nappies come off DD's butt, and unless they are dirty, they go in the bucket. when it comes to washing time, we disassemble them (i try to do it as i go, but DH doesn't, so we usually have to pull them apart at wash time) - throw them in the machine, put in a small amount of powder, and set it going. we have a nappy cycle that does it all for us, so honestly, i don't know exactly what the cycle does - should probably look lol
dirty nappies get rinsed and we usually wash straight after. she is, at the moment, only going every 8 days, so we just create a load when she's been so we end up with no stains
all our nappies get dried on an airer - any that seem mildly discolored get put in the sunniest spot (we dry inside until recently - so the discolored ones go near the window)
you'll probably find you have to change the nappies more regularly than you do with disposables as there are no crystals to store the moisture!
ummm, don't use bum creams like sudocreme - they will reduce the absorbancy by creating a barrier on the material. if you check out the cloth nappy threads there will be mention of the ones that are ok to use (moo goo is the one i use, but tehre are others)
don't use fabric softner
Thanks BG and Sterla. Ill check out that thread you suggested BG.
Also another question i thought of, what is the most economical way to build up a stash? Are they cheaper online or from shops or is it pretty much the same?
Ive bought alot of my stash second hand, there is a facebook group lots of BB girls are in that is for selling/swapping mcn, or buyforbaby is really good too! I used to use nappychic but that's closed at the moment.
We started slowly like you, and just built up to full time cloth! My favs are cushie tushies, and pop ins, but have little bits of everything - Green Kids and BabyBeehinds for nights, and a few pretty ones too
I use a tiny bit of powder and then half a cup of Bicarb to wash my nappies- then dry in the sun. We dry pail also. I'm using a mixture of flushable liners and fleece liners - and make sure you use a sposie if youre giving him panadol as it stains nappies!
We do the dry pailing and it works well (although the laundry is a bit smelly with this heat!). I rinse off any sticky pooy nappies but DD is at the stage where the majority of the poo's just fall off into the loo. Don't do anything special with the washing - prob one load every 2 days, about 1/8th the washing powder recommended and I think its a 60 degree cycle (its just the towel setting). I just use run of the mill washing powder, but I know some people use special types.
Winter is a pain for drying, which is why the bumg's work well, otherwise I just have the house looking like a laundromat with airers full of cloth nappies everywhere!
In terms of building up our stash, we started with DD in terry flats as a nb, and then when she was around 9mths, got a great deal on the bumg's at the preg expo (and it was just after one of the stimulus packages - thanks Mr Rudd!!). ANd don't forget that it might seem like a major purchase now, but I got DH to think of it as an investment (esp going for the bumg's) as #2 (and a poss #3) will go through them too!
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