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Ooo I'm expecting some of these in the mail on Wed.....I've been using the multi fits, but I think they're just too bulky for DS. Got the Latte, Emerald, Dew, Sunshine and Orchid. I love the Orchid colour, so pretty. DH thinks it's too girly for a boy but who cares, not me and certainly not DS! :D:
Very much looking forward to trying them out.
We use the petites and they are wonderful! We even use them at night but put a cover over them just in case.
Urgh have to buy more mediums for DDs. Luckily I have plenty of smalls and larges so now I get to work on newborn and mediums :)
I was so tempted to try the petites but DD didn't like the BBH fit for ages and now she's mega happy with the Abby Gro. Not going to change on her now. I know Abby Gro can stop her flooding everything too and that was a hard task to achieve, Her 1 litre of water a day habit really tests her nappies.
WOCB: Sposie *sigh* with Maz cover for extra protection- She's flooded the bed last 3 nights at 1am so looking like no more night cloth for us for a while :( At least I get comfort in her throwing wobblies every time we pull a sposie out :lol:
woohoo we finally have fluff :D 2 cute tooshies and and a couple of others
i finally have a chance to sun the nappies!! i keep forgetting to put them out. i am thinking of taking advantage of this sunshine to go for a walk... as far as a nice sunny patch of grass anyway...
mm there r some med petites on nappy addict for sale... so tempting tho at this rate i wont need any mediums for months with the skinny little bum and thighs DS has!!
WOCB: blue itti bitti with gaping legs...
Well i have gone nuts and brought some new nappies! Well some are second hand but new for me :p
Got a seconds DFM and Second hand sandman. Both arrived today...gotta say im loving the side snapping! Also brought 2 newbie DFM and another sandman. Also a bamboo skulls and cross bones fitted nappy ahhhh sooo needed that fix! My paypal account on the otherhand didnt!
WOSB - Maz A12
watch those gaping legs cmarfol lol
just a question with those who have or had 2 in cloth after #2 came along did u decide to wash everyday or did u still just wash every 2 days? and wat did u use coz my bucket is not going to be big enough i have those mini wheelie bins and was thinking of using that for them
WOJB: blue monkey CGR
J - I just washed when my bucket was full, so it was normally every night I would put a load on, and then rinse in the morning and hang out.
Now I do a load probably every 2 days because the girls are in sposies of a night, so there isn't as much bulk in the bucket as before.
I have 1 petite, in green. It looks great on Teddy, I think it might be his favourite. Right now he's wearing a dodge-o homemade prefold with a mauve loveybums wool cover. No poosplosions yet.
I'm watching the Insight debate on mental health. Wondring what each party's propsed strategies are for dealing with wack jobs who obsess over what cloth is on a teddy bear's bottom.
So.... on washing for the noob... by washing every 2nd day, you mean doing a nappy load every 2nd day, right? And then maybe do you do a regular load on other days? I had figured it might be a load every day - and I'm cool with that, I love laundry. I don't know why it matters. But, yeah, I guess what I'm asking is how much washing is there really? Every nappy I've ever used I just send away for someone else to deal with. Whole new world :)
Belated fluffy mail announcement: 5 tots bots bamboozles. Coloured ones. So cute!
we have a green one here for the baby too lol and i just got one for DS too so they can be matching lol plus we have matching covers that maz is making he he
i just have a really large washing machine and its only half full with the nappie at the moment thats wat i do audax i was nappies one day then clothes the next lol but Jamie wasnt a super chucker or anything so i did nt have a huge amount of washing
WOJB: BBH night nappy and MAZ Jamie cover
AUdax, I honestly can't remember when I only had one in cloth about the washing, I think it was like that - clothes one day, nappies the next. However at the moment, I have 3 loads a day every day - nappies, whites, and coloureds. And boy, have I slipped behind, I have a mountain of washing in the laundry to do, and a mountain of clothes to fold.... eeek. I just close the door.. and back away...
Audax, i have one bub in full time cloth and wash her clothes, blankets etc and nappies together (might change when she starts solids). We usually do one load every two days of everything and this is enough. Maybe once a week i have to do an extra wash of her stuff. In warmer months, there will prob be less washing because bubs don't need as many layers??
My little one is starting to outgrow her newborn nappies :cry: They still fit around the tummy and legs but the rise is getting bit low, and the covers are a stretch- mmm, maybe i just do bigger covers? Will be sad to pack them away, they are so cute!
Has anyone used the bigger kissaluvs? I have size 0 that are getting bit small but wondering if the bigger ones hold enough wee.
Kate - I had the size 1's and they did Kelti until she was about 7 months. You can get a booster with them as well which helps increase their absorbency.
We didn't have nearly enough nappies when my son was born so I was washing every day. Once we had a bigger stash I think I still washed every day for a while as they go through so many when they are little, I could just relax more about getting them dry and not chase the sun & heater all day (no dryer).
I now wash pretty much every second day, so the theory is I wash clothes on the alternate day but sometimes I do 2-3 loads in a day and other days I don't wash at all.
I still haven't decided what to do about two in cloth. I already have the biggest sized nappy bucket and I don't want to deal with two buckets so I think I'll just use the one and go back to washing every day.
well we got fluffy mailo only problem is its the wrong colour ooops oh well at least i can get the sizing right so far jamie likes it lol
WOJB: daddledoo black and purple zebra soon to try on new petite lets see how they go :)
Meow - I have a kitchen swivle top bin. It sits on the laundry bench and I can aim and shoot ;) my nappies into it. It holds 3 days worth for one so would easily do 2 days for 2. We out grew our nappy bucket very quickly lol
So how many of us have discovered the joys of rockin' green? I got some samples last week and O.M.G i did a soak and the water was BROWN!! TOTALLY DISGUSTING. bet's the crap out of a strip wash. My nappies smell and look so nice and new again.
WOMB - GF, extra boosted for Mr wee-a-lot and embroided with a tiger
I thought I'd be smart and have 2 buckets, one near the change table and one in the laundry.. well I used the one near the change table most and forgot about the other one till I noticed a smell in the laundry.. Oh there are those nappies I hadnt used since 2 weeks ago! Eeek.. they had turned pink for some reason too! I'll be washing them a few times before I use them I think!
Finally got a few girly nappies in the post, bubblebubs and monkey doodlez:)
WOHB : Woddlebots AI2 with stars
Thanks Mel. Think i might get some.
WOHB: Dew (aqua-greeny) coloured BBH petite
(This is just a self indulgent post because the BBH petite nappy is so cute!)
lol kate i'll do the same thing
WOJB: dew petite its a bit big so i might have to go mediums oh well we'll see how it goes but it does mean i have to buy a emerald one my boy must have skinny legs lol
I have 1 in cloth and just do a pre rinse on the cycle with just the nappies in then I throw in the powder and rest of the washing for all of us and push "go".....so i do one full wsh a day nappies and clothes together.
For a nappy bucket we actually have a huge zippered planetwise wet bag...it hangs on his bedroom door handle and touches the floor....could easily get two to three days worth in there if I had to...doesn't smelll because it is airing through the breathable pul...I have two in rotation and just throw it in the wash with the nappies.
We got fluffy mail yesterday.....BBH Magicall and BBH night nappies plus some itti bitti mediums...my littl boy is growing up...*sniff*
Loving the night nappies (we had the smalls) and I think i might love the magicalls even more than the itti bittis which we used as a staple when he was little. I have a few medium petites but they seem to leak a bit, not sure if it is because they are so narrow in the crotch or if the boy just needs to grow into them a bit but the magicalls lasted for ages yesterday on just one prewash...very impressed...yes they are wider and less "sexy" but I think they are a better nappy for us at the moment.
I also got to try a twinkle lily trimster that we got as a freebie for modelling for her nappy shot and so far am very impressed......a basic no frills pul day nappy with no leaks.
WOCB: medium itti bitti soon to be changed when he finally wakes from his nap
I really want to try this for Princess Piddles' nappies. I can't order til after I get back from my Melbourne trip as the post out here is veteran snail pace! Knowing my luck the order will come in and I'll miss the post.:
WOCB: Abby Gro Citrus slush. She was too stuffed pre nap to get a night nappy on and hopefully she hasn't flooded our bed!
ETA **** ARIMEH! I missed your pregnancy announcement with my lack of forum cruising the last few weeks! CONGRATS HUN!
Thanks Maz! I think I'm sold on a bigger bin. A kitchen bin is a good idea- I was worried about the smell but then I realised we don't really press the lid down properly on our current bucket anyway and I don't notice smell now.
I'm also sold on Rockin' Green! Will have to add some to a shop... which sites are selling it again? Maybe I'll wait till September for the nappy hunt... will be nice to super clean everything before the new baby starts using the 2nd hand nappies.
Thanks crazy lady :)
Meow - I think... ecocubs sell it?
ahh im so ready for mr c to put some chub on!! we have only got 2 nappies that fit him around the thighs so im changing his clothes almost every nappy change :wall: even the sposies rnt any better!! anyone got any suggestions??
Prefolds and covers?
I was going to say the same thing as Arimeh.....prefolds and covers. We used these and X is only just starting to grow out of the small prefolds now. I really liked them as they would adjust to fit her legs etc etc. The other thing we did was just use a cover over the nappies that were a bit big around the legs. We have some thirsties covers which are fab as they are gusseted around the leg.
I would suggest covers too. Otherwise, the only nappies we had that really worked from birth were Bumgenius OSFM. My son was 4.3kg at birth but he had chicken legs and lost a fair bit of weight due to my low supply so he was skinny minny too.
ive got a few but they seem to gape as well, but barely meet around his waist...
What brand of covers do you have? Maybe someone can suggest ones that might fit better?
umm ive got 1 tots bots, 2 bummis and 3 baby beehinds. ive also got a small thirsties duo that i use as a cover as well.
Do they have leg gussets? Gussets are the bomb for skinny legged kids - used them heaps with DD1 - my favs are motherease rikkis. Never had much faith in BBH, they never seemed to fit right over prefolds, flats are ok (as a last resort).
Still prefer motherease rikkis and maz covers though to any other cover.
hmm ive got a motherese but its a bit big, i think the next size up from what i need. the tots bots & thirsties hav gussets and i think the bummis do.
depressed and bored.... so I just bought an Auriel. :)
you have my attention :p:
which one????
Im currently waiting for a DFM with the skulls embroided on aqua gelatoe...hmmmmmmmm
Like.:
Ummm.... is it bad form to be on a nappy ban before this baby's even out? DH has said absolutely no more.
So I have to get to the postie first.
Haha Audax, thats classic! I remember being like that, and then a nappy got lost, so I started sending them to DH's work's PO Box. His boss thought we were dealing illegal drugs or something from overseas because there was always a huge package there for me.. haha!! DH had to prove to him one day that it was just indeed - my fluffy goodness.
No news here! Not buying anything - too broke and need to save our money for our big adventure - if it happens :p
Ohhhh how did you get one?? I always miss them! pfffft lol:
Im waiting on some fluffy mail..... WW green minky with panda embroidery, Bundle of Buns black minky with skulls and crossbones and a DFM with a pentagram embroidory! Keep stalking the posty this week!
I am thinking of buying another wet bag, prob through darlings downunder cos there a few other things i wanna buy too :lol:
I have a small planetwise and a BBH wetbag but want one in between the 2 sizes, to fit 4 or 5 nappies. i like a zip closing.
I think i am going to go for one of the planetwise wet/dry bags, it has 2 pockets so you can carry both clean & dirty nappies. Now the big question, do I go for practical-goes-with-anything black OR do i go for a bit o colour-slightly girly-dot tastic pattern?
i have dot tastic...its real purdy!!
Lol Snuggly. My husband always says that.
(I'm currently waiting on four. Three widdlewuns and an Applecheeks. And some boosters from Maz ;D)
I've heard Rockin' Green is out of stock most places. Mines on pre-order from the local nappy shop here, eta Mid-August. I washed half my nappies with the sample and omg. The difference between the unwashed and washed is amazing.
WOMB - Purple BBH Magicall.
WONB - Green BumG.