Cloth Nappies #180

[sas85]

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

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

[alioops]

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.

[tk1999]

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!

[*charmalea*]

i have to hang nappies out they have been in the machince since yesterday ... i can be bothered ... feeling blah today ...

[Kitt3n]

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

[Cheeky_Monkey]

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

[sweetpea678]

well i have a few fluffy mail on the way and bub has been in cloth in the day for two days and sposies at night. Waiting on a new cover so can use bb bamboo at night.

I do have a question though, I have medium ittis, they work pretty well, except i am getting leg gap, but if i snap them tighter she manages to wet up the front i think it ends up to tight, she has such skinny legs. How do i stop this.

[tan32]

hi all
still hanging around as well.
Lachlan has had the poops and i have gone through so many nappies,
It has been cold and rainy here is SA so i have had a line full of cloth, which is being rinsed again and again. Brought it in tonight on the airer as i have run out.
Thrush has all cleared up and today poos have been back to normal not gusshing out everywhere.
Would love to get a really special looking nappy for birthdays etc, any suggestions

[*charmalea*]

sweetpea- cant help you with the ittis but my DD is the same height weight age as yours(ish) , shes 73 cm 8.3 kgs and 1 this month, such a little pocket rocket BUT shes not skinny shes got the chubbiest thighs and i still get leg gape with ittis , but they are best for her rise ... have you got any snap in boosters , do you think she is a heavey wetter ? Gabbi doesnt out wet her ittis , but i dont class her as a heavy wetter as she wears a bbh minky magic all to bed and shes fine ! apparantley side snapping is the way to go ! but i only have one side snapper and its too big on her id love some more but im paying off an itti layby (for fitted itti bitti boos ... they are awesome !!) and maybe then i will get some side snappers !!

the BBH are best on gabbi folded down into the infant fold , and tucking the leg frills in make the nappy trimmer inbetween the legs ....i think there is a FB pic of her with it its on the BBH fan page ..


ETA --- OMGOSH ...... DH just told me to look at nixon ...... hes half naked with a SPOSIE ON !!!! WTFUDGE ... hes day TT so wears undies ... and nappy at night !!! CRAZY WOMAN ...... he looks so stupid in a sposie at his age .. and esp when he TT !!!!!!!!!!!!! i can not figure her out !!!!!

ok so im peed off !!! grrr my mum too nixon overnight , and i gave her a KK to put on him at bed time , she looked at it in disgust , but took it anyway ... THEN she drops him home and tells us how she had a bad night .... nixon wet the bed TWICE .... i was sooo confused how a KK could leak ..... BUT NOOOO she didnt even put a nappy on him !!!!!! she said the KK looked too bulky for him so she didnt put a nappy on .... silly woman !!!! i gave it to her for a reason..... because hes not night trained .... welll i hope shes learnt her lesson ..... i told her i have about 6 KKs for him and he wears one every night and never leaked or complained it was too bulky !!!! next time she can waste her own money on sposies or use what i give her !!! Nixon is in a bad mood today ... and we have a party on today .... gee thanks Ma !!! she could have saved herself so drama .... oh well

[briggsy's girl]

not a lot of nappy news here - she wears them, she fills them, i wash them, dry them and we start again lol

E had her jabs on Friday and has been a little unsettled in the tummy but nothing too bad. no fever or anything and apart from being a bit more demanding when it comes to food (no patience at all) once each day, we've had no impact at all really! loving it! i was so scared our little poppet would have unsettled sleep, but we got 8+ hours both nights so far

[NaNa]

A very fluffy 1st birthday to Miss Mehkelti!!

[sweetpea678]

Charmalea, she is definetly not a heavy wetter, she was wearing the bbh bamboo fitted with the large insert at night for 12 hrs and a pul cover no leaks, but now waiting on a larger cover. Question what cover do you suggest over the bbh fitted. She also has one small magical and she can have her avo sleep in and not wet threw it either. looking at getting more but in a medium size. I have 3 mini boosters for the itti bitti but use them when she going down for a sleep. She does not wet out of the to often, i think i pulled it to tight around her waist.

Bub is in sposies today as i wait for her fluffies to dry, really need to keep an eye out for bargins so can get more fluffies.

[Arimeh]

Thanks NaNa

to everyone else.

[Cheeky_Monkey]

Happy Birthday Princess!!! Any fluffy goodness for her birthday Mel?

Lea - sounds like your mum is a little clueless when it comes to cloth. Does she have much to do with the kids at all? Surely she knows he is day trained. Isn't he old enough to tell her? Silly woman lol Gave me a laugh though.

We went to a birthday party yesterday, DS had to dress as his favourite animal. It's stinking hot up here so I didn't want him to wear a big hot costume so I made my own. Here

If you can't see that let me know.

Best go shower and make myself presentable - off to do some groceries.

[Gigi]

I do have a question though, I have medium ittis, they work pretty well, except i am getting leg gap, but if i snap them tighter she manages to wet up the front i think it ends up to tight, she has such skinny legs. How do i stop this.

Fit is a crucial thing with nappies.

Leg gape means wee and runny poo will escape thru the legs
Tummy gape means wee and runny poo will escape thru the tummy opening
Especially when out of home, and in the carseat, you do not want that leakage!!!

we had exactly the same issue with front snapping nappies (the leg gaping thing). i posted heaps about this with my skinny legged bub, the advice i got from nappycino (forum) , ozclothnappies, (yahoo group) and belly belly , was
- at nb stage - "use covers with leg gussets", stop using pockets and aio's
- from 5kg onwards - "get sidesnapping nappies"
both of these solutions worked for us.

Amazingly, my child changed LATER to a chubby legged baby (4 - 11 months), and STILL the sidesnappers fitted her the best. then she started crawling, slimmed down heaps in the legs (11 months), and STILL the sidesnappers fitted her the best.

the sidesnappers mean you can adjust the waist and legs SEPARATELY.
it's possible to make the legs tighter and the waist looser, if that's what your child needs, at the time.

if i were you, i would make your NEXT mcn purchase a sidesnapper, just so you can try out this theory.

Be aware, most OSFA sidesnappers have a WIDE crotch, most SIZED sidesnappers have a narrow crotch. So if you see "camel toe" in the crotch area, the crotch might be too wide for your bubba.

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some people solve this issue (of leg gape) by buying frontsnappers with TWO or THREE rows of snaps on the tummy e.g fluffy bubs, kester kovers. That worked ok for us for night nappies, but not for day nappies.

Another solution that works for some, is to add extra snaps to the Itti bittis, to avoid the wing droop. that requires finding someone near you who has a snap press. People like Beatrix and Nessa can explain this much better than me.

so that's a few ideas for you Sweet Pea, hope i haven't confused you.

stuff like - what STYLE - what TYPE OF CLOSURE - what RISE - of nappy will suit your bub, part of that is the initial trying nappies on your bub, in the first part of using MCN. that is why so many of us say "dont' buy a gazillion of any one type immediately", cos it can take time to work out what style DOES suit your bubba. (Then it's safe to go buy a gazillion of one sort).

e.g it took me 12 months to work out, bilby needed
- narrow crotch
- sidesnapping
- medium rise
- mainly sized nappies e.g size 2 (that fitted 8 - 16kg) instead of OSFA
nappies.
Once i had that sussed, i stopped buying stuff that didn't fit her. (i was a slow learner).

wotbb: monkey undies size 2/3 (big w near us, have heaps in stock, for those finding it hard to source little undies, two packs for $10). all other knickers at target/kmart/bigw size 2/3, too big in legs for bilby, only these monkey bar ones fit her - they have a "boy leg".)

bilby is addicted to So You Think You Can Dance, her daddy downloads episodes and takes out all the ads, we just caught her trying to do the splits in front of the telly! and she's suddenly mad about skirts that go "whizzy".

[sweetpea678]

Gigi thanks for that info, I have been leant a few side snappers and she leaked more lol. I like the ittis, and it has only happend a few times. She doesn't get in wing drop in them, also she fits minkie magicals so going to try a few of them to, even though they are not really narrow they seem to fit.

She fits the small itti bittis realy well, so think she just needs to grow into the medium a bit more.

But will keep an eye out for a few other types of sidsnappers and try them.

[caddie]

Ok what are greenkids nappies like??
What would be the top 5 nappy that everyone likes??
Thanks in advance.

[Arimeh]

Caddie - I love my GK - but they are VERY wide in the crotch - so keep that in mind.