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just subscribing to this thread :)
i am starting to slowly get a NB stash happening :) even though i am NOT preggers mostly prefolds (maz prefolds)
woop! new thread :)
new thread im collecting NB nappies here too just saving up to get maz custom newborn stuff
got my customs today for my SIL hope she likes them and i got one for jamie 2 :)
and i got 4 fitteds i bought off someone else too for the new baby
WOJB: GNST and his new maz custom Jamie blue tie dye cover
new thread, YAY!
J: i run into u everywher hehe
OOOO, Thread is so shiny and unposted. Just putting my mark on!
Had 3 nappies EPIC leg elastic fail in the last 2 days so not happy......... All during massive poosplosions....... So glad I have floor boards.
WOCB: Bonnibuns Black paw prints night nappy and sleeping (Hope she stays there tonight)
yep teru im ur stalker lol
WOJB: baby cheeks
Leah has been constipated :doh: So today she has had coloxyl and brauers stomach calm and she seems to be getting some movement starting. She has done 1 but I think 1 more and she will be back to how it should be. So no pooplosions here for quite some time, I just did the washing so once the meds have finished working I am prepared for them. Gotta 'love' that constipated breast milk poo smell :sick:
Leah is out of the majority of her NB stuff, but Maz's NB covers still fit. I have to say they are the most versatile covers we have used. And she has also recently graduated out of the NB fold on our OSFA nappies. She is still so tiny.
Not much other nappy news here, too broke to buy anything as much as I do need to replace some of our older ones.
WOLB: Midnight purple BP, in a NB size - another generously sized nappy that suited her from birth. it has lasted nearly 9 months and I reckon she can get longer out of it!!
Alioops- Charlie would still be in NB foldover if she wasn't so long in the rise. She's a scrawny little thing and seems to gain in length before getting chubby. JUST came off crossover because of her tiny bum :P
Friend has info on some potential cheap second hand fluff from a friend of her's so will see how that pans out. Her littlest has just TT and after 6 she's called it quits on reproducing :P
WOCB: Grape bonnibuns workhorse
wow since jamie has been in cloth hes never had the newborn fold except the first time we used the CT's and the wings have never needed to be crossed over except on his large CGR which i only just got lol my little fatty i love maz covers but we only use them for fitteds at night coz thats the only fitteds i have i have one in each size and 2 larges we only used the small over sposies at night coz we werent in cloth yet it was my first cloth purchase its a spotty fleece one but we will have a lot more for this new baby coz cotton prefolds still work for jamie for 2 hours when we used to run out of nappies so im hoping that i can use them till this one is in mediums and use jamies lol but i will definately have to get some pink ones if its a girl weve got a couple of fitteds and im planning on getting a couple of BBH bamboo fitteds for nights their cheaper than night nappies lol
WOJB: WC night with his maz custom Jamie cover i love it already lol it a bit bigger than his other large though
just posting to sub my cloth buddies!!
:hello:
Hi girls long time no post. Just been plodding along with our nappies. Got some new very pretty mini lalas last week to add to the others. Having a few leaks in our bumgs which is annoying. We r trying some large magicalls since mediums are getting a bit snug but the larges are huge!!!! That's about it :)
ditzy me didnt realise there was a new thread!
Where is all the GDUNH buzz ladies???!!!!
I am just waiting on a few more nappies and then I really think i can say our stash is complete!
(until we have another, especially if it's a boy!!)
Once here we will have
12 medium SugarShot pockets
12 med/long SugarShot pockets
9 Sugar shot Ai2/3's
3 Beetlebum ISO's
7 GF's
5 Peechee fitteds
4 SugarShot fitteds
8 DFM's
(and not enough maz covers ROFL)
For night nappies we now have 4 Beetlebum Woolie nights and one fleece :)
YAY!!!
WOHB - SugarShot!
WOOT new thread! took me a while to find it :doh:
Our stash is probably a bit underdone still - we could do with a few more so I can wash every two days - but we are living on the bones of our bums ATM so I just can't buy. Sigh.
I am going back to work in about 10 days so I will hopefully be able to get a few more nappies for DS, plus start my newborn stash too. Never got there with DS, it was just all too crazy. Now I just have to get DP to use cloth while he's at home with DS instead of me. He has a smell aversion, so even wet MCNs are too strong for him. I've told him to toughen up princess. I dÃ*dn't invest in all that fluff to have it sit there looking pretty.
Waves too all
Ali - hope leah's constipation gets better. Not fun is it?
I want your collection Kitt3n!
Charlie has a sposie on her bum because we FINALLY received our furniture from melb and I found a packet of sposies I used the day we left so i didn't transport wet/soiled nappies in my plane luggage. She's almost grown out of them and I refuse to just throw them away unused as i feel it's pointless. yet I still feel sad she doesn't have a lovely MCN on. Well I guess time for a stripwash on the nappies as I have some as a reserve then.
OOh yes, GDUNH buzz...
I don't have time and its too hard!! Lol - no but I am having fun perusing at my leisure. No chance of winning anything - or getting any extremes though!
Love your new av Infinity!
im too busy hunting to come one here lol
WOJB: CT couture sunshine
I can never get into the hunt not sure why??? One day I'll give it a good go.
Kitt3n I have to say thanks for getting me into sugar shots! They are great :)
I had dry nappies on the line and went out and it rained!!!! Grr I hate that.
Hi girls :) I just wanted to have a little grissle about the eenee snibbs that I purchased and am now so annoyed that I spent money on them :( Gigi I should have listened to you ;)
On a much happier note I LOVE the BBH bamboo foldups and the covers and small petite's I got :dance: Gosh I can't believe how small the Petite's are and that my baby will really fit into them! In hind site I guess they are pretty expensive considering they can't possibly fit into them for very long but they are really adorable! I'm also really happy I did order them last week instead of waiting for the nappy hunt cause for one they dont' participate and for 2 I got online to order more covers this morning (cause i only got 2 to see what they were like) and now they aren't on sale anymore 9bummer) But I guess I totally got a bargin last week saving $57 :dance:
ezymay I tried the nappy hunt last year and it took so long to find the icons on some sties that it just annoyed me :rolleyes: This year I am enjoying having a list of online baby stores cause I'm interested in buying stuff especially nappies! So I think the list is useful for me in that way and if I come across the icons that great, so far I've only found 6.
I have a ? about wipes. Do you use them dry or do you wet them with water & witchhazel or some other solution, ring them out and then keep them in a container? sorry if that sounds really dumb but I just have not idea?
oh Bimboo I'm so sorry you have lost your little girl :comfort: I will be sending you my prays now and on Friday :hug:
Oh bimboo I'll def be praying and thinking of you. Fly free angel
I'll have a candle burning for your little angel Bimboo. My thoughts are with you and your family hun :hug:
Hopefully there is someone on here who can direct me to a type of MCN information sheet to give to DS childcare. They just don't get it so I think I need to provide them with written info so they can understand why, and how and all the dos and don'ts!!
Thanks everyone! I don't come on here very often because the conversation moves too fast and I can never keep up, but it is always nice to know it is here when I need it!
Thanks!
Hi ladies
I have been watching this thread for about 3 months now.. thanks to everyone as you've all given me alot of advice. Im a bit pre occupied with the nappy hunt at the moment, no bub yet, but I am certainly addicted.
My stash so far is:
34- NB - 15kg fitted's
5- NB covers
10- 5-10kg covers
6- 10-20kg covers
12- 8-20kg fitted's
18- AI2 OSFM
And today I managed to make 2 fitted AIO's, I bought some fleece and terry and flannel to make some breast pads and I bought too much so I thought I'd have a go. they look like they'll work but not sure what size they are, meant to be newborn but are waaaay too big.
I have no idea how many I'll need, but I love buying them. Can anybody suggest I get anything else? And hi! I might post from now on as I dont think my cloth addiction is going away any time soon!:rolleyes:
mummy tummy.. Oz cloth nappies have a very thourough FAQ section and all the info you'd ever need. You could probably cut and paste most of the info you need for the childcare place.
cherished - Wet, definately wet. In summer I just keep one of those spray bottles on the change table and spray the wipe with that first, in winter I run the wipe under warm water first. My bub is pretty easily irritated by chemicals so just water here :)
Bimboo - I've been thinking of you and your little girl today. :hug:
Poopie - Dude - you already have more than me and I'm gonna do 2 with mine :lol:
Maz - I got some oh so lovely little covers in the mail and they are so small and cute thanks lovely, I've put a fitted and a cover on one of DD's teddy's that's how tiny which she just thinks is hilarious so think it will stay put till #2 arrives.
Side Point: Every time I say expecting #2 I think of the toilet lingo, hmmmm.
Mini La-La's, DROOOOL! I am resisting, I am strong.
cherished, I wet a whole bunch of face cloths. You know those huggies wipes containers, the big ones? I wet them, ring them out and put them in those :) Wet wipes on hand all the time. Re: the petites, I got a medium and it fits Ashton!! Sure he is on the last snap, but it FIT! (was brought for bub in tum) I have a layby on with 2 smalls, 2 mediums and 2 larges and I can't wait to get it off. The larges will fit him great and they are so trim :)
Bimboo, my thoughts and prayers are with you at this tough time :heartbeat:
Well girls I am back. It's been a very stressful time for me the last 6 months, so I haven't been on here much, and I haven't since I think december! But I am back :) Ashton is sort of toilet training, he uses the potty at home most of the time. I am in no rush though, as when he says "YUCKY MUMMY YUCKEEEEEEE" I usually have about 30 seconds MAX to get him to a toilet... and there is no way I am waddling my way over to a toilet that fast if we are out!
Levi has a nice stash coming along! I am almost completely done for him nappy wise. He will have Ashtons m/l nappies and I've brought all the nb and small nappies I need now :)
Does anyone do a canestein rinse? Where do you get it? How do you do it? Ashton has 'nappy rash' which wont clear up. It's like little sores on his bum. The doctor gave us AB but it hasn't worked, only changing him into sposies with sudocream has helped but I don't want to keep buying them. As soon as I put him back in the nappies he gets the spots again. I am thinking maybe it is fungus or something??
lol sas #2 :rofl:
boring here at the moment i only have 4 fitteds and one nappy for this baby but im buying a massive stash off maz coz i have all the medium stuff and i only started having issues with changing jamie since 6 months so i think prefolds would be ok seeings as jamie lasts 2 hours in cotton prefolds now
WOJB: GNST with OOAK large ABC tv maz cover
I've never done a rinse, but do you use natural or man made inners in your nappies? Maybe he is sensitive to one type? I have also heard really good things about silk liners which help with the healing. DD2 had a nappy rash that nothing got rid of til I changed my diet, and it cleared up, that was when she was younger though. Is there anything he is eating that could be causing it?:
As for us, I got my first GF's the other day and OMG I love them! so cute and such a good fit on DD2 :) I just realised that a whole heap that I made for DD2 are now too small and I am either going to make a bunch more (in what time I have no idea) or go on a shopping spree (baby expo is here next weekend...) oh the decisions :rofl: DH will probably forgive me if I spend up since I am being a single mum this week while he is crewing a fringe show.
WOGB - GF night :crossfingers: it lasts the night, she is such a super wee'er
Ryatha I have tried everything. It can't be food related or it wouldn't clear up when he is in disposables. I have tried strip washing, using liners, only using bamboo velour inners, washing without powder, washing with powder, using the drier, not using the drier. He's had the rash for over a month now, probably closer to 2 months. Both times I have changed him to disposables it has gone straight away.
He's always been sensitive to washing powders and synthetic inners, this is different. It is sores and some are open.
ryatha - i went to the baby showhere in melbourne. Got tickets for free from edison chopsticks, im a bit of a cheap skate. They had a few good deals, but not as good as I thought it'd be :( But I guess there are no postage costs involved.
What kind of pattern do you use to make your nappies? I used one from ottobre but it'd be good to try another one :) Also, what do you use as a waterproof layer? I used fleece, but I have no idea. I'm not that keen that I'll buy fabric online, just having a play with sewing things atm, dh is on a bucks weekend and I got nothing to do. :)
you poor thing, you must be pulling your hair out! I can't think of anything else, other than silk liners, hopefully one of the nappy gurus will come on with another idea. :hug: in the meantime:
Thanks sas & missymoo :) I will look into what wipes to buy, do you have any recommendations on what fabric is best?
I am a big terry toweling fan ;) I have all sorts of 'wipes' from stores, but the good old face washers are what I use the most. They are grippy and perfect sized and they always clean up all the mess using just one.
Missymoo- I was talking to a lady down the shops who's little girl had the same issue. She SWEARS by silk liners. Charlie is teething right now and when a tooth is about to pop she gets a BRIGHT RED bum and little blisters. Going to try the liners so see how I go. Poor little munchkin screams every time she goes in thje bath even if it's just plain water when in that state. 12 nappy changes a da gets exhausting.
Anyone know which dishwashing liquid is best for stripwashing? I read someone used one that rotted her bamboo. Which ones have people had sucess with? Charlie's nappies are getting wet through really fast right now so i'm guessing i need a stripwash.
WOCB: Abby Gro Minky all days in orange. Charlotte adores the abby gro nappies.
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Oh hun, My thoughts were with you yesterday! I know it must be hard but can't know exactly how you feel! Hope you don't take too long to heal. :heartbeat:
Hi everyone,
I know this is the cloth nappy thread but it sorta relates?!? :dunno:
I'm after some Woollen longies to buy my DD! Some rainbow coloured one's!! Does anyone know where I can buy these from? what website/s? I have been googling and had no luck!
I really want to get her a pair for winter as it's getting cooler soon.... and they're sooo cute over cloth bums'! (or any bums!)
Thanks!!
WOHB: BBH Bamboo fitted & BBH wool cover
Grrrrrrrrrrrrr, I saw them somewhere and now I can't remember where! Will keep a look out for ya (or try to remember!)
WOCB: Bonnibuns choc-dot night nappy and hope she stays asleep tonight!
search llamajamas, and have a look on wahmnaps hun. if you can knit you could make your own.
Shanti, I've gone through all the websites on the nappy hunt and wrote a little note next to OzeBaby that they have cute Rainbow covers cause I want some too (but short ones), they have longies too :p There were others but I can't remember where.