ah and PP were do you get your woolies from? I need to be buying some new ones this winter for Mateauz and wanted to start looking now
Gosh this thread is busy but I LURVE reading it - I learn so much every day! Ok I want to measure James - how do I measure rise?? Also I have issue with my Cushie and I have one more coming :( I love the material so much but if I fold the front down it seems SO tight - maybe I should move the snaps like you suggested Mz?Im sure mum would know how! It just seems so tight on that setting on his belly - he is over 6 kgs.... but if I leave it it tends to leak around the leg.
Also can I use the booster from my BG in a GK without anything else? Im still waiting for the GK inserts. You ladies are gem! :)
BG -Thanks for all the wet bag questions Im about to buy one myself!
Maz - what are HB's?
Lea - what are the Eenee pants?
Gosh Im not even away for 24 hours and 5 pages!!! Geez ;) Good to see more BBers are joining in.
Stupid question how do you decide if your fluffy mail is lost?? Cz Ive been waiting 2 months for something of b4b . They didnt have a great rep, they asked the money be deposited in a friends account and said registered post was unneccessary. Grrr I really wanted it too.
WOHB: green peapod
Tan - try it babe what have ya got to lose?
Anna - honey boys chicki..their an AIO FABO!!!!! but yes hard to get hold of now
rhyb - report them babe...thats just not right
AnnaT- HB is a honey boy i would think. Can;t help ya on the eenee pants though...
Tanstar - I found with a few of Jett's nappies that they would fit around the waist but not around the leg. Wht I ended up finding that worked was putting the back of his nappy a little further up his back so the front was a little lower. This angle seemed to bring the legs in a little tighter and I was able to get the correct fit. Just something to try possibly before moving snaps and things! HTH :D
Re Woolies - I suppose they arent suitable for up where I live right? I mean considering they are wool and all it would make the boys hot (and they sweat alot as it is). Winter wear Im guessing?
Anna - wool is much better than any polycotton or PUL as it is a natural fibre and breathes.
Maz - my favourite woolies are definately lamajama's , Other ones i have bought from other clothy mums online. But i honestly love the thickness of the lamajamas (DD even wears them now during summer!). they r 12 ply. You can often get them on sale from darlings and nuture nappies :
If you PM me i ll give youa few other sites that list cloths and woolies for sale preloved :)
HB i got in a swap and it is gorgeous. I think i posted a pic in my folder - the dragonfly on the bum.
They are an AIO (true) so take a bit longer to dry
I will be hot washing in future i feel! :) Esp since i think DD's poos have caused the blisters which i think is a thrush now! ewww - we are swapping to soy too to see if that stops the poos from being so nasty.
Rhysb- yep definately complain. Not sure if you will see your money again though. And i would in future insist on Paypal as it will protect you :)
Anna - we use wool covers here - longies are wayyy too hot in the summer months, so we are using shorties or soakers now. They work great - kids just wear them and a singlet to bed.
the opposite in fact.:
there are WAHM's who make the woollies, who live in the tropics and their kids wear them all year round.
wool breathes better, has better ventilation than PUL.
so when it's 45 degrees in our DRY heat, i put wool on bilby, it's great, she stays cool and dry.
nappycino home page
click on WHY WOOL for an explanation
we use woolly soakers and shorties in summer
we use woolly longies in winter
many people in the tropics have their bubs in just fitteds, but i would imagine when you leave the house, at childcare etc, you would need a waterproof cover - that would be the time to put the woolly soaker on.
go to ceejaynappies and click on budget knits - wonderful soakers there for a bargain price - be quick if you want one.
TANSTAR - the bmaboo inserts have arrived at Greenkids
look thru last few pages of this thread, for HOW TO M RISE, i posted about it
Suse - do you have a Honeyboy? how did it go on E's shape?
Maz baby, what are the size measurements for your covers sweets? I'm thinking we Ty being about 9kg that he'd be a medium. I guess that with his measurements he's going to be too small for a large. BTW, we loved the NB cover you made. His measurements (if you want to know them are waist 41, hips 43, rise 36cm
My DD is exactly as Gigi described it, really chubby thighs but a small bottom, so she needs double side snaps so we can get the right fit at thighs and tummy and a narrow crotch so there isn't a lot of extra fabric floating around. Not the easiest combination to find in XL sizes.
She sleeps in a wool soaker and I don't think it's too hot on her, at least she's never complained. I'm going to try my hand at knitting some shorties, the most complicated thing I've ever knitted is a scarf so I'll be needing lots of luck.:pray:
ok im just about to go for another shower, Gab just had a terrible bout of relflx and projettile vomited all over me !! blegh
FJ , my bhh COULORED BBH are stiff too .. but all my nautrals are soft as ! I think thats why they stopped productioon of the couloreds , now in the natural , there is more bamboo,keeping them softer .. Strong hot sun will stiffen them . and i agree with PP a tiny bit of wool was helps soften too .'
I also dry in the shade under he house if it looks rainy .. I love my naturals , but my well not all mainly the orange and pinks have gone stiffish ... does any one find is mainly rgose coulors that are the problem ?
the BBH wet bag is fab naturally i have about 4 and instead of putting naps in the bucket if im changing on the change table , i just hang one on the end and empty at the end of the day , one is for nix and his crap in the car and one is for the nappy bag and the other is around somwhere!
Anna -eenes are like undies wit velcro at the sides to rip off quickly , they have a pouch in the crotch to put a "pad" in them or you can put anthing absorbent in them ..eenees have special pads that you can flush. as a nappy i prolly wouldnt go there.. but they are great as toilet traing pants, they can rip em open at the sides and not have to pull anything down .. they are also very trim and great in the summertime
hmm what else... id inly use soakers or shorties here in qld for summer.. but here in our house AIO night nappies win...like the KK's, i have a sand man, vbsn and gnst , that are just sitting around becauuse i have no cover :(
i woul get you to do me up a cover , but i know your busy so its ok !!
am tempted to get oust of my fitted night naps... as i live aios , but i'll know i'll regret it .. the print on my sandman is too cute !
are there any nappy shops in syd ?? im going in feb and would love to come backnwith some fluff!!
Hi Girls
I've not long discovered the world of MCN and so far loving it!!!!
I go back to wk next wk so I can start induling in some more :)
I do keep up to date with this thread so I have learnt heaps... thanks :)
Aw man, so soakers and shorties are two more things to spend my $$$ on - Dh is going to just luuuuuuuuuurve you guys ;)
can anyone help me here!!!
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...what-size.html
Thanks Gigi - have bought some inserts and a booster for the ones I have. I got mail today! :leap: A Pea Pods that seems small but I dunno - the next size says 8kgs + but he is only 6, a Hautes and a Happy Heiny.
Stuffing seems to be an ancient art passed down from generation to generation - I need an instructional video! :rofl: Trial and error I guess! Hoping my foamy wash and more fluff arrives tomorrow - I need cheering up seeing as DH left for Canada today - waaaaah. 16 days and counting.... Miss him already - I had tears when I walked into our bedroom before. Off to sook girls. Night night.
Tan DS is 7 months and almost 9kgs and still on the smallest snaps of his peapods so dont stress. He should fit for awhile
Awww Tan if I was there I'd spoon you ;)
pmsl...
I have been reading this thread a lot and looking up the wetbags on the sites Gigi mentioned.
Whats the deal with the loops or the ones that hand on the pram - why is this an advantage - is it just so you dont have an extra thing to try to fit in the nappy bag?
:rofl: Aawwwwwwwwwww fanks Mel!!!! It's ridiculous and I know it's not that long but I'm so used to having him around!
Ray- That's what I would think? Im looking at them too and my nappy bag sucks right now and a wetbag wouldn't fit so I would like the option of hanging.
oh and add me to the maz minkee madness club, Id be in for a minkee bag and nappy free time mat! lol
Ray - I usually hang my wetbag from my nappy bag - if that makes sense - or if its really heavy cos I've been out awhile - I chuck it in the basket at the bottom of the pram.
yep Mel I was thinking it would go in the basket under my pram
i'm thinking loops too for same reasons
but i like the cow print one rayray just linked me too - and no loop! how rude!
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...hp?photo=12057
here is a pic of gabriella asleep in a pile of cloth.. awww i didnt stage it either !!!
and my wet bag get shoved in the bottom of the pram too ... would be too heave otherwise , or in th way, if i had something hanging on the pram i wouldnt be able to see dd .. i got a p&t and she down the bottom .. i got a real fancy one to hang over the change table (i think it had a loop ... not sure )
but wet bags are sure alot nicer than nappy sacks !!
i may add i have found missing wet nappies in random places (mainly the boot of the car) just because i dont keep track of the wetbag lol ....
Gigi hon - I've not tried a honeyboy - so don't know what the fit is like on E. He does have a tendency to spend more time taking velcro nappies off than he does wearing them (and they don't look quite as cute bunched up on the floor), so I don't really look out for more. You and me are firmly in the narrow crotched side snapping corner my dear (although I make an exception for green kids)!
Anna, I use wool every night (and during the day too). Euan's fine in it. Doesn't sweat at all. Funnily enough though, he sweats up a storm if I have him in a teeshirt or singlet overnight, but is cool and dry in a night nappy and wool soaker.
Rhyb hon, you are not having a good run with nappies lately, are you? I'd definitely report it.
BG - I have a jam tots nappy bag and it's a good 'small' bag with a zip. But I have crammed about five nappies in. I've just ordered one of the monkey doodlez bags so will let you know what that's like when it arrives.
OK, this snotty one is off to bed now, I have a date with a box of tissues (luckily I use recycled tissues otherwise I would have gone through at least three indonesian rainforests today alone. So instead I went through three indonesian rainforests that just happened to have a prior incarnation before reaching my nose as the minutes to some accountant's meeting about... I dunno, whatever accountants and officey types use reams and reams of paper for).
WOHB: night nappy, wool soaker
Hi gals and happy new year! Wow been busy and lots of new faces.
Wetbags - I like the snaps as I used to snap them together and put dry nappies or togs in one and wet in the other
AnnaT - have pm'd you - you MUST come and grab some woolies from here.
Suse - hope your feeling better soon.
Rhyb- bugger hope you find a solution, BTW your fluffy mail has finally left Townsville and is heading your way :-)