Cloth Nappies #163.

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

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o.k thanks for that well i sent an email off asking questions as im so darn new to this hopefully i get a responce soon, especially being im going on holis and want to take them with me i leave here on the 7th march

do i need to soak the fitted spunkybutts???

also whats the diff between fitted osfa and aio fitted? i know ya thinking im so blonde here but i just wannt to be sure before forking out cash i desperately need. Also how many do i need? for a 6 month old???


oh oh oh oh thanks kitt3n

also just an add on anyone got any coupon codes for spunkybutts??

just another q who here has bought craq ones by mistake if so where did u get them from and what brands and how much did u pay??

Squid - to answer your questions:-
Whats the diff between fitted osfa and aio fitted?

A fitted OSFA - is a fitted nappy (therefore needing a cover) and fits from newborn - toddler (approximately)

AIO - isn't a fitted. Is an all-in-one - meaning no cover needed - is like a disposable and you just whack it on - then wash it once soiled.

I didn't buy "crap" ones so to speak - I brought ones that didn't work for my child, so there is a difference. I researched HEAPS before I went into it so I didn't buy any crap ones.

Normally - the good ones are $25 - $35 for an AIO, $25 - $31 for a pocket, and $15 - $28 for a fitted.

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

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i got me the same email so it musta been one she had two of! woot - purple AND pretties - i'm in love!

Squid - couple of suggestions for you hun - jump into the MPM section and look at what ladies sell cloth nappies in there - i know at least a couple of them have full on explanations of the different nappies on their sites. service from them has been fabulous.

another thing - there is a sticky thread with q's for newbies in the MCN section - jump in and have a look in there - some really good info

you don't need to soak ANY MCN's - just wash them - i'm in the process of pre washing all my nappies at least a few times each (the last thread, Gigi posted a list of how many times to wash each type of material) - soaking doesn't help absorbancy - it's the process of washing and drying (like new towels!)

i got me some fluffy mail today - two panda baby's! i know people have said they don't have great leak proof characteristics (posted two days AFTER i ordered lol) so when i get to use them, don't be surprised if i ask q's on extra boosting!

hey thanks ladies for answering my q's

i can find the MPM section what does that even stand for? sorry so blonde here!

Squid - Market place member forum ;)

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i can find the MPM section what does that even stand for? sorry so blonde here!

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marketplace members - should be down the bottom of the home page.

anyone score any fluffy bubs? i had the black dynasty, went back to grab strawberry sundae and clicked on cart - cart was empty :(

anyone else know of anyone using these minkees?

eta - just googled this minkee, there is a store on ebay with some absolutely gorgeous minkee fabrics, are these not available here?

Kitt3n, bummer about the black dynasty. They were yours and mine, and you didn't get one. I didn't get oen eitehr/. Forgot all about the stocking. I'm glad you sorted out the widdlewuns too. It's a shame it wasn't a medium/large cause I soooo wanted it. It was just too pretty. In the end I just got my g/f a fuchsia D'lish. I know she'll love it. It will be her first foray into MCN, so it will be a nice if not standard/basic start into the business. My g/f thinks she only needs about 8 nappies to keep her going - she uses flats - but I'm hoping she's not too sensible and catches the MCN bug. Anyway, i'm going to indulge her daughter in gorgeous napies as I come across them. I barely can fit any more where I store mine. Not sure waht to do.

WOTB: BBB with BBH wool

Must google the same Kitt3n and see what minkee you'rea talkinga bout.

HI all!

squidipa - welcome to the very addictive world of MCN :-) The MPM link is here (I'm assuming these links are still OK as it's within BB? ) It is really confusing when you first get started with all the different terms etc. Arimeh explained them really well and yes there is a FAQ in the cloth nappy thread.
Basically - flats (terry squares or flanellette), fitteds (shaped nappy) and prefolds (like flats but more sewn in the wet zone) all need covers
pockets - have a waterproof outter and a fleece or organic cotton against babys bot and a little opening at the back where you put the insert (absorbant material)
AIO - all in one or AI2 all in two is everything ready to go, usually the boosters or absorbant parts are snapped in but some are sewn in.
One size or OSFA means they fit from birth to toilet training and you can get fitteds, pockets and AIO in OSFA variety. In most cases from reputable stores, you pay for what you get, the ones in K-mart etc are filled with wadding - like a cushion so not absorbant at all, don't even bother with them. Everyone finds different brands suit their bubs so maybe look into stores that offer mixed packages. PM if you want store details.

We had a bit of a nappy disaster today - went out without nappies - don't ask me how I managed this, and of course within a hour or so DD had drunk half a litre of water and peed right through her nappy - so we found the nearest baby store (we were furniture shopping) and what was the smallest pack of naps available - 127!!! So I now have 127 disposable nappies to slowly add to landfill. I figure that should do us until not only Ari is toilet trained but until my neice is too :-)

Hope all are well, sounds like there is lots of fluffy mail flying around at the moment - very jelous. i am banned :-( Got to see the Pop in nappy yesterday while visiting sam and repairing some snaps (oh Gigi and Ali - fluffy mail coming your ways :-) - very noice!!! Love that bamboo terry - just want to snuggle up with it!!!

Sarah - If you havent already posted I can come pick it up. I need to return your DVD to you anyway (it was really good!!) You must have been at babies galore to only be able to get a bulk pack!!

Yup babies galore - I had been avoiding the place (since I am having serious baby envy at the moment) - Ari thought it was Christmas. I said to the lady I would never use all those nappies and she laughed at me:rolleyes: I said we use cloth and showed her Ari stunning yet sopping wet bum - No still have it here was going to hand deliver your fluffy mail :-) Are you free Friday we are going to MOPS at Mt Lousia House of Praise if you want to come along.

saram.. ty for taking the time to explain things for me.. i REALY appreciate it. i have looked around ur store a few times this evening:) very nice!

Thanks, it was my baby but no longer, sold it to my lovely demonstrator in June last year and she has done a wonderful job with the business and especially in fixing all my spelling mistakes :-) We all remember how confusing those first ventures into MCN were - so many acronyms :-)

Dont THINK I have plans for Friday yet. Will have to check Bank balance.

Ali - $6 free babysitting 2hrs mum time talking to other mum's LOVE IT

I have wing droop with my Honey Boy!!

How do you fix wing droop when its velcro?! I know how to with snaps, but no matter how many times I stretch it across his hip, it sneaks back under... bahhh!!

I'm hesitant to put him in a bigger size (its a medium) because its a bit gappy already under his legs.....he obviously needs chubbier legs!!!!

(But on a very happy chunking up note - Miss M is now 7.5kg!! wooooHOOOOooOOOOO!)

WOAB: The said Honey Boy
WOMB: Something underneath a maz cover.. :think: nope, it escapes me what the hell I put on her...

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i got me some fluffy mail today - two panda baby's! i know people have said they don't have great leak proof characteristics (posted two days AFTER i ordered lol) so when i get to use them, don't be surprised if i ask q's on extra boosting!

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i have boosted the one i got and had no probs!!! so it is in use again!!! because after the first wear and it didn't last more than 1/2hr and was saturated..i was going to keep it for emergencies!!

Kitt3n!!!!! why did you mention fluffy bubs??? i just bought one of the minky OSFM....

WOJB ~ BBH magicall (still from last night) oops

Mel - not sure on wing droop with velcro nappies as we don't often use them. Where are you fastening towards the middle or towards the outside? Is it the underneath (centre panels) that are drooping?

had the poo from hell this morning - DH put Pip in a sposie again, I smelt something, assumed it was the dogs. Nope - it was Pip. Poor little munchkin. All up his back :( The sposie was stuck to him and I had to shower it off him - so gross!

Least now he's in a nice, clean BBB with IV PUL cover and he's at CC.

Bah I did a post about the droop and lost it.. grrr

Saram - yeah its the centre panel that is drooping below the sides that they are tucked into. Don't want to size up because its already a bit gappy in the legs. And I can't have the velcro out any further cos it would fall off him if he stood up... he's got a pretty skinny waist this boy of mine!

Have you tried folding the centre bits? I'm assuming it's wing droop, you can fold the wings so they form like devil's horns and it keeps it in place fairly well?

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I have wing droop with my Honey Boy!!

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you would have to be the first one Ive heard of with wing droop on a HB babe...try not closing the cover so tightly.......oh oh...a medium you say....try getting him a large womancause its more then likely the rise thats to small, hench closing of normal and the rise being to short is pulling the rest of the nappy....does that make any sence????

re - last post...yep defently say the rise is to short for him babe and thats why. Fattent he boy up :ROFL:

phew Kaz :sick: that is just BLAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

just got some fluffy mail :dance: bamboo velour from greenbeans

WOMB - white delish

Fluffy mail... more wins from B4B... so many terry flats that I must have over 30 now... mmm might have to count

Lots of pre-folds... some BBH and some other's I can't remember the name of.

They smell a bit um... musty... lol I have no idea how nappies are supposed to smell but these don't smell quite right... what/how can I wash them to make them smell nice?

Probably answered to death but please... just once more for a forever grateful expectant new mum???

*smiles with bottom lip folded down and all hoping someone will take pity on her*

I dunno if its a rise problem? It looks plenty high... at the moment its falling off him though.. LOL.. I'll take a pic and email you Maz ;)

tk - wash with bi-carb & vinegar (they are terry flats, yearh?) and dry in the sun. Leave in the sun as long as you can - overnight even.

Hmm maybe I WON'T email you a pic. Poo. Literally.

fluffy mail! isnt it great yet sucks at the same time when all yoru orders come at once?

2 x baby hosen (dragon brocade and japanese text)
sandman (its purple ans sparkly!!)
mandy mac purple night (what a funky design!!)
my fixed isshfly (snaps didnt close)
2 x genessa forge (aurora and bumble bee custom)

i think genessa forge are going to be the bomb!!!!

i dare say this many nappies constitute an extra wash today :)

nice Kitten
I got my WC in the mail today, they look nice but I don't think they will be as good as DFM.

be sure to let me know how the mandy mac goes and the sandman, I have those on my list to orer when DH's tax money comes in.

10 yrs worth o tax refunds = alot of nappies :)

Fluffy Mail!!!

It's RP so I assume it is a certain Valentines stocking order. Will find out after 2 pm when I can go collect it.

Em just had her Varicella needle and the Dr's receptionist is 12 weeks and was eyeing off Em's nappies!! Might have another convert :lol:

Mel - Can you sew a bit more velcro onto it?

WOEB: Bumble Bee CT and soaker so it stays on during her nap!!

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Fluffy Mail!!!

It's RP so I assume it is a certain Valentines stocking order. Will find out after 2 pm when I can go collect it.

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sounds very promising hehehhhe

10 years of 0 tax returns...OMG nappy buying heaven honey!!!!!!!!!

Kitten STOP enabling me!!!! I was eyeing off those mandy mac's and remembering how much Chrissy loves them.

Going of to snort some minkee fluff

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Going of to snort some minkee fluff

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whatever works for you maz! PMSl!!!!! you have made my day

laura - i think you will ike GF, i really do!!!!!!

sandmans need a cover dont they? no pul inside?

Yep Sandmans need a cover Kitten, dont find out the hard (wet) way like I did hahahaha

I have to give the Sandmans 2 thumbs up! My heavy wetters never wet through (unless Im slack and leave them in it til theyve eaten breakfast) so it goes 12-14hrs without leakage. I put Jett in a Happy Heiny Sherpa fitted and BBH cover night before last and he wet through in the middle of the night and woke us up. So tempted to get more Sandman's made custom for all 3 boys.........

Left Jett with 4 bumG's at kindy today. His teacher was all excited they were the "gucci" cloth nappies and not the terry toweling fiddly ones :lol: So its all a go for cloth+kindy! Now I just need to get a new wetbag to send with him (I just sent a plastic bag today) and maybe one or two 2nd hand somethings to keep as just kindy nappies.

Don't worry Kitten GF is on the list too.

Is it sad I am starting to get ansty over waiting to buy nappies lol
My list keeps getting bigger and bigger and I don't have to cull anything as I know I'll have the $$ to buy it all lol, trying to keep restrained.
I think by the time the refund comes through I'll have a nervous eye twitch!

It's like the orgasm that comes after the nightmare that was organising and making DH get his butt into gear to finally do them!!

LOL AnnaT..jack can outwee a sandman..and he is nearly 5 months old!!!!
i think i have to do a de-smell wash on alot of nappies!!!!! his pee STINKS to high heaven (teething!!!)

WOJB ~ orange IB

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It's like the orgasm that comes after the nightmare that was organising and making DH get his butt into gear to finally do them!!

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well, if you LIKE WC, panda baby, .....all the rest

and LOVE DFM

then you will have an orgasm over GF - off to order more now, going to cull some others to make way for them i think! (they have extra layers of bamboo, such nice minkee, i am just in love!)

kat - always happy to help enable LOL

That good that you're going the cull ;)
Might have to get a couple extra LOL

culling is always good. I've done the cull.

Got nothing really now that needs to cull - doh!

Oh - Ali - um. I don't sew. Full stop. So no, can't add more velcro.. LOL

I rememeber someone a few years back making velcro extension tabs.......Theresa from the little things..but she's not open anymore :(....hmmmm

Yay fluffy mail! Jett is going to flip when he see's his Maz polar bear cover :dance: I adore both the covers Maz, great job!

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

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I have 2! Green and blue. Should send one your way when it's been outgrown or i'm bored of it :)

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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.

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I'm interested now Gigi! What nappies do you have that are no longer sold? Reminds me of a thread on another forum about Baabum woolies and how exxy they would be and how badly they were wanted, now noone new knows about them!

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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

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You don't have to soak ANY cloth nappies. People used to soak because they didn't know any better... now we know better ;) Hemp can take up to 10 washes to get it's maximum absorbancy. Instead of washing that many times I will just wash once, then use KNOWING that they aren't as good as they will be once I have used them 9 more times YK :) Saves water.

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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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Cheap ones from department store... don't bother. I brought some when I first started using MCN and they were CRAP! Might as well have used a face cloth.
I have some peapods. Not the best but they are ok for using at home. I usually need to boost with 2 inserts otherwise they leak because he wets through them in no time. Also the snaps are silly because there is only snaps on the end of the tabs, nothing on the way up so nothing to hold it there.

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Normally - the good ones are $25 - $35 for an AIO, $25 - $31 for a pocket, and $15 - $28 for a fitted.

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The exceptions are WC, Beetlebums, Cherubs Kiss and night nappies :)

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I barely can fit any more where I store mine. Not sure waht to do.

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Do what I do... have a whole computer table with them stacked on top LMAO! I have a photo of it here... I should upload my stash...here it is from a few months ago

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LOL AnnaT..jack can outwee a sandman..and he is nearly 5 months old!!!!

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Wow that is one peer you have there! I thought Ash was bad! He can go from 9 till 9 in a sandman and it is clearly wet but not out wee'd

Culling culling... yes I just sold HEAPS of my nappies lol 24 of them to be exact. Hope the rest I put there go too :) Gives me an excuse to buy more haha

I got fluffy mail today!! My medium Ecobubs wool pocket came. It is so nice and it fits him smallest setting on the waist, and second smallest on the thighs so he will get a decent wear out of it! Yay for side snaps!! He is outgrown most of his other mediums. Also got the Zada night nappy and it is soooooooooooooo soft! I can't wait till he can wear it. I am in love with it already!