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Magic Stick is a Grovia product. It's an MCN safe (obviously), wind-up stick one, which I love, cos then it doesn't get on my fingers.
Even at the height of our ammonia wee stages, a normal nappy wash was fine - the nappies smelt totally clean and fresh after a wash. I never did a strip wash, and his nappies and wee returned to normal once the teething settled down.
It could be teething actually because being 18 months, the teeth have been coming thick and fast for the last few months- she almost has a full set! Just missing incisors and bottom back molars. Everything else is up or just cutting.
An update on the leaks. I spoke with Georgia at itti and she wants me to send some pics of DD in her nappies to see of they are fitting right. I'm sure part of it is how I put them on cause its always around her left leg where it leaks. Im also sure that she's become a heavy wetter cause of the amount of water she guzzles. While I wait for more boosters, I'm using bamboo Swaggers wash cloths as boosters and its working well.
Thanks LL, must be why I haven't seen it around, because GroVias didn't work for us in the NB stage so I stopped looking at them.
DD2 has heaps of teeth too now! She already has all her back molars and just a few gaps in the middle towards the back top and bottom. Quite bizarre really. I didn't notice any difference with DD1, but she does not have sensitive skin where DD2 certainly does. Still staying on top of the rash with MooGoo, but it's not cleared up for more than a day at a time. :wall:
I need more liners too, so might go online shopping. ;)
WOHB: This morning - White pea pods, but DP is home with her today, so probably a TotsBots by now
FL, Thor has been drinking heaps of water recently, too, as he increases his solids intake, I guess, but also because he has recently learnt to use the hand sign for 'drink', so he can ask for one whenever he wants (which is about 20 times a day!) we had a bad day a couple of days ago, going through 4 pairs fo trousers in a day!! Despite boosters! Then, he's been fine again since. :shrug:
Hi ladies, I'm after some new nappies, I'm pregnant with number 3 and DS2 just used all of DS1's nappies but they have pretty much had it now. That was over 4 years ago. I mainly used Greenkids and BBH's. I'm not a fan of itti's.
So what are popular nappies now, what does everyone love?
Cheeky Butts are super cheap if you catch the sales and clearance items. I also love Bambooty, I've used them on DD since birth (sizing up as she grows) and they are a lovely compact nappy although when she was younger, pre-solids, we did have leak issues as she was a heavy wetter but boosters fixed that.
I also have Coco Baby, really beautiful prints but not the best fit around the hips as my others.
I also have Itti, probably my favourite brand!
I have a very mixed stash, lots of secondhand purchases and giveaways. If I were to buy new I tend to go BBHs and I would probably get some more Swaddlebees and Peapods. But honestly, see what kind of sales are on and what worked for you with your two DSs. Congrats btw! I'm cooking no 3 as well, but only used MCNs for DD2.
WOHB: iPlay swim nappy (swimming lessons with DP!)
As a side note I only just worked out what WOHB means.
Most of my stash is sales stuff too. I don't think I've ever bought a full price nappy. I've always wanted to try Twinkle Lily Trimesters.
ETA-
WOHB: Cheeky Butts OSFM pocket in retro apple print.
I am the same. never bought a full price nappy. I have an eclectic stash made from many second hand ones and sales. I have some lovely genesa forge nappies. i have a great newborn batch, with many fitteds but i m not sure of the brand. wish i knew so i could look out for more.:
i also have a bag of nappies that need elastic repairs, but i'm not sure if they are worth it, i don't know if i could sell them at all. i guess i could repair them and then pass the ok ones on to someone just starting out.
i am loving wombutts pull-ups on DS at the moment. fit well, very absorbent and not too big in his pants.
I am the same. never bought a full price nappy. I have an eclectic stash made from many second hand ones and sales. I have some lovely genesa forge nappies. i have a great newborn batch, with many fitteds but i m not sure of the brand. wish i knew so i could look out for more.:
i also have a bag of nappies that need elastic repairs, but i'm not sure if they are worth it, i don't know if i could sell them at all. i guess i could repair them and then pass the ok ones on to someone just starting out.
i am loving wombutts pull-ups on DS at the moment. fit well, very absorbent and not too big in his pants.
I got Spock a couple of GF NN (the osfm because they were on sale =p) thankyou for the recommendations. I love them! No where near as bulky, and they don't smell! My bbh stink, no matter how many times ive strip washed I think they ae fine but as soon as spock does her first wee or farts they reak all night. We did have one leak with the GF was a poo but in all honesty I dont think anything would have contained that poo explosion. But the great thing is it didn't stick. I didn't know until I took her pjs off.
We are just back from a week's camping. DD2 still sposie free, and I'm pretty proud! Loved using terry flats all week, so simple! I have a mammoth basket to fold now, not really looking forward to it. I need to simplify my stash (again)
Just popping in for a bit of advice re fit on a chubba bubba. Dd is 7 weeks old and easily over 6kg, at her 4 week check she was 5.6kg. So she has some.super chubby thighs lol. Im having trouble with my mcns being too tight and leaving red marks around her thighs and.waist. i have some bbh all in twos (medium, thigh snaps as loose as they can go), bumcheeks osfm and china.cheapies osfm. I dont like the osfm on her atm as they're too bulky, but they do the same as the bbh and leave marks. Any ideas or recommendations on other brands to try? Itti bitti are out too as they done the same to ds for the same reasons. We've been using sposies and i wanted to make the switch back to cloth, but it seems like we'll just have to use them permantley :/
Red marks aren't necessarily a problem. It's pretty normal to get some red marks on your skin when you wear something firm fitting, and it doesn't always mean it's too tight. My DS usually has a little red line around his legs where the elastic sits, but it comes and goes depending on the weather and humidity, and how active he's been.
If her whole leg was going red, that would be a problem, but I don't think I'd worry about a red mark unless the skin was rubbed raw or rashy as well.
You could always find a local nappy consultant and show her, and maybe borrow a tester pack of different brands to see what fits her best.
Hi everyone :)
So in preparing for baby 2 I'm thinking of getting some prefolds for when she is tiny as with DD we had massive leaks and poosplosions initially even with my smallest sized nappies. Just wondering, do prefolds generally fit inside a OSFM shell if it is snapped to the smallest setting?
Mine do LL.
We just did two weeks with the ILs. They bought a pack of ten china cheapness for us to use while there, and a half dozen terry flats. We just took night nappies, liners and covers. It was awesome, so much less to pack! And more room for presents! I'll do that again I reckon!
Thanks Luna moth. Seeing as though I'm MCN obsessed and also possibly nesting I ordered three newborn covers on sale just in case, to add to my osfm stash. A Bubblebbs cover and two Rumparooz (I think that's the name). Plus two Grovia newborn AIOs as they were heavily discounted so between the prefolds, newborn covers and my existing atash of osfm and small sized nappies I think We're sorted. DD is still in nappies so I also ordered a couple of $7 osfm pockets from nappy change, they only come with one insert but I've got plenty already. Plus a Bubblebubs night nappy as one of my Bambooty ones has almost died. DD is a heavy night wetter, not sure if new baby will be or not but want to be prepared ;)
PS I'm impressed your inlaws bought you MCNs! Neither my parents nor inlaws would know how to buy from the net, let alone buy MCNs online. We are interstate with family but because DH's family is in the city, mine is in the country and we are staying in 5 different houses all up I decided to use disposables for the two weeks we are away. But I do miss DD's fluffy pretty bum!
A quick question but firstly some info...
My cousin has given me her entire stash of mcn's. we currently use itti's.
In the stash are cushie tushies, baby beehind multifit magic alls and baby beehind petities.
I've tried a bbh magic all on DD who is almost 15 months old and it's really bulky and too loose around her legs. The petities seem to work ok though.
Should I hang onto the stash and see if they fit DD when she's older or sell them and use the cash to buy some more itti's? If I sell them, I'm also planning on giving my cousin a good amount of the cash.
I don't like BBH. They look too bulky on DD, they almost seem to imbalance her little posture. But I'm used to having mainly trim fit nappies (like Itti). So no real help from me, sorry!
I'm the same with BBH - mainly itti here too. DD hated them too so I need to get rid of them. We've got a couple of cushie tushie chameleons here and they've been good.
If the nappies don't work for you, I'd get them out of the house - if your DD is anything like mine enough clutter gets generated.
BBH are good for longer times between changes (car trips etc). I really disliked greenkids when dd was younger, and couldn't understand why others liked them, but now they are faves with my son. i just think they fit better on bigger kids.
i tend to keep things til i know i won't use them again cos i can't be bothered with the selling and repurchasing, but i know i have hoarding tendencies that i am fighting against.
BBH magically and multivitamin are a bad fit here too, too loose around the legs. But ittis are no good either, just not adjustable enough and we get tummy gape.
See if you can't trade them. Maybe someone likes them. I have always had a bit of a hard time selling them, though, as they're on sale so often and fairly well known, so there's always lots on the market.
My DD1 has a staph infection on her bum. It's pretty nasty, but easy enough to treat.
If they were sized magicalls I would take them, I'm loving magicalls at the moment, hating ittis too for the tummy gape.
Are you going to keep the cushie tushies? I might be interested, cos I really, really need more nappies lol.
Thanks Mummas.
Saffy they're all going!
Would you like a list of what I have?
What itti's do you have?
My ittis are mediums D'lish AIOs.
List away, might as well have a look ;-)
Here's my list to de-stash...
1x BBH Monkey Fun PUL cover- small, used 2-3 times
1x BBH Bamboo fitted OSFM used 2-3 times.
1x BBH Paw Prints Magicalls Multifit Used 2-3 times.
1x BBH Magicalls Multifits incl 2 boosters per nappy
5x Cushie Tushie Couture
3x Cushie Tushie Basix
2x BBH Magicalls Multifits with BBH fold up insert(missing Magicals inset but have others that work).
All in excellent condition, some hardly used, no stains and washed in sensitive MCN friendly laundry liquid.
PM me for more info. I'll be lisiting these also on a FB page asap as a major household cleanout is in progress!
So Spock is starting to flood nappies... I THINK what is happening is she is at a point where instead of doing lots of little wees, she is doing one big one and it is too much in one go and over fills the nappy. I'm now changing her more often, every 2 hours because they just aren't keeping up...
I am starting to look up on toilet training. Thinking of doing something like the 3 day thing, because it is really just nappy free and ec type thing. And should do it now while it's hot and summer. But just need to find a nice chunk of days when we haven't got plans.
Any tips for the mean time? Is it as simple and just putting an extra booster in?
Enjoying nb cloth again! ;) Not so much enjoying toddler and nb both in cloth. :/ LOTS of washing. Lucky that the nb nappies dry so quickly.
WOHB: BBH NN with purple PUL cover
WOCB: Lil Joeys nb
TT40 how old is Spock again? BTW DD rarely outlasts 3 hours in a nappy and that's with a booster. I think she holds on too because (from 22-23 months) I started noticing one super wet nappy that I'd sometimes have to change after 2 hours even an hour and a half, followed by a couple of dry nappies etc.
She is 19months LL
You could be onto something then TT40. I notice with DD after her swim class her (post swim) nappy is so wet and full that she must hold on while in the pool then empty once she has a dry nappy on.
The warmth of the pool and the activity possibly makes her go too, LL. Certainly did with DD1. Only in her case it usually meant a poo too. :/
I can get up to three hours with DD2 with extra boosting, but no more. And now it's summer she drinks a lot. Atm with my milky oversupply she's also doing huge wees. Try boosting with a prefold, TT40. When I need serious boosting that's what I reach for.
WOHB: BumGenius with prefold and extra booster
WOCB: MotherEase nb with BBH nb PUL cover (ladybirds)
Our family has been through our first shared episode of diarrhea and vomiting... Thank goodness we all seem to be over the vomiting part, but a week and a bit later, DS (16mo) is still producing 2-3 sloppy nappies a day, generally at the end of his nap, of which at least one overflows the nappy. We have been doing so many loads of washing lately it's ridiculous! I only have Grovia Hybrids, always with one booster, and we normally get very few leaks. I've been thinking of changing to sposies until his poos get back to normal...
How does everyone else handle diarrhoea?
Photo we (well my dd) has had some loose, massive poos for the last week, mchn thinks it's teething as it isn't diarrhoea per se. I had been using cushie tushies Eco disposable inserts (with a CT shell over the top) when we were camping so I just continued with them, as the mcn liners were NOT containing the blasts at all. I must say it was a relief to be able to chuck the smelly mess rather than have to use the little squirt.
DD also had a bit of nappy rash from either the poo or some grapes she had eaten, so I took the opportunity to slather zinc on and used disposables overnight for a couple of nights as she was doing a poo early in the morning before I took her night nappy off.
Hope you get some relief from the illness!
Sounds icky Pholi, poor mama.
Just returned from two weeks away. We used sposies as we were on the road a lot / sans washing machine and I am so glad to put her MCNs on again.
Hi ladies. Thought I'd pop in to ask a few (probably stupid) questions, some that I know have been answered a million times before!
1. MCN's and zinc cream. I know they don't go, but does that mean I need to use sposies, or will a liner stop the zinc cream coming into contact with the MCN?
2. MCN's and oral thrush. I read oral thrush can give nappy rash, so wondered if I should be avoiding MCN's while he's on meds, just in case it spreads back again? CAN it spread back again? I also read that washing all bedding/clothes is recommended so I've strip washed my MCN's, just in case they were harbouring any nasties.
3.DS2 wets right through his prefolds with one wee. The cover stops leaks, but I was wondering if that's normal. The prefold touches his belly button, which is still healing. I don't want it causing an infection. Ideas?
Hi JLeigh :)
I can't answer the second Q as - touch wood - we've never had oral thrush but re the first question, a flushable liner won't stop the zinc getting through (neither the beeswax, which can also clog MCNs) but the girls here have suggested a strip of microfleece which works perfectly and is very cheap.
Regarding wetting through, are they new prefolds? I ask because maybe they need to be washed a few more times for maximum absorbency. And are they cotton or bamboo (or something else)? Cotton is not as absorbent.
prefolds do get completely soaked, it is the cover that stops leaks out. can you keep the cover lower than the bellybutton? anything touching it can irritate.
do you need to use zinc cream? there are alternatives. I have microfleece liners for when zinc was needed, but didn't have to use it that often.