Cloth Nappies #186

[briggsy's girl]

sounds like a plan..I said after lunch cos we are hopeless at getting organised before then....lol....

will message her and let her know we'll hit it for after lunch - let me know what time you think you'll get there and we'll try and time it for around then. hoping to catch up with ZF before or after, so if we make it lunch with her at the shops and then head over... i reckon i could do that lol

[HotI]

hi lovely ladies,
I just wanted to come in and say hi and introduce myself. Been lurking for a while but get shy about joining threads when everyone seems to know everyone so well.

Hi!

My DH has got the bits &pieces to make a litte squirt, just has to put it together. do they work on newborn poos too?

[meow]

Welcome Shazzi I love our little squirt too! Wouldn't be without it. We started using it a week after starting solids so no idea about newborn poo- I never rinsed off that BF poo though.

Very exciting about our upcoming models!

WOEB: Green Kids blue dots Minkytimes

[~Minny~]

Lol how slow am i? I just realised this was here

Hello my name is Melinda and i LOVE cloth nappies

Alrighty so im not up with the lingo so ill try my best

WOB - BBH hemp with MAL cover

[shazzi]

LIttle squirts and newborn poo - Don't see why it would not be useful. I used to rinse most of DD's pooey nappies before solids so i would not get residue in the washing machine. And she is a little runny right now so that is like pre-solids.

We just got the stuff from Bunnings and my DH made it up. Made him feel very manly

[starangelk]

Hi everyone - just need to shout my love for cloth nappies out loud to people who will appreciate it.

Cool thing Number One - This morning DH did a load of nappies and phoned me at work to tell me that for the first time ever the poo stains didn't come out and he could still see them. I told him to put them outside in the sun as that is supposed to help the stains and he said ok but in a VERY disbelieving way and muttered something about napisan before hanging up the phone. I worried all day that he would have soaked them in napisan and I didn't want them going near my little girl! Anyway, he just brought the nappies in and ran into the room to tell me that all the stains have "magically" disappeared and it is a "miracle" - hee hee.

Cool thing Number Two - We saw the MCHN this afternoon and when we took DD nappy off, there was a massive poo and the MCHN exclaimed that this was the biggest one she had seen in ages and marvelled over how there was no leakage from the prefold and the cover kept her clothes totally dry and how amazing it was. She then said that she is going to tell mothers who complain about the sposies leaking about how good our prefolds and cover system was working. Yay!

We are just SO happy with our cloth nappies...........

Now a Q - is anyone using BBH magicalls OSFA? I have some but even on the smallest setting they seem too big for DD still? She is 5 weeks old and 4.6kg. However, she is wearing BBH Petites Small and is on the largest setting. Maybe I am not snapping the BBH OSFA correctly to the smallest size.....

WOHB: Bamboo prefold with Thirsties cover

[maz]

hello Shaz. WTG on hubby for using his nogging and making your own little squirt. We barely use ours anymore but I cant part with it

YAY Minnie chicky about time you got in here.....and dont worry about the jargan....just ask

I bought some more bamboo fleece to make more trifolds....they are working really well as extra boosters for tank atm so gotta stick with what works

I read somewere that there is special powder now for mcn's...dont ask me what its called have no brain....does anyone know or has anyone used it?

WOMB - sunshine GF

[*TripleJ*]

its called rockin green maz and its hard to get right now its from the us and sells really quick im actually finding the surf really good with the water here i use about a quarter of a scoop sometimes less and my nappies arent smeely despite being inside for a while now coz of the no sun and my lovely wood fire that dries them in a day lol it is very fragranced though and being preg at the moment its very strong lol dosent smell after the wash but out of the box is very strong

btw maz i sent u an email

WOJB: pul pocket

[maz]

see...now what the hell would I do without ya babe

I MUST get some...hope it comes in funky smell's...Im a smell sort a chicky

Email you say..........

[*TripleJ*]

does that mean i get a discount now? ha ha ha lol

it comes in nice scents and when i can afford it im gonna get me some too but the surf works for me at the moment

[~Minny~]

I have heard about the rockin green stuff, but yeah it sells out so fast! There were samples somewhere but i cant remember where you could get them from. Will have to keep looking when they get more in.

Does anyone use longies? If so where is a good place to get some full length ones?

WOSB - Sandman

[HotI]

Today miss daisy had her first lot of vaccinations. One of these was the oral rotavirus vaccine. The nurse said that this is a live virus and so you have to be consistent with handwashing after nappy changes for a week as it comes out in bub's poop. I asked her about what affect using cloth nappies would have, as in would you have to do special washes to kill anything in the nappy, but she had know idea about mcns. Just talked about napisan, soaking and hot washes.

For those who vaccinated their kids, do you have any info on this vaccine and cloth nappies. Any ideas if they have to be washed any differently?

Thanks,

Kate

[*TripleJ*]

ive never had an issue with DS rotavirus is gastro it think if i remember right u just have to make sure u wash ur hands so u dont come in contact with it

[melbel]

I hot washed (60 degrees) for about 14 days with a canestan rinse in each wash to make sure the bugs were killed......espesh now being winter with not much sun for natural UV sterlising...but then I am a bit anal about germs....LOL!

[teresa]

Bbh is selling rockin green at the moment if anyone is interested.

[maz]

Does anyone use longies? If so where is a good place to get some full length ones?

I might have some hon.....fat boy had gotten to long for some of his..but then they might be to big for Sebastian still hmmmmm

thank you so much Teresa, im off to look now...Minnie if I get some did you wanna go halves to try it out??

[~Minny~]

I might have some hon.....fat boy had gotten to long for some of his..but then they might be to big for Sebastian still hmmmmm

thank you so much Teresa, im off to look now...Minnie if I get some did you wanna go halves to try it out??

Oh noice let me know i can always fold them up hes gotten long now though

Ahh i just had a looky definately go halvies....if theres any left!

[CrazyLady]

Cool thing Number Two - We saw the MCHN this afternoon and when we took DD nappy off, there was a massive poo and the MCHN exclaimed that this was the biggest one she had seen in ages and marvelled over how there was no leakage from the prefold and the cover kept her clothes totally dry and how amazing it was. She then said that she is going to tell mothers who complain about the sposies leaking about how good our prefolds and cover system was working. Yay!

LOL! Pre cloth DD used to get a FOUNTAIN up her back and make a real mess.

Welcome new subscribers!

J-I had no end of trouble with surf washing powder in my washing machine. Residue in dispenser, marks still on clothes, crusty residue on the outlet hose. Also DD got little red dots after I washed her clothes after a load of mine and DP's clothes.

WOCB: errrr.......... I think I have a bonnibuns on her tonight. She was originally decked out in her Maz night nappy but she decided to errr..... make me a present in it lol