Cloth Nappies #186

[briggsy's girl]

the hospy i was in was cloth only too - if you wanted to use sposies you had to take them yourself!

WOEB - BBH and MAL little miss sunshine (i think!) cover

ETA - Miss E is going to be a cloth nappy model! woot!

[luna moth]

I KnnnnOW! I am so gutted. But, whatever. Tis but a few days in a fluffy life.

Pffffft to the *cough cough* young girls. They just don't have the smarts for cloth.

Just found out there's not one but TWO packages at the post office! Yay yay yay, now I can't wait for tomorrow. If I get up nice and early, I can pick up from 6:15am. Dunno if baby Exhaustipator is gonna help me wake up that early though. Depends how cold it is. (southerners don't you laugh at me! I had to recalibrate when I moved here )

[meow]

Our hospital provided disposables for free (I think- maybe you had to bring them?) and a nappy wash service for $10 per day. We knew we were going to use cloth and were prepared to pay the $10 but we never got charged. I'm pretty sure the midwife just assumed we were using cloth and straight away showed us how to fold them, gave us a disposable tie on cover and that was that. If you have to use disposables I'd be hunting down some eco ones in newborn size- less icky stuff on a newborn bot at least.

[Pandora]

Maz - that would be awesome but would be way more exxy than the bamboo. let me know how much extra.

Im still wanting to get DS in cloth on the weekends I wish DH wasnt so pigheaded

[CrazyLady]

Pffffft to the *cough cough* young girls. They just don't have the smarts for cloth.

It is sooo true but prior to having DD, education regarding MCN was unheard of. My friends that all had children were old school and sposie users and thought cloth nappies were yucky to clean. It's only because my cousin mentioned MCN and I started digging around google that I discovered cloth wasn't just terry flats and nappy pins. I admit I was more detered from cloth initially because I was PETRIFIED of sticking a pin in DD! I would have nightmares about it (didn't even know about snappis). DD started getting nappy rash at about 3 months and then i was doing some research and came across MCN! Even talking to mums at playgroup they're gobsmacked about what modern cloth nappies are. They were so shocked that you don't even have to soak them! I made sure my older sister was educated on nappies and she's stocked up prior to my little nephew's arrival.

[maz]

See now Meow brings up an excellent point...if hospitals are going to use sposies then why dont they use eco ones? Or enviromentally friendly ones? Stupid Huggies grrrrrr.

I would stand firm to and pay the $10 Meow....sposie crap

Had SIL try and give me some pull ups and I told her to give them to someone else casue im not into land fill. Well that went down really well

OMG BG - Miss E being a model...who for??? spill lady :
P andora babe....:nerner: jsut PM me your addy again

[HotI]

The royal women's hospital said in their blurb that they provided cloth nappies, or you bring your own disposables. i was happy to use cloth and didn't take any in, but then was given a few huggies and told they don't do cloth anymore. urgh!

however, i also don't get why people stress out about the idea of soaking nappies. (i know that mcns don't need it) why would chucking them in a bucket be such an issue?

[briggsy's girl]

Twinkle Lily - later this month
she gets a freebie nappy and maybe some other stuff
means a trip to Melbourne but that's ok!

[melbel]

me too BG...well Connor that is..he is gonna show of the little bubba nappies.....hehehe.

WOHB: BBB Night nappy and Disana wool soaker.....is sleepin...well...just like a baby!!

[CrazyLady]

however, i also don't get why people stress out about the idea of soaking nappies. (i know that mcns don't need it) why would chucking them in a bucket be such an issue?

I have no idea because I have a bucket for soaking clothes anyway. I think people just see it as extra stuff to do. Plus, washing/soaking nappies is sooooooooo much harder then just throwing it out and leaving future generations to deal with the mess. right?

[maz]

BG and Mel - omg omg omg how exciting both of you. say hi to you know who for me tell her I'll pop in one day for THAT cuppa :P

CL - ive got a bucket aswell...thats were our cleaned off pooy nappies go . Others go in the flip top bin. Amazing how quick that bugger fill's up.

I think I have a cold starting

[teresa]

we had to use sposies for the first few weeks as DS was premmie and the MCN's i had for him would have come up under his armpits!! lol. plus we didnt have the money to go out and get premmie cloth ones. going to stock up on pre folds for next baby!! not sure what the policy was in my hospital. was booked for a private hossie but things changed a week before i had him!!

[briggsy's girl]

oooh Mel - what time you going hun? will try and catch you on msn - maybe we can try and time it for similar times and catch up so i can finally get cuddles with the C man!

WOEB - NFI - daddy changed her!

[Kitt3n]

Poopie - YIPPPEEE!!! WOW congratulations hun!! How exciting (the baby AND the MCN LOL!!!)

Mel and BG - WOOT on the model thing, how cuuuute! TL are a pretty great easy to get workhorse, I must admit!

As for the eco nappies in hospital - they don't use them because the nappies that they are use are given to them for free by the glorious loving **cough cough spew spew** huggies Most of you know that we ended up in hospital for a few days when Laa was born, DH brought in all of her MCN but the midwives told us not to worry about cleaning them so we just used the hospital terry flats. I was so sick taht hubby did 95% of the changing, to this day he still prefers the flats LOL. However he is also able to use all of our MCN, which are side snappers. YES, MEN CAN WORK SIDE SNAPPERS LOL!

Well I am waiting on a couple more beetlebum pockets, then that should be enough - will have around 2 dozen pockets for Laa, she goes through 5/6/7 nappies a day now. Only into the m/l nd larges now, its cool but makes me sad at the same time!

WOHB - BB ISO paddlepop

[melbel]

I nominated for an after lunch timeslot...not sure exactly when yet.


WOCB: itti bitti d'lish...not sure which colour!

[briggsy's girl]

we said a bit before lunch, but we're flexible - can change to be a similar time if you want to try and catch up?

[melbel]

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

[shazzi]

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.

DD is 11 months old and we have been using mcn's since she was 6 months. Really wish we had gotten into them earlier but like a pp above I thought they were all flats and bleach soaking etc. Did not like the thought of all that chemical contamination. But geez the sun does such a brilliant job - when it is out of course!

I just got a little squirt thingy for the toilet and OMG it is so good! So much easier than washing the muck off in a bucket or naughty naughty in the laundry tub.

WOKB - Purple Itti Bitti