Cloth Nappies #184

[Kitt3n]

lilprecious - have you tried side snap aio's? o a double gusset cover?

wohb - widdlewun

[Visitor8]

hey girls. How are you all? I haven't been around a lot... actually pretty much at all. SO much drama here. Mum found out she has cancer after she had a part hysterectomy. Jamie and I were on the rocks big time but things have settled... all I can say about that is Champix is evil!
Ashton is still in cloth nappies though we have decided to use sposies at night atm as we don't have enough NN that fit. Waiting for our nappies that we lent Leash to get returned and we should be ok. Magicalls and GF are pretty much the only ones we can use atm. He is so chubby! He is exactly 15kg at 15 months!!
Bubba is due in June so going to have some fun getting newborn nappies again, waiting till after Christmas as Im so broke atm.

[lilprecious75]

Hi All,

I have noticed that the elastic is going on two of my Bummis Whisper Soft covers that I bought when James was about a year old (so they are at least 3 years old and I suspect I bought them used)!

Is it worth replacing the elastic in them and continuing to use them? The PUL seems to still have lots of life in it.

If they are worth fixing up does anyone in here want them? I don't sew? If someone is willing to pay the postage I would be happy to post them out to you.

Let me know - otherwise they are going in the box that will head to St Vinnies when it is full!

In other news - Jeremy rolled from his back to his tummy today!! There will be no stopping him now. That might actually explain why he woke up SEVEN times last night!!

WOHB: a zoo animals AIO - I have found I can use SOME of my AIO's for short periods!

[*charmalea*]

remember me ???

for those who are wanting NB fluff :shh: a little birdy has told me a certian nappy brand will be discontinuning NB size , so a bargian to be had me think

as for us , welllll i have had DD in sposies overnight as her NR was bleeding and blisterd and the only thing was a sposie and heaps of paw paw and emu oil , i could slather it on and not worry about my nappies , but finaaly the major rash is gone and ive stripeed washed all my nappies about 3 times , and now hopefully wont giver her rash again , if so , then i guess she has developed a sensitvity to sinthetic

luckily i have my BBH fitteds to fall back on even tho its a pita to fold the front down on to infant size as dd wont lie still long enough for me to get it ready so she walks around with it hanging between her knees . ive come to love flushable liners and they go in every nappy change now .

MM : wow 15kgs at 15mths !! strapping young lad there ! Gabbi is 9.1 at 16mth shes lost a bit (600gms ) in the past week as her diet has changed , as she now has an intolerance to yeast , and soy and allergic to apricot (i knew that already ) and kiwi fruit ,so now its on to rice milk and the simplest of diets , hopefully we can all eat what she is and benefit (ie no crap food .... ) i will wait till after xmas

havent been on her much at all , im just enjoying the free time i have with the kids and DH ... i suspect i will become quieter on line as the month rolls on !! busy busy ..

oh and im having withdrawals .... whats new/cool/for sale /2nd hand that i can nab ?! :P

[Snowy Love]

Hi ladies, mind if I join you?

I've had DS2 in cloth during the day and sposies at night, but I want to stop the sposies. But we co-sleep & I haven't been changing him everytime he wakes if he hasn't pooed - what can I use? He's over 4.5kg now and I expect him to be a chubby baby like his brother (and me & all my cousins). I've got one BBH Bamboo and a Cute Tooshies Hemp.

Is a wide crotch better with chubby bubs? And sidesnappers?

ETA: thought of another question - I bought a Green Kids Xmas pocket - can I use it as a cover (to get maximum time useage on Xmas day)? Thanks

WOIB: Zappy with BBH cover

[*charmalea*]

hey snowylove !
If would say a broader bub can wear a wider crotch , but if they have a short rise and a narrow privates than i would go for narrow crocth no matter the size .

BBH is good for night , i just use a minky magicall and a extra night booster for dd at night and DS who is 3 wears a multifit BBH with a night booster jic .

if the GK xmas pocket fits properly over a fitted nappy than go for it

[Gigi]

SNOWY - welcome petal !

i had a skinny nb, then from 4 - 11 months she had the chubbiest thighs. So i kept thinking "surely chubby legs will need a wide crotch nappy". but all our wide crotch brands gave her "camel toe" and fitted terribly.

Despite her chubba bubba thighs, she STILL had a narrow crotch width, and it was the narrow crotch nappies that fitted her well.

Then crawling kicked in at 11 months, the rolls dropped off and STILL, the narrow crotch nappies suited her the best, even with slim legs.

I tried to fight it the first year, kept trying and being frustrated wehn the wide crtoch styles wouldn't fit her right. By the time she was one, i had succumbed to the idea that i would have to sell teh wide crotch ones, and hunt down the narrow crotch ones.

So - that's a long way of telling you,
Ya Cannae Go by the size of their chubby wee legs alone!

i nearly forgot, you actually asked about side snappers too.
i personally think that side snappers are great for the chubbas and the skinny ones, as they are more adjustable IMO. SS fitted my child at ALL her body shapes so well.

the RISE of the nappy has an influence too. Good to know YOUR child's rise, compare it to the rise of the product you're considering buying.
e.g itti bitti is an example of a low rise nappy

i had a SHORT baby, with a LONG rise.
(for ages i assumed she would have a low rise, cos she was so darn short)
so you can't just go on their height.
my shortie had short legs and long torso, so mid - high rise nappies suited her best. I ONLY got her higher rise night time mcn, excellent for containment. never had to wash ANY bed linen due to night nappy leaks in 27 months of mcn use - brilliant. i am so impressed (laundry is not my fave thing).

each child is different, stuff that worked brilliant on one child, may not work brilliant on another child. it's more than the weight, more than the closure, more than the crotch width, more that the rise, it's the combo of all those things, on ONE particular child.

i don't believe ANY nappy is perfect fit on 100% of all nappy wearing age children. Some tt early, some tt late, so the OSFA thing can be very variable too.

LEA - you want 2nd hand natural inner fitteds? email me if interested. bilby had the same issue - reacting to synthetic fibre inners (at 14 months onwards).

and why did you think you'd been forgotten? as if we would forget you Petal ! LOL.

LIL PRECIOUS - anyone who has FOE (foldover elastic) and knows how to sew it in, could fix those covers, it's more a matter of the unpicking of current shot FOE. I know someone who replaced the FOE in some covers, it can be done, if you know how to sew with FOE, have the time to do it.

the person that i know that did it, she used that as a way to practise, as she wanted to make her own covers from scratch. so learning how to repair ready made ones (with shot elastic) gave her an opportunity to practise the skill BEFORE she attempted to do it on her brand new groovy PUL cover creations.

for non-sewers, the covers may be of use, to people with bubs in the UPPER WEIGHT RANGE of that size cover. or people who use flats (bulky nappies).

[*Infinity*]

Fluffy mail! Unexpected fluffy mail!!!!

Our custom widdlewuns arrived today. I knew they wouldn't be too far away but I though with all the Australia Post strikes that they wouldn't make it before xmas! But what a lovely xmas pressie I was sooo hoping to put them under the tree for DS. And they're just divine too. So nicely made, and the designs turned out even cooler than I hoped.

WOHB: sleeping in a GF ss

[lilprecious75]

Hi All -

It has been SERIOUSLY quiet in here! WOW!!
Jeremy wore his GNST nappy last night and leaked out of it for the first time ever. It is size medium! Is this a sign that he is outgrowing the medium?

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Ours was quiet and nice!

WOHB: BBH bamboo with BBH PUL cover

[lilprecious75]

Hi again

So I put Jeremy in the BBH bamboo last night and he has leaked badly in that as well. Is it possible that at only 5 months of age he can out wee a BBH bamboo???

ARGH - I really was hoping BBH bamboos would work for nights for him - don't really want to go down the expensive road of night nappies for him.

But then, don't want to be washing sheets (his and/or ours) every day either!

Suggestions would be appreciated!!

WOHB: Cheeky Butts and Mother-ease Air Flow

[*TripleJ*]

at 5 months DS was the same i boosted it with a BBH bamboo booster and i also folded a flat on the outside inside the cover and i used fleece and wool covers

[lilprecious75]

ACK - new problem...

I forgot about Panadol causing purple stains in the nappies!
Will the stains sun out eventually???

WOHB: WAHM nappy with Bummis PUL cover

[1MOREPLZ]

ahhhhh the good 'ole panadol stains...lurvly grey/purple colours...hehehehe YES they will EVENTUALLY sun out

[Kitt3n]

Hi again

So I put Jeremy in the BBH bamboo last night and he has leaked badly in that as well. Is it possible that at only 5 months of age he can out wee a BBH bamboo???

yep - laa did, younger than that.

I would suggest to look for a fit which suits.... i havent tried one however I hear great things about fluffybubs night nappies.

panadol stains sun out nps (tanks raven for reassuring me many moons ago)

wohb - sugarshots pocket boosted like crazy

[lilprecious75]

Thanks Fluff!
If memory serves Nurophen doesn't cause the stains?
Jeremy is teething something fierce and the Panadol helps him sleep so I'll switch to Nurophen to save the nappies a bit!!

WOHB: super boosted BBH bamboo (both snap in boosters and a pea pod bamboo trifold) this gives us 14 layers of bamboo and thus far is getting us through the night.

[Livinthedream]

lilprecious, nurofen will stain too luffs.
Sorbitol is the badboy that makes the stains.
You want one with no sorbitol, but unfortunatly, I cannae help ye.
We dont gets no panadol stains in this house
Dont arkse me why, but we dont
Hope ya's all are having a noice festive season.
WOLB Blue Babyhosen. xx

[*TripleJ*]

we dont get panadol stains here either not sure why

WOJB: CT couture Sunflower

[1MOREPLZ]

Thanks Fluff!
If memory serves Nurophen doesn't cause the stains?Jeremy is teething something fierce and the Panadol helps him sleep so I'll switch to Nurophen to save the nappies a bit!!

WOHB: super boosted BBH bamboo (both snap in boosters and a pea pod bamboo trifold) this gives us 14 layers of bamboo and thus far is getting us through the night.

nurofen DOES stain!!!!!!! it has maltitol in it which is EXACTLY the same as sorbitol (the staining agent) as for staining/no staining...i suppose it depends on how much your child absorbs of the sorbitol/maltitol.

Fluffy bubs NN are GREAT!!!!! Jack is a mega wee'er and cannot outwee a FB NN