aww missy moo who ever the recipient is , im sure she'll be stoked..
little squirt are a must .. i know 3 people who dont have one and i wonder secretly , how much poo they have to touch... and the staining .. the LS gets deep into the nappy to get rid of most of the stain..
CM- if your sis really really wants mcn - tell her nothing is free and you too paid for it in the begging .. she gets a baby bonus so she can buy them herself !!! freeloaders maybe buy her the LS and let her get the rest .. really you cant go wrong with PF and good covers for a NB
Oscar had rotavirus vaccination and the immunistation nurse said not to put him in cloth as would be easier to throw away the sposies than deal with the cloth if it comes out in his dirty nappies??
I always wash my nappies on hot, and everything with diarrhea is on hot also to kill any bugs/bacteria. If the diarrhea is due to an immunisation I would have thought it wasn't due to a bug though so nothing to worry about except staining? ETA: I just re-read my post and now sound like an idiot. The vaccine has the bug in it DURR lol I swear I'm awake this morning girls. Honest.
Ali - Do you have a specific recipe you know works and can you tell me the brand names of the ingredients you use? I will make a few special ones for your girls.
As for my sister borrowing MCN. She will listen intently to my washing instructions but a) she uses softner and I swear she will "forget" one day and put softner in the wash. b) she uses the dryer for EVERYTHING and no matter what I tell her I swear she will put my MCN in there on hot every godamn time. I just can't risk it. I've thought more about it and she just doesn't understand properly.
I will instead make her some more fitteds and covers I think. Maybe a few AIO's. And of course show her where to buy her own - but she will refuse as they are too expensive.
Lea - I don't have a LS. I roll the poop off into the toilet and use the showerhead (hand held one) to rinse the rest of the nappy. Some poops I don't rinse just chuck it in the bucket, depends on the type of poop.
Lea - The breastfed / formula poo seems to be very individual doesn't it, and can change in same baby even. When Elly was NB and solely breastfed she pooped ever feed even though she wasn't getting enough milk to gain weight she still pooped just tiny, later when I was on top-ups but still mostly bf she could go a week without pooping, BUT since starting solids it is 3-4 times a day, and so much more gross!
I don't have a LS either, but have a handheld $2 shower head hose (the shower head bit fell off so is just a hose) attached to my bathtub - I just turn the tap on, rinse the nappy into a bucket and tip it into the toilet then dry-bucket. Anyone who doesn't want to fork out for a LS I highly reccommend it - works Fine-diddly-ine!!
CM - I wouldn't lend mine out either. Especially if you are planning on having another one - if you want to let her down gently you could tell her you just want to make sure that they will last you through the next one so don't think you can afford the extra wear of lending ? ? Also, I bought some cheap Terry Velcro Fitteds on Ebay for $5 each, they come in 6 packs and 12 packs (plus covers, but got them from Maz stuff and BBH). They actually fit and work really well, though only last 2 hrs max for us, but if she's never used cloth before, she might want to start with something like these because they are cheap for a day nappy, and if she decides she can't handle the extra mess then she hasn't wasted money or wrecked your nappy.
We have our first cloth nappy on! A cute tushie fitted one with a mother rikki cover (I couldn't remember if it needed a cover or not for I figured better safe than sorry for our first change this morning.)
We ended up deciding to go with sposies for night atm for a bit longer so got another pack yesterday (I guess it's all getting used to it)
teruteru, we're going for MCNs and not prefolds/flats - DH won't fold, doesn't want to learn, and I can't be bothered re-learning some of the folds for flats (I remember helping mum for my brothers when little) so MCNs it is. Besides, I discovered that the flannelette flats make good wraps for sleeping.
First time (WOOT!)
WOBB - CT fitted and motherease cover (I think it's the Asia one)
CM if you want the quick and easy way the chemist at Domain has the Orgran packet mixes, they are gluten and dairy and egg free and vegan friendly so should be safe for anyone with allergies. Not sure if they have soy in them though. I usually just follow a normal recipe from scratch but put Nuttalex or the Table Lands dairy free marj and the Liddels or Zymil milk in. Doesn't taste any different from normal cakes and bikkies IMO.
Ray I would use prefolds and do super hot wash on them for a few days. No need for sposies if you can do a hot wash on PUL free items.
Forgot to mention, I might need S NNs!! Leah woke somewhere around 3 after sleeping since 11ish. She was in an ecobubs with the mf and a bamboo trifold. the bamboo did get quite wet too!!
WOLB Berry Push
WOEB hopefully still a wriggleybumz NN
WOSB dalmation CT couture.
Ali - So let me make sure I've got this right. If I'm baking DS's cake I can use all normal ingredients just switch the milk to Zymil and the butter to Nuttalex (which I prefer anyway) then she can eat his cake instead of needing something separate?
Sas - your idea sounds fantastic. I will just tell my sister that I want them o last through our next child and possibly the one after (DS was only in them for 6 months).
maybe buy her the LS and let her get the rest .. really you cant go wrong with PF and good covers for a NB
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A cute tushie fitted one with a mother rikki cover (I couldn't remember if it needed a cover or not for I figured better safe than sorry for our first change this morning.)
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