Cloth Nappies #185

[Asparagus and Lemons]

Hey ladies,
Just thought some of you may like to know, although some probably know already.. I have darlings down under on my facebook and they are changing owners very soon and are trying to get rid of lots of stock... I keep looking at the sales.. monkey doodlez aio's are only $15, and covers are $12! And they are selling fast, heaps of stuff on sale.
If only my credit card wasnt maxed out and the savings in an overdrawn position. Grrrr.....!!! I cant even afford one wipe at the moment!(not that I need it!!)

[AngelPants]

kitt3n- sorry this may just be severe baby brain but what does WOHB mean?

[Kitt3n]

kitt3n- sorry this may just be severe baby brain but what does WOHB mean?

LOL not baby brain it's "what's on his/her butt" Just a bit of fun really

[*TripleJ*]

i feel boring being in here lol

just using naps and washing every second day occasionally needing to use the dryer with how cold its been

but im going to cheat when i stay with my mum im going to use sposies at night coz they take ages to dry plus i dont think i can be bothered dealing with it when im busy with his party

WOJB: BBH night nap and his custom jamie cover
WO#2B: nothing lol some nice cushiony amniotic fluid

[AngelPants]

hehehe ok riiiight. *smacks forehead* that would make sense.

people with boys, how do u go with getting pretty nappies? DF is very pro-boyish/manly clothes and nappies *sigh* ive seen so many nappies that are sooooooo cute but are apparently too girly same with clothes as well. so i guess we will just have to hava girl at some stage...1st 1 in 3 or 4 gen in DF's family...so i may just end up with lots of boys....

[Fuzzywuzzy]

Fuzzywuzzy - woohoo! (and btw, fuzzy wuzzy was a bear, fuzzy wuzzy had no hair... )

Haha, my hair is actually pretty fuzzy and I sometimes wish that I had no hair.

I have a question about prefolds for anyone who's used them. DD was a 10pd bub so for the next one I am thinking prefolds, but is there a specific brand that I should go for? Are some smaller than others? Some that I've seen range from 30-40 square cm's and I'm not sure if they'll fit a bigger bubba.

[starangelk]

Hi Fuzzy I was wondering about this too. I have bought about a dozen prefolds and when I washed them they shrank (it said on the packet this would happen) and now they are tiny! They only JUST fit my cabbage patch doll - that's right, I tried them on my doll . Hee hee. I am waiting for my first to arrive so had to use a substitute!!!

[Asparagus and Lemons]

cmar - there are some nice boys nappies out there, I've only bought a few that are girly. I think woddlebots, I got a black nappy with blue stars from there, it's adorable, I also got a few with frogs on them, they could be girly too but would be cute for a boy. I also got a booroi cover that is red striped that would be good for a boy.
Payday today.. I gave in and grabbed a big order from darlingsdown under
I have no idea where I'm going to put them now, my nappy bookshelf is very full.

And I have a question.. Newborn poo's.. are they black? I've heard the first poo's are really bad and can ruin the nappies, so I'm thing of using spossies for then. But how long will these deadly poo's last?

[AngelPants]

poopie: ROFL ur terrible (Muriel)! i just had to close the DDU, bbh and nappy bucket windows before i could click checkout on any of them, hopefully there will still b some stock on tues (our payday). tho i did cave and buy some 2nd hand tots bots from nappy addict....
a thought poopie, ur bubs is going to have to be reaaaaaaally grotty to get at least 1 use of all the nappies u have! :P

i have heard the same about newborn poos, we concluded sposies as well....lol had a demonstration session with DF & sis last night with the MCN that i have so far (they will b the most likely ppl to change bubs other than me) and i think sis will be fine but i think we will somehow end upon sposies when DF is in charge!!!!! he was like...ok....cool.....and went and started fiddling with some bit of something he brought home from work....lol any suggestions of how u guys got DP/DH/DF on board with this?

[HotI]

They only JUST fit my cabbage patch doll - that's right, I tried them on my doll . Hee hee. I am waiting for my first to arrive so had to use a substitute!!!

I have an orangutan stuffed toy that tried out all my baby stuff- clothes, nappies, hammock, pram, car seat...

And I have a question.. Newborn poo's.. are they black? I've heard the first poo's are really bad and can ruin the nappies, so I'm thing of using spossies for then. But how long will these deadly poo's last?

They only last around a week to 10 days. I have just started using my cloth nappies in the past week (bub is 4 weeks old), but as far as poos go i could have started earlier.

For those with newborns, what cloth nappies do you use overnight? Bub is pretty sensitive to being in a wet nappy and i'm not sure what will last overnight (4-6 hours). In sposies, i have been able to do a feed without a nappy chnage if it's only wet. I have prefolds, flannel flats, small BBHs, kissaluvs and a few others that don't have tags (i got most 2nd hand). I also have bamboo here to make up some boosters.

Also, in regards to sun bleaching out stains- do you have to dry the nappy in the sun or can you dry inside and then put in sun to bleach? Over Winter, they will take too long to dry outside here so i have been putting them on clothes horse in front of heater.

One more, i had a look at the darlings downunder sale but the nappy section was way too confusing (translation- wanted to buy too much), but i would like (need) a wetbag. what brand do you recommend? Do i only need one? I use a bucket at home, but want to be able to use cloth going out too.

Ta

[Kitt3n]

Kate - I have 4 wetbags (it's good to rotate) if you are going to do cloth FT I'd say 3 is a good number, if you go out for a few days in a row and poo just happens to get on the inside of the bag you are covered KWIM? Not that this has ever happened to me, but it could. I like wetbags with a zip so that odours are contained. As for sun just give them as much as you can, even if they are near the window, as Raven taught me it's actually the UV that gets the stains out. Night nappies - try a kissaluv with a prefold on the ourside of the kissaluv, just tucked into a wool cover. Should work a treat

newborn poos - we used cloth from day one with Laa and because I was so sick hubby didn't actually little squirt the tar poo off - low and behold it dried, but you knwo what?! This was actually good, wiped it off with toilet paper and it was out, including stains, in just one wash. So my tip is to leave those ones to dry rather than wetting them with the LS

prefolds - I will be using the booroi size 1 prefolds. This and kissaluvs/swaddlebees NB and hopefully some more beetlebum NB's for when we are out!

who was after nice boy nappies? There are SO MANY! Try Genessa Forge, Widdlewuns, Beetlebums, Dragonfly Magik.....

WOHB - dragonfly magik dark green minkee

[melbel]

Kate I have found the planetwise wetbags really good.....funky prints too! I have two in rotation for the nappy bag.

[*TripleJ*]

hmm pretty nappies just look at these pics

these are all our fluffy pics but theres a couple cute ones we like monkeys here

PICS

[HotI]

I ordered one planetwise wetbag and one BBH wetbag. Yay!

(maybe joining this thread is not so good for my bank balance!)

[AngelPants]

i was just thinking the same thing myself kate!!

jwithj: wat a spunk! hehehe i love the spotty nappy its adorable!! and the red monkey one!!

nappy bag is a wetbag right?? bugger better add that to my list of things to buy.

[melbel]

hehehe...i know the feeling Kate...just spent a heap of money at baby beehinds as they are having a stock clearance sale this week...some good bargains to be had....apparently they need to make room for new stock on the way. Just picked up some of the new night nappies and the petite in alls to try out....now Mr. C is starting to sleep thorugh from 10pm to 6am he is weeting through.....night nappies here we come!

Also we no longer have a nappy bucket as such...I got a large hanging planetwise wet/dry bag a few weeks back and OMG it is awesome....hangs on the back of the door handle and would easily take 20plus nappies (not that ours ever gets that full as I wash everyday).....because it zips up we no longer have any smells anywhere......fantastic in my books. i am just about to buy a second one off an ebay seller so I can have two in rotation as the Australian seller has temporarily closed to upgrade her website. Note this is not the wet/dry bag at DDU but another model again......highly recommend them!

[starangelk]

Oh Oh - after reading this thread I have just hopped on the Baby Beehinds site and going to place an order...........I love MCN's and my baby isn't even here yet!

[*TripleJ*]

yeah he is cute the spotty one is a maz cover thats a bit small now and the red monkey one is my favourite i want to get a matching one for #2