Cloth Nappies #184

[Livinthedream]

OBV Organic Bamboo Velour?
Ask Nikki at GF

[~Saram~]

Swaddlebees used to make organic cotton side snapping fitteds, not sure if they are still available. weewuns would be the best place to look. We have one in a OSFA but not sure if it's side snapping of not... off to check... nope it's a front snapper - sorry

PS - yes they do still sell them at the wee wuns - gorgeous nappies BTW - I'm not a fitted nappy kinda person but they were sooo nice!

[Kitt3n]

I seem to have found some, exactly what I am looking for - peechee cloth - going to contact her and see what she says.

Last night laa slept in her Maz NN without a cover - and she was fine, no leaks or dampness at all! Take a bow Miss Maz

WOHB - abby gro

[briggsy's girl]

morning ladies

haven't been posting much - busy being mummy to an inquisitive almost 6 month old, working on photobooks for Christmas - it's full on, but i'm loving life!

just wanted to share - i mentioned a dress i got for E from the GD stocking back in April - but haven't been able to show piccies just yet - well here is the dress (there are a few pics in that album with the dress and matching nappy). i know Sam wanted to see (not sure if she seen on FB already lol)

WOEB - BBH and MAL Taxi cover. sleeping poppet still yay!

[*Infinity*]

Hi all

Haven't been in much either, i've had to pick up some part time work so even less time for BB - boo hoo. I'm missing it. Ah well, the extra money is much needed so we'll see how we go.

Still trying to decide what to pick for my custom widdlewuns....bit spoilt really.

Points to DP for dealing with a major poosplosion yesterday when I was at work. DS covered his play mat LOL! He just took DS (and everything else near him) outside to give him a quick wash. Then hosed everything down. I think its scarred him for life. What a champ.

WOHB stinking sposie - still sleepin and I need to get me a night nappy. I have my eye on Maz's creations.

[*Infinity*]

Arrrgggh poo.

Back again. Thread's gone a bit quiet. Busy ladies huh!

I know this questions probably been asked a gazillion times, but how much poo should I realistically be getting off the nappy before I chuck em in the wash? I get as much as I can off in the laundry sink (don't have a little squirt yet). And should I be washing at a particular temp? I think my front loader has a cotton stains cycle that goes up to 90 degrees but I don't want to ruin the nappies either?

I just want to make sure there are no nasties left behind.

Thanks gals

WOHB: chocolate itti

[starangelk]

Hi, I hope this is the right place to ask this question. I am not using cloth nappies, but we intend to and I've done heaps of reading and these threads are great but decided to buy some MCN's so that I could touch and feel what I was finding difficult to picture in my head. So bought some Babybeehinds - 4 different types and they all seem great! It's just one thing.........is it hard to find clothes to fit over them? We are due quite close to winter and I am wondering whether the MCN is going to fit under normal newborn clothes? I think I read that Ittibitti's have a more "disposable" style thickness - is this right? Anyway, any advice you can give me would be greatly appreciated.

[Gigi]

starangelk

to put clothes OVER mcn, just size up.
if you have firm fitting clothing over an mcn, you'll get compression leaks.
better to have the clothing slightly loose (on the bottom half of baby).
Bonds clothing is notorious for being on the small side.
I swaddled my newborn too.
the best hint i got about buying baby clothing, is to buy stuff that is easy to undo and do up. Many nbs require VERY FREQ changes, so clothing that is a pest to undo and do up, will give you the irrits real fast.
if i had my time over again, i would get bamboo baby clothing, that fabric breathes so well, i keep seeing baby sites with bamboo baby stuff on sale, makes me wish i had a reason to buy it myself.

mcn IS bulkier than sposies, but not as bulky as terry flats.
people LOVE giving a new baby lots of 0000 clothing, so if you buy bigger stuff, you'll be fine (cos you'll still get given tiny stuff regardless).

LOLLYBABY
i found the LIttle Squirt invaluable, after using it, i woudln't want to use MCN without one.
Only wash nappies at 90 degrees IF
- you're washing very basic nappies like terry flats, contours, trifolds, prefolds (all the stuff WITHOUT elastic, WITHOUT PUL etc
- your bub has gastro and you need to kill the gastro bugs
otherwise, you will ruin your nappies.
the usual mcn, wash at 60 degrees, but no hotter.
check with the brand warranty to be on the safe side, read what they recommend.

but chooky, i'd be asking Santa for a little squirt, ti makes life with a baby in nappies SO much easier.

BIMBOO
my sympathies about the rash situation, glad the pawpaw is working for her bot.

sing out if you need help lanolising your soakers, how nice of your mum to knit them for you.

[*Infinity*]

Thanks Gigi

I think your suggestion about a LS from Santa is a very good idea!

I put the nappies through a basic rinse cycle first, then put on a normal intensive wash cycle which doesn't go over 60 degrees and they came out clean as a whistle so I think I'll stick with that. We've got a fairly new front loader so it does the job nicely.

StarangelK - exactly what Gigi said. Just size up in any clothes you buy. Yes, the itti bittis are one of the trimmer MCNs but its so hard to know before bubs arrives which nappies will suit their shape, weight, and the absorbency they need. For us the ittis are a good fit, but they are just not absorbent enough for my heaving wetting boy. Its trial & error really sweets.

[Gigi]

oh Lolly, i am so tired, i just realise, your question was HOW MUCH POO DO YOU GET OFF THE NAPPIES BY RINSING, not WHAT to rinse the nappies with?

sorry.

so to get back to your original question
the little squirt gets ALL of the poo off
it stops the poo staining the nappy, cos it's not there long enough TO stain the nappy
so it's a great stain PREVENTER

the pre-wash cycle, then LONG wash cycle, then rinse - yep, worked for us too.

But until you get your LS, i would be using stand alone LINERS in every nappy, so THEY cop the poo, not the inners of the nappies. well mainly anyhoo.

(i had to live WITHOUT a LS for THREE WHOLE DAYS [out of 27 months], when we visited Melbourne for a weekend. i did it with pocket nappies, cotton velour liners AND flushable liners in them. this was at two years old. just before she tt-d actually. i coudln't believe it, she only did NEAT poos for the three days, after all my fear of "how will i cope without LS in da house - or the motel room in this case, LOL".) we did 100% mcn on the two plane rides and driving around melb. all a learning experience for me.

so, back to you, living without a LS (for now) -
if the poo is formed, or at least pastey - disposable liners help heaps.
if the poo is totally watery, it WILL go everywhere regardless.
liners are so cheap, easy to cut up newies. i'd rather wreck liners than inners of nappies if it was me (wihtout a LS).

i had a epic poo-ing child (many times per day) so i think it taught me very quickly, how to deal with poo! i'm very happy with how nice our mcn inners stayed, so it did work (for us). Yep, i must be OCD about washing nappies, something i would no doubt be cured of, if i had more than one child ha ha. APparently, you relax with your parenting when 2nd child comes along, lose all the hangups you had with your first child.

[starangelk]

Thanks girls for the tips! That makes perfect logical sense, no idea why I couldn't work it out for myself - hee hee. Thanks again

[Kamarine]

I got some moogoo today. (Ordered it online in the end.)

It smells so divine. Is it okay to use as a moisturiser too?! (I don't normally, but the smell of it makes me want to use it. I'm such a dork.)

Also - does anyone else compulsively buy cute nappies when they know they're meant to buying stuff for them? DH keeps telling me off. Widdlewuns I find really hard to keep away from. We've got four already of hers and I caved and bought another one this week. They're just too cute.
I really hope I'm not the only one haha.

[Jess]

Starangelk, have you checked out the 'help for newbies' thread? Heaps of useful MCN info on there. (I'm still learning!) We found Bonds 000 was ok from birth - she weighed 3.27 kg and was 51cm which is about average. She wore terry flats at night until she started weeing heaps more at about 3 months, and the 000s were ok over them.

[Kitt3n]

Is it okay to use as a moisturiser too?!

yes

Also - does anyone else compulsively buy cute nappies when they know they're meant to buying stuff for them?

and yes again!!!

[*Infinity*]

Awww that's ok Gigi, everything you wrote was still really helpful. I'm going to stick with the flushable liners when I remember. I'm just paranoid I'll block the drains or something LOL! Sorry to hear that you're so tired.

Kamarine....before I started buying MCNs I thought, no way am I going to let this get out of control.....I'll only get what we really NEED but no, the addiction soon takes over and you find yourself trawling the sites working out which ones you need to buy to satisfy the urge!

WOHB: blue whizz kids ai2

[~Saram~]

Do I buy cute nappies when I had no real need for them YES! Just wait until bub is toilet trained - I considered getting DD a christmas cover to go over her undies for Christmas but she wouldn't have a bar of it.

It's so hard knowing so many in the cloth nappy selling/manufacturing world as I just keep seeing all this gorgeous fluff with noone to buy it for :-( trying to convince SIL to have another baby so I can buy her nappies :-)

[helle]

hey girlies, haven't been in this neck of the woods for a while!

I just wanted to ask, has anyone here used bambino mio nappies and their covers? I'm heading up to a place in Perth in a couple of weeks that sell them and was thinking of getting something as a final touch for my nappy stash and so I can bulk up a bit on NB sizes...

[*charmalea*]

hello !!

im MIA (well until now )
the caterpilla hasd the worst ever nappy rash , and i mean the worst !!!

he bottom is so red raw and blisterd and cracked and swollen she cries when she sits down
we have her in sposies and slathering on the paw paw oninent and quite crudely named badger balm as well , along with deonat powder to dry it up .

it was so bad dh put moo goo on it and the alcohol in it burned her raw skin and she was hysterical for about 45 mins , we took her for a walk around the block with no pants on to calm her down

..... i keep stalking the BA threads jic i miss the news of the 3 girls or arimehs arraival ...

ok gtg .... ds having a tanty ....