Gee, I turn my back for five minutes and 8 pages of natter... cannot possibly catch up!
Happy birthday Alexis! wow, another Taurean chef mcn addict! woot!
Mel - love the new av!
Maz - why you gotta have a stocking when I'm going to be far, far away?? On a plane with no internet access. Not fair.
Sandmans = great night nappy. Buy them. Nuff said. The snap system isn't my fave, but I'll get over it.
um... I got my *last* lot of fluffy mail yesterday - three more Swaddlebees AIO pockets. The orange one is very, um... orange! Like safety gear orange! Glow in the dark raj neesh dayglo orange. But my mum loves it, she's obsessed with all things orange.
Also, sent a long and hopefully not too emotional email to NN about my sad experiences with Bum Genius nappy elastic, and how I'm so disappointed because now I'm having to replace half my stash less than 12 months after buying them. All because they've got shoddy elastic and I can't find a receipt... (and I do like to get more fluffy mail )
WOAB: red wild child NN, red tots bots fleece cover, red pjs. Of course!
I have been checking out loads of sites to buy nappies to sample and been reading your WOTBs and I see/read so many cute and snazzy prints and colours but I am scared of what I can't see IRL so I have just been ordering white everything but feel really boring. Do people buy nappies in themes or colours or how do you select your nappies so that you don't have a big mish of colours and designs? (Or maybe you do and like it like that?) The main thing is that I have a DD another as yet unknown sex bub on the way and have been buying OSFA, and want to cover myself in case bub is a boy!
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Look to see what the people who make fleece covers online, use to line their covers with - that will direct you. As far as i've noticed, they use stay dry fabrics like microfleece.
But many makers put a hidden layer of PUL in their pockets and aio's. inbetween the outer (fleece for example) and the inner (microfleece).
RENSTAR - the thing with any nappy that gets bad reviews, there will be some other babies for whom, the said bad nappy DOES work and does suit. reviews are useful but not 100% conclusive - as we all have bubs with different body shapes etc. If peapods work for you, that's great, stick with them. It's wonderful, if the type that suits YOUR bub, are cheap and easy to buy. I had a bub with a shape that meant i had to hyena most of her nappies, it was not fun, they were so damm hard to get.
Charmlea - we use the DWINKS, they are great - actually STOPS miss bilby squeezing the contents everywhere.
you got KK's for 20! OMG wot a bargain! half your luck chickybabe!
Sandmans didn't work on bilby (wing droop), but SHP is awesome to deal with, bought other excellent things there and Michelle is a great source of knowledge esp about bubs with excma. Very ethical person too.
Katie Rabbit - i liked to buy plain aio and pockets (to match clothing without clashing) and buy printed fitteds. I chose nappy colours to go with my DD's other clothing.
look up ozclothnappies and click on the IN REAL LIFE MCN SHOPS link, find out what IS near you. Plus other ways to see mcn in real life
- go to the annual babies, preg and something expos, held in most states
- join ozclothnappies and nappycino and go to meetups
- visit IRL stores, as above
- find out which sites have consultants in your city e.g baby beehinds, cushie tushies, nurturenappies, ozbabytrends, baby blossom, greenkids
wotbb: i'm sure you already know
blueberry night trainer (well it is to us, as she is not weeing overnight at all).
polar fleece cant really wick as its polyester.....so its a stay dry fabric.
Some WAHM's do offer cheaper prices on their products as they are not a 'brand name' and havent gotten to **** factor statis as yet lol. its takes years for people to establish themselves, especially when you have to compete with alot of overseas made big name companies
Im not a fan of PUL....it seems to cook my babies bums and they end up red raw
Katierabbit - you might be surprised at what is out there in NB sizes that is multi sexed......keep looking hon.
we're waiting for the physio for Mateauz........he has become very bow legged and we're a bit worried.....
Katie - I got my stash built up by buying lots of good workhorse nappies - so they aren't pretty. Its only now that I am getting some special ones (even though the GF's dont' fit! but have talked to Nikki and she is going to put an extra snap on them for us - woohoo!)
I'm also getting customs done from bundles of buns - I was emailing her last night and she is going to make a custom fit one for DS because of his problem with wing droop as well. I have a feeling he will be in nappies forever!!!
No other nappy news and I can't remember if I was going to answer anything else. Darn this stupid cold/flu its taking all my brain function away.
WOAB: Brown itti - expecting a poop anytime soon!!! (and then of course, the fight to change it)
WOMB: Widdlewuns.
Katie - It wasn't until we found out the sex at the ultrasound for DD3 that I started buying much pink. I have a lot of blue and unisex patterns and since we went NB nappy shopping throughout my pg we bought some pink and some unisex. We also had a lot of unisex clothing and have bought more pink clothing. Being our last baby I found it has helped me to grieve the fact that I will never have a son to go all out on the girly things.
CM - I was never this bad with Em and didn't get SPD with Sarah. It has gotten progressively worse with each baby, hence no more babies. Sounds like the snap may just be not quite as hard pressed as it should have been and the little pin that holds it together didn't get pressed down fully, so it might go in sometimes and not others. I have a few snaps that I have done that didn't go down properly when I had the press on a table. It is on the floor now and I can put all my weight on it to get the nicely pressed.
Lea - I think you will like the pads. They are much more comfy that the ones you have to buy all the time. I find I don't sweat as much with cloth pads.
Ren - my peapods are not as bad now that I have put extra snaps on them. When the snaps are in the middle we had wing droop issues, but the extra snaps have fixed that. I think the main reason for the bad reviews is the fact that for skinny babies there aren't enough snaps to hold the wings up. The nappy itself is good, and I love the bamboo boosters, I buy them seperately for other pockets, they just needed a couple of extra snaps to work really well on Em.
Mel - try skipping a snap when you do it up if it is a front snapper. So do the 1st one up, then miss one and then do the second one up if that makes sense. It is the only way the Baby Kanga works for us. Hence it being one of the 'stuff it if I am desperate' nappies.
Maz - Hope nothing too serious hun Em's feet roll in so we have to keep an eye on that and use shoes as much as possible but until she gets a bit older we can't do anything because it may correct itself.
AFM - DH washed nappies last night. I am supposed to hang them up today. I will fairly soon, unless FIL wants to hang them on the line for some sun. I wonder if they got unsnapped and unstuffed hmmm. I did forget to tell him to put the IF in a lingere bag too
WOEB: Something and a soaker
WOSB: Green Tea CT. (Katie - that is a plain minty green minky. Some of the plain ones have pattern sounding names )
Ali - it is a front snapping nappy but its snaps are vertical - not horizontal - so its difficult to skip a snap because there is only one on top and one on the bottom IYKWIM? If I make the bottom one out to the side more, I'd get leg gape.
But its ok, she's going to put on an extra snap. All is well.
Teru, Ittis are narrow.
I like the sewn in better but lots like the snap in.
The sewn ins have boosting sew into the shell as well as a booster that is sewn at one end on top of the shell.
The snaps ins are just like any other AI2
Teru, I think less leg gape with sewn in, but faster dry with snap in. JMO and I may be wrong but that seems to be my exp. Plus you can just but more boost for the snap ins.
ShellsBells ... OMY i cant believe you went to the CNS today !!! i was actually going to go there too !! i rung my sis and asked if she wanted to go , but as she said no i never ended up going... i could have met you !!! beks great there , was there anything good/new there ???
oh oh..a IRL nappy store...is it near advance town at all?
The pyhsio was ment to be here 2 months ago but she forgot . She said that M's legs look worse due to his left leg having weaker muscle toneage and making his knee sit back more.....so more climbing, dancing, running and being a doop like he is and the muscle will strength..but atleast he doesnt need stints to help correct his legs ..... ah the joys of CP
ALi - the foot rolling thing...we swapped our shoes over..eg left foot wore the right shoe and the right foot wore the left shoe...worked for us and the pyhsio cant get over how well
Mel - woo hoo on getitng the extra snaps in...you still havent spilt how many weeks you are
IB's....i like both...and i think it depends how big your kid is for the fitting...M is a big boy so both fit him well but i can see how you would get gappage would happen on a slimmer kido
Maz, not too far, bout 1/2hr. I am happy to take you if you want.
She doesnt have heaps in stock but I think she must sell lots cause its like a 4 week wait. Lea prolly knows more about her.
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Em's feet roll in so we have to keep an eye on that and use shoes as much as possible but until she gets a bit older we can't do anything because it may correct itself.
hmmm. I did forget to tell him to put the IF in a lingere bag too
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i just discovered NA today LOL
but she forgot
. She said that M's legs look worse due to his left leg having weaker muscle toneage and making his knee sit back more.....so more climbing, dancing, running and being a doop like he is and the muscle will strength..but atleast he doesnt need stints to help correct his legs ..... ah the joys of CP
am sooooo excited!!!!!
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