Cloth Nappies #184

[leckert]

Another question for you all - I can't remember which thread it was in and am too slack to go and search for it

How do you stop your nappy buckets from smelling? (and where do you get the stuff to stop it smelling) My buckets are starting to really get on the nose

[sneakysparkle]

I put a couple of drops of tea tree oil in my buckets - they smell lovely and fresh!

[Snowy Love]

I got fluffy mail! I bought some pop-ins from the lovely NaeNae and they arrived today. She sent a dri-night booster with them - I had to google to work out how to use it - I think it'll be a while before Mr I sleeps long enough to use it going on past experience with the Duke.

I've started using my flushable liners thanks to this thread. I bought them long before Mr i was born and didn't remember to open them until yesterday.

WOIB: Pop-in! Which is probably due for a change.

[Kitt3n]

Another question for you all - I can't remember which thread it was in and am too slack to go and search for it

How do you stop your nappy buckets from smelling? (and where do you get the stuff to stop it smelling) My buckets are starting to really get on the nose

Everytime I empty my bucket I put a few drops of either tea tree or eucalyptus oil on some paper towel and wipe it out (including the lid) - my nappy bucket has never smelt!

WOHB - pookey pocket fitted no cover

[Gigi]

How do you stop your nappy buckets from smelling? (and where do you get the stuff to stop it smelling) My buckets are starting to really get on the nose

Heat
Urine
Length of time
Plastic takes on smells
Position of bucket (near window in full sun, or in shade)
If bucket has lid or not

So summer is the worst time i think.

SOme people use different containers (than trad. nappy pails). e.g flip lid bins, bins with zero lid, bin kept in laundry near open back door, etc.

What i ended up doing was
- alternating TWO nappy buckets (with lids)
- doing a daily nappy wash (usually in the morning, so the night nappy could be washed immed).
- when one bucket was emptied into the washing machine, it would be immed rinsed out with a dash of antiseptic and hot water, then put upside down to dry. If it was day time, i would leave the bucket standing upright in full sun, to allow the UV to clean the bucket insides. THen the other bucket would be put into the toilet room (where i little squirted the mcn). So there was always "one in use, one drying".

i read what other people did, considered the siting/sun of my unit, where the bucket lived, what suited the situation, my resources (including my time).

gotta do wot works for you.

I've had trouble accessing the BB forum the last week or so, "password isthoos", but it was fixed today. DId i miss anyting exciting?

[CrazyLady]

LOL Gigi I just considered today grabbing a second bucket to alternate. Walked up the shops just yesterday and lugged a nappy bucket 3 blocks. Must have looked amusing

So I head out to the shops before the mega heat hits today and get caught up. so it's 30+ degrees in the house at 10am when i finally get home because some bubble headed bimbo (whistles innocently) forgets to put the a/c on pre shop run. I also managed to leave the lid off the nappy bucket with it full of yesterday's teething pee nappies.......... So not doing that again. Still got 3 million boxes to unpack and a grizzly/clingy baby that's having probs adjusting to the new house, has a sniffle and refuses to nap.

WOCB: Bonnibuns Minky choc multi dot night nappy as the little angel is FINALLY sleeping

[Gigi]

Yes, nappy buckets are not heavy, but sure are awkward to carry (with your other shopping).

the LID ON or LID OFF thing is on a case by case basis. works for some, not for all. just experiment with what suits your household.

also people living in humid climates, have other techniques re the nappy bucket.

i only have experience in the hot dry heat (45 in summer).

so much of MCN-ing is empirical - try stuff out, if it works, keep doing it. if it doesn't, experiment with other ideas (usually ones you hear about here, on nappycino, on ozclothnappies etc).

[lilprecious75]

GIGI:

Did you see my earlier post about my nappy issues earlier in the week?
I will admit that my nappies sat in the bucket longer than usual before I washed them which I'm not proud of, but we went away on an impromptu trip New Years Day so I left them and washed them when we got back the next day.
They were a tad smelly so I did a hot wash (60 degrees) and then as I was hanging them on the line I got worried that I did something wrong.
One of my BBH hemps has disintergrated around the snaps and my pea pods bamboo trifold is coming apart near the label as well.

Did I do something wrong? Or had these two nappies just lived their life?

HELP!!!

[Gigi]

LIL PRECIOUS - hyia!

had you little squirted the nappies BEOFRE leaving them in the nappy bucket?
cos if you have to leave the nappy wash a bit longer, LS-ing all nappies, not just the poo ones, will leave a lower urine concentration in teh bucket.

if going away, i would load the washing machine and set the machine to wash while you're gone. better to come back to a washing machine of damp but urine free nappies (that might need another wash due to sitting there damp) rather than nappies that have sat in urine all that time.

Some people only wash the nappies once a week and say it works fine. But i have read too many posts from people about disintegrating nappies (from sitting in urine) so being the cautious soul i am, i decided i wasn't going to chance it, and started doing the daily morning wash (so night nappies got washed virtually immed).

it really helps the nappies stay in good shape if you look after them.

sometimes, makers get a run of a poor quality fabric, i gather when that happens, no matter WHAT you do, you'll get holes.

i also dried my nappies in the shade (more to do with having no washing line!) and didn't experience the fading that people talk about, and no pegmarks as i used a clothes airer (did the nappies up with the snaps instead, over a rail).

so many variables as to how we all wash the nappies. (or i USED to!!)

i have no idea how old your disintegrated nappies are, to know if they have come to the end of their life.

how "hard" or "soft" your water quality is, is yet ANOTHER variable.

baby beehinds has a very good CARE OF NAPPIES section, even down to how to peg them to avoid wearing out the elastic! very very thorough.

the section is not signposted very well (last time i looked took me ages to find it) but once you DO find it, have a read, see if you are doing what they recommend.

if you ARE doing what they recommend, and you are within the warranty time, contact bbh and tell them what has happened, take photos. I am not sure if you are meant to contact them direct or the place you bought the bbh from, but i'm sure teh bbh customer service will tell you.

anyone buying for newborns, fantastic bamboo baby bargains at "beyondpinandblue". clothing and bedding. i dare you to look and not go "cluck cluck cluck" (like i did!). awww, sooo beautiful! the bamboo fabric used is so silky, smooth, breathes great. very thin jersey type, not thick like the bamboo terry or bamboo fleece used with nappies.

[lilprecious75]

Gigi:
Thanks for your thoughts on the matter.
I suspect the nappies sat too long and that caused the problem.
The BBH hemp nappy was a 2nd hand nappy and I have no idea how old it is so I don't expect I would get any help from customer service at BBH as I didn't actually purchase it.
Thanks for your suggestions Gigi - I already knew about BBH care of nappy section and I hang my BBH nappies in the way they suggest to help the elastic last longer.
The Pea Pods trifold is probably still useable.

Anyone know what is going on with buyforbaby site? I can't access it - not sure if the problem is their's or mine???

I should be in bed - computer issues and baby deciding not to go straight off to sleep have wasted my night! Oh well - I did read a chapter in my book and blog so I'm happy! The dishes and the rest of the unpacking can wait!!

WOHB: sposie but will switch him back to cloth when he wakes the first time

[Gigi]

See LIL PRECIOUS - you didn't really need my help at all, you figured it out all my yourself. You can help newbies yourself, pass it on. it's all a circle.

happy to be obsolete, have faith in yourself LP, you know more about MCN than you realise.

i am such a sick puppy
my child is in knickers for ever now
i actually WANT to see the new bbh side snapping nappies and i have no reason to look at nappies AT ALL! (i'm talking real life, not just photos online).
but i still am curious!
or maybe just a stickybeak LOL

[lilprecious75]

Ah Gigi,
You will always be needed in this forum (by me as well as others) and you could never be obsolete!!

[teruteru]

i actually WANT to see the new bbh side snapping nappies and i have no reason to look at nappies AT ALL! (i'm talking real life, not just photos online).
but i still am curious!
or maybe just a stickybeak LOL

GiGi, i'm tossing and turning about getting the new BBH esp since ive heard its like the Lotus (or rather it IS Lotus). I was lucky to get a night Lotus awhile back too and i love it! There's a co-op running so can save a few $$ there, what would you do??
Do you have a BBH consultant nearby?

everyone else. Im so out of the loop with everything. but i gotta say i LOVE DMs too!! great fit but im still trying to work out the mystery behind how it can be osfm when its constructed like all other sidesnappers...

has anyone tried the new BBH, feedbacks? Yay or nay??

[CrazyLady]

I feel guilty because I needed a fluff fix and went shopping with my cc.

So I got 3 more Bonnibuns workhorse because Charlie can't seem to outwet those even with the 3 sippy cups of water a day, a bonnibuns night nappy (they are DIVINE on my lil one of a night) and FINALLY a swim nappy because the new house has a pool!

got my replacement nappies for a couple that apparently were old stock and the leg elastic went. minor fluff fix. big order not due til next week so i am chewing my nails in anticipation.

Seems my day was one GIANT POO so I am back to being whiney to DP about getting a LS but first we have to pay the 8k rewiring bill (ouch) oh and get a couch, table and high chair. picnics on the floor are a tad messy now and the crumbs get irritating.

How do i get rid of blueberry stains off fluff? I know they're good for the wee one but the nappies are copping it!

Well off to dig some shoes up that are suitable to walk down the street in tomorrow! Trying to shed my festive rear-inflation to save buying yet another new wardrobe.

[sas85]

I haven't been in this thread for so long I'm embarrased to skulk back in Elly has started trying to pull her nappy off which is very cheeky, started with the disposables we had to use for ages, diarrhoea followed by nasty nappy rash, this kids poor bottom had to cop the 'plastic bags' for a while, now she tries to do it with her fluffy ones as well. Anyone have any tips for this (other than putting shorts over the top which seems to be the only solution thus far)?

Do you ladies with older bubs think it would be weird if I let DD sit on the little kid toilet seat on the toilet every now and then??? I know she's way to young to be actually toilet trained, but wasn't sure if should just let her get used to the toilet so she' likes it and knows what it's about when the time comes, especially if the new bub will still be little when she shows signs of readiness. She is so interested in the toilet, she follows me there and actually cries if she realizes I'm in there without her and says wee-wee, wee-wee when I go and then yukky when the loo paper comes out and giggles when it's flushed. She also tells me 'poo-poo, and screws up her nose and sniffs' as soon as she's done one - so was thinking maybe the cloth nappies are letting her know when she's dirty and I should maybe see if she doesn't mind the toilet occasionally. Mum thinks I'm mad so I haven't, but I'm not talking about TTing just, learning what its there for. What do you think? She wears GF nappy knickers a lot now so wouldn't be hard if did once a day, is it insane?

Wow, I am so out of touch and haven't bought anything for ages, but will soon be having a tiny bottom as well so maybe shall go off and stalk the newborn stuff You can keep an eye out for me Gigi if it gives you a reason seriously though, you are a wealth of information to this thread - you can't leave.

[NaNa]

Well hello there! Does anyone remember me??
sas- IKWYM about the pulling the nappies off business... if they're velcro fastening, try putting them on back to front for a while, if you're determined that your DD should keep them on. Otherwise, side-snappers or snap-fastening nappies seem to be harder for little ones to get off or they're not as interested in trying for some reason. Maybe because they don't make that lovely velcro-ripping sound?
I got a potty and started putting it in DS's room, telling him about it, and putting DS on it (with nappy on still, at first) at about 5-6 months, just to get him used to it and let him know what it was for and that it wasn't something unnatural or to be frightened of. He took to it really well, and I just never made a big deal out of it. Then I progressively introduced a kids' toilet seat insert (about $5 from Kmart, I think) and just kept explaining that we do pee-pee and caca (his words) in the toilet and to tell me if he needed to go. I think if we hadn't had so many disruptions in the last 6 months (overseas travel, moving house, starting childcare) he would be much closer to being fully TTed. As it is, he is pretty much TTed at home now and getting better all the time at day care now that I've taken him out of the centre and he's at family daycare with older, TTed kids. It was too much for the staff to handle at the CCC as he was the ONLY kid out of 40+ that was in cloth nappies, and was the youngest kid to be at least partly TTed. It seemed too difficult to just put him on the toilet when he asked, as they were too busy with so many other kids.
We have had to go back to full-time nappies for the last week or so, as DS has had a bout of diarrhea, possibly caused by teething or a food intolerance (or both! such fun. ). It's too hard for him to tell me he needs to go when it's a sneaky pooh. Poor boy has a terrible rash with it, so it's no fun at all.
Like Bimboo said, it's great not to have any of those issues that a lot of kids have with toileting or a fear associated with it. There's some pretty helpful info on a website called tribalbaby. I think it's an org site.
I soooo miss shopping for fluff though! I was sorting thru some of DS's teeny NB stuff and found an itti d'lish. Almost got clucky for a minute there! Woah.

[1MOREPLZ]

haven't been in here for aggggggggggggggggggggeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssss!! !!

we are hoping to start out next journey of IVF come jul/august...we are seeing our FS in March...soooo hoping we have NB fluff next year!!!! how exciting

[Kitt3n]

Hello everyone!

Kat waaaa hooooooo! Oh how I crave to shop for NB fluff!!

I have to admit that I am still a Sugar Shot, Beetlebum and GF addict.

Who was asking about blueberry stains? SUN!!! Oh that black poo - reminds me of the very early days LOL! If Laa won't eat anything I know she will at least eat blueberries - oh how I hope they stay relatively cheap!!!

WOHB - sugarshot

oh and .... i couldnt resist.... I have some of the new petite all's on the way! will review once they are here but they do look FAB!!