teresa, are you breastfeeeding? if so, express a little and whack in on the blister - i did this just this week and it worked a treat!!!
otherwise moogoo soothing msm cream :)
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teresa, are you breastfeeeding? if so, express a little and whack in on the blister - i did this just this week and it worked a treat!!!
otherwise moogoo soothing msm cream :)
unfortunately i had to give up bf :(
where do u get that cream from kitt3n? pharmacy?
Howdy,
Im looking at getting some large custom GF AI2s made for DS.
How many do you think I should get? This will be the main cloth nappies that he will wear.
He's 1 now, and with sposies he might go thru 4-5 in a day. 12 or 18?
We wont be doing cloth overnight though as im yet to find one he doesnt pee through and the trial and error is getting expensive.
WOOB: aqua tie-dye GF
Maz- LOL sounds like u had a good time...
hmmm for when bubs arrives i have at least 1 of every possible style/type to try, see which works best for him. im thinking hes gonna b a whopper so hopefully he can fit into the cute AIO asap!
speaking of which i had my 1st attempt at making a AIO/AI2 yesterday, thanks to *beema*!!! didnt work out toooo badly (despite my questionable sewing skills) but jeeez damn pattern, its meant to be a small but is MASSIVE and looks closer to a medium, small large maybe!! still cute tho.
some chemists have it teresa BUT you can buy it online from their store. Unfortuneately we cant giv eyou the directlink due to the guidelines but let google be your friend ;):
how many GF's have you got already hon? I think we have about 8 and about 18 auriels, they tend to do us for 4 - 5 days if that helps.:
work on about 5 nappies a day min
ATM I have 7 GFs in medium, but they are just too small so I need to upsize.
Aso have 3 greenkids that are OK, 2 bubblebubs and an iish fly
Cool 5 a day is about what I thought, wanted to make sure I wasnt being overly stingy.
So maybe I will get 12 and then some bubblebubs. hmm.
Making DH use them is the hardest part but Ive figured out his issue is with the poo not the nappies. He doesnt want to rinse of clean them, and he flat out refuses to use cloth wipes, same reason.
So I thought I could buy the cotton square wpies you can get that you still need to spray with ewater, but better than the wet kind on his bum.
Will the (dirty) nappies be OK if they're stiing in the nappy bucket til I get home from work? As long as they're getting empties at the end of the day?
they should be ok just harder to rinse and get it off coz i had this issue when i was working
Pan - Jed and I often forget to wash pooy nappies for a day or two :redface: we have an empty bucket in the sink that we put just those nappies in cause he does 3 -5 a day :o yes my 2 1/2 year old poo's that much STILL ( you should see how much he eats lol) and I dont rinse every single one out, they all go into the bucket int he sink and I rinse the poo of the morning and wash them then, you could do the same but at night instead. Get most of the poo off and then give them an actual rinse in the washing machine before doing a big load.
I might know someone who would be intersted in your medium GF's hon
My son goes to family day care two days a week and his carer puts the cloth wipes inside the nappy, rolls it up and puts it in a wetbag... so the poo ones sit like that all day. They are fine to clean off in the evening- no problems at all. We use a little squirt.
Pandora- I quite often get DD doing a pooey nappy as I'm running out the door and it's not remembered for 9-10 hours. we just get off as much as possible and we're good. i do a wash load every night at DD's bath time (DP bathes her) and never really had any issues unless DD has that nasty acid pee while teething.
WOCB: maz night nappy. Hun I really need large cover. could you PM me with details on how to obtain one?
Maz, if you do, they are welcome to them for free once I can replace them with the larger size, which will be in 2-3 weeks.
Some of the inserts need to be fixed or repalced, (DH left them in a nappy bucket for a week and there are a few very thin sections as a result, a d a couple of holes) but most of them are ok. Just not willing to charge money for them.
Fluffy mail! From BBH, a little rainbow of magicalls, at some very reasonable prices. YaaaaaaaaY.
I am still waiting for my bbh! I did go shopping today and found a brand new bbh wool cover. Now just need help re lanolising! Who can help?
Teresa, I found that I did not need to lanolise the BBH wool covers as they are pretty thick. However, if you do want to lanolise them, you can get sprays or stuff in a bottle that youput in a little water and let them soak in it.
I like the sprays, they are easier, but the bottles are better value for money..
thanks kitt3n. i just heard that u had to lanolise them. if i do lanolise them, do i need to do it before i use it?
woo! i got fluffy mail today as well! only prefolds so nothing too fluffy really but i have more coming later this week :D oh i cant wait!! two of the ones ive got coming this week are bumblebee and giraffe patterns hehehe
teresa you can give it a go without doing so, if you find they leak through then give them some lanolin :) The BBH ones are really thick. I don't lanolise my loveybums ones either (LOVE the loveybums)
thanks kitt3n will see how i go :D
i just washed all my new nappies including the wool cover (on cold gentle wash of course) and i think it has shrunk! is that normal?
will do in a min hon:
OH P hon she will be over the moon...I'll make some new boosters for them ... to easy. Are you going to get side snapper or front snapper ones???:
I only ever hand wash my woolies...bugger that its shrunk :( ther eis somethign you can get that releases the shrinking..I just cant remember what its called atm.:
This kid of mine atm...he's got a bit of blistering happening....need to make somemore velour liners for him I think
WOMB - lime dot minkee NN
I have kinda crashed in here and stuck my nose in. have been around for a while - was haunting the larger family thread but its so quiet it there lately and you guys have more chatter. Been a flat cloth user on and off for years, was not allowed to use for hip probs in one of my kids and back again now in the world of mcns. :0)
welcome halltribe :D
We've finally done it............... we are now using cloth day and night. I ran out of disposables which I had been using of a night time last Tues night and made the decision to use those night nappies I had sitting in the basket before she grew out of them rather then ducking up to the shop for another packet. We had a leak out of last nights, but I think thats because it hasn't been washed enough. It's made no difference to her sleeping pattern so I'm happy to continue with them of a night.
I now need to strip wash up all her newborrn size and sell them which is kind of sad, just waiting for this horrible rainy weather to move along so I can sun dry them. I wish MCN's had of been around when I had my boys, they are so much easier then terry squares not to mention so much cuter.
a huge grats on becoming full cloth. it feels good doesn't it?
Wow halltribe- that is a big family. Cudos to you for managing the washing of cloth nappies!
Yay mollycat for full time cloth!! We started out using cloth full time from birth but at about 16 months when our son starting "almost" sleeping through we switched to disposables overnight as I would feel in his nappy as he woke and it felt wet or clammy or cold and I think that was waking him. Once we changed to disposables he started sleeping. Prior to that he was waking to feed anyway but at that point he didn't seem to actually want to be waking up IYKWIM. We'll do full time cloth with the next baby too and see what happens about overnight. We buy eco-disposables and I've decided I don't care about using one a day anymore.
I've started repairing my retired bumgenius nappies. I'm no sewer so I'm not finding it super easy but it's also a lot simpler than I expected. I think I'm going to get some bamboo prefolds for baby#2 but will wait for the next nappy hunt in September to buy them.
woo hooo mollycat.
it feels like such a big leap, but it only adds one or 2 nappies to the washing..
we are trying to get DD1 TT over night so ill only have 1 in nappies :(....
how do you use the pre folds??
Hey there again - gotta ask as I have been hanging around here and a few others places - what is the great nappy hunt???? I have oblivously been in my own little world using cloth for many years and am I missing out on something???
Mollycat - I would be interested in any newborn/small nappies you maybe selling? What brands?
Great down under nappy hunt is where you get clues and find icons with the chance of winning prizes. It's scarily addictive. you might have come across unusual pink icons with "GDUNH Mar '10" on. They were from the last one.
halltribe - i'll pm you. a lot of the newborn ones were ones that I made myself, which worked really well as bub was only 6lb4oz born, there are a few bought ones as well. I'll have to go down to the garage to find out exactly what is there, but that won't be til tomorrow as I have a meeting tonight and start work pretty soon so don't have time to do that now. There's a combination of fitteds and AIO's and a few covers as well.
oh yes the nappy hunt
its a good way to make a monthfly by lol
ohh the nappy hunt...lots of bargains to be had that month.
It feels like forever since I bought some new fluffy mail :(
:hello: hello everyone
Halltribe - we used side snappers for tanks hips....worked a treat, helped bring them in and straighten them up. He had very bad bow legs and his hips were really badly placed. Our PEAD was talking about putting shunts in his legs and a cast for his hips if they were no better at age 3....6 months after he told me that tank was straight and he was amazed.
I have a basket full of wet nappies that need drying and its so cold and wet here that I doubt its going to happen in a hurry
WOMB - BBH fitted and jungle fleece cover
ohhh can someone please tell me what WOMB is??
Hey Maz - cool about Tank's hips. I was using the old flats which were too bulky in the middle and pushed out the hips and it was a big no no! But the new mcns are much trimmer in the middle so are OK. My oldest boy has CP (or closer enough) and there is also an hereditary hip condition thru the family so have had to be little careful. My Cp boy who had to wear sposies since his diangosis had has huge hip probs and surgeries anyway so prob made no difference.
Tank has CP aswell hon. I can still see his wonky hips when he runs but atleast he's running :)
Back again for some much needed advice...
BBH Covers, Small - How long will they fit bubba? (Approx of course) & Whats the difference, or which do you prefer PUL or Wool? & Why? :D Thanks in advance again!
Not that I've used them yet but I'm going to be going for PUL covers. I'd love to stick to natural fibres and have wool but you can't machine wash wool and you have to lanolise them. PUL ones can be washed with the other nappies.
Ammaki the BBH wool rubs on Leah's legs and leaves red marks that stay for days. I prefer PUL.
personally i like PUL as i seem to always stuff up teh washing with wool and shrink them :doh: so for safety in the washing machine i got PUL
this is just my personal opinion though.
but teh wool covers are soo cute as well its hard not to choose them lol
have no advice re sizes though as never used that brand covers
Looks like PUL is the winner for comfort & practicality haha. Might buy a couple of second hand covers to try them out :D thanks so much!
Also does anyone know of MPM members who sell the Snappis? I think thats what theyre called LOL. Im trying to look around websites but not having much luck..
bbh PUL covers and sizing
newborn - 3-5kg
small - 4-7kg
medium - 6-11kg
large - 10-16kg