Cloth Nappies #182

[Livinthedream]

Edit above post to read "he just peed and pooped on the rug" Noice (and it wasnt an easy to pick up one ) Icky....
WOLB A bamboo Monkey Doodlez, and I gotta say, i rate this nappy right up there. Will be a definate contender as a daycare nappy.

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[Janine1511]

Thanks for your help ladies Well I have one coming in a small for E, should arrive next week so will let you know how it goes.

E has been sleeping really well at night, last night she slept 8 hours!! (i'm not complaining) Problem is her nappy, her clothes and her sheet are soaked in the morning! I've been using prefolds and covers at night because they are more absorbant than ittis but can anyone reccommend a good night nappy I can get that will fit for awhile? Or is there anything I can get to boost my prefolds/covers? I thought about using 2 prefolds in a cover but don't know how to best lay them out for that.

[Gigi]

E has been sleeping really well at night, last night she slept 8 hours!! (i'm not complaining) Problem is her nappy, her clothes and her sheet are soaked in the morning! I've been using prefolds and covers at night because they are more absorbant than ittis but can anyone reccommend a good night nappy I can get that will fit for awhile? Or is there anything I can get to boost my prefolds/covers? I thought about using 2 prefolds in a cover but don't know how to best lay them out for that.

i would expect maximum two hours from a bamboo prefold and cover, from a baby that young.

At that age, i used, as her "night nappy", pocket nappies made with a malden mills windpro outer, so i could insert one or two bamboo trifolds/prefolds into the pocket opening. much easier.

Not many brands still around, making MM fleece pockets, but i know of Drybees fleece pockets (that use MM windpro) at craftncloth website, maybe get one in a small to try out, see if it suits your nb DD.

also bits for bots make fleece pockets (using MM fleece windpro), you could contact that site and ask them to make you one in small?

Gadimals pockets come in a fluffy MM fleece windpro too, and in a small. the only place i see them now is Nature's Cradle, not clear on website what stock they have, probably easier to ring their toll free number and ask.

so that's some POCKET options (only one thing to put on her).

if you want to use a FITTED night nappy, here are some ideas:

- wildchild make a OSFA fitted night nappy
- mandymac made a OSFA fitted "purple" night nappy, fits from 5kg - 25kg. So much of the boosting, you wouldn't put inside for a nb.

and for a night COVER
- bear bottoms mm fleece windpro cover (pullup style, dead easy)
- staccinator deluxe covers
- sugarpeas covers

to choose the size of your COVER, first buy the night nappy. With night nappy ON your bub, get a tape measure and measure her RISE (over the night nappy).

to measure rise: start at her navel
take tape down under her legs and up her back
stop the measurement at the small of her back
this is her NIGHT NAPPY RISE

so when you go to select the SIZE of the night nappy cover, tell the seller your DD's NIGHT NAPPY RISE, so they can advise you which cover size to buy.

e.g over a SIZED nappy, you might need a nb/sm size
over a OSFA nappy, you might need a bigger size, to accomodate a bulkier nappy.

night nappies ARE bulky fullstop, so you might buy a size DIFFERENT to the size you buy for her, for her DAY mcns.

bubs are different. some don't need a dedicated night nappy for ages, some need them just about straight away. a good supply of bamboo trifolds will never go astray. night nappying is all about customising the absorbency that YOUR child needs. (that's why i found the pockets so easy).

i was trying to think of a AIO night nappy, that comes in small.
Kester Kovers no longer make smalls. pity. but if you see one 2nd hand, grab it.
i did try a small Honeyboy AIO when my baby was 5kg, and that worked really well (has windpro fleece outer).
something that wasn't around when we needed it, but the small size Fluffybubs "dream" ai2 night nappy, i've seen them in the larger size, that night nappy is a part pocket/part snap in style. so just use as much of the absorbency as your bub wets thru in 8 hours, add the rest as she gets older.

if your bub continues to sleep 8 hours overnight, i would check her in the middle, until you are sure she DOESN"T poo overnight. cos if she did, and sat in it for hours, the combo of urine and poo causes nappy rash. Some people (i was one of them) are lucky enough to have a baby that will tolerate a "dream change", other bubs wake and it doesn't work for them. Just something to try.

(avoidable nappy rash is something i'm very passionate about).

hope some of that rambling might help, brings back memories of when i had a nb.

i'm smiling, imagining your lovely nb. cluck cluck. damm i'm clucky.

oh, i just re-read your post.
especially for night nappying - Aeration really helps keep baby and the bedding keep dry.

try things like:
cotton bed linen (i put a sheepskin rug under her sheets too, to increase breathability - natural fibres)

loose clothing, esp in the crotch region. if she is in a firm fitting onesie, and the crotch snaps press against the nappy outer or cover, you may get compression leaks. Likewise with pj pants.

for long wears (like night), wool outers and windpro outers give good waterproofing PLUS good aeration. i gave up on onesies and pj bottoms, and switched to woollen longies (instead of pj pants) for winter, and woollen shorties (instead of pj bottoms) for summer.

we had trouble with polar fleece sleeping bags, they acted like a sauna for my bub! but switching to all cotton sleeping bags worked great. so if one fabric is not working, think about the fabric, is it synthetic? is it natural? whatever is NOT working for you, try it's opposite.

[Gigi]

LEA - i'm so sorry to hear about your DS's bowel problems. Sounds pretty hard for him and you to live with.

BRIGSY - i'm so sad, when i'm depressed, i look at MCN (which i'd love to buy) and then realise, i have no baby to buy it for, no excuse to buy it. i continually plan what i would buy, stashbuilding, if i were pregnant tomorrow.

[Janine1511]

Gigi - I just wanted to thankyou for your reply!! Had a rough night and Emily has just gotten off to sleep so i'm going to bed now whilst I can! Will pop back on later though and look into all the suggestions you've given me, thanks again for your advice!

[*charmalea*]

hope my ittis come today ..... i hate fridays if they dont come on a friday , then its MORE waiting !!! argh !!

i realllllly want a starbunz or similar for DD .. they are super cute in summer but the ones i want are always sold out .

DS is still the same , i want to take him to see a naturopath but there arent many in my area , hopefully today , the poo makes it into the toilet ..

[Arimeh]

Hi everyone

Sorry to hear about poo issues Lea - DS is still in nappies (dunno if thats a good thing or a bad thing!!) so at least I don't have to pick it up off the floor.

Everyone hear that possum pouches is closing ... sad ... I only have one KK and I would have liked at least 2 more..

No fluffy mail for me - got a Baby Gecko the other day, sooo cute...and DS didn't outpee it in an hour (didn't prewash it either) so I'm pretty happy bout that.

Got 2 DM's coming to me as well from the "lottery" I won Love that woman!!!! I was supposed to email her with fabric that I wanted used, and I just left it up to her - so I'm hanging out to see what they look like!!!! Might have to cull a bit of my stash now that I'm building up on my pretties

WOAB: Pink (haha) BBB & Maz cover
WOMB: Mini Lala - I *might* cull this one. Don't think it works great for my heavy wetter.

[1MOREPLZ]

hi hi

i haven't been in here much of late...BUT i have been reading all of your posts
hmmmmm nappies....well i officially don't like IB's anymore....we are ALWAYS getting severe wingdroop...we have switched over to mainly side snappers as they seem to work best for Jack, although we still have aplix/velcro closing nappies for nanny-goat.
I have 5 nappies in the making 2 FB's (they are front snappers BUT they seem to work great for us) 1 AT & 2 GF

[Ryatha]

Hi All,
like fluff I've been lurking as well. Fred is starting to grow out of her smalls but that does mean I will be selling them and getting new ones! But I have been making her some and they will fit for a while yet.

Lea - Hope DS is feeling better I'm waiting for fluffy mail as well, from 3 suppliers... for both of us. Also I tried to PM you the other day but your inbox was full... is it better to email you? I got a starbunz as well in medium it even has a tail, I can't wait til fred is crawling, it will be so cute to see the little tail waving in the air!

Janine - We've been using BBH OSFA and BB woollen covers in a medium on fred since about 5 weeks when she started dream feeding at night. it lasts 12 hours and no nappy rash in sight! Gigi has given some great info, hope it helps

Mel - well done on the lottery win!

Ok, off to get some cuddles from my girls,

WOGB - home made purple minky AI2 (hasn't leaked yet...)

[CrazyLady]

hope my ittis come today ..... i hate fridays if they dont come on a friday , then its MORE waiting !!! argh !!

SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME! Got 2 fluff en route and everytime i hear a van i think it's here!

[rhyb]

Im checking the mail constantly now
Does anyone have the pop ins size 1 and 2? DS is still in mediums mostly but this size 1 pop in doesnt look like itll work for him for long. Might have to be for the girls only.

WOHB: yellow pop in

[Arimeh]

The only pop ins I've seen are OSFM mate?

[rhyb]

Sorry meant version 1 and 2. Damn preggy brain

[Arimeh]

PMSL.. I think the version 2 are slightly bigger - but I've only got version 1 myself. They still fit Aricyn though and he's 2 years, 9 months.

[maz]

im gonna have to do a cull again soon... seem's someone like nappy free time a little to much
Gigi hon you and I can live through the others...god its blasted depressing. I could cry

BBL when i not so glum

[Arimeh]

Gigi hon you and I can live through the others...god its blasted depressing. I could cry

BBL when i not so glum

Mazzie babe you are MORE than welcome to come down for a holiday and help me out when #3 makes an appearance ... you could get newborn cuddles, toddler x 2 cuddles and do my fluffy washing.. LOL... sounds like a perfect arrangement to me!!! LOL

[maz]

I might just take you up on that hon..feeling very lost atm

[Arimeh]

I might just take you up on that hon..feeling very lost atm

Well you are ALWAYS welcome here Flights to tassie are pretty cheap and we're close to the airport (well 15 minutes away) so easy to pick you up and we have a spare room with a heater and a queen size bed available (blow up) so you are welcome to bring some of your kids too.. LOL