Cloth Nappies #163.

True All In Ones (AIO) tend to take longer to dry, but are very easy to use. All in twos (AI2) are generally more popular because there is minimal work to be done to prepare them (like snapping in boosters) but they still have most of the benefits of AIOs.

Pockets are good if you have the patience to get the boosters to lay flat and avoid having any gaps on the edges.

Fitteds generally need a cover unless you live in a hot environment or have a light wetter.

Prefolds used with a cover are excellent for the newborn days and make great boosters down the track.

I generally use AI2s and some pockets and fitteds, but I have prefolds in my newborn stash

Squidipa - if you like, on one of our meet ups (that I keep missing for various reasons, but will be able to get to one soon!!!) I can bring along some of my stash so you know what we are talking about.

I have a pretty good idea of prices too - dunno why!!!! hehehehe

So then you can try some of my stash on Josiah and see what you like - if you want of course!!

(Might have to be somewhere other than the coffee place you go to though - when are you next going to Leash's or alternatively, I can come to yours?)

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Squidipa - if you like, on one of our meet ups (that I keep missing for various reasons, but will be able to get to one soon!!!) I can bring along some of my stash so you know what we are talking about.

I have a pretty good idea of prices too - dunno why!!!! hehehehe

So then you can try some of my stash on Josiah and see what you like - if you want of course!!

(Might have to be somewhere other than the coffee place you go to though - when are you next going to Leash's or alternatively, I can come to yours?)

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hey mel, ill be seeing leasha on Wednesday(coffee shop) as i left my washing in her machine but i dont mind doing a meet up there at leash'a that way i get to see ya BOTH hehe if she dont mind if ya wanna try to arrange something and Leasha doesn't mind. Also i left my washing powder there.

an all in one sounds Great to me me thinks :rolleyes:

I *think* Wednesday should be ok (will have to see how the car is going for petrol - on a budget here!)

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I *think* Wednesday should be ok (will have to see how the car is going for petrol - on a budget here!)

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hehe ill be meeting at the coffee shop, leasha and shades maybe kel might come too if thats what u were meaning?

Nah not the coffee shop.. I can just imagine the looks on people's faces when I start taking nappies out of the bag onto the table....LOL

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Nah not the coffee shop.. I can just imagine the looks on people's faces when I start taking nappies out of the bag onto the table....LOL

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as long as they're clean, what does it matter???

Cos people are funny up 'ere in ol' Queensland town....:p

lol tis k mel i will eventually meet you:rolleyes::lol:

have decided that if I put up my cow bling I'll let you girls know first hand...was going to jump on the buyforbaby wagon...but I cant be that selfish :rolleyes: ... jst not moi.

Shell - ah dont stress about making my blood boil...Im very black and white...Im the same IRL....no fronts with me chicky ;)

Kaz - Caddie is the best isn't she!!!! I cant wait to see pic's of the overall's being worn

Jerimaha must want something...he bought me a new laptop AND digital SRL camera today...hmmm if he thinks im putting out.....he's got another thing coming :ROFL:

WOMB - WC and Safari 2 up
WOVB - 'me moo' hmmm I mean Cow nappy that I just cant think of the brand :doh:

i has first dibs on moo cow bling! i neeeeeeed cow bling!

Kaz, enjoy the overalls. I so wanted them and was sure the auction was going to end in the afternoon but when I got home from an appointment I found an email saying I'd been outbid! Not nice :( but I'm glad they're going to a good home. Oh well maybe I'll win next time.

Had DS's dedication today (Christening) and I got lots of compliments on his custom embroidered nappy (thanks, Kel). Also on his very cute Gonzo baby legs. It's kind of good to get nice comments but they just don't get it! Maybe I should actively try to convert my friends so I have someone to talk nappies so IRL. :lol:

WONB Genesa Forge
WOSB WC

:lol: Maz - Jed must either have something big that he wants. Maybe he wants a new car? Very jealous though, my 3 year old lappy is ready to join the dark ages it is that slow!! Still working on getting DH to buy me a new Eeepc teeny tiny one so he can have the old clunker.

Mel - People in QLD are more open to MCN than they are in Adelaide, I would be less worried about putting clean nappies on a table here that I would in Adelaide.

WOEB: Dorothy night custom (side snapper so I think it will stay on all night!!)
WOSB: Pink Liquorice allsort CT.

Arimeh - your avvy looks great!

Kitten - bilby had up to 20 changes per day when she was a nb, so i sympathise! MANY, tiny poo events LOL. And yes, i'm not huge in the bust, but i do now have stretch marks there, that i didn't have before. Photoshop them out if they bug you in your dh's photos?

Kazbah - your washing machine location sounds the pits! How is your sore throat today? Is Pip still unwell? So cute, him getting the Widdlewuns for your dh.

Maz - that new photo of Miz Vy is just angelic=ly stunning. I cannot believe how long and lush and simply gorgy her hair is! to die for! so beautiful!

when i read your comments on the bling issue, i think of the song "Ego . . . is not a . . . dirty word". LOL. I get where you're coming from.

in the 2nd hand nappy market, i notice beetlebums sometimes DO sell for more 2nd hand, than they cost brand new! (i mean 2nd hand USED ones, not brand new , never or hardly used ones). when a brand is hot, it's hot. i think it boils down to the SUPPLY AND DEMAND rule of economics.

i have some good mcn, that was hot hot hot when i had bilby, but some of those brands have shut up their sites/stopped stocking mcn web malls, so are no longer well known, i doubt i will be able to sell them (despite the quality). things change alot in 18 months in the mcn world. People often go by brandnames that they hear, not what things actually are (quality, fabric composition). i think when some wahm's get to the end of their family, it's a differne thing to when they only had one or two. (for some, obviously not for you Maz, but you are an exception, we all know that, lovely!).

Winter - i coudln't use the MOtherease OSFA on my nb, it's a wide crotch style. Seems to suit MANY babies, but not mine. Even at two, she suits the narrow crotch style nappies. but she is in a minority though. It's hard to tell, until you have a bub to try them on! i always ask the crotch width cm of a nappy new to me now, and compare that to the crotch width that DOES suit my child. it's too hard to tell in the photos and many australian sites don't seem to mention whether a nappy is wide or narrow in the crotch (in general). I noticed US sites mention that alot more often (wish i could remember which ones). (so i spent ALOT of money, before i figured out the narrow.wide crotch aspect. e.g that it existed and what i should get my bilby, to get nappies she could actually wear in comfort.

Squidgy - welcome. See the first post of this thread, heaps of "stickies" there, click on the ones of interest to you (all about mcn).

ozclothnappies is another site that has a great FAQ link, great place to start reading up on mcn, esp when you are new to it. will help you with jargon, glossary, explaining the styles etc. just reading this thread, you'll pick up heaps, esp reviews of mcn people are buying and how it does or doesn't suit their particular bub.

Ali - yes, you do look like your avvy.

wotbb: whizz kidz nightz and purple woolly soaker (a handknit in the shape of a cover) - made waterproof by using lanolin.

Fluffy Mail!!!

Thank you Maz, just gorgeous!!
Now I need new tops to match the covers :)

havent read anything just popping my head in!!
not in cloth yet, used then in hospital but still need to catch up with evrything here first then will attempt cloth!! also waiting fro my flushable liners to arrive too!!

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Fluffy Mail!!!

Thank you Maz, just gorgeous!!
Now I need new tops to match the covers :)

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:redface: I cant remember what you got...lol...but glad your happy

Jol's - so good to hear from you hon!!!! hope your good and I cant wait to meet her in person next month

Gigi - Im intreged babe...what nappies have you got that dont have stores anymore???? I had some Sandra Stuffables that I LOVED and dont see anymore :(

Ali - he got jack squat I tell ya!!!! he turned nasty last night...im not going to do into detail

Of to fold washing...blahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

gigi - you know there is nothing to sympathise, i really do enjoy the cloth bum - if she poos it just means i get to put another one on her!

ll80 - which covers did you get?

..... i wanna know who scored the valentines sb fitted/maz cover combo

wardy - what did you end up getting?

well i have sorted all of my mcn into a colour spectrum now (the aio's, pockets etc) so they are easy to indentify to match an outfit. sad huh?!!!

wohb - fuscia d'lish, soon to be iishly baby pink bubbles with elephant (i just heard the volcanoe go off again, 3rd time since 1pm!!)

not much nappy stuff happening here....
except if the damn pup pulls anymore off the line she is dead!!!!!
kitt3n ~ when are we meeting up woman?????

WOJB ~ motorbike pandababy (figured how to stop it soaking quicker!!)

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kitt3n ~ when are we meeting up woman?????

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kat how is next week for you? this week my house resembles .... armageddon? DD got a new bedroom suite on the weekend, which is half put together, so all of her stuff is ALL OVER the house. just found out i am anaemic too, hence why i dont give a stuff about tidying it too quickly!!!

WOHB - pink dalmation OSFM blueberry. skipped the ishfly till we get back home

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ll80 - which covers did you get?

..... i wanna know who scored the valentines sb fitted/maz cover combo

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I got 4 :redface:
but not the Valentine one

I got the Japanese type one
the Indian one with little elephants on it
one with flowers and the strawberry one

All so lovely, when are you making more Maz, I need more already ;)

Kat - oh no!!! dogs+nappies= scares the cr@p out of me! After seeing what my Jack Russell did to my shoes once, I hate to think what would happen to a nice MCN... :(

not much nappening here. Got the first poo in a nappy in three weeks last night, and of course it had to be a monstrous stinker Poo From Hell not even 5 minutes after putting on the last clean, dry night nappy in the house. Bahhhh it was disgusting. Just couldn't get the cover and nappy off quick enough and get to the potty in time, and DS was SOOO upset. Actually, so was I. eww...

WOHB: firestorm BP.

LOL nana...she has also pulled the load off the line this morning of towels!!!! she knew as soon as i looked at her to run....
poos in NN...yep as i was feeding Jack last night he then decided to poo in his NN....LOTS of grunting/noise and it was the teeniest poo....

WOJB ~ still pandababy motorbikes :rolleyes: he is in his bouncer....shall change him VERY soon

Don't even mention poos in night nappies - I've not had a good run lately!!!!

But yeah - hi!!

Ugh - we had a massive leak from an itti on the way home today - took of all Punk's clothes when we got home (because she was wet & it was hot) & when I came back with a new nappy she had peed & pooed on the floor!!! Was playing in it too of course... *sigh* at least she had the decency to do it in the sunroom, ie; cement floor.

Not getting the Aldi overlocker anymore, apart from not being able to even afford $199 at the moment, by all accounts they are a crud machine & you would end up paying more in repairs or a replacement!!

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..... i wanna know who scored the valentines sb fitted/maz cover combo

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That would be ME!!!!

When I dropped the girls off this morning I made a point of letting the carer know that the wipes are NOT liners, so we shall see if she has left them in the nappies again. I actually pulled one out and showed her that it is a wipe.

Has anyone tried the ecostore baby wash and shampoo? I saw them in Woolies today and decided to trial them considering everything we have left is J&J rubbish.

QM - Thanks for letting me know!! might just have to save my $$ and get a good one when the bonus arrives.

ETA - BG - Iish fly mush have had 2. Just got an update saying it has been posted!!

question??? do u need to soak peapods aio's prior to use?? if so how long? thanks in advance, oh yeah babies galore have 10-30% of everything

Squid - you don't need to soak anything babe - just give em a wash or two (to get the absorbency up on the inserts)

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Squid - you don't need to soak anything babe - just give em a wash or two (to get the absorbency up on the inserts)

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o.k coolies i got my car seat today and as i wanted a new update receipt they gave me my cash back to re purchase it and i ended up with extra $$$ due to sale so bought a peapod to see what i think... hey u wouldnt happen to know what mcn leasha uses would ya or where to get them?

Nah I don't know what they are - none of the ones I use anyway

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Nah I don't know what they are - none of the ones I use anyway

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ill email her :) as i dont have credit

spunkybutts cloth fitted nappies are they any good???

are peapods good?

are the cheap ones that are fitted in like the department stores any good??? if so why pro's and cons or experiances

Spunkybutts are good (and I know someone who sells them - hint hint.. haha!!)

Peapods got far too many bad reviews in my research so I never got any. I stuck to brands with more good reviews than bad.

Ones in department stores are generally not good - not that absorbent, crap material, fall apart, don't breath properly, need to be soaked etc etc etc. Too much hard work and bother for me!!

I'd rather spend the money on something that works - and if it doesn't work for MY child, then I'd like to be able to sell it on to another person for a fair percentage of the money that I spent on it. Well known brands you can do that. Big W and K-Mart - not on your nelly!

JMO of course.

Why thankyah Miz Maz, got mah mail. :dance:
Now alls i need is the kid to go innit and she'll be apples. 5 weeks today, yay (better not show up late.....)
Hope nobodys in fire's way this arvo. I grew up in Belgrave South:cry:

I live in Belgrave. It's a bit annoying, bet it's a deliberate light. We aren't evacuating this time, but we're still packed from the last 2 times!

WoHB - BBB + BB PUL.

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spunkybutts cloth fitted nappies are they any good???

are peapods good?

are the cheap ones that are fitted in like the department stores any good??? if so why pro's and cons or experiances

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i love spunky butts - the 3 pack gelato fitteds are really great.

peapods - i got one and used it twice, will never bother with it again...........

wohb - iishfly fitzall dragonfly

so then spunkybutts are better than pea pods correct?

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so then spunkybutts are better than pea pods correct?

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Im gonna have to say a big fat hairy YES!!!!

Peapods...hmmm havent had very good experiences with them at all.....but SB's ..lets see I have 4 of them and loveeee them and the maker she is devine to deal with (luv to you kell) as to are her stockist ;)

Busy busy...secet mission :p

in my opinion YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSS :)

they are a completely different nappy though - the spunky butts i am talking of are a fitted, need a cover. peapods are a pocket .....