Cloth Nappies # 178

[Gigi]

Bonjour mes ami!

lovely to hear from you NaNa! The pollution in Lebanon sounds scary (if you had to live there all the time i mean). Enjoy the sun in Nice.

CHARMLEA
re photo shoots, i have heard of people on purpose, using black and white mcn on their bubs for the photo shoot e.g dalmation print, pony print, zebra stripes, all that high contrast type stuff. ANd if you have it on covers, even better, cos if baby needs a change during shoot, just change the fitted nappy underneath, and re=use the cover.

Maybe Gabs suits narrow crotched nappies?

RAYRAY, are you doing up the ecobubs diagonally?
e.g i'm assuming there are two rows of side snaps.
do up the top row to suit the waist
do up the bottom row to suit the legs

say there are three pairs of snaps on the back wings
you might have the nappy done up on the FIRST snap for the waist
you might have the nappy done up on the SECOND snap for the legs
so that means the FRONT wing will look diagonal

hard to put down in words
easy to show you IRL - if only we weren't 1,000's of kilometres away from each other!

Princess Xanthe

i LOVE the photo of your dd in your siggy!

one of the reasons some people don't put PUL nappies on their bubs overnight, is that some babies react to PUL being in contact with their skin, for that length of time. E>g they're fine in the day, when the same nappy is on them for say two hours at a time, but not for a long stretch like 8.5hrs.

sounds like the absorbency part of the nappy worked for you, but not what the outer is made out of.

Without seeing her little bottom, so only making guesses here, another possibility - reaction to the suedecloth inner of the Greenkids pocket. Again, she might be fine for SHORT wears of nappies that have synthetic inners, but not for LONG wears.

Greenkids have concealed elastic, so i don't suspect the elastic (again, impossible to call, unless you get to see it IRL). Many people have problems with FOE (fold over elastic) on their bubs overnight e.g the baby beehinds wool wraps. but that is not an issue with the Greenkids pockets.

i will share something with you, that i found, when i had a month old bub too, re overnight changes. If i put her in an APLIX closing nappy, the SOUND of the aplix, would rouse her heaps, so it was hard to get her to sleep again. So i worked out, it wasn't the changes that roused her, it was the SOUND OF THE APLIX (the rip rip rip when you open it up). So i tried to have non-aplix options for the night time changes - that helped heaps. Also, doing the changes in dim light (having nappy combos ready and waiting, so i didn't need the big light on, to find what i needed). and making no eye contact. You may be doing all this already, just put it, JIC it might help you or someone else reading this.

MissyMoo
woo hoo on the mediation going so well.

and woot on reducing your drier time, that is quite a feat (in Tassie i mean).

Katie Rabbit
the version 2 bum genius have had the most complaints re the elastic

when the version 3 was released, the BG company said they had addressed the elastic problems of the Version 2. The V2 had a six month warranty, the V3 has a 12 month warranty.

if your DD soaked thru a wool cover last night, my first thoughts would be
- when was the cover lanolised last?
- how much lanolin was used?
- was a day or a night nappy on underneath the wool cover?
- if a day nappy, i would suggest you use a night nappy for night
- if a night nappy, i would suggest some OUTER boosting, that means you add a booster or a trifold (bamboo) inbetween the outer of the fitted night nappy, but inside the wool cover. that way, the extra layers won't give you any leg gape issues.
(once again, all "in the dark" guesses, cos i can't see the nappy in question, or the cover, or your bub). but i try to give you some possibilities.

Katie Rabbit - to lanolise - turn item INSIDE OUT before you soak it.

Kitten - you unlucky chickadee to have the disintegrating nappy fabrics! it really seems to be like a lottery, who gets that fabric that does that. I've read posts by a person online (another forum) who is washing her child's night nappies either once or twice a week, and my thought every time i see that comment is "won't the nappies be wrecked, by the urine being left so long?" - i cringe every time i read it. I figure night nappies are (understandably) pricier, so i felt very strongly about preserving and looking after them - i figure they do a hard job, and they did it so well, so deserved some TLC (said, as only could be said, by a mum of ONE child LOL). I know no-one here leaves the night nappies in the bucket for four days, so i'm not aiming this at any of you, just venting out loud. (note: i am still missing bilby NOT being in mcn).

Cheeky Monkey - congrats and commiserations all at the same time. Your clever lad. Was he ok with "strange" toilets in shopping centres? We went thru a week of absolute refusal to use ANY toilet except at home LOL.

WIllow - sounds like de-laminated PUL, faulty fabric. Just contact whoever you bought the nappies from. They will ask you how you cared for the nappies. If you cared for them in a way, that is contrary to that brand's care instructions, you may or may not get help. If you followed the care instructions to the letter, and are still in the warranty period, you will get help.

wotbb: she's fast asleep, so blueberry trainer and woollen longies (sleeping on a brollysheet, so if she wets, i just change the brollysheet (and replace it with the spare brollysheet) and don't have to change the sheets. She's wetting about 2 nights in 7 now.

considering she comes into my bed from about 1 or 2am nearly every night (stumbles into my room,eyes barely open, "booby mummy"), i should have a brolly sheet on MY bed, but i'm so slack, i haven't done that.

MAZ - Vy is just so lovely, that new photo is wonderful, makes me smile ear to ear

[*charmalea*]

hey Gigi , the BBH wool wraps have ribbed organic wool and cotten blend as the "fold over the elastic bit" the FOE is on PUL .... im glad it isnt the FOE on the wool , it would get sodden pretty quick ..

and yea only narrow crotch her , IB are perfect for her . so im after more she will fit the MED for ages as the wings are meeting in the middle and i can overlap it if i get leg gape , but i only over lap the wings on a magic all as we get a bit of gape , i love MA's too but they are bulky and higher in the rise , my DS wears a MED MA boosted to bed , hes 14.5 kg hunk of an almost 3yr old , if he can wear it boosted to bed , it gives a good pictre to compare my 8kg teeny weeny 10mth old with a short rise and crotch and short all over !! definatiey got a mised bag with my 2 shap wise

off to order a lunette right now !! and prolly a few overnight pads aswell !!

[Cheeky_Monkey]

Morning!!

And a very good morning it is, my Mum arrives today YIPPEEEEEEEEE! Oh how I love and miss my Mum.

GiGi - DS was fine with shopping centre toilets. I wiped them down with anti-bacterial wipes and as the seat is too big for him had to hold him with my hand under his bum. Lucky he's a boy and his aim is good lol Oh and yes he still sits down to wee, it's easier to get it in the toilet that way. When he's a bit older Daddy will teach him to stand up. At the moment even with the step he is still too short to do this at the toilet comfortably.

Lea - is this your first experience with cloth pads and the cup?

How many cloth pad mummas do we have in here?
I've always been afraid, and I don't get AF anyway stupid stupid stupid body.

WOPB: Pirate Sandman and SHP Red Soaker. Still sleeping!

[*charmalea*]

this is my 2nd cycyle since birth and i used colth last month and will NEVER EVER EVER go back ... oh the luxury of cloth !! the cup i havent tried but id love to get one as i can leave it in longer than a tampon and not have to worry about it ... they are so pretty looking and just for me ... i feel spoilt when i wear them , like its a secret more women should know about

my ds sits to pee aswell

[Kitt3n]

hey ladies!

maz - no not one of yours hun, its a WC. IT really sux, generally I wash every two days - occasionally they get left for 3- but the WC are the least used of my night nappies too. Will have to email michelle and ask for a new one i think, not worth the postage of sending backwards and forwards!

rayray - yep, what missymoo said - side snappers never line up here on dd - the tummy is always one snap tighter than the leg, thats why they fit so well!

cheeky - yay on mummy coming to visit! I am embarking on cloth mumma pads (when af decides to come back - she can stay away for a while longer quite frankly!) but what got me to buy some was DD's organic bamboo velour nappies - hey if her tushie is too good for plastic well my pinda sure is too! lol

ittis - i change her so frequently in these, probably every 1.5 hours - at least they are getting wear though!

stalking postie - waiting for some lovely babushka things - not fluffy though!

wohb - dark purple itti

[Willow]

Thanks girls, looks like I'd better send them an email. I think it's only one at this stage, but it's one of the newer ones I got during the nappy hunt.

[*charmalea*]

Thanks for the email maz
I am so freaking angry and sad and want to cry and drown my hopes of getting gabbi a
VHF auriel BECAUSE I just went to my friends house to pick something up
and she was showing me her new auriel she got in the stocking recently and I was telling her about the lottery AND SHE WON the lottery I had my name in here she was
basking about the new ones she already has and now won another, and she was being pushy. And wantng to buy my multifit nappy becuause bbh has sold out so not only is she getting an other auriel, she wanted my nappy and wanted it at cost!!!!!

Not that I use the multi fits it's for my bhh kit. But still , I told her I would give it to her free if I could have the VHC she just laughed and said " NUH sucker it's mine haha !!"

I'm now sad to the point of crying , mainly coz I'm pre menstural and mainly. Coz she knows of the struggles I have with gabbi and mainly coz of the way she didn't even listen to me and the way she thought it was funny that I missed out not really coz of the nappy but it was almost as if she was so proud that I was jealous !

[*charmalea*]

AND Id left gluten free baby food there as i forgot them so I'd made the trip to see her ONLY TO FIND she fed them. To her kids and gave me the flavours that she didn't want NONE of her
kids are gluten intolerant , so she couldtn even be mindful of me or more importantly gabbi !!!

Can't you tell it's ruined my day and I'm feeling hurt

[maz]

and she was showing me her new auriel she got in the stocking recently and I was telling her about the lottery AND SHE WON the lottery I had my name in here she was
basking about the new ones she already has and now won another, and she was being pushy.

The lottery was ment for people who have never had, bought new or second hand an auriel before hon. Contact Lesley and let her know.

What a cow of a friend...especially knowing you wanted one and did that to you not happy jan

Kitt#n = phew

will be back...have a little boy who has just discovered how to get out of his cot even if it involves hurting himself and wont sleep in his big boys bed

[Arimeh]

Uh Lea? I wouldn't be calling that person my friend!!!! Geez I've had enemies that are nicer!!

And Maz is right about the lottery - definitely get onto Lesley and let her know.

[ll80]

oh Lea that totally sucks!!!
If I had one I would give it to you!!
Your friend doesn't sound like a very good friend at all, WTF is with giving her kids gluten free if they don't need it and it was yours?

I wouldn't be very impressed at all and I would be dobbing her into Lesley if she already had one and then won the lottery!

You can come and visit me next time

[*charmalea*]

That's what I though too maz! When I get home I'll send Lesly an email but then I'll sound whiney
and I don't want to come across like that .

[Visitor8]

omg that is terrible Lea Hugs to you.

Damn it, I wish I hadn't sold mine now I would give it to you.

WHAT A *****!!!!! I would tell Lesley too, it's not about sounding whingy, it's about someone doing the wrong thing and being dishonest when the rules were clearly there.

Can I ask, was it the embroidery lottery that's been announced yesterday or the day before? Because I know that person (she's also a BBH rep )

[Visitor8]

Just thinking, is it a VHC she already has, because the rules weren't that you couldn't have an auriel, it was just that you couldn't have a VHC one

[maz]

Yeah you were right Mel

Quote from her store

Nappies up for Lottery - This is open to anyone that has never owned a Munch Crunch, whether bought from me or not. Now whilst I can't police this, I take a dim view of people taking advantage of my generous nature and will, if push comes to shove blacklist those people from my purchasers list. Whilst this may seem to be an extreme measure, I am trying to remain fair and keep my prices reasonable and equitable for all.

[*charmalea*]

yeah it was just if you didnt have a vhc , nappy , i sent an email asking her to clarify . and told her if it was just if you have never owned a vhc nappy than she is a lucky woman for getting 2 auriles in one month !!!

will pm you missymoo

[teruteru]

lea- i wouldnt see that friend anymore. she's mean & inconsiderate...

no nappy news. im off to do some sewing...ive ran out of things to make, so im so glad someone is happy to home my 'practise' wipes LOL otherwise id have way too many...

[ezymay]

Oh Lea that is a nasty friend!!! How spiteful. I enterted the lottery too I didn't realise you had too sorry! Of course I didn't win but wouldn't have even entered if I'd known. I'm glad lesley is limiting how many ppl can buy to in the stockings. It can be unfair if someone buys heaps. I have only ever really bought anything from one stocking which was super popular and was mindful about just getting one, then I found out someone had got 5!!!! Sad cause then so many miss out rather than spreading the love.

Glad you didn't give up your multifit for her! And feeding Gab's special food to her kids how mean!!

Again I have nappies in the machine I washed this morning not hung out yet. We had a great day of sun yest but of course today its gone! I hate winter!!!!