Cloth Nappies #181

Happy birthday Gabbi!

Put my first home made nappy on DD2 this morning... Fitted really well but cause the bamboo hasn't been washed many times yet it only lasted an hour :( But I am now going to make a heap more as I have worked out how to do it quickly! YAY I have photos on facebook, of the finished nappy and I'll take some of DD2 wearing tomorrow and put them up too.

I just wish it was warmer in adelaide at the moment, I want to show off her fluffy bum? What do you dress your little ones in in winter to show off their butt? I have some babylegs but what tops do you put on them?

The good news I think I have converted a couple of teachers with little ones at school, they were admiring DD2 pink fuzzy itti bitti bottom today and checking out my leopard print spankybutt. Yay some more people to enable me. Already converted one friend with a 10 month old and busy working on another pregnant friend.

WOGB - Home made bamboo flat and pink wool soaker

Oh my fuffy lord....
Isn't it strange how things turn out?
I ended up just getting my money back on the rumparoos and pop in, was sick of waiting..
Sooo, was a bit "poor me" and was really hoping to score a spot for 2 DMs, but alas,no :(. (congrats Teru and Arimeh :D)
So took my sad lil self for a looksie around the web and just picked up 2 rumparros for less than the price of 1 AND scored the most beautiful CGR set ever :dance:
So, Bloody, Fluffing, YAY FOR ME :happyforyou:

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Oh my fuffy lord....
Isn't it strange how things turn out?
I ended up just getting my money back on the rumparoos and pop in, was sick of waiting..
Sooo, was a bit "poor me" and was really hoping to score a spot for 2 DMs, but alas,no :(. (congrats Teru and Arimeh :D)
So took my sad lil self for a looksie around the web and just picked up 2 rumparros for less than the price of 1 AND scored the most beautiful CGR set ever :dance:
So, Bloody, Fluffing, YAY FOR ME :happyforyou:

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Oh it was obviously meant to be ;)

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I just wish it was warmer in adelaide at the moment, I want to show off her fluffy bum? What do you dress your little ones in in winter to show off their butt? I have some babylegs but what tops do you put on them?

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You could put her in a nice little dress with a cardigan and babylegs :)

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You could put her in a nice little dress with a cardigan and babylegs :)

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Sounds good, I have a cute little dress she could wear. We have a bunch of family birthdays and special occasions coming up and I want her to look extra special.

Just wondering, how do you go about ordering a custom made?

WOGB - mauve Swaddlebees and home made booster

Hi ladies,

I've been MIA too! Busy back at work

Happy Birthday for yest Gabbi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its our turn next Thursday... Time flies! We have been busy planning ehr party and dedication. I'm so not a great organiser and am trying to get my head around everything we have to do. I haven't decided what nappy she is going to wear yet. Will just have to be one we've already got I think.

I hope everyone is well!

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Just wondering, how do you go about ordering a custom made?

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depends who you plan to have your custom made with, but usually just contact the WAHM and see what they say. Most would be more than happy to do it if time allows. Nikki (GF) is great to deal with, Im getting a custom made :D

MLM: score!!

NaNa:
Not so fluffy mail arrived first thing this morning and you are a gem!!

More later my 3 year old is trying to help!!!

Holy cow, that was quick! Why can't AP be that speedy when I want fluffy mail??
hope they do the trick!

Yay!! Just managed to hyena my first two show off nappies for the little one.....got the two small CGR's that went up tonight....woohoo!!!

good score MelBel

Ryatha - a great way to show off a fluffy butt, is to put your child in a pinnie dress. They curve at the back, showing off some rear fluffy action.

i might have a pic of bilby in her xmas pinny (with red minky nappy on underneath) in my gallery.
here we go
http://forums.bellybelly.com.au/foru...hp?photo=11424

lots of wahms make pinnie dresses, like on ozebaby, wahmnaps etc.
if you sew, Spotlight sell patterns to make them.

thanks for the birthday wishes everyone :)

yay on the stockings and the scores , i know someone who got 2 DM'S but wasnt aware they had to paid with in 3hrs , so they got relisted . she was really peeved ... but if you really wanted the nappies you'd pay for them asap right ?!

anyway , got another GF ss on its way hopefully today , in time for sunday , but i dont reckon it will be here to monday , guess that will be a nice fluffy surprise when i come home from work on monday !

no other nappy news , other than stupid wing droop in my ittis ... anyone else had this problem .. is it time to retire my beloved ittis ???

Charmalea, I have only every had wing drop once in the ittis, and this is all I use in the day time, I just make sure that they are all the way around neatly when doing the up and it hasn't happend since, I also have to put it on tighter than I though. DD wears medium with the wings done up so there are no snap spots missing in the middle, but not overlapping.

WORB lite pink itti

just want to share a little woo hoo - DD is 13 weeks today, and she's NEVER had a sposie on her little tushie! it's only a little one, but given we were given sposies when she was baptised 5 weeks ago, and i've been rather unwell a couple of times (like today), i'm quite proud of that effort!

congrats on your woo hoo Brigsy's Girl.

i aimed for that too, but an emergency c-section via ambulance, and a dh who REFUSED to bring the nb mcn into the hospital, put paid to that little fantasy. so her first five days (in hospital) were in bambo nature sposies.

hospital provided flats so i didnt have to rely on anyone else which was great (though DH would have done the washing anyway thankfully, still does whe he is home)

must away. time for bubba to be weighed

so confused!

Sorry this is probably posted somewhere but all the variety is making my head spin.

I live in a hot climate and really want to start using cloth nappies but i am a little confused by the variety.

Can anyone tell me a cute but practical all rounder for a little girl that wees alot? We are saving for a house so really don't have the cash to "test" everything. oh and I am really clumsy and suck at folding them so flats are last resort.

Thanks in advance,
Candy

hey guys

was that a dragonfly magik stocking? they really are awesome, laa actually slept in one last night and was fine!! (thats what I was coming in to report actually!)

BG - laa has never worn a sposie either! almost 9 months :)

candy - welcome!! honestly, if you find one that suits your little one straight off you are very very lucky. A couple I would suggest are pop ins, blueberry pockets (as they are readily available and you can stuff them with as much as you need absorbency wise) and definately Genessa Forge. I think I am yet to meet anyone who does not have a love affair with GF's

wohb - sugarshot! pocket

YAY Mel.....finally you can indulge hon :cheer:

BG - :clap: so proud of ya babe...friggen awesome isnt it

Kitten - something spesh arrived at my house so now I can play sometime next week :D

CL - Oh I hope that Gab wore her VHC auriel yesterday..happy birthday princess

I have a little boy telling me when he's doing number 2's :( im not ready for him to be out of nappies..its gonig to kill me.

now he's scratching at his bedroom door cause he doesnt want a day time sleep

maz , shes got all her special nappies lined up for her party on sundy :) !!!

Sweetpea - gabbi wears her ittis like that too , no snaps are exposed , i guess its hard to do a nappy up properly when she wont lie still on the change table !

well had gabbi weighed !!! 8.53 kgs , so its a 360 gm gain in 2 mths , i think is a record for her :clap: she is getting soo much fatter !! so hopefully now can wear her bigger nappies :)

charlottes mum , itti bittis and baby beehinds are they only nappies i use , (with a select few of special custom nappies ) but ittis and bbh are the bulk of my stash , esp the minky magic alls , they are the best all rounders for us , they are pockets , but not as you know them . they already have the absorbency sewn in with a pockekt at the back to add a small bamboo booster (it comes with the booster too!!) so you can use it with or with out the booster .

i use minky bbh magic alls over night on gabbi , i just add a night booster , so day and night wear!!! and only $25 a nappy , good value i reckon !!!

Charlotte's Mum - Whereabouts are you? I would be happy to let you try a few of our nappies to find what works well if you are in Townsville. I find they dry really well on the line in dry season (usually max of a day) but during wet season they are on airers under a fan inside.

I have about 15 loads of washing to do this weekend thanks to us all being sick. We are running out of nappies for Leah to wear and at the moment she is the only one in cloth!! But Em is healing up well, her blisters are almost nonexistant. You can see where they were but they aren't open any more. Gotta be really vigilant with her when there is food around!!

WOLB: Bumble bee CT.

Thanks for the info people.
Was looking at the magicalls. Little miss has quite a scrawny rear but huge belly so i am unsure on the sizing. She's almost 6 and a half kilos and still in newborn huggies O.O

Alioops- In Kalgoorlie so a little too far away but thanks for the offer!


Will sort something out. just keeping browsing i think

NaNa:
I used the x-small cover today and it worked a treat!! Thanks SO much for that! I can't wait to use the smalls as well!

We had mother's group today and all my mum's group are impressed that I'm using cloth with #2! There were two other mothers at the park as well who were SUPER impressed that I use cloth.

I can't brag that Jeremy has NEVER been in a sposie (used them in hospital as well as the odd day here and there when I get behund on laundry) but I would say he has been in cloth 95% of his life so that is pretty good.

Not much else to report - just got home about an hour ago and thankfully my best friend brought a lasagne over for us for dinner so I'm pretty relaxed and happy tonight. Just doing a couple loads of laundry as one of DH's clients bought Jeremy stacks of clothes!!

WOHB: cotton prefold with Thirsties cover

wat do u guys think of green kids? anyone use them a lot?

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wat do u guys think of green kids? anyone use them a lot?

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I like my greenkids. I have a flame one & a yellow one :)

We had a galaxy pocket one...loved it but someone is better in side snappers so passed it on :(

;) we LOVE our galaxy pocket green kids!!!!! spanx mazzie :P

haven't posted in here for ages!!!!!

:think: goes to get some gk's lol
cant wait for maz's stocking on tuesday lol

lea is right - m'alls are a fab nappy at a fab price, if they fit well...definately worth giving them a go ..... just didnt suit laa :( she has a tiny bum so front snappers just slid off it - we are mostly side snappers now (exceptions are widdlewuns with velcro and abby gro)

and lea i am so sorry i didnt say a huge :happybirthday::confetti::birthday2::birthday2:to miss caterpillar!!

maz i am so freaking excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i just saw those applique singlets!!!!!!!! arrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! did you ever end up getting those nz nappies to try?

tried the medium gf's again... just not going to happen :( her most special nappy and no summer waddles :'(

wohb - sage green dragonfly magik

never tried gk's

cant do GK , too wide long for the caterpilla!!

thanks ktt3n !!

she had a lovely gluten free choccy cake on her bday , recorded her eating it , and she went to eat the candle instead of the cake :lol: and kept sticking her finger in the candle flame !!

must go check out MAL !!

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cant wait for maz's stocking on tuesday lol

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oh i can :ROFL:

you ALWAYS stress before a stocking and you ALWAYS have successful stockings Maz!

Yeah Maz they are always a hit!!! Hence what I said on FB the other day..your stuff is so hard to get!!! Are you going to limit purchases like CK does so ur love gets spread? Also wanted to let you know Em had her Ooh lala set on today...she looked so cute!!! Will put a pic up on FB.

No other nappy news for us, I can't see me buying any more for a long time :(

nooooooooooooooooooo don't limit it!! i love my maz covers and use them EVERY day! i dont' think i have enough once she grows out of the nb's!

hmm not sure wat im going to go go for coz i know ill miss out if im greedy lol

Kitten - no :( she never got back to me and there's no point in buying anymore for us...still wiating on one auriel and thats it im affraid :crying:..what singlets ;)..if you like that wait until to you see my surprise...your going to bust your poo poo valve at it

BG - ahh yep..I do stress dont I lol...cant help it.

Going to the MPM thread to update :D

Jwith J check out Eden on Facebook she makes gorgeous things. PM me for the link of u want. I bought the most divine pinny like Gigi was talking about. Em is going to wear it at her party next weekend.

BG I love Maz stuff too but I think someone bought 6 last time I think that's a lot and then others miss out altogether. KWIM?

i've been known to nab a few Maz items at a stocking in the past. i has a trigger finger and i ain't afraid to use it if it means E has stuff that fits her well! she's only just now starting to get too long in the rise for a lot of her NB covers and we only have a couple of smalls. now that we're not using flats much, more for fitteds overnight, we may not need as many as we did nb - but this girl has an explosive backside and Maz covers are the only thing that contains the poosplosions!

sigh - am dreading the next dirty nappy. E has been regularly filling her nappy after first feed in the morning for a couple of weeks - then maybe one smaller dirty nappy later in the day. on Wednesday, she had her ears pierced, gulped lots of air while she was crying, and spent wednesday night and thursday having a bit of a "clean out" along with all the air! but yesterday she didn't go at all, and hasn't again this morning - sigh - i think we might get a mess

WOEB - ummm, a flat and Maz cover (from memory, it's Elf cover - red and green)

The washing machine saga strikes again :crying: It died today. I have spent some time looking at prices of new machines, which aren't quite as dear as we thought, but still need to find out if it is cheaper to fix or replace it. We have spent enough on it over the last 4 years to have replaced it already but it is up to FIL. Only 2 places up here stock the parts for my old machine and they aren't open until Monday, so DH is going to the laundromat until I can get quotes for repairs, unless FIL hears the prices and agrees to opening up enough for a new machine. Looking at a 6.5kg or more FL possibly a Haier or Electrolux. So glad we get defence discount though, knocks $50 off the price of the Electrolux, bringing it under $700.

Using Bicarb in a FL how much would I use? Still only 2 tablespoons? Less or More?

WOLB: Magicall

Ali - Aldi had a 9kg top loaded for $499 today. cant help with bicarb in front loader.....but I have been told by a few people that they regret getting a front loader after having a top..jsut make sure its exactly what you want hon :)

spent most of te morning and early after noon food shopping...I hate it. Im always tired when I get home adn people look at me weird cause I buy 12 loaves of bread at a time..lol...well i only buy it once a fortnight.

Ive got the itch to buy a nappy...not that I have any spare fundage atm.....dang me!!!!!

WOMB - god only knows