Cloth Nappy General Discussion #192

[luna moth]

Same here Audax. DD's came out after about 3 weeks with ecostore powder and sun. I have a spot that only gets sun on the inserts/boosters and not the shells. Do you use mostly pockets or ai1/2?

Can use either. I guess ai2s are better cos I can sun the inserts? Roger. Pockets are annoying me, actually, and since it looks more and more like we're staying in Qld long term, i might get rid of them all.

WONB: Cornflower blue Bonnibuns pocket (ironic, much? ) It's SILs and she is still in my bad books, so am hoping it gets stained.

[HotI]

It's SILs and she is still in my bad books, so am hoping it gets stained.

[CrazyLady]

Can use either. I guess ai2s are better cos I can sun the inserts? Roger. Pockets are annoying me, actually, and since it looks more and more like we're staying in Qld long term, i might get rid of them all.

WONB: Cornflower blue Bonnibuns pocket (ironic, much? ) It's SILs and she is still in my bad books, so am hoping it gets stained.

I hated the pockets because quite often they'd have an extra absorbant layer sewn in. I found sometimes if they took slightly too long to dry they'd get a tad stale smelling. To quote helle's interpretation of ecostore powder "I hang them out in the sun and they're so white, they're blinding" (inserts) I think I got that pretty much quoted I definately prefer the AI2 with the shells without extra absorbant materials in them. They smell so much fresher when you can pull the whole wee/poo area apart and air the lot while drying. It's also nice to be able to sun the inserts and put shells in the shade. Minky especially stays so much more vibrant!

WOCB: nothing. free bum before bed!

[teresa]

we had a party for DS's 1st birthday yesterday. we gave him some cake and he had it all thru his hair and over his face that i just gave him a bath afterwards. anyway i just put a tshirt and nappy back on him and the topic after that was how much cloth has changed and how gorgeous his nappies were! needless to say they were a hit! gotta love showing them off

WOHB - liquorice petite.

[~Lashes~]

Currently being driven mad, has anyone else had this happen? almost every nappy DD has at the moment have appeared to sprung leaks! its driving me mental, no sooner have i changed her then i need to change her again, it just seems to flow out the leg/crotch area, its both odd and anoying! and is happening in everything, ittis, (both delish and tuttos) abby gros, pea pods, you name it. i know its not the waterproof layer or the elastic, as it happens in the brand new ones to. and they were holding up just fine last week
has this happened to anyone else? please tell me it stops and they start fitting right again preferable very soon!

WOKB: NFI ive changed her that much today already ive lost track!

[teresa]

sarah - maybe they need a strip wash.

[~Lashes~]

done that!
im hoping she is having a growth spurt, but dont think they would all be affected?

[Arimeh]

Sarah - are they all front snapping ones? Any wing droop?

[~Lashes~]

she has one side snap that still (just) fits, is wing drop were they overlap? as none of her nappies have that, they are either a good cm apart or on the final snaps. hope i got that right!

[Arimeh]

No, wing droop is where the wings slip out from under the waist part and hang in their crotch area.

We can't use front snapping nappies for that reason here.

[~Lashes~]

ahh, yeah none of that, but it is driving me mental! i change her and if withing 40mins she hasnt pood in it, she has peed out the legs bit. the poop dont bother me as much, its just the piddle part, she seems to have turned into a piddle queen or something overnight!

[Arimeh]

Do you have any spare boosters lying around? Chuck another one in and see if that helps - cos they can sometimes pee a lot more, seemingly overnight!! Ittis used to hold up fine in my house, but not when the kids got older.

[~Lashes~]

i have a couple, ill give that a shot today why didnt i think of that! thanks, fingers crossed it works!

[Arimeh]

Just don't shove too much in there and create leg gape.. LOL

[briggsy's girl]

Hello lovely ladies
haven't been in here for ages - just been doing the cloth thing and been really cruisy
anyway, just wanted to see if anyone has any advice about holidays and cloth
we're off on a road trip mid week and will be gone at least a week. we have organised a couple of places to wash a load of nappies (yay!) on the way, but wondering if wet bags will be ok cos we'll only be able to wash every couple of days (leave thurs, wash sat unless accommodation has a washing machine we can use before then, and from sat to monday arvo/tuesday morning) - or weather we should try and find room for a lidded bucket in the car. also, given we can't do washign every day, should we keep dry pailing, or should we rinse them at each stop? we should have enough time for them to dry each time seeing we only really have AI2's, and we'll be using liners so we can flush any gross bits as we go...

[Arimeh]

I'd take wetbags but thats just my personal preference. If you take a pail, you can always wash them in there if you get stuck for nappies though.

[briggsy's girl]

I'd take wetbags but thats just my personal preference. If you take a pail, you can always wash them in there if you get stuck for nappies though.

good point
i guess we'll see what room we have lol
travelling with a kidlet is just turning out to be hard work! lol

[CrazyLady]

I used wetbags while visiting melbourne. it was easier to cart them between the IL's and parent's house. I also took a smaller one for trips to the shops or when I stayed at my sister's house. The bucket would have been a pain to transport. I only got to wash every couple of days there because at one stage we had 7 adults and 2 MCN babies staying at my parent's place. The wetbags were easier to just hang somewhere rather then finding floor space for a bucket too

HTH!