Cloth Nappies #176

just lost a big post, not happy jan!

charmlea
in short

we didn't find many high rise sidesnappers (berry plush, sugar peas)
most were not high rise at all

non-hyena type side snappers

- gadimals at nature's cradle (ring them up to find out what sizes and colours they have left)

- swaddlebees sized pockets at theweewuns, microfleece inner style on sale now

- baby safari (in purple and blue only)

too grumpy to type the rest out, i HATE lsoing a post!

thanks Cheeky MOnkey for your comments re bilby tt-ing. Yes i am proud of her, unsure about what i should be doing re her night training.

wotbb: noonee wilga one wet pants with stars on them

Gigi - Sarah still uses a night nappy, and she has been day TTed for aaaaagggeeeessss. Bilbs is doing great!!! And yes, changing a wriggley toddler in a plane toilet is no fun. But when you spend an entire day flying you are bound to have to do it, *sigh*

Sami - I might have to take a pic of how to get a bigger leg with smaller waist. It is do-able. Will have to get DH to find the cable to link the camera to the PC. If you can get my wording I will try to explain but pics speak 1000s if words ;) The first snap is your thigh adjustment. Do that as tight or as loose as DS needs to fit his thighs perfectly. If you have a big belly gape skip a snap then do the other snap up on a tighter setting. This will put a fold in between the snaps and give a smaller waist than thigh setting. It also reduces wing droop on the tighter seetings.

Shells - Nice new name ;) We love you hun, and sheesh I am almost everywhere on here, I stalk everyone :lol:

PB - Dont worry hun, You aren't the only one who can't buy. As much as I want to, we have to pay debts off first. My car needs a service and we have no $$$. Too long living beyond our means.

Nappy news here - I re-packed my suitcase last night. I have 12 flannels packed as wipes and I forgot to count the nappies, but there are enough in there for me to have had to use the expander zip on my suitcase!! Leah has just over half my suitcase!! FIL put a load of nappies on yesterday, double checking at every stage of laoding the machine!! Pulled them all apart then came and double checked how much powder. He doesn't want us to have to replace any nappies at the moment!!

WOEB: Whatever CC have put on her.

Morning Ladies

Ali - sounds like you're well prepared for Leahs arrival now. How long do you expect to stay in hospital?

Having a bit of an "off" morning - can't remember any posts other than the last one lol

Off to check the post box this morning, expecting some pre-loved fluff to be there :)

I get a new mobile today, very excited. Getting the blackberry storm - yay :dance: Had to agree to buy DF lots of new tools etc. for the car in order to get my new phone though lol the things we do.

WOPB: blue IB snap-in. DF did it.

Just lurking, Im sick as a dog.

We are awaiting fluffy mail too.

WOTBs - River has a BBH but Im sure needs to be changed and the toddies have sposies on (upside is their NR is better so we can go back to cloth now and hopefully it wont reoccur)

I have fluffy mail at the PO, yay. I always seem to miss the parcel guy, and the card says I cant collect it until after 11am tomorrow. :(

WOOB: blue IB d'lish snap in

ray ray i just saw your new avvy its awesome!!

i got fluffy today - an inside out Ai2 beetlebum, that makes my set of 3 complete :)

I really do love side snappers. swaddlebees side snap fitteds are really great - narrow in the crotch too, but I find i need to boost them a bit.

wohb - iishfly fitzall

If Twat OB gets off his butt and does his job 3-5 days. I am going to demand a CS this week though because that will at least give DH a month with her before he goes away and maximises my recovery time with him home. They promised he wouldnt have to do the whole course again and they broke that promise. DH flies out on the 5th of July for 12 weeks so I am pushing for the CS to be done this week. I am furious about it though. And to top it off I have a cold!!

Anna and Ray - Love the avvies!!!

So glad the maternity ward has a washing machine and dryer. I might have to skip the detergent though. Must remember to grab a nappy bucket when we head for the hospital. I dont think I have enough nappies to last the full hospital stay, and even if I did they will need washing sooner than that.

ALi- I hope the CO can sort something out for you guys. Its tough he has to do the whole course again!!!!

Anna and Ray- I second Ali the avvy's are cool!

No nappy news here!!! I am sick I have had an upset tummy for 2 days on top of the cold, so I am feeling miserable.

Woo I have an avi! Way cool. Didnt even notice lol

Fluffy mail, yay (I would WOOT but my voice is croaky ;) ) .........

My Green kids pockets x4, GK camo wetbag and my FL owl and frog backpacks for the toddies!

Jett was all over the backpack and the dinosaur GK like flies on poop :lol:

ali - doesnt ur hospital provide nappies? or did u just decide you want to use ur MCNs? our hospital provided flats and did all the washing so we took them up on that! save getting the icky sticky newborn pooh on our nice new prefolds lol!!

eej - sorry to hear you're feeling sick! rest up as best u can, drink lots of water and gets better soon!!

no nappy news here but I am hoping to have a new cover on order in a few hours! will be my first stocking I'll be trying at so dunno if I'll have any success lol! Susie just had a huge 3 hours sleep so is super hungry atm lol

whats the opinion on bubblebubs?

Teru - I don't mind my bubblebubs, good fit on the kids - however they are a larger sized ones, so larges are too big for aricyn here - mediums fit him perfect though. I don't know if she would fit properly into the medium yet - if she didn't get plumber's crack I could probably still squeeze her into the smalls... LOL

but yeah, they were good - better on her than him I think, but she's not a heavy wetter like him. ALthough she outweed her snoozy so maybe she's getting there.. lol

WOAB: Ecobumz (yes ecobumz.. not ecobubs...)
WOMB: umm can't remember. haven't changed her for a while

Mrs C - Nah they don't. They might have a few flats for the first ones but they dont provide enough for you to use FT there. The preg record says to bring enough sposies for 2-3 days so I am bringing enough MCN for that long or longer.

Eej - The agency that makes the decision as to whether he has to do the whole lot again are refusing to take a photocopy of his ROA, and the original is missing because someone chucked it out rather than putting it in the right place to be sent off to the right section. The last 6 weeks is all he needs (the sheet metal part again and the welding - which he doesnt really need but they need to assess that down there). He does not need to learn how to do a powerpoint presentation again :doh: He has to talk to a leiutenant tomorrow but they are just as likely to put him on the next course instead, which is next year. Stoopid people not taking a photocopy!!!

Ali - how frustrating about the course he has to redo! thats sooo annoying!! you'd think the place that gave him the certificate in the first place could redo it or something!

WOTB - homemade bamboo prefold and white motherease Rikki cover (waiting on some lovely coloured ones coming in the mail lol)

Trigger fingers at the ready - please be nice to me this time girls.


ETA: I also feel very left out with all of you ladies having wonderful avvys :( BOOHOO

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whats the opinion on bubblebubs?

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LLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEE E them!!!!

I agree with Mel - they are a bigger fitting nappy (praise the lord) and i have experienced our first side snapper of them and LLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEE them even more then the originals. Barge arse M is getting to big for the Larges abut the side snappers seem bigger and a better fit on him

I am over the moon too. Have found and bought a beautiful pair of longies from clothiebumz (thank the owner MAUWS) they have a monkey climbing up the leg...so cute and so M. I would have loved a cow one but they were only shorties....ahhhh

ok back to folding the basket full of socks and undeis...so much fun NOT!!!

WOMB - WC NN & racing strips MAL cover
WOVB - ahh bubble bubs with little hippos :heartbeat:

WOOHOO!! Just order my first Maz cover! DH thinks I'm funny cause I'm so excited lol! but he likes it too so thats something lol!

Maz - yay to the monkey longies!

I got the oh lala set yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO LUCKY!!!

well i managed to nab one of Maz' NN...BUT it was 3rd on my list....i wanted a caterpiller one :( but at least it was on my list :) yay!!!!! can't wait to get it....excited... i can blame hubby for making me miss out on the other 2 i wanted :P

oh dammit , missed the stocking .... strangely enough i was googling "caterpillar" things , as i m getting things for gabriella caterpillars birthday .. and i tottally missed what i was looking for ... caterpillar nappies !! deeeeeeeeer !!!

um bubble bubs ... not so good fit on my Gabs , too high in the rise and wide in the legs .. :( very pretty nappies tho

woooooot!!!

i got the lady beetle set!!!

(i mean laaa got the lady beetle set hahaha)

maz love your work!

wohb - maz NN/loveybums wool cover

Well done Kitt3n!!! I have wings and those BL and a lady bird loulou so thought better of even trying for it. I would have liked the bee set tho! Am so happy to get the Oh Lala set will be perfect for Em in the spring!

eej we will have to do a meet up and dress the girls in their maz stuff!!

Kitt3n I am so up for that! Hopefully u can come to the one in a few weeks. I think Em will be to small for her set yet though.

Well I got all excited because I nabbed a click clack cover.

Went back about 10 minutes later and a NN magically popped up as being available that was sold out earlier. Obviously someone put it back!

YAY FOR ME!

So I'm now the proud owner of a click clack cover and a Sage hungry caterpillar NN :)

Yay I got the Bear and the Hungry caterpillar fruit night nappies :) Dh was lurking over my shoulder counting down the minutes heh. He was groaning about it at first til I reminded him I only had 4 night nappies which arent enough when they take so long to try so I said Id get just one but then he realised they were from the same maker as Jetts star NN so he said get two!

I had considered getting a medium LL nappy BUT knowing River he would outgrow it fast so I decided to not be greedy (I got him another pre loved snoozywun instead).

CM - still on a hyena high from the stocking? :lol:

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CM - still on a hyena high from the stocking? :lol:

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BLOODY OATH! Oops am I allowed to say that? lol
Love the thrill of a stocking. Sweaty palms, racing heart, twitchy fingers and shaking hands. It feels even better when you succeed!!!

I've had a fantastic few days. Nabbed the Abby Gro Patchie that I wanted, and now the maz stocking too! YAY!


Congrats on all of your purchases ladies - such a rush :)

And to Maz - a big WELL DONE! We all knew you'd be a success, now I can imagine your grin ear to ear :dance:


WOPB: Yellow BBH Magicall - can't wait for it to be a Licious Lullabye NN or Click Clack Cover!

thx for the opinion re bubblebubs. i decided against a swap for them, a tad wide in the crotch me thinks. they were nice nonetheless, resisted a minky dot one. i sold her nappies instead haha.
now ive swapped 3 nappies & sold 2. still got a heap to swap/sell...undecided how to go about it so they shall sit in my shelf for now LOL they r deemed obsolete atm

anyhoe, im contemplating returning to work some time and will need to send monsta to childcare. how many nappies do u think i would need to send with him for a day so that i have an idea of how many of my 'obsolete' nappies to keep.

Teru - we send 6 nappies.

Ali - thanks for the tips on snapping the CT's - I will give it a go and see what happens

Mel - recovering from May still???!!!

Zander will be going into daycare in another 6 weeks 2 days a week (if he takes a bottle by then, big time refusal so far :() - nappies are provided at my centre - they used to do cloth in the babies room when my other two went- but have now changed over to sposies - interesting hey ....

Busy mornig - pop back later ...

WOZB - Blue camo CT - figure if I have them on him when he is awake and not going to bed I can keep checking the new snapping process ;)

*mutters* I had a tanty-toddler and forgot all about the stocking ... ahh well. It was only going to be gifts anyhows.

How is everyone travelling? I'm doing loads of nappies today, going to have the airers set up in front of the conara to dry them ....

WoHB - snoozywun

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Mel - recovering from May still???!!!

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hehehe... I'm still suffering lack of sleep from a teething bubba and a 2.5 year old that crawls into our bed and kicks the crap outta us every night.

So my brains aren't really attached to my skull these days.

WOAB: Still his night nappy cos I can't be bothered fighting him at the moment.
WOMB: BumG. She was up EARLY this morning, and is grizzly, grinding her teeth together and pretty darn miserable so I rocked her back to sleep and hummed a song from Dirty Dancing whilst rocking and she fell asleep on my shoulder. I must be an awesome hummer cos my singing sucks.

Well no MCN news here...

Had MIL over for DD's birthday on the weekend... She had the hide to say... "OMG r those cloth nappies making her legs bow legged??? WTF,.... why cant people just deal with the fact that some of us use cloth some of us use sposies. some of us FF and some of us BF... So sick of people commenting on my choces as a parent... GRRR

Well i was pee'd off... I paid DP in sexual favours for the maz stocking a while back so i could try for the lady bug... :( but alas... so broke... having to take DP to the neurologist didnt help finances but Oh well.. health before cloth... lol. Off to have a peek on FB i'm sure some one has some fluffy mail joy to share with me... lol

Em stole some cheese from one of the other kids at CC yesterday. She has the poops today :doh: Oh well, just means someone has to do some more nappy washing, and remembering to put the hydrocortizone on every change.

DH is talking to a Leiutenant today. He might be put on the next course (sometime next year) if they can't persuade the agency to take a photocopy. But if that happens then I definitely have DH home until I am fully recovered - however long that takes. We had a good long talk about the repercussions of not going this time, and he would still be doing his job and getting practice at the bits that weren't covered properly by the company he did his apprenticeship with so it's not as bad as it could be. He has the theory down pat, but hasn't done much sheet metal work. Welding however is perfect :lol: So it just means longer before a deployment. I can wait and have deployment fluff when we don't have debts :lol:

Teru - I dont have any bubblebubs. I like the prettiness to be on the main part of the nappy, the tabs are too small to notice most of the pretties!! If the Elmo was on the main part of the nappy I might have gotten one ages ago.

Maz - glad the stocking went off well for you hun. I wish I could have bought something but we have to get back on our feet and with 80 nappies I can't justify them as a need right now. Glad I have that many nappies though. Lesson Learned though - Work out the budget BEFORE going car shopping!! And dont let DH talk you into a car he wants when the current family car will do the job for him but not me ;)

WOEB: BumG and soaker.

Oooh not long now Ali .... are you waiting for spontaneous or getting induced? Sorry if you've asked before.

*yawn* lunchime ... yum ...

WoHB - he's at CC, it was a funkywun (christmas design)

Kaz - Trying to get Ob to sign off on a CS. FIL has to go home so not sure what we are going to do next week. DH might need leave or we might need mum to come up early. That's if Ob is still unco-operative tomorrow. Time is a luxury I no longer have. Anyone got a clue where my crochet hooks are to break my waters? I know where the stanley knife is but I dont quite trust myself to not pass out doing a FB CS!!

I soooooo want to put little nappies into use NOW!!! I havent slept when the kids sleep in ages, too sore and keep getting woken by prelabour. I have nested as much as I can and I just want to go now!!

Waaaaaah! I missed the stocking!! :wall:

Ah well, next time. Think I have decided to wait now till baby Boo arrives before I buy anything else. That way I can try as I buy and see what suits. Should have plenty to get us through in the early days.

Teru, i put bilby in one (short) day a week child care at 16 months old.
the centre wanted 7 nappies per day.
i supplied 7 swaddlebee PUL pocket sidesnappers, a bbh wetbag.
Nappies i knew were leakproof on her, suited her shape. All same to put on.
the workers requested flushable liners, so i got those, and laid one inside each nappy.

on the forms to sign bilby up for childcare, where it asks "any allergies, irriations etc", i put "disposables nappies, disposables wipes, most sunscreens".

so i STARTED, how i meant to go on. being upfront that i wanted NO sposies on bilby. They knew from day one, she COULDN"T have sposies, so they worked with that.

that centre used cloth wipes for EVERY child (i was amazed) and laundered them on the premises.

the 2nd centre we went to, use paper towels.

so i was prepared to send along cloth wipes or nature babycare wipes (the only ones in the supermarket WITHOUT propylene glycol in them) but didn't have to.

You do have to be prepared to educate and re-educate childcare workers over and over about how to put them on, what a wetbag is etc. I just accepted that, as part of getting what bilby needed, to be in mcn. Even though it amazed me that the same CC worker seemed to still ahve no idea, after four months of putting bilby into mcn two days a week, every week. Some people pick it up quickly, some don't.

if you have your child in CC for two or more days, having those two days at least a day apart e.g Mon and Wed, gives you time to get the inserts dry. So if you had your child in CC for two subequent days (e.g Tues, Wed), then you might need 14 nappies for example, or 14 inserts. (cos the outers dry fast).

wotbb: noonee wilga star one wet pants.

One of my girlfriends gave me her trial nappies as is only having one bub and decided not to use cloth (yay for me). I got given 4!! Small -8kg Imse Vimse White Covers with couple of nappies. They are brand new with tags but don't know where she got from. Would really like to swap for different sizes as would like to keep maybe 1, but I already have 3 small covers and I use a combo of AIO's and fitteds so don't need heaps of covers. Anyone know who supplies them and if they might send me 'replacement' sizes if sent 3 back??

sooo over waiting for my longies to dry :( lanolised them yesterday and they have been on top of the airer , even had 2 fans on full ball when i was out and they are still damp .. how can i dry them quicker ???