Cloth Nappy General Discussion #201

[luna moth]

Just out of curiosity those babies with rashes what type of MCN are you using?

One lady I met on the buy/sell/swap group had to change her whole stash from pocket nappies to bamboo or organic cotton because they discovered the rash her baby got was an allergy to the synthetic linings. So basically she had a lot of expensive BBH Magic-Alls she had to sell, then buy the bamboo or hemp fitted and covers.

I have one kid who's not so great with synthetics, and the other who reacts to natural/absorbent fibres being next to her skin. Lucky I have a big stash!

The big one is toilet training! And I'm ok with that.

WONB: Elmo undies
WOSB: dragonfly magik.

[Frangipani Lou]

Heads up my fellow mcn lovers! Itti bitti is having a 20% off everything sale until Friday 15th March.

Mmm.. What do I need? Want?

[Amy_jellybean]

Yay for the itti sale!!!!!

Boo to putting my little man back in sposies for 24 hours he has his first lot of needles today and I don't want the rotavirus vaccine to stain his nappies.

[Cattie]

I ended up buying 8 ittis during the festival which arrived today yay! I then told dh about the 20% off sale and he was like "you need more nappies after all these?!" lol. I agreed I'd wait for their le's

Did you get anything fl?

Dd's rash is stable tho not gone, the sposie o/n seems to clear and 'reset' it each day! Makes me a bit sad tho so I may try cloth again soon with the fleece liner...

[Cattie]

Sorry double posted for some reason...

May as well add, how's everyone doing with the nappy hunt? I'm finding some sites really hard, lucky you don't need to find them all!

[Amy_jellybean]

I just bought 12 AIO's in the new colours. Now to sell my new medium SIO's hahaha. Have small snap in ones and they dont fit DS right so im selling them.

[Ladylove]

Where do you guys sell your MCNs?

I've got the SIOs- don't like them as much as the sized AIOs because the Itti AOIs dry pretty quickly... I find the SIO aspect a bit unnecessary.

[Amy_jellybean]

Im on a few of the MCN buy and sell pages. There is one called MCN itti bitti buy swap and sell - That is the best one.

I think SIO are designed more for boys because they are mean to be more absorbant, but I find they are too bulky on my bubba. We use Bitti boos at night anyway so I dont mind if I have to change him more often during the day, it means I can show off my nappies

[Ladylove]

How are the bitty boos? I use Bambooty night nappies on DD at night but despite the extra layers I still have to add an extra booster in myself. When she was younger I had to add two extras.

[Amy_jellybean]

I love the bitti boo's but I havent used anything else. I just use the normal boosters and a fleece cover and it last 8pm til 6am

[Mum2twoBoys]

My ds is a heavy wetter, and we find bitti boos only last 3hrs during day and not overnight. So we tend to do other fitteds like bbh and sandmans.

WOWB sandmans and bbh wool cover.

[Frangipani Lou]

Yay Cattie and AJ new fluffy mail! Nah I didn't buy anything. We are saving pennies to update a car cause DP's went kaput resulting in us borrowing my brother in laws dads Old Volvo!

[Amy_jellybean]

Good self control Lou! I should be saving my money, I spent it like water yesterday! New nappies, new coloured toppings for my pram, clothes, new door seal for washing machine :/ all up I think I spent about $700!

Can't wait to get bubba out of the disposables! We've had a terrible night without the night nappy on, stupid needles!!!

[Cattie]

I agree the itti aio dries just as quick as the sio, they're great! I think the sio is good if you have extra boosters and just want to change them and reuse shell, or in winter you could chuck the boosters in the dryer... but I just got 4 more aio cos they are so easy, and 4 tuttos cos I love the colors (the lilac and baby pink are just gorgeous!) I find the boo fine but a bit too bulky...

AJ wow exciting about the new colors! Did you need to repeat some colors, cos three are missing? You sound like you have some serious itti addiction happening

Fl bummer about the car! Lucky you stocked up on ittis earlier this year - I reckon that sale was the best ever!

[luna moth]

We just had needles too. We don't get rotavirus, so haven't had to worry about that, but I have noticed that being a cloth user makes me a little less dose-happy with the paracetamol! Haven't used it yet with this kid.

We got fluffy mail yesterday! Two mumma pads, new booster for the baby, and a pretty for the toddler. Who is now toilet training. Sigh. And we're going away tomorrow, so won't get to put it on for ages!

We'll be away for 9 days, so we're taking:
10 Bubblebubs Bamboo Delights
6 TotsBots Bamboozles
10 assorted pockets with interchangeable inserts (Bonnibuns, green kids, issy bears)
10 terry flats
4 snappis
4 small covers, 5 big ones
10 microfleece liners
Flushable liners
3 small wet bags, one big one

Haven't packed wipes yet. I'm not forgetting anything, am I? Stressed out of my brain, trying to pack, get to swimming lessons, comfort sad baby, get the house reasonable. Gaaaaaarrgghhh!!

[Pholi]

Ooh, Audax, holidays with cloth... I hadn't even thought of that! So much to remember!

What is paracetamol mean to do to poos/wees/nappies? I've given it to DS on occasion in the last few weeks, but I haven't noticed anything...?

And why not use cloth after the rotavirus? (Such a newbie cloth user, obviously.)

WOHB: GroVia hybrid Owls

[Ladylove]

I've never travelled with my MCNs, always use sposies.

My Coco Baby pockets arrived- they are sooooo pretty! I want to do the pre washes now so i can get DD's chubby little butt into them but it's been raining all day here

[~Kim~]

The sorbitol in the panadol stains MCN. But only some kids excrete enough to do it. I've had 3 in cloth and never had a stain.

Amy, I've never switched to disposables after the rotavirus vaccine. Actually, I think I did with DD1's first one, and then I read some stuff and realised I didn't need to. I'll see if I can find it.