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Hey everyone! Long time, no see!!
Have moved to sunnier climes and DS is back in cloth after a week in icky sposies and equally icky hotel rooms... MCNs were the first thing to be unpacked BUT I'm still waiting on a new hose for the LS, and I am NOT loving life without it!
What have I missed in the last month or so? Can't possibly go back and read the whole thread.
WOAB: Sandman & MAL custom
Welcome back NaNa and nice to meet you.
Errrrrr, thinking it's the standard chit chat you missed.
Ooohh NaNa are you in Qld? Sorry banana trees best I could come up with lol
Not much just the usual enabling and commiserating TT :)
welcome back Nana!
TK - do you have a little squirt yet?
if you don't, i would wait until you do, to start using MCN.
i think if you are feeling at all nervous about starting, the worst thing would be to start off WITHOUT an easy way to deal with the poo, my personal theory is that the major reason for the majority of the population NOT using mcns, is the fear of poo!
Once you work out how easy getting rid of the poo IS, (using the little squirt), IMO< that's the battle won.
Not 100% of mcn users use one, but personally, i wouldn't have used MCN without one.
Your bamboo mcn products need 3 pre-washes (dry inbetween washes)
your hemp mcn products need 8 pre-washes
your pul/microfibre products need 1 pre-wash
use a mild washing detergent. use a small amount, don't use fabric conditioner.
The first step, to anything new, is the hardest step.
knowing you have somewhere to ask your troubleshooting questions to, is a great relief. especially if you know no-one in real life, who is using mcn, that you could ask.
you can ask at nappycino, ozclothnappies, here of course, the site you bought the nappies from, so much online help, you'll never be short of somewhere to ask.
no question is dumb
we ALL had the same questions at the start
no-one is born knowing all this stuff
the FAQ (freq asked questions) link at ozclothnappies is a great starting point resource too.
MCN will work
you do need to be set up to do it.
you need a routine in your house, to make it suit your household. things that will occur to you, the more time that you use mcn.
if you bought a car, but didn't buy the petrol to make it run, of course the car would fail.
we are all here for you TK, go on, take a big breath and just DO IT! :flowers: :applause:
hi all
still around but lurking most times...I'm waiting on 1 particular fluff mail this week and then I think I'd have my ideal nappy stash after trying out different types.
We're off to tassie this weekend, what's the weather like down there so I can prepare myself with enough nappies & clothes?
TIA
rip off alert !!!!!
foxy baby on ebay looks so very very similar to BBH minkee Mulit fits ...... they are even called MULTI FITS !!!!!!
ugh .. disgusted
WOGB - GF :)
YOU ARE?!?!!?!!??! Whereabouts?!?!?! Got time for a meet up!?!?!?!?!:
As for weather, from my weatherzone thingy - its supposed to be 17 and showers on Saturday, 18 and overcast on Sunday.
*deepens voice* And the current temperature today folks is a balmy 10 degrees
:lol:
Lea - grrr I hate rip offs!
Well DS set a new record today - he outwet his iishfly in ooooh 50 minutes? Hopefully should get my DM's today - yay!
Thanks for letting us know about the ripoffs - I saw them last night and was wondering...
Did anyone else see the iishfly on ebay... a whole bunch of seconds... are they the real deal?
Just got me a IB and my first iishfly :dance:
WOGB - fitted and cover
Ryatha they seem to be genuine iishflys. Hopefully someone else who knows better can say for sure.
Dunno bout the Iish-fly's - haven't been on ebay lately, but all the nappies I got off there when I was first starting (CT's, BBH's etc) have all been the real deal if that helps.
Just in case anyone hasn't seen it yet:-
Here we go!!
those iishfly's have the same embroidery that she has on her site, so i'd say they're genuine seconds.
i have probably 10 iish fly's and they work really well for DD. love them, will probably need to work out additional boosting as she gets older, but we'll get there when the time comes
rhyb - yep. I'm back in Qld. I'd forgotten how messy it is, with mulberry trees, bats, gecko poop... and it's a new experience for me having a toddler who's just really discovered dirt, and in the chaos of moving he has forgotten how to tell me he needs to go potty. No fun with a non-functioning little squirt!
I definitely second what Gigi says about using MCN without a LS. It's just horrible! I am waiting on a replacement hose for mine, since the old one started bulging like a sausage, but it still worked. Only reason I haven't re-installed it anyway is that it's too short for our new place! And I have also considered hosing dirty nappies off in the garden, but our hose connector got left behind! Argh!!
WOAB: GNST and MAL "Taxi" cover
NaNa, I didnt know you were moving, was the fire the clincher? or were you going to move anyway?
Brrrr, Mel, 10 deg- sounds cosy :lol: How are you finding it hon? Do you like it? or is the jury still out. Does DH like his new job?
Ok, enough nosiness, still waiting on my babylegs and babyhosen, but finally, finally my 2nd hand nappy that has taken 6 wks to get to me arrived today. Why are some people so disorganised - they dont miss a trick when they are waiting for your money, but once they get it, they could care less about gettin off their assses and getting to the PO.:shakehead:
WOLB, sposie, is bathed and ready for bed.
Happy 6 months old today my darling baby boy, the best thing I ever did......
shelley- yay! Happy six months to your Lil Man!!!
And yeah the fire was pretty much what clinched it. That and DP's job was getting bad, and Melbourne weather pretty much sucks (although I love the place). So it was either move to Africa, France or Brisbane... and since I didn't like my chances of ever getting fluffy mail in Africa, France was a bit too expensive, and DP got a great job in Brisbane just at the right moment, here we are! Not nearly as exotic as it could be, but I would HATE to move overseas with DS right now. Interstate has been challenging enough. At least now I'm close to family, and I can visit my NB niece and assist in her having the cutest cloth tush possible!
Hey Mel, how's it going in Tas? We swapped places almost! Remember not to hang the MCN too close to the fire to dry... I accidentally singed a brand new Blueberry like that. :doh:
:hello: ladies
Sorry Ive been awol....but if you follow my facebook page you'll know why :)
I have such a bad pain in my left boob atm :(, doesnt help that my little man keep's head butting me in it...grr
Nana- you moved away from me NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Anyone seen the cherubs kiss blog???? nice blue eye and cars auriel up that is coming this way VERY soon :dance:
TK hon...:hug: do what works for you. I used nothing but cloth on Mateauz when he was nb....but that was me...its about confidence in your nappies and yourself. You'll be fine babe...just dont stress
BG - Miss E is growing up way to fast :( and so to is MIss Ruby who I was informed today is now in a large cover not a medium :( so looks like her aunty maz will hav eto make her another one now.
Have cut out 3 outter for some night nappies for my little guy...yes maz is going to finally pull finger out and make him some...soon.
OH MEL (arimeh) email me hon......with that finger ;) I Need numbers
I have no idea what I was going to say...must have snorted to much minkee fluff again
WOMB - WC NN and cheetah mal cover
WOVB - GF night knickers
how do i do that thing where you put a link and write something instead of having the url ... im so dumb at this stuff , like you did mel .... howd you do that ??
Lea, type the word you want to have as your hyperlink, highlight it, then click on the little icon that looks like a world with a bit of chain/infinity/sidewards 8 in front of it. paste the link you want in there, click ok - all should work
the other option is to type it out, but i can't remember exactly how to do it - i take the cheats way
WOEB - a spunky butts fitted and MAL jaffa cover while she sleeps in. i shoulda stayed in bed with her...
Lea - yeah what BG said. Then after you press ok, it will come up with some of the writing as highlighted, so you just write in there what you want it to be called and should work ok.
Maz - I feel bad now for emailing you cos I know how busy you are.
NaNa - you just run away from me - I know it. No fires here so we shouldn't have any burning problems ;)
MLM - yup DH likes his job, says the people are friendly and nice and stuff, so he's happy working there. Still getting used to different software though, but he'll be fine. Its 9 degrees now and the wind is a bit icy - but its still good!! :D
WOAB: a HUGE blow out with a BoB - this kid pees through everything. Think I'll start toilet training cos I'm sick of changing his pants every bloody hour.
WOMB: ummm Twinklelily I think.
Mel - dont you dare will bad..have worked things out and its all stations go :dance:
We got our CK in the mail today...OMG Lesley did the best job!!! friggen awesome and Mateauz went off his nut...crazy boy
Aidens the same when fluffy mail comes Maz its great I feel slightly less crazy lol
WOHB: Sposie cz its a daycare day
:dance: I took the plunge... Miss C is wearing cloth!
Gigi - yep we have an LS. It was one of the first things I bought when I decided to go cloth... there is no way I could even contemplate cloth without one! Am still yet to install it but DP said he would do it this afternoon. So any nappies she dirties today will be rinsed under the tap (with me wearing gloves)
Thank you again for the kicks up the bum ladies.
Maz, I think I will be more confident as time goes on. I haven't stressed and will continue to try not to!
Well Miss C did a huge poo in her sposie this morning so I took the opportunity to put cloth on. Our first cloth on bot was a prefold with a Maz fleece rainbow cover as soon as I did up the snappy I thought she had done another poo but when I checked it must of just been a fart but then she wee'd while the nappy was undone so I changed the prefold cause the cover wasn't wet is that ok?
I tok piccies and will post them throughout the day!
WOCB: prefold with Maz rainbow fleece cover
TK - well done on taking the plunge.
Personally I air the cover even if not wet and put back on next nappy change, but that's just me, not sure what DH does, but he avoids using the ones he needs covers on :rolleyes:
i tend to have two on the go at once as well - just to give them a bit of an airing between being used - having said that though, if it's the middle of the night and there isn't a spare cover around, the same one goes back on! we have always let DD have at least five or 10 minutes of nappy free play time every nappy change unless we're out and about though, so the covers always get aired anyway...
i'm so impressed with using cloth - DD has only ever had two small spots of nappy rash (i'm talking smaller than a five cent piece) and she's never had a sposie on her butt! DH is getting really good at assembling nappies - he just needs a nudge as to what bits go where lol much easier than some of the nay sayers make it seem!
have a load of nappies on washing, and all the new fluff ready to go in. headache mostly gone so i'm making the most of it
with a strip wash, i know you start with clean nappies - do you make sure your nappies are dry before strip washing as well?
well done TK!
little squirt is one of those rare items, for which reading the instructions is actually a damm fine idea. it's easy to squirt yourself, the floor, the walls, everything you don't mean to, if you don't know how to use it.
if your LS doesn't have instructions (mine didn't, i got it 2nd hand), it's easy to download instructions online for it.
in essence, only HALF depress the trigger
hold ONE item at a time, in the lower part of the toilet bowl and aim the LS at the bottom of the bowl
direction is key
pressure is key
LS the liner
LS the prefold
LS the cover
do them separately and you won't be left feeling like you need to be an octopus to be able to do it all!
i would go into the loo with the used mcn
upend the nappy bucket lid (to act as a little table to put stuff on)
and then LS each item separately
i'm sure there are many other ways of doing it, but i worked this way out for myself, to make it idiot proof for me - i need things simple.
anyone after trainers or swim nappies, i just saw a good sale on Imse Vimse ones at New Age Nappies.
and the wee wuns have a blueberry trainers special on right now. and Daddledoo trainers are on sale all month too.
Brigsy, you asked in a previous post, what to do when nappies stop being AS absorbent as they usually are - unless you KNOW you need a strip wash (you know someone has washed them with fabric conditioner, with too much wash powder, you know a barrier cream has been put on her, not using a liner) - then it just occurred to me - babies DO increase their output - maybe it might be something as simple as ADDING a booster to that nappy? Maybe the AMOUNT of absorbency in the nappy, is no longer enough for E? Just a thought.
it's useful to have a collection of trifolds, bifolds, boosters to add to nappies, to customise them, to add them to the bit where YOUR bub wets the most. small thin boosters can be good, in a situation, when if you added a THICK booster, you'd get leg gape, but add a small one, and it fits, meaning no leg gape. DIfferent boosters for different situations.
WOTBB: she's well enough to be back at childcare today, in boring knickers, i miss seeing her fluffy butt! well we only ever sent PUL pockets (workhorses) to childcare, but you all know wot i mean!
Maz: good on you for doing the fundraising for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. (i'm assuming that is what is keeping you super busy or is there something else as well? ha ha, as if having four kids isn't busy enough.
Air the covers... makes sense! Thanks for the tip Heather & BG! Will do that from now on.
BG - I also try to give her a few minutes of nappy free time when we are home. DD has a bit of NR at the moment. I put it down to the wipes we were using (got given some packets of wipes... think it is the solution in them) so we have gone back to warm water and cloth wipes.
At the moment I am treating the NR with bepathen and a liner. I am using my second hand prefolds at the moment so I am not too fussed if the cream gets on them :redface:
Thanks for the LS tips Gigi
Will let you know how I go!
tk - do you have any moo goo? E's rash disappeared literally between nappy changes. love it! and it's mcn friendly...
Good job on the cloth nappying TK!
Fluffy mail today so waiting anxiously for my prewashing to finish. Got 2 bumwear pockets but I don't know if I trust them as they seem really light weight. Anyone else used these? Will give them a go but might have to invest in some boosters.
My Cushie Tushies seconds off ebay due tomorrow or fri at least i hope they come so i don't have to wait til mon and struggle to dry them in 17 degrees. Storms forcasted this arvo/tomorrow so hoping nappies dry inside. fri going to be 31 and sunny so good drying day!
BG - I do have moo goo, I was using it with the sposies and it got rid of the NR she had whilst in hospital but I think this rash is beyond what moo goo can help with... I put moo goo on yesterday and it improved but didn't go totally. I am thinking once it gets a bit less inflamed then I will start with the moo goo again.
Speaking of rashes, Miss M has the WORST nappy rash I have ever seen, it looks like chicken pox its that bad, sooo many blisters - its really quite.. well.. gross. I've been treating it with moogoo during the day at every nappy change, and then I've been using sudocream and liners at night. Have no idea if I should take her to the doc or whatever, I've never seen it this bad. Bloody eye teeth.
Hi all!
well its been a while since I've been in here...with lil Susie taking up so much time I dont have much of an opportunity to get on here any more!
I do have need of your expertise though...Susie's getting too big for her prefolds so we're moving on in the world. have bought a couple of things to try. The first thing we have tried on her is a Bitti D'lish Snap in One in Medium. its gorgeous! looks so trim and seems lovely for her in the crotch area...but...we got major wing droop..no matter what I did with the snaps, I tried a few different positions doing them up, and it would fit good around the legs and around the waist until a few minutes later and at least one of the wings has fully drooped out. so my question is..is this just a size thing? if I wait another month or so is it likely to fit her better then? is there something else I can do to make it sit better?
we have a few others to try, bought a Cushie Tushies (only cause it was a good price, bit exy for us to buy a whole range of them lol), and also a couple of Haute Pockets just to start to get a feel for what we like before the expo end of next week where we hope to pick up some good bargains!
ta!
Beck
BRIGSY - check your message in box
TERU - just noticed your post
hi! long time no hear
have a great time in tassie, i hope you get to see Arimeh.
how is Monsta going?
Beck - try doing the outside snap up first, and then bringing the wing across the front to where you need it. You might get a bit of bunching but might stop the wing droop. Might - it never worked with my kids, the only thing that solved it was extra snaps being put on.
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