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Geez I'm working on it - November isn't that far away though ;) That's the end of my contributions though (for life!) then someone else has to pick up the slack.:
Maz- :hug: hope he settles down soon.
BG - we used MCN all through our vacc's too - no probs here.
WOAB: dunno daddy changed him (he's on holidays this week)
WOMB: Cuddlebuns and Maz cover
I must concur that these babies grow too fast. Leah is outgrowing some of her nappies and we are nearly ready to tackle TTing Em. Just need to make a sticker chart and get some stickers and I think she will do it in next to no time. Trying to catch up on the washing today, lacking motivation to do anything lately, hopefully the things that MCHN is getting organised help.
Mel - that bub is gonna be here before we know it!! It seems to be going really quick to me!!
BG - I was not using cloth by that stage with the older 2. I will probably MCN or prefold it, considering my flats are all Terry and far too big.
WOLB: Booroi prefold and Totbots cover
WOEB: BubbleJ
WOSB: going to be a smack if she whines again
Hi Ladies
Thought you might like a giggle... DH changed Grace's nappy last night and grabbed the pocket nappy I had on the change table... Grace woke up cranky as an hour or so later and I couldn't work out why until I changed her nappy and realised there was nothing in the pocket! :wall: No wonder she was in such a bad mood! So a quick change, more food and she then slept for 3.5 hours - NICE!
Thanks for the info about the vaccs - we have them coming up and it is nice to know I can keep her in her MCN's. Also I have only ever washed with cold water. Is that an issue with MCN's? Should I use warm/hot water? Is it a hygene issue?
WOGB - bamboo prefold and cover... not very imaginative but I have some more IB d'lish's and a couple of swaddlebees on the way!
i think i might try and make sure all the flats are clean and dry for the few days after her jabs - though our washing machine does a fairly hot wash i think - and i'm pretty sure i can boost the temp for the nappy cycle for a few days....
have finally hit the point of crash and burn i think - the past couple of weeks have been full on making sure everything was done on time for the baptism - and now that it's over, DH is back at work, and it's just me and the girl - i'm exhausted!! she is missing daddy already (he only left at 4am!) - she's looking for him everywhere and got really excited hearing his voice on the phone earlier.
should get motivated to put all the nappy bits back together - but i'm too damn lazy today - first "day off" in ages! spent the past couple of days in clean up mode! all the washing and drying is up to date (DH did it all last night before he left) so today, we're just gonna chill and work out what happens when we don't have extra hands around again - they've been here for the past 12 days so it's all a learning curve again!
WOEB - a flat and Maz spider cover. she's happily kicking away in the bouncer - talking to the candle holders on the wall!! she has weird friends hehehe
waves at MLM :dance:hiya!
Brigsy, bilby adopts anything she sees and perceives as a "bubby". the other day, it was a Bubby Rock. She was talking to it, saying Awww alot and giving it cuddles, she even breastfed Bubby Rock. So if little Em takes a shine to candle holders, so be it, it just shows how much they want to communicate, even to inanimate objects!
with the hot water thingy, if your baby has gastro, washing the nappies at 90 degrees, for the time of the gastro attack, and for TWO WEEKS AFTER, is what i've read, as recommended. Because the gastro bug can survive for two weeks after your child is well again. apparently 90 degrees is hot enough to kill the gastro bug. Obviously, your regular mcn, with PUL and elastic, will NOT survive being washed in 90 degrees hot water. So, what i read, suggested that you use nappy flats, prefolds, trifolds, contours, all your nappy absorbent items that DON"T contain elastic or PUL. and for covers, they didn't enlarge on that, but following the theory about aeration and breathability of fabrics, i would guess
- PUL covers with leg gussets for tiny bubs (handwash teh covers for the duration of the gastro)
- woolly soakers (that need handwashing anyhoo)
i haven't been thru enough this with bilbs to know what i would do in reality (in her 27 months in MCN, she only had gastro for an afternoon), but i think if i went to do this and got leaks (due to runny gastro), i think i would probably revert to flongies - as they dry so fast (if it was in winter) and the PUL covers for summer (they dry fast too).
but with the rota virus vax and other needles, we didn't get any change in the nappy contents, just kept using the usual mcn, and our usual washing routine (which happened to be 60 degrees). If i washed in cold water, i think i would wash in hot water, just for the period of the needles.
wotbb: monkeybar knickers (i wish i was contributing to the Next Generation, but am letting the side down here).
I have to ask ... what is the big deal about gussests in covers for smaller bubs?
maz - the only covers that saved laa's NB poo were yours, and the pop in shells. BBH PUL covers let everything escape - its just the double security I guess!
MAz and CM - yes I would love another - but we want to try next year. But if we leave it, f the leg goes through, we cant have a homebirth. So it is playing in my mind. But that really sux, we shouldnt have to plan our family around our stupid f'n government.
ryatha - LOL!! sounds like something my DH would do. He is always putting on fitteds with no cover... argh.. but i cant complain, he tries :)
if anyone is after a new baby carrier i HIGHLy recommend silly goose! I ordered it on thursday (from the U.s) and it was here at 7:20 this morning!! FLASH AAA AHHHHHH
wohb - abby gro pink and brown slushie
ahhhhh 2 lots of fluffy mail :) i am in heaven :)
my MAL NN & minkee cover from chrissie :)
and my fluffybubs :) BRIGHT orange...i love it :)
:hello: hi girls I got fluffy mail too!! :)
a gorgeous baby hosen & bbh minky ma from a certain miss kitt3n and a bbh hemp fitted :)
Ive got more coming from my b4b & clothie purchases - so it looks like I might be in here more regularly!
My "trialling" cloth has ended up being at home in cloth, so we're getting there! yay!
I still love my gusset covers because we always get leaks if I use any others - well I should say - we always get leaks if DH changes the nappy and uses a nappy cover that doesn't have gussets :rolleyes::
But they fit the kids so well when they had chicken legs - much better than any other.
Maz - leg gussets fill some of the gap between your covers and the inferior variety. I still dont get quite as good leg seal from anything but yours, but we dont get pooplosions with them either.
the secret nappy is here!!!!! wooo hooo ... the pic is on my FB !!! oh my its sooo soft and i keep patting it !!! such gorge coulor too ... if anyone wants to know what it is , its an VHC auriel :) with cake panel and huckelberry purple minky .... ahhhh heaven ...
one . major . problem.
it doesnt fit her .....YET ... ;) .. tad bit of leg gape and higher rise .. BUT gabbi isnt getting it until her birthday so i just have to feed her alot to get her to fit in to it on the day .. i really want her to wear it NOW ... but i will be a good girl and wait till 26th aug to put it on her .. must pre wash and try it on her again , and again and again :lol: im so super stoked !!!!!!!!! and its got rolled leg casings .. v happy about that , im not too keen on nappies that have the elastic encased ...
BUT never the less the fulff god had graced me and im over the moon ..... thanks hun ... you know who you are ;)
gabs is sleeping in a magic all ... must remember to change it to a minky on when i go to bed .
oooh and i got an email from possum pouches today , im getting a skirt/capri made up for the summertime .aawww
Maz - I hear ya! I'm so fed up with the aggro little monster screaming and headbutting me all day long... and hanging off me with a stinky, sopping nappy. So we're starting the elimination diet next week. No more salicylates. He's too hyper.
No nappy news, other than washing them in tank water is making them nice and soft, but drying them in front of the fire makes velour crunchy!
I'm not in any situation to be considering having more kids right now (hello? GFC anyone?? it's hitting us hard) but two of the mums in our playgroup are due in the next few months, so I'm flashing DS's fluffy cuteness at them every chance I get in order to make a convert out of at least one of them. And I've successfully convinced my SIL, who's due in September, to go cloth at least after the first few weeks. She's got a BBH starter pack already, and I just spent half an hour on the phone to my BIL with him asking which ones he should buy. So talking them into going cloth AND getting HIM to do the purchasing... I'm proud of that! LOL! Must get a MAL cover for them - a chance to buy girly things! Wow.
WOAB: WCNN, Dancing Bears "Bear Bottoms" fleece
oh gee, thread killer... :(
WOAB: BP
ROFL
NaNa now you know how I feel ;)
Hi all - the gravity of the situation (ie that in 8 or so weeks time I will have a bub in cloth) is starting to hit home!! I really really have to rescue nappies from MiLs house so I can strip wash if needed and then finish the pre-washing for those ones, um I have to pre-wash the nappies that were saved from going to MiLs house... feels like there is so much to be done!
I hope that when I am sitting in the laundry crying because I have NFI what I am doing that I rememebr all the wonderful advice you ladies have given me during pg!
Fluffy mail - Thanks mel! Also got a couple of swaddlebees - can't wait to try them out!
TK - oooh how exciting - you're the next one to pop.. (I think!?)
NaNa - I'm not talking to you cos you didn't come visit me :p lol ;)
Maz - remind me to email you later yeah? I've been pretty hectic lately (no idea why!) so I keep thinking I have to email you, and then promptly forget (like a good pregnant woman should!)
WOAB: dunno daddy changed it
WOMB: BoB
TK - You will be fine hun.
Nana - I know!! This thread has gotten sooooo quiet, and we used to go through a whole thread in a day or 2!! The mods must love not having to make new threads all the time though.
CM - I dont know what happened, maybe the worst offenders are those that left BB or have TTed?
Nappy news - I am catching up on the washing!! My couch is covered in them, my dryer is full of them, and I WILL fold them tonight. I will get DH to MAKE me. If you see me on here or FB tell me to go fold the nappies, until my FB status says something like nappies (or washing) all folded and put away.
Leah did the poo she has been holding on to for a week this morning. Was big but not the variety that a well put on nappy cant hold. Problem was DH put the nappy on when he was half asleep and it wasnt put on well. Leg gape and the booster hanging out the back. The only leakage was through the legs though. I was expecting it to be all over her when it arrived!!
WOLB: Prefold and MAL cover
WOEB: Something. The older 2 are in respite care today, tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday for my mental health.
Ali - I must be pretty sad sticking around with DS TTed and no others to put in cloth lol
It's DF's birthday today so we're taking him out to dinner tonight to celebrate.
DS is lying on his spiderman lounge completely naked sleeping.
Grandma left this morning - WOOHOO. Love her but 4 weeks was too much.
Can't remember what else I was going to say?
Hmm be back later on
Well bub pretty much been in cloth since yesterday morn except for sposie at 3 this morn, as other night nappy was wet still, tomorrow she will be in sposies as washing all the nappies tonight so they wont be dry. Really need to find more. I love the snap in itti bitts but she leaked threw the AIO for some reason it was like it was not water proof.
Waiting on fluffy mail of two bbh bambo fitted and pink wool cover
WORB Blue itti bitt (need some girl colours lol)
im here but im lurking !
i hear you on the washing ali all my nappies are on my kitchen table ... spose i better put them away , not like we eat tea on it anyway :lol: over the last few weeks life has been hetic so DS has been getting dinner at his "little table " and usually DH isnt home or DH and i eat on the couch ... bad family ...
once all the paper work and nappies have been removed , we'll get back in to a routine ... maybe lol
Gabbi is having a whinge from the high chair ... best be off ...
enjoy the peace ali , Nixon is going to my mums on sat night so DH and i (and Gabbi ) can do something :)
wogb - tiger itti !!
I'm sorry Mel! I would love to come visit you but I'm stuck up on the farm again, and only got down the coast for half a day. Now my mum's in hospital so I can't go anywhere because there's nobody else to bring her good food up here! Freakin' Gympie...
But being on holidays with only a limited stash, and washing every day and a half has made me realise, sadly, that I have ENOUGH MCN and maybe I wont bother fixing all those stupid BumGs. Sad, thinking of all the fluffy mail I could have gotten instead. Oh, but it will be a different story when I get home again and there's no sunshine for months and nothing dries except pockets!
ok, bath time for bebe.
WOAB: terry flat and MAL pot of gold
How much longer you up for NaNa? I could drive to Gympie - its not that far! Think its only 60kms from Nambour - closer than Brisbane and I go there all the time!
kids all in bed, and about to wash my nappies.
Dh is at work all night be home at about 8:15am.
WORB BBh bamboo and tots bots cover (really need a bigger one)
Mel - I'm here till Tuesday. Just making a couple of visits to the hospital over the next few days, and chasing the boy up and down the hills here. Come visit! The place is south of Gympie, maybe 45 minutes from Nambour.
NaNa - 45 minutes? too freakin easy. I'll PM you my number - see if we can nut out a day :)
As for me - tired is an understatement. DH won't be home till after midnight tonight, slightly stressed about doing everything tonight myself cos I never had to before!! Plus make sure everything is organised for daycare tomorrow. That's a wee bit scary!!
Dunno how DS is going to go tonight - he showers with DH every night so gunna be hard when DH ain't here. Listen closely people - you might hear the tanty from where you live.
WOTB's: night nappies. Its too early and I shouldn't be out of bed. 5am wake ups suck.
aww mel i get those wake ups too .. thank the lord above for nick jnr !! it goes on in the early morning and late arvo when nix is feral otherwise id be a mess !! now that we have this business, DH works looooong hours too, i get so lonely and last night had to deal with nixon who was sooo naughty and gabbi who was teething ... arrrgh it was not fun DH tries to talk to me about the wrok but im fried and cant concentrate ... zzzzzzzzz
wogb- bbh no cover and a fleece suit - i figure it will act as my cover lol
Hi everyone. Just a quick one to say hi. I am looking after my besties kids for a few days while she has gone up to see her mother who is very sick and is prob going to die.
I must say 2 year old twins are a handful! They are at daycare today though. I jsut have Em and my GF's oldest, Jacob (he's 5)
Hope everyone else is well. I am v tired!
YAY!!!!! fluffy mail for me!!! (well for Jack) :D
5 ecobubs :D am sooo excited!!!!! BUT i am now on a definate buying ban!!! (tempt me though..i may persuaded!!) one of the dogs stayed at the vets last night...prolapsed cervix and possible uterus..is getting repaired and de-sexed...$450+.....damn animals!!!!
WOJB ~ mottled orange FB
BOO!
That's all.
hey how is everyone,
well dd is sitll in sposies, nappy should be dry buy tommorrow.
waiting on flufy mail, 2 bbh magical, 2bbh bamboo
It is slowly adding up.
CM - *screams* AAAHHHH!! :nahnah:
Ezy - 2 year olds are handful full stop!! Em is.
Sweetpea - part time while new to cloth is normal. Just enjoy the steady stream of fluffy mail ;)
Fluff - Would giving her a full hystorectomy be cheaper than putting it all back and then desexing? Just seems like more work to put it all back in place only to stop it from doing it's job.
Not much nappy news here. Just the usual kids wearing them and some in the wash and some on the line. Rather boring really.
WOLB: Honeyboy and Totbots cover. becoming Spunky butts (I think - the one from Maz's valentine set) and matching MAL cover.
WOEB: Bumble bee CT
WOSB: Green Camo Minky CT
Fluff - how does that happen to your pup? I hope she's ok - some people would argue that it's easier and cheaper to put them down but they're family aren't they. I could and would spend any amount to fix them.
Ali - was it you that was thinking of TTing? Em?
Funny story. Was a guy here the other day detailing my dads car in the yard. Heard a trickling water sound and looked up at the patio - DS had pulled down his undies and done a wee over the side of the patio. Missed the guy by about half a metre.
Had some photos done today. Complimentary engagement shoot from our wedding photographer. Our engagement was years and years ago so we made it a family shoot instead.
I'm still here . . . Not enough fluffy news to be interesting though! Although, I did do a load of nappies today and used the actual clothes line for the first time in a month (I kid you not, damn rain, where's the drought) . . anyhoo . . it was quite difficult as the climbing vine in our backyard had used that month to wind itself round and round half the strings on the washing line - IT"S ALIIIIIIIVE :o
Can't wait for my GF's to arrive. Exciting. DD is outgrowing her 6 stash-filler terry fitteds so methinks may have an excuse to order some more fluff over the next few months :dance:
CM - yeah she is starting to get the whole weeing and pooing thing, she knows when she needs to poo but wont do it on the loo. Might have to put the potty by the change table.
Thank you all for your reassurances... I get to transfer my stash from MiLs to my house this weekend - yep I am taking it back no excuses! It is still not 100% clear if she started washing them but I am going to strip wash all the ones that were at her house JIC and then do the prewashes... am really feeling the need to get my butt into gear re nappies!
i have to hang nappies out they have been in the machince since yesterday ... i can be bothered ... feeling blah today ...
bit like a chilly ghost town in here!
well i have decided to do even more culling, no point hanging onto the ones i really dont use and she goes through so many less these days!
also because i need to fund my new addiction, wraps....
wohb - hot pink dfm
Ali - she will get there. I was surprised at how easy it was with DS. Nappies one day, undies the next.
The house is quiet. DS is sleeping, DF is kayaking. Lil ole me just relaxing on the couch. Spent an hour today whipping up a costume for DS to wear to his best friends birthday party tomorrow. Will post photos tomorrow ;)