Cloth Nappies #187

lol i hav to im pretty restrained for the amount of time i spend looking at them, if DF had any idea he'd be proud of me! but yes i get the same here and mr c is only 6 weeks... luckily im the only one home froom 7am til 6pm so i have plenty of time to play with them then put them away :)

hmm wetbags, i finally finished sewing mine on the wkend, dark blue/purple cordroy, not my best work but hey it works!!

i have heard all this stuff about rockin green wat is it???

wohb- bbh bamboo with pretty purple cover...

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i have dot tastic...its real purdy!!

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Yeah, i went with pretty over practical.

Yay for pretty over practical!

I think I'll be making some wetbags this afternoon. Splendid idea.

i gave DH a prefold demo the other night lol lets hope he can remember

WOJB: Baby safari pocket

Anyone used a swaddlebees cover? I got it with some fitters for nights. (trialling during the day at the moment while building absorbency) it's a medium but seems too small for Nao. I have a large loveybums as well but it's too big?

Is the swaddlebees just a weird size or have I done it wrong or something?
The fitteds are cute tooshies bamboo.

Ta.

Tam - I found the swaddlebees slightly smaller in size than the BBH covers if that helps? But I mainly used the ME covers so I can't really remember... I know I had some bummis, a thirsties, swaddlebee, bbh and another one in my past stashes.. LOL

Makes me feel a bit better. Lol. I didn't really want it, but I was too polite to say I'll take the fitteds and get the fleece cover from elsewhere.
It baaaaarely fits the poor tyke.

Thanks Mel.

Fluffy mail!!!

I received my 3 bambam deluxe fitteds from bubblebubs yesterday. They are super soft and lovely. They're the first fitteds I have that will need a snappi too. They have a trifold lay-in booster that I think kind of bulks them out a bit... I'm thinking it would be likely I could just use them without the booster from birth then add the booster in when needed? I know that makes the whole thing less absorbent but surely if flannel flats are good enough that early on...? Anyone else left out the boosters at the beginning?

Meow, I had the previous Bambams (not deluxe) & I felt the booster was necessary. Mine were only bifolds though. They've fallen apart now, dunno whether I snappi'd too hard or left them too long between washes, but I liked them while they lasted.

Ahh okay- thanks! I guess maybe now these nappies have hemp in them they might be stronger- but it's a bugger yours have fallen apart! Luckily I won mine so they are free!

i have a bambam and its my fav fitted, i am getting around to getting more....

fluffmail (2nd hand) med swaddlebees in a very manly pink and orange spots and a fitted, cant remember the brand, its in the wash already.

wocb- strawberry bambooty thats almost too small (it will be our 1st nappy to be grown out of :dance:)

I'm in Melbourne and utterly irritated with the lack of nappy drying weather. My sister was so excited about her MCN, she tried a OSFM nappy on her 6 day old son. A little leg gapage so iffy on pootainment. We currently have 9 people in my parent's household and washer/dryer running non-stop. DD's MCN's have been rather sluggish in drying and inserts being tumble dried. I am really glad I'm not a permanant Vis resident urrently with Princess Piddle's nappy usage.

WOCB: Whatever daddy put on her post bath as I was eating my (delayed) dinner.

Oh you poor thing! Being permanently based in Melbourne I don't find it difficult as I have a clothes rack set up near the heater all the time. I can understand how hard it must be sharing the space and laundry with loads of other family!

CL- i am totally sympathetic, in adelaide we have had 3 sunny days since DS was born... needless to say our dryer is getting a work out as well but thankfully i dont need to share it with that many people!!

Oh the horror! My fluff hasn't arrived yet, and DH will be home before me today, and I bet it comes today, eeeeeeeek, I am in TROUBLE! :lol:

We dont own a drier:( But if Im slack enough I can convince dh that we need more nappies. Although Im finding it hard to have a shortage with our hundred or so nappies :rolleyes:

lol poopie i actually have less than 20 for jamie that he can currently wear and even with the weather they are washing and drying fine but saying that he is 15 months

:spit: poopie!! far out send some my way! ive got about 15 max that hes wearing atm, thats including the ones that r a bit baggy in the legs...

I hear ya on the bad weather although today isnt to bad good day to get them dry. DS has been on antibotics so his nappies are all stained at the moment due to expolsive poos and i ran outta liners as well. Bring on summer so i can sun them out!

What does everyone think of the rocking green? Worth getting to clean the nappies with? I have heard a few people say its made there nappies less absorbant?

WOSB - GF blue minky day nappy

I just used my sample Rockin Green the other day and I'm using the rest of it right now soaking another lot of nappies. I soaked them in the machine for most of the day but all the poo stains were still there as with a normal wash. My last lot are still drying so I haven't used them yet. They feel a little softer so I thought maybe something nice had happened in the wash- better not be softener! Hope they're not less absorbent. So far, not so great here.

Wasn't sure where to spread my rockin green love - not nappies but I washed the boys whites and oscars grobags yesterday, no soaking and only on medium temp in the machine and I am rapt with the results. It got all the marks around the neckline of the grobag ( where he sucks on it, ew!) out, which even sard spray could not getvrid of. Everything has come up really well and without an overpowering fragrance ( I used the orange sample) Love it!

I bought 8 samples last week and did my first wash with rockin green today. It was a nappy + light colours wash, and everything feels softer and looks brighter. Sort of the same affect that nappisan has on clothes. But when it came out there was no smell.. similar to washing with bi-carb.
Our nappies are still quite new looking, although some of them had gone a greyish colour, but the rockin green made those ones white again. BUT that could be our new washing machine?!
Not sure what the hype about it is. I do like my bi-carb.

wohb - A gorgeous maz bumblebee cover

If it helps, I found Rockin Green made my nappies more absorbent, not less :)

How sad am I?
I just got so excited about the fact my nappies are dry so I have just put them on for their third pre wash.
I want to use them NOW!!

I am using an itti bitti at the moment with no probs so far. The Bum cheeks take awhile to dry but again no issues and my Genesa Forge is about to make its debut as soon as lady wakes up.

I have BBH, bubblebees, widdlewuns, daddledoos and bonnibuns all set to trial as long as the weather co operates :clap:

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Oh you poor thing! Being permanently based in Melbourne I don't find it difficult as I have a clothes rack set up near the heater all the time. I can understand how hard it must be sharing the space and laundry with loads of other family!

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DD and clothes racks don't mix as she is OBSESSED with pulling them down. I forgot to add the 10 day old nephew is in cloth too but sister insists on changing him only every 4 hours as she insists on scheduling him. He's going through 4 outfits a day+ from wee leakage...

Jwithj- DD is 15 months too but as she gets more active she seems to drink more water and have more wee.

jamie sometimes wees through nappies in an hour and other times nappies can last for ages its a tad frustrating but kids dont wee on command well at least not mine

i have fluffy mail coming im so excited lol cant wait to see wat maz comes up with for me :)

I watched the postie coming all the way up the street today. Everyone got a parcel except me, I swear. :(

J.. if that monkey maz put on her page is for you, well, I am SOO jelous! those monkeys are so cute!

SO Ive been having issues with the flannelette fitteds, they soak through really fast! Ive been putting a microfibre booster on the OUTside, under the cover, but they just get sopping wet within an hour. They are so soft though unlike our really rough other fitteds. eek.
The rockin green made all our nappies super soft after a few washes. So I think we are happy with the stuff now.

Hi everyone - we are still powering along with our cloth nappies and now have enough to wash every second day - woohoo! We actually have more than enough nappies but our DD has now grown out of her prefolds and seems to be in between sizes for all of our nappies except her babybeehinds. We have about a dozen peapods which we bought second hand off a friend. They came without inserts but we got given 2 night boosters which are great. Do you think I can use the prefolds that DD has outgrown in the peapods? Right now the legs seem to be too big for her even though they are a size small and I put them on the smallest setting. A bit weird since she is now in medium petite BBH on the smallest setting? Am I doing the peapods up incorrectly maybe as my friend used them on her DD from birth!

WOHB - BBH night nappy with thirsties cover

I never got peapods to fit my son. He was big at birth (4.3kg) and all the OSFM or other small nappies were fitting fine but the small peapods is huge! When it was fitting his waist it was still big around the legs. Maybe your friend's daughter had large thighs?

Thanks Meow! I haven't heard many good things about the peapods but my friend really loves them so I was keen to give them a go. I'll just keep trying them on her sporadically and see if they fit.

CL & meow- we have a clothes airer in front of our heater permenantly, but the inserts and fitteds go into the dryer otherwise they will NEVER dry ever! our clothes airer has to be guarded form naughtly little kitties who have a party pulling everything down as soon as my back is turned (pegs are a no go, they attract more attention from kitties that break into the peg bucket to steal them :o)

audax- bloody aus post i tell u! they are hopeless!

j- i am jealous too! maz's stuff is so cute!!!

poopie- mr c is out-peeing some of our nappies after an hr or 2 as well. means a lot of wardrobe changes and washing since we have only so many super absobant nappies...

anyone have any suggestions cos hes out-peeing most of our fitteds as well as BBH petite (:cry:), our magicalls and a couple of others. it may help (or not) that he has chicken legs still *sigh*

My fluffy mail - 6 x Bubblebubs - was delivered to the wrong place! It went to Failtown next door, and the downside was the DH was here when hey brought it over, but he was cool with it. That's it for my stash until after the baby's here. I've got a pretty good range now.

Ohh, in other news, I got a gorgeous planetwise wetbag as a gift at work today! Best gift ever - so thoughtful!

fluffy mail today yay got 7 new version baby safari nappies and a free wet bag i love them already and a little squirt

yep thats my covers lol theres going to be another one for the new baby plus a few other things lol i love maz too :) well der

WOJB: sposie :( night nappies didnt dry quick enough

I ladies, I hope you don't mind my crashing the party?! :)

I have had Miss H (DD#2) since she was about 2 or 3 weeks old and had T (DD#1) in the for a few month prior to her TT and I love them! For H is have BBH Magic Alls, Cushie Tushies and have recently got her in T's old Green kids.
I haven't got her into the GK's as they're just so bulky on her little bum, but I had a light bulb moment a few days ago and now they're just perfect! I seperated the two bamboo liners, folded one over and it's the perfect size as I have to fold the front of the nappy down a fair way. They look just gorgeous and we've not had any leakage!!
My Cushie Tushies have been driving my up the wall with a leakage almost every time I used them! Grrrr

So :hello: to you all in here, I do know some of you and looking forward to getting to know those I don't already know.

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My Cushie Tushies have been driving my up the wall with a leakage almost every time I used them! Grrrr

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i have 2 and i dont use them unless its for a major emergency (like i have no dry nappies around). it doesnt matter what i do to them they always leak. seriously thinking of selling them to someone who loves them!!

Yeah I hate Cushie Tushies, I've got one. The stitching came undone within a few weeks of having it and then I got a replacement. They just dont seem to fit well. :(

Have you guys heard of Applecheeks?

Well I must say I'm glad to hear it's not just me! My friend has Cushie Tushies and swears by them, thought I must have had a couple of elephant wetters (as DD#1 use to wet through them too!) . lol The poppers on my of them has broken several times, I've stopped sending it back, it's just sitting there broken and unused.

I've not heard of Applecheeks, what are they??

Hey Tiff! Good to see you in here!
Applecheeks, I think I've heard of them.. American though aren't they?

They're canadian. I got one to try. And I really like them. I think they're new here though. I was recommended by an american friend.