Cloth Nappies # 175

Jess - That sucks hun :( If it is one of the gold ones try going to the standard version.

Mel - Yeah Fluffy Fix sounds good with the day you are having :hug:

Maz and Katie - The only Cute Tushies we own are bamboo delights, so I write CTBD for them. Otherwise it is a Cushie Tushie for CT when I write it.

Nana - Just pull on them really hard every day, they will go by the time you go away ;) Mwahahahaha

FIL hung the nappies in the sun!! They should be dry by tonight, the drawers are empty. He might have to go check on them when Em needs a change next. I get the feeling the dryer might get used for a few today. I discovered some of our pockets have some grey stains, but not too fussed, it is the first nappy I ever bought (the blue elephant Mommy's Touch) and the BumGs so not my regular rotation.

WOEB: CTBD with MAL Cars cover
WOSB: Dorothy night nappy

OK. I now am armed for nappy rash with:

* Ghia powder
* Moogoo excema cream
* Some pharmacy concoction (not MCN friendly) but is OK for nap times
* Pinetar wash (that I'm using as a wipes solution)

Also I have ... a giraffe toy for Pip and a cowprint sippy cup (OK, I'm a sucker!)

He fell asleep during lunch, very cute, and is still sleeping!

and kaz...dont forget a salt bath at night either hon.

Hey limeslice has cow spoons and fork sets that moo :o...i gotta get some I think

Ali - you just reminded me.......I gotta hang up a load :doh:

Tell me why napisan is bad for my cloth?.....

It can break down the PUL and the elastic and it can also cause build up on the actual nappy itself - I have occassionally used it as a direct paste on a stain I wanted out that wasn't budging but usually sun gets most of our stains out.

IRL shops in Brissie - quite a few nappy stores have demonstrators in Bris too

Kaz - hope all that helps!!!

Maz - where abouts in vic are u again? were u out mooroopna or was thaty someone else? just thought it was ironic i'm gonna be in shepp the long weekend visiting the inlaws and u'll be in melb for the meet!! also...ur fleece covers...i saw a lot of them on nappy bucket and i was wondering... can u use them over prefolds or just over fitteds??

going to an IRL store sounds fun guys!! hope ya'll haean awesome time!

Hokey smokes batman, hope it wasn't some cruel joke and you wernt the girl getting fired Mel !!
My mum has the kids to tonight while I accompany dh to a pi$$ up , oops I meant work function! So as long as there is something on their buts I don't care!

I'm on a train ATM so I'm bored and missing my babies, ds came up to me saying " I miss you I miss you all the time" LOL I think ( hope ) he meant he loves me all the time as that's what I say to him! On an exciting front ds has. Not had a ty accident for ages and this morning woke up dry ! He will eve. Get off his bed a do a poo In the toilet !!!

Thanx Saram, havnt used it, will do so sparingly on selected ones only

Lea have a great night at the **** up, ah work function, lol.

I've been lucky this week and got 3, yes 3 lots of fluffy mail, but that is going to have to do me for a while. We are looking at moving soon and I have to save my pennys until the move is over :(, but on the upside I'll be able to spend at the baby expo in June, so that's one thing.

On a sad note I washed my new BBH magic alls (minkee) an I have a black one and some of the black went onto some of my other boosters, hmmm not happy, but what can you do :dunno:.

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Teru - I could hyena for you if it wasn't on a work day? So if its not on a friday should be cool.

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id love to take on ur offer.
not sure when the stocking is though.

im goin to the footy tonight with our lil monsta :D he was a darl at cirque du soleil the other night. was intrigued by all the lights in the 1st half and conked out in the 2nd half after the intermission, but not a squeak from him

just did a quick nappy count. cant believe ive got over 50 now! but im cleaning some out as they're just not doing us justice no more...

Well we're using sposies still, I'm slathering the pharmacy unguent on at every change. And I'm changing every 2 hours (usually change around the 3 hour mark) which is really helping. I think also the pinetar is helping as the wipes wash (although DH has an idea that cloth - flanno nappy as a wipe - is more scratchy than disposable wipes with nasty chemicals - even the nurture nappy ones - i mean, really!)

So we'll see what happens!

Hi Girls,

Just a quick one from me before bed! I haven't posted for a day or 2 I have been busy and caught up in a friend drama. OMG it was like being in high school. SO over it!!!! It has made me so angry and upset so I am going to cut her away.

Anyway nappy related I got my minilala from nappy chic! Its so pretty I love it! I think I like it more than the one I got from the lottery!

I hope everyone is well!:D

AJ - can you try a lint remover ? it wil come aoff over the next few washes . when they still had coulored bamboos i washed them all together and i had pink and green fluff over every nappy !!

last night mum told me she put gabriella in a "pink spotty thing" and i knew it was a Itti , so i warned her and told her to use a sposie(coz i reckon a NN would have changed her mind bout ever looking after them again !!) , i guess she forgot and early thismoring she woke up grumpy , and whinghy , her itti never got changed and it had comperssion leaked and made her really damp ... but ive had worse leaks in other NN so i guess it held up well ... poor darl everything had to be changed ..

Teru - I think its supposed to be in around 2 weeks time. I'm sure I'll find out for sure on NA.. lol

EEJ - its a bugger when friends are like that. And those mini lalas are sooo cute. I haven't got one of my own, but I like looking at everyone else's.

Think Miss M has either a belly bug, a reaction to the yoghurt I fed her the other day, or really bad teething poos. I woke up this morning to the sound of DH swearing his head off and going "omg".. "oh this is awful"... "GROSS" over the toilet with the little squirt.

But yay I got to sleep in!!!!! Still sick though :(

WOAB: Pink Haute
WOMB: No idea, DH changed her before I got up.

Ah atleast he wasnt heaving Mel, mine REFUSES to use the LS for poo's just leaves them for me to do (and forgets to tell me for hours ew). He would have been heaving over the toilet while spraying :rofl: He has a princess fit over wee for goodness sake. I married a sissy boy *sigh*

I bought a pre loved Snoozywun for Riv and he wore it last night - I forgot to put a cover over it (haha) - no leaks! He was just the teensiest bit damp to touch and he went from 10pm-7am in it.

i'm so looking forward to the times DH is home - he can LS nappies - if he can hose out a b-double full of cow crap without freaking out, he can clean a nappy or three!

ooh, having said that - must ring my bro to come install said LS - he's been a bit of a slacker!

Morning Ladies

Had the night from hell last night. Probably an hours sleep broken up into 10 minute blocks. Have toothpicks keeping my eyes open.

DS has a cold and was running a temperature of 38.3 all night.

Got up this morning and OH JOY I have it too. So the two of us are feeling very sorry for ourselves curled up on the couch today watching cartoons and movies.

Can anyone remind me what stains MCN, is it panadol or nurofen? And can any of those over the counter cough medicines do it too?

DF is working all day of course, and then has two night shifts tomorrow and monday nights. What fun that's going to be.

WOPB: tiger bubblebubs

CM - Anything with Sorbitol is a no-no, so panadol. I dont have any nurofen to see if that has it in there.

Anna - DH doesnt like it either, but he would rather clean it up and avoid having to clean up other disgusting stuff that I can't stomach than clean double the mess after I attempt to clean it in the first place. One guess who cleans when Gastro comes to visit, Mwahahahaha!!

Mel - Em had a reaction on Sunday and is still slightly rashy, but not too bad because of the hydrocortizone. I hate reaction poos too. C has my empathy.

Eej - :hug: but at least you got fluffy mail to make you feel better ;)

DH is catching up on the nappies!! Only one bit that is missing it's nappy on the couch atm. I assume that nappy is in the WM. If not he has to hunt it out. And he remembered to unsnap everything after I showed him the boosters last night. A couple of them started to fray where the snaps are, but thankfully they aren't too bad yet. He understands the importance now though because he doesn't want me replacing the whole stash.

WOEB: White Basix CT with bamboo foldup
WOSB: Aquarium CT Couture.

CM - nurofen is fine, panadol leaves stains. That said I havent had any panadol stains yet and Ive used it once or twice.

Thanks girls.

DF's work kindly sent him home to look after us today. I feel like death warmed up, and apparently I look it too.

If I'm using panadol do I have to use sposies, as surely liners wouldn't help? I don't want stained nappies, but I also don't want to use sposies. Maybe I'll switch to nurofen.

Anna - Snoozywuns don't need covers :D

Nappy rash getting better, still continuing in sposies for today then tomorrow we'll be back to cloth. Not happy with DH - I had my nappies in a basket near the staircase to take up to the airers, and he decided to remove the roof (!) or part of it from the garage, so my clean nappies got all covered in twigs, sticks and muck from under the roof :( NOT HAPPY.

Other than that ... yay on fluff!

So jealous of all these nappy changing hubbies... even is they dont use the LS... WOW... My DP is a sissy... cant do nappies... *shakes head* (but i could go on all day but his parenting skills...

well DD was given one of those kids fruit stick things from a friend the 2 kids loved them but OMG i freaked out when she pooped red... couldnt think what she ate until i remembered... so yuk...

BG- i grew up going to my uncles farm every 2nd weeked at least and i would rather deal with horse and cow shiat then babys...

Also DD has started reaching in between her legs when i change her nappies... Not good when she is pooping so much... its going everywhere in the MCNs. What r the best liners to use for poop. i have been using the johnsons ones but no matter which way i fold it to put it in it never contains it all... maybe i just need a LS... is that the only one u all recommend???

Really Kaz!? Erm well we've been using one over them lol Oh well Ds1 loves to wear his polar bear cover so who am I to tell him he cant hehe

Hiya all,

Where is the best place to get a snap press.
DH just told me to buy one after I was lamenting about wing droop on a few of Elise's nappies.

Why do some nappies only have one row of snaps instead of two, I don't have any luck on my skinny waisted girl unless I can snap before and after the cross over, if that makes sense.

1180 - many people have that same problem with the "one row of snaps" front snappers.

have you tried sidesnappers? that's what solved it for us. both when bilby was chubby and when she slimmed down also. they are soooo adjustable.

NaNa - HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE AADI ! enjoy your pancakes made with lurve by mama!

annaT - snoozywuns are an ai2 nappy, so no need for a cover. the outer of them is malden mills nightweight fleece.

HeyGoodLooking - for liners to contain poop?
for daytime, i used a cloth liner PLUS a soft paper liner e.g tots bots or bummis
for nighttime, i used a microfleece liner

bilby was reacting to synthetics, so i had her in cotton velour liners the majority of the day, but before that, 100% microfleece liners.

when the poop was runny, paper liners were not any help.
as soon as the poop was pastey or formed, then the paper liners were da bomb.

i thought the Johnson liners were very harsh material, so decided not to use them. it was very cheap, e.g $5 to buy a half a metre of micropolarfleece from spotlight. you just cut them up, no sewing needed. it doesn't fray in the wash.

a roll of flushable liners is like $10 - $12.00 - great too for childcare and going out (and travelling interstate, as i found out). you change bub in public loo, lift out paper liner, flush that down the loo, roll up rest of nappy for your wetbag.

i swear by the Little Squirt, makes dealing with the poo so easy (once you read the instructions and know how to use it). they are worth the money (to me). and you keep using it even after tt-ing.

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here's what i tried to post last night, but BB site went down

Nana - i would email Jayne at Nurture Nappies and ask her advice re sending back nearly gone elastic bumg's.

How many sleeps til you leave? excitement!!

Kazbah - poor Pip, that sounds so sore. Second skin sounds a good idea. Alioops mentions something too, maybe OPSITE? i prolly have the name wrong, but for similar purpose.

if that physical reaction and resulting pain, isn't enough to force childcare to do MCN for him, nothing will!
Just say, my child is allergic to your disposable nappies, here is what he has to be in, here is how you do them up and deal with used ones, end of. If you have a problem, take it up with his GP or i will take my child elsewhere!

Katie Rabbit - there are SO many similar sounding nappy brands, adn initials that could stand for four different brands, it IS confusing. eg there is Cute Tooshies, Cushie Tushies, Kushies! baby beehinds, bubblebubs, beetlebums (all BB).

wotbb: blueberry trainer

Charmlea - if a night nappy is not soiled, can you just take inserts out (wash those), and re-use the shell with fresh inserts?

now who asked about pj band getting wet, using bbh as night nappy.
1. try not to tuck ANYTHING into the night nappy e.g singlet, pj top
2. anything you put OVER the night nappy, needs to be on the side of LOOSE, not firm, otherwise you'll get compression leaks. e.g the pj bottom waistband, was it a wee bit firm? or loose?
3. pj bottoms - what fabric are they made of? cotton tends to wick (absorb moisture)
4. these type of issues is why many mcn-ers look to other options - e.g woollen longies, flongies etc - to take the place of pj bottoms, over a night nappy
5. higher rise for night nappies, and esp night covers can help
6. was the night nappy completely soaked? or just the waistband of the jama pants? trying to work out if the nappy combo, had sufficient absorbency for your child at this stage.
7. how was the night nappy and cover done up? any gaping? any nappy combo can leak, if fit e.g gaping, is an issue.

i have no clue what is causing your particular problem, but the points above, just some general things to consider, which i hope might help you, then again, it may be none of the things i mentioned.

Night nappying is a different animal completely, to day nappying. The child wriggles around in their sleep, they're horizontal.

MAZ - yes, my converted friend is also the person who loves your breastpads! She can't wait until her latest order arrives.

hey ll80 there is a snaps austrlalia website that sell them or a NZ one.....

Well i am in heavan and soo happy withmself atm! i now have 4 Night Nappies so to speak thanks to my BumG's that are too wide to wear during the day but perfect for night in so many reasons....its harder for DS to roll in them (esp when double boosted) so i haven't had to wrap him at night and he is still sleeping through peacefully....

Can't wait for my fluffy mail its killing me...so from B4B if i ordered Mon payment cleared Wed when do we think they will arrive???? ah im dying to get them its my first ever order and the wait is killing me ahhh

oh and i might be getting some freebies just got to pay for postage so woop woop thanks to NC :D

WOTB - Blue BumG double boosted pocket

Gigi - thanks luvvy!! We had a lovely day, and lots of cuddles from Ammi (grandma).
Jayne has said to send back the ones I think ought to be returned, so I'm going thru the ones that are clean and dry and scrutinising everything. The ones with shabby velcro are going back. The ones that have over-stretched elastic are getting a good stretch and double-check to see if they shrink back at all, and they're going back too. The elastic isn't completely shot yet, but I can tell from comparing them to a new Swaddlebees that the gathering is minimal, and they're never going to fit properly again. The elastic is just too cheap and nasty. After removing the shot elastic from an old v2, and comparing it to the elastic used in a Swaddlebees, it's just terrible! No wonder it didn't last 6 months, even part of a rotated stash of 35+ nappies. I can't see how the v3s elastic is that much better. It's so thin.
I wont say how many sleeps till we leave... that would be random, considering how notorious Aadi is for sleeping badly! We leave on Friday night and I am SO nervous/excited/panicking right now... remember to breathe, NaNa!

I would love a few extra snaps on DS's sandman... and maybe wild child NNs too. Can't see him getting a chubby tummy any time soon. Me, on the other hand, I plan on coming home from holidays with an impressive pot belly! :lol: Going to stuff myself. mmmm..... fromage.... mmmmm..... :rofl:

WOAB: super orange swaddlebees. Vitamin C orange, even. Fanta orange. Glow in the dark orange. You get the picture.

hi everyone!
A big thankyou to chrmalea, I just looove my new bbhs, they stay so dry!!:clap:

just a quick question, I heard someone talking the other day about mcns and apparantley there is a lady down my way somewher who has patterns and materials to make mcns, she cuts it out for you and you take it home and sew it all up yourself, they couldnt remember where she is, or any other info, but its price effective.
so, does anyone from SA have any idea about this? or even ali? have you heard about her? sounds interesting.
thanks!

NaNa - I would love to see that orange nappy. It sounds rad man.

Starry - no info here for you i'm afraid - but that sounds awesome if you are a sewer! Unfortunately I was not blessed with that skill I'm afraid.

I can finger knit though -maybe I should try a pair of longies :lol:

WOAB: Dunno but its smelly!
WOMB: Um yeah dunno - DH changed them this morning. Oh no, she's in an IF - now I remember. I did look up from the computer when he was dressing her.

Does anyone know if you can use that "Gaia Soothing Lotion" with MCN's? I used it today as DD has a bit of nappy rash but I made sure I used a liner as I wasn't sure :dunno:

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I can finger knit though -maybe I should try a pair of longies :lol:

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pmsl !! me too , used to think i was so cool too .. one week i finger knitted a whole ball or wool !!!! chucked it in the bin as what the hell do you do with 50 of finger knitted wool :dunno:

all i asked DH to do this morning while i had a few hrs off was to fold the washing and take it off the line , needless to say the xbox got a look in , but the washing is sprawled all over the couch .. bits of nappies here and there , and DH told me he couldnt find any nappies to put on her (lucky there were some "whole" ones in her room ..) but 1 quick sweep of the couch i could see atleast 4 nappies :rolleyes: men eh ??

Starry - No I havent heard of her, otherwise I probably would have used her expertise ;) I can't cut straight to save myself!! She might be on NC or NA, try the members in SA threads.

ll80 - I got mine from Greenbeans (NZ site) and have added snaps to the ones that needed an extra couple. My IF has 2 extra sockets and 2 extra studs to give it a little more skinny baby space. We get less wing droop on it now. The most issues we have are when they have 2 rows of snaps, but only 1 snap on each level per wing IYKWIM.

Lea - That's always the way :rolleyes: I will have some nappies to fold at dinner time but now that I have everything together properly I *shouldn't* have bits missing again for at least a week. DH has a bad habit of putting whatever boster with whatever nappy, rather than matching snap and inner colour, so I can't put the nappies together if he has already made an attempt without checking that the snaps and inners match and leaving the ones that are completely different.

Kaz - Gigi is right ;) Second skin is Opsite Flexifix. Last time I bought it it was $4 per metre approximately, and that has lasted us ages.

Well Miss Em has misplaced her soakers (or maybe that was DH or FIL) so there is no way to keep nappies on at nap time right now.

WOEB: Nada - She took it off and then went to sleep
WOSB: Froggy CT

Ren - I can't remember if its the moisturiser thats ok or the soothing cream that is ok to use with MCN's. Whats in it? That should jog my memory, cos I remember emailing them about it.

We just got back from shopping - I got myself a new calculator! I'm excited!! Ahhh yes, I'm a stationary addict. Sad.

OMG i just had a peek at the BizyBee MCNs... OMG i want one... but :( have no money... Miss T's Birthday on friday... cant believe she is almost 1... Waaaaa. :crying:

Still no sun here... :( relying on my airer but thanksfully Miss T is back to less weeing now so not as many changes thanksfully.

Gigi - my CC uses cloth - flannel squares - just that they use the plastic covers. Will give them a pile of my covers to use .. I have opsite, spoke to the pharmacist and he recommended using it when there were no more blisters, so might put it on him tomorrow morning before CC ... and give them my "wipes solution" of pinetar :D Wish I had a small spray bottle though :(

Ali - thanks hun, I remembered you used it previously.

Ahhh Gigi, my mum phoned up and asked if I wanted "bloomers" for his TT - was very happy to say that I had a set of trainers ready to go when he was! I don't think its going to be for a little while, but hey :D

Very sore back, but my house is more-or-less clean!

WoHB - still a sposie, still have zinc cream on him ...

OOoh I just had the screamiest (yes its a word) child in the bath - and not the usual one either. Miss M got in the bath, was sitting in there for about 30 secs and just let out the most bloodcurdling scream - god it brought tears to my eyes!!! Just the PAIN that was in the scream.. jesus. Its official. I HATE teething.

She's all happy now though. My brave girl.

WOAB: Nuthin
WOMB: Snoozywun ready for bed time.

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Ren - I can't remember if its the moisturiser thats ok or the soothing cream that is ok to use with MCN's. Whats in it? That should jog my memory, cos I remember emailing them about it.

We just got back from shopping - I got myself a new calculator! I'm excited!! Ahhh yes, I'm a stationary addict. Sad.

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Oh then Mel you'd LOVE our business! We own a stationery shop :lol: you'd have a blast in our store....

the ingredients in the Gaia is mainly calendula based, with extracts like chamomile & wheat germ oil, lavender pure ess oil etc... i think i'll just make sure i use the liner when i use it.... or maybe just use Sudocreme with a sposie!

:hello: have you guys even noticed me gone :ROFL:

been at my inlaws for the weekend celebrating their 40th wedding anni. Phew very busy time but had a great time away. Also got lots of smiles and cuddles from the devine Miss Rubstar and from Sammi :heartbeat: adn the boys

Was a little disapointed to see my SIL putting a huggies NB sposie on my nephew :( but was over the moon to see and hear how much they loved the bloanket I made them for him.
Everyone loves M's blue tye dyed aurial (my fav)

really need to do a strip wash cause my girls nappies are bringing ezcemer on her bum again....and she onyl wears them over night :(

anyway off to see what you rascells got up to while I was away

yes, we noticed you gone :) was very jealous of Sammi .....

*sighs*

Have gathered a selection of covers for CC - a maz cover, 2 BB PULs, an FJ and a pair of shorties for nap!

Waaaaaaaaaaaah my newborn/sm MCN stash is sitting on our spare bed ready to get sold on to new homes (along with a mountain of 0000 clothes) :(

Its only been 8wks but I had a little sook at the idea of him getting bigger. Will have to find some kick butt nappies to replace them with :lol:

Not sure if Im allowed to ask (so mods feel free to wrap me on the knuckles if Im being naughty) but if you were me where would you list my nappies/clothing to sell them on? Im not looking for alot of $$$ but alot of it is too good to be given away (some of the clothes werent even worn!)