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Thanks Gigi and Limeslice- I was typing in buy4baby instead of buyforbaby which are totally different sites! I bought my first ever MCN today- two pink BBH bamboo fitted- so exciting. I tried it on DD and then put a sposie on her and took the BBH off so I could wash the BBh and she cried so I gave it to her and she has carried it around all day, cuddling it! I will give them a few washes and try them out.
:wave: hello ladies
ive havent been very well....and spent last night in hossy getting a cyst on my bum drained..lovely experience NOT...so now that all this stuff leaking everywere im thinking I might have to go and make a booster or 2 to soak it up cause the dispoables gawes are just yuck!!!!
need to go dress my babies (god I missed them last night)
welcome back maz :)
great news Ali, hopefully not long until you're feeling better as well!
WoHB - well he's sick and his dad's the primary carer yesterday/today so its sposies.
Ali, does that make your kid a gemini like me? Lucky lil tacker.........
FWIW, I never took my amber bracelet off from the day I got it (1 week before baby) and i dont know if it really worked or not, but I pushed for 2 hrs with a posterior baby whose head was tilted (in the end I had an syntocin and an epi with a vacum extraction) I also had a 3rd deg tear, and only had regular panadol for relief. Everyone kept telling me how brave I was/how badly I had been thru the wringer, but TBH, the pain wasnt that bad.
I dont have anything to compare against, but I have a strange sort of faith in my bracelet.....
Hope yours helps you :)
Ali, does that make your kid a gemini like me? Lucky lil tacker.........
FWIW, I never took my amber bracelet off from the day I got it (1 week before baby) and i dont know if it really worked or not, but I pushed for 2 hrs with a posterior baby whose head was tilted (in the end I had an syntocin and an epi with a vacum extraction) I also had a 3rd deg tear, and only had regular panadol for relief. Everyone kept telling me how brave I was/how badly I had been thru the wringer, but TBH, the pain wasnt that bad.
I dont have anything to compare against, but I have a strange sort of faith in my bracelet.....
Hope yours helps you, sounds like you need it hell more than I ever did...:)
its in June AJ !!
Ali do you have the HH booster or do u use another one? I didn't buy the HH one cause it was $12 on its own and I got 3 hemp boosters from SHP for that. Do u think one of those would be ok in it?
geminis are good hehe
im in fluff heaven today :D got them everywhere, now just gotta house them & to sell off those that r not quite snug. YAY!! finally something that has made my day :loveshower:
actually there's 2 ups & 1 down today...the downer, wellz, im not pg (darn) & i got my period yukyukyuk. but then again, it means i can now go test cloth pads :think:
newbie question: do covers come in narrow crotch or its all the same? if so, please point me in the right direction.
back to de-cluttering my room
womb (monsta's butt): blue swaddlebee hehehe
I have no idea about star signs, all I know is the likely dates. So if they are Gemini dates then most likely.
Eej - I use whatever booster I can find at the time, usually a bumg one or a GK bamboo one. Might have to sew up a decent booster made to fit it specifically if my stupid sewing machine will work properly.
for anyone looking for night nappies, SHP have a stocking of Sandman's tonight - it went live an hour ago but there are still some left as she only posted the email tonight. LOTS of boyish outers! very noice! also some custom slots for XL's and things...
Rhoda - the TotsBots are fairly narrow, both PUL and fleece ones. :) I used them for Charlotte, and they were great on her (we can only use narrow crotch nappies too)
WOHB: d'lish....soon to be side snapping sandman
bilby got her Elephant with Floppy Ears backpack from FluffyLime site - she was so proudly marching around home in it!
NaNa - we had a similar experience with the swaddlebees sized pockets - they fitted longer than the weight range in the mediums said.
great to hear positive feedback about the ecobubs, i've been thinking of those foer my friend. Today i got to try some mcn on her bub for the first time. Found out bub WAS 6kg, TWO MONTHS AGO!!! so all my research, for 6kg fitting nappies went out the window!! she fitted into a large itti bitti boo, the cushie tushie coutures (my friend just bought two 2nd hand) gave horizontal pulling marks in the nappy, this bub has a big roll of fat on her thighs, the whizz kidz OSFA fitted her fine (side snapper), and she was on the middle snaps of a medium swaddlebees pocket, ok in cute tooshies but the usual problem of being "inbetween" the snap pairs.
i find it scary, my friend is all ready to buy nappies on my say so, and i really want them to work on her child, which you never know, until you try it out. So i'm guessing this bub is more like 8kg, back to drawing board of finding minky, snaps pockets/ai2's/aio that suit 8kg bub, veering more towards sidesnaps methinks. i had a list of front snappers for her, trying to have an open mind.
anyone got a chubby thighed baby in a minky magicall?
this bub's stats are 43cm waist, 29cm around the top of thighs, 34cm rise (nakid).
MAZ - glad you are home again, hoping you are feeling much better.
ALIOOPS - i must have a really big neck, or be claustrophobic, those amber necklaces are only 33cm diameter, and that on me is a choker, same as bilby's necklace. i thought the adult ones would be bigger - put me off getting one. I must have an enormous neck. pity, i really would like an amber necklace.
great to hear your "labour with amber necklace" story, shellsbells.
KATIERABBIT - that's the thing aobut urls, you get ONE insignificant bit slightly different, and you don't find the site. glad you found it in the end. very cute about your DD having her preferences already!
my friend TT=d her toddler boy (three day e-book method) and it worked, anyway, part of it is FARWELLING the nappies and WELCOMING the undies. made me realise, i never got bilby to farewell HER nappies (boy did she get jealous, when the baby tried on bilby's nappies today!!), i just moved them out of her room, and now the cloth trainers are in her room. She's been distracted by her RAH day trainers (imse vimse) and the minky night trainers (blueberries), so i think her liking those, has made her NOT complain about missing her nappies. (Yeh, i have made up for her, all my complaining and moaning on here, about ME missing the mcn!!!) sorry girls! i'll get over myself
ONE DAY!
Just a question about night nappies -
When did you start using them? At the moment I only change River maybe twice because he sleeps pretty well (and some nights Im a tad lazy and only change him if its bothering him). Some nights he hardly wets at all. I use liners for poo so that can be taken out and a non-wet nappy still used. When can I think about a night nappy for him? He is nearing 6kg in weight already. Do they even make night nappies that small?
Morning morning
Anna - I started using them when she was sleeping for like, 8 hours or something, like after her 10pm feed and sleeping till 6. Cos she would leak in anything else. I think medium snoozy's go from 7kg. She's 9kg now and in a medium snoozy, and a medium GNST. (which incidentally, her brother can also fit in to!)
Maz - hope your bum is getting better. put some minky on it. Minky makes everything all better.
Hope I get some nappies today.. teeheehee.. feels like its been so long between my fluffy fixes.... can't wait to get them!!!!
Not much else happening. Have to change bums.
Me!! i have one & it seems fine - i have 2 x ecobubs in Med & they fit well with growing room & boosters are so quick drying. Oztrends have them on sale for $30 at the moment :):
Gigi- i got DD an amber necklaces 33cm then it worked so well i got a mum and bubs set from amberbebe and asked for bigger sizes... i ended up getting 2 mum sized ones for $60 but made them 46cm each and there was no extra charge either. If u contact Meredith from amberbebe she can sort out sizes etc.
Mel u get to order fluff by the bulk lot... i would LOVE to buy stick... sounds like FUN... Hope u get ur personal fluff fix though...
Maz hun sorry to hear bout ur rear... sounds painful u poor thing... sending lots of hugs and get wells ur way...
Narrow crutch seems to be a fav with DD... think its from the extra freedom when walking... off to loot at totbots...
LOVE my eco's while there being mentioned... DD is in a medium on the tightest snaps and is almost 1... but how do i avoid pilling??? its gone fluffy.... :(
whoops!
Got the roster for the expo - looks like i'll be there all day Saturday - tired just thinking about it! Wore me out last year and i wasn't 30wks prg then :think: Also, doesn't give me much time to look around at other stuff. Might have to take an hour break or something if it's getting a bit too much for this fat lady.
Does anyone know who's going to be there besides NN, BBH and IB?
I wouldn't mind getting some more nappies if I can but don't need any more ittis or BumG. Jayne only had BumGs for sale last year but I think she's offering a wider range this year.
**ETA: Just checked Jayne's original email and she's selling tots bots (they're fitteds aren't they??) and CGR design - never heard of them but they're embroidered and that's what I want. Anyone tell me if they're any good?? Will go google now.
Oh oh....just had a look at them....I think my bank balance is in trouble!!!
Oh I wanna come to the expo !!!!!!! I had so much fun at the Melbourne one last year!!! I might do it again this year if Sue wants me.
hmm Mel - i might make some minkee stuff for me.....I didnt even think (must be the drugs) :ROFL:
Anna - yes night nappies do come in small sizes babe BUT try a BBH's first...I did with my kids until they were big enough...leave both the boosters in.
Must say...im impressed withmy fella...he's jsut folded all the nappies and donea great job
My friend's little boy has a similar size thigh and wears the CT's fine. If bu has a skinny waist do the 1st snap on the wing loose enough for the thigh and then skip a snap for the waist, so that it has a little fold under the wing.:
Linda has some 44cm ones. They are a custom slot on her site. if you need a link let me know ;):
CT will be there (eej is working in the stall) ummm not sure who else.:
The bigger girls are now sharing a bedroom, as of last night!! Em has the cot in there for a few weeks, while they get used to each other and then we will put her in the big bed and set up the cot for sidecar next to our bed, so I can avoid having to get out of bed to feed Leah. I am a bed hog and there isn't much room in our bed for DH let alone DH and a NB bed hog. We managed to all get a decent sleep with the bedroom sharing so lets hope there are no speed bumps in the process!! They are both in there supposed to be sleeping now, and Sarah has called out both times Em removed her nappy. They are still chatting though.
Anna - I reckon a Medium LL would fit him. I have a medium here for Leah and I reckon it will fit pretty early on, Maz uses plenty of elastic to allow for better weight ranges!!
WOEB: Dude CT Couture
WOSB: Tangerine CT Couture
i found a list on the PBCexpo site... 3 exhibition halls full of stuff plus seperate entertainment area... the list of stalls is an a4 page full (small txt also)
At a quick look i found BBh, Babyblossoms/blueberry nappies, CT, IB, stall called real nappies, peapods....... Hard to tell what they all are i'm sure there is a few more.
Mother and baby mag hav there 1st ever live castings for their coverstar competition from 1.30pm also... sounds like fun but i bet so many people will show up with gorgeous bubs...
No nappy news here... except DD keeps taking of her GK... Grrrr... this morning it was full and she had pooped and she had 1/2 taken it off, the popp was rubbing down her legs... Blerk... How do i stop her taking them off??? maybe use a cover??
Well my nappies have escaped their first big explodapoo :lol: Zander is in disposables o/n still - I took it off an usually let him "air" a bit before rewrapping - well he um poo'd all over his mat - which was disgusting but ok - it was a 5 day build up one (stinky) - but I kept saying good boy not dirty his new nappies :ROFL:
Well, my two IB's d'lish turned up today - purple and red with white spots - they fit so well on him.
I know someone else has just posted asking about night nappies, so I will wait and see what the verdict is ..... ;)
woohoo. he's back in cloth!
*sighs*
so miss buying cloth.
so, Gigi, are you saying I SHOULD buy more swaddlebees in medium?? I think that's what you're saying... surreptitious enabling... I like that. heheheh!
Jess - Aadi is always pulling off velcro-fastening nappies if I don't put pants on him quickly. I even went thru a phase of having to put them on him backwards because 1. he wouldn't stay on the change table on his back and 2. he would rip them off immediately and pee on the nearest pillow/carpet/non-washable surface!! He still rips at the velcro as soon as I put a BumG on him, and I have to do them up half a dozen times before getting his pants back on. Same with some front-snapping nappies too. Tricky little monster! Covers and side-snaps are good options. Or pants. Sadly it's too cold to show off nappies here most of the year, so pants are it!
night nappies... what was the question?? um, yeah, BBB fully boosted are good until bubs is sleeping longer and wetting more. In our case, DS fit into a large Sandman, medium/large Wild Child NN, and a medium GNST by this stage, but he's a biggun! However they all come in smaller sizes too. Then there's KKs, LLs, GFs... any other acronym you care to mention!
maz's-got-a-saurus -hope you're feeling better soon luv! owies... get some minky on your toosh. How nice of Jed - I think if DP ever folded nappies I'd faint.
WOAB: orange terry flat & maz-a-licious custom cover. No, it's not colour co-ordinated, and it feels so wrong!
I feel so much like an intruder in this thread.
I haven't been using cloth long enough to offer advice, but I'm no longer buying so can't share my happiness over fluffy mail.
I feel like my posts here are wasting your time reading them, and don't belong because they're not really nappy related much. lol
I do have nappy news today though as I did a sneaky purchase I hope DF doesn't notice - my CT bumble bee second arrived. Ali - would I be a bad friend if I asked for you to work your snappy magic on it before I've even met you IRL? :redface:
Umm... nothing else nappy related? Oh yes there is. I'm calling around to child care places as thinking of putting DS in for one day a week. It's actually hard finding ones that are happy to use MCN. One lady was very excited about the idea, the rest all ummed and ahhed and said no. Can the townsville ladies please PM me the details of MCN friendly places they know of?
MY WEDDING DRESS ARRIVED! Sorry for the caps, but I'm excited. I tried it on twice in 12hrs - would have put it on more if DF wasn't home to peek at me.
WOPB: Black BBH which I'm crossing my fingers doesn't leak as he fell asleep in the car before I could change him.
Yeah no problem CM ;) Let me know when you want to bring it round. I have Physio tomorrow at 1 but pretty much if I am not at the hospital these days I am at home :rolleyes: My girls were at Bo Peep in North Ward, but are moving to FDC. Bo Peep will do them if you provide the bucket and they do like flushable liners but not essential. My point to them was that I use them at home so I am not going to buy a packet of sposies every few weeks when I have a pile of nappies at home they can use.
Lea thanks for that, I can't wait for June then, hopefully I'll get to meet some more people from BB then.
I was just wondering is there somewhere that has what all the shortened nappy names are?? I'm so not able to keep up without knowing what some are, I feel like a dunce.
DH is home with a bad head cold, so I've got another little one to look after, lol, he's on the couch suppose to be watching Transformers, but is snoring his head off.
WOJB - GK Lagoon Minky
CM - don't feel like an intruder!! there will always be someone asking questions that you can answer :) Even if you are regurgitating someone else's advice - at least you have learnt, taken it - and teaching others! Thats what its all about!
I haven't brought new nappies in ages - only cos I got stimulated that I am actually allowed to buy nappies (plus some of ours are falling apart and DH noticed how empty our drawers are now!)
CM - my kiddos go to Premier ELC in Deeragun and they are fine with MCNs I just have to provide sposie wipes and liners for health safety reasons.
Maz - I already use BBH w/ covers but sometimes they are absolutely satched after a good long sleep stint which is why I was asking about NN's. Might try extra extra boosting in them for now and wait til he's a few months older.
My little porker is 5.5 kgs and nearly 60cm long already - no wonder we've moved beyond alot of my newborn/small stash :D
Wish DD was a little porker.
Anyone else find that their butts and crotches look absolutely gigantic in boosted nappies, especially with fleece/wool cover? Can barely do pops up on some of the onesies, they just don't make clothes to accommodate cloth anymore. DH laughs everytime I change her for the night at how enormous her nappy is with these little legs sticking out - he reckons she'll get a bad back sleeping on "the mound". I might agree if I didn't sleep her on her side her butt would be higher than her head!
Ozclothnappies has most of the nappy abbreviations, if there are just a couple you don't know, ask in ur post, ur'll be answered :)
Mel - good that you're able to buy again! Can't believe they are falling apart, that's ... amazing. Not necc in a good way either.
Ack, work is calling.
WoHB - GNST with Maz "savetheworld" cover
Anna - try putting the booster on the outside of the BBHs, between the nappy and cover. Less stuff in the nappy, less leg gape. At least, that's what someone here suggested, and it worked for us for a bit.
CM - hun, most of the time I'm just channelling Gigi, Nelle, FJ, Arimeh or one of the other wise women of MCN in here that taught me everything I know! Congrats on the wedding dress, that must be soooo exciting!
CM - I am with Nana - Everything I know I learned in this thread, or figured out the hard way. I was very lucky though that I got to meet Gigi in real life and see some of her stash, and I still have some of the nappies that didn't suit Bilby in my rotation. As the kids TT and move on to the next stage there are new 'old hats' at MCNing, some of the girls that were in here all the time when I joined the thread rarely if ever post anymore.
I know dude, its horrible. *sigh*:
Even happening with my widdlewuns now - so have asked Christie to do up some more boosters for me, which she doesn't mind doing.
Have sold all my itti shells now for $5 each - bargain - but they were the worst offender so no point me getting me if they are just going to be falling apart again. I'm going to have to start washing every night instead of every second night I think (even when I wash every second night, I still put the wee ones in the shower on the nights I don't wash so they get a full rinse out - doesn't seem to be making a difference)
Maybe my wash is too soft for them so it doesn't clear all the pee out? Dunno. I do a pre-rinse and then a full wash, and then a second rinse, so you would think it would be enough hey. :rolleyes:
Brissie's water is very hard so may be worth just doing some tests yourself, IYKWIM?
To give an example, when I was in Uni, we were comparing water hardness. As we were in Brissie, we calibrated our tests for brissie water. Got a sample of Sydney water, and Melbourne water - had to dilute the reactants by 1/2 for sydney water, and by 1/50th for melbourne water.
So ... maybe just try some bicarb, see if that does anything?
Good luck. (FWiW, my snoozywuns & widdlewuns are still going after 17 months continual use)
Willow- All day that's going to be tough for you! As Ali mentioned I am helping out at the CT stand but only for 2 hours 10-12. I'm going back sunday with some friends so I can look around!
Em is in her MnM at the mo and TBH it doesn't fit very well. She has a bit of a plumber's crack.Its very pretty tho.
Maz- hope your feeling better.
kaz - we're not on brissie water - we have our own water supply up here (that incidentally, brissie want to start using because we have so much of it!)
So brisbane water comes from a completely different source, and I would think it was harder water because of the fact that they are always running out of water, surely all the minerals and crap in the water would be stronger than they are up in our water, cos our dams are always at around 80% capacity.
Meh - I dunno whats going on. Its never the shells anyway - just the boosters.
Thanks girls you've made me feel a bit better about posting my nonsense lol
Ali - I shall PM you soon when I get some spare time to see if you're available for snappy service. The second I got has only one working snap on the front. Still does up, just only one snap so the wing kind of droops off the front.
I was going to reply to someone else and now I've forgotten.
Be super gentle on your snaps Mel, they will rip out if they get pulled to hard (DH and Sarah are the biggest culprits for it here). Is it where the snaps are that keeps going, or further down on the boosters? Do you guys get bats? they could be getting some bat poop on the line? No other suggestions I am afraid.
its not me pulling too hard on the snaps Ali.
Its the boosters themselves, not where the snaps are. If it does go where the snaps are, its because its shredded around the whole of the snap and then the snap falls out.
And mine are hung out the front on the clothes horse - no bats. We only get bats at night - out the back in the fruit trees.