EDIT: Ok I felt a bit rude leaving my post as is above...
Umm what to say what to say
Anna - I'm wondering why they wouldn't let the woman with the SLR take photos? I know they're capable of taking better photos than a regular digital point and shoot and that media etc use them. But regular every day people use them too, so it's a little unfair to not let them be used? I have one, and if I went I would have used it. If they told me not to they would have had a fight on their hands, it's unfair. Saw your photos on FB though looks like Jett enjoyed it the most! Poor Rip had to have a nap I see hehehe
Saram the expo is in Sydney at one of the racecourses. Its massive...3 halls worth!!! Overwhelming actually. When I went last year I wasn't interested in cloth at all. Oh how times change!
Jess- that nappy is so gorgeous glad you got it!
Marlene- stockings are such a rush!!!
BG- I just got a mum's and bubs set form amber bebe, it came so fast!! The very next day!
Maz- hun I hope you bot feels better soon
Willow- you must be exhausted after 6 hours!!! I was pooped after my 2 and a bit hours.
CM- thanks it's good to be busy when he's away. I miss him well until he was a d#@k on the phone tonight! All he is worried about is his plants!!! Like I have nothing else to do!!! Grrr
So is this the same expo that comes to Brissie??? I was niave and unaware of the wonders of MCN's last time i went so didn't even notice any....hmm can't wait this time and will also be getting a ring sling i hope oh dear too much money will be spent im sure
Well i must say i am getting very proud of myself in my 'creation' of nappies....as i have a few covers/pockets i like but the absorbant bits i dont and vice versa so i have now started rearraning and creating my 'dream' nappies heehee.
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SMOZ - did you say you were interested in trim aio's?
some suggestions:
very baby aio (at the weewuns, aplix closures)
swaddlebees sized pockets (you can get their aio/pocket hybrids but they take longer to dry)
itti bitti dlish (minky) or classics (PUL) for daytime (low rise)
itti bitti boo for night=time fitted for young bub, day time fitted for older bub
PUL nappies slide under jeans pretty easily
i would not rule out pockets either. Once you have pre-stuffed the pocket nappies, they are just like putting an AIO/ai2 on your bub - just one item to go on.
for narrow crotch night nappies:
lotus
dragonflymagik
and yes, sewing your own pocket inserts is a good way to go.
When ordering, or considering ordering any product, just email the site to ask them to measure the crotch width of the item for you - compare that with what you know suits your child. that's the best way to avoid ending up with lots of fluffy mail that you have to send back or try to sell, due to it being too wide in the crotch for your child. You need to measure the width, at the NARROWEST part of the nappy (of the brand that suits your child the best). Once you know this, saves you heaps of money. i wasted heaps, ordering "blind", before i found out this simple thing (asking the measurement) could save me lots of grief (time and money).
in the beginning, because i had a chubby thighed bub, i never dreamt that crotch width was her thing. i had no clue there was such a thing as wide, medium, or narrow crotched nappies. but as soon as i bought a narrow crotched nappy by mistake, saw the difference in fit (no more camel toe!!), and a more experienced person told me, that the NARROW crotch nappy brand was what made all the difference, the lights went on for me. then i sold all our wide crotch brands, only bought narrow crotch brands from then on. it was smooth sailing from then on.
so skinny or chubbly, my child needed narrow crotch nappies, no matter which body shape she had at the time (and she had both at different stages). Lots of US MCN sites use the terms narrow and wide crotch, but on Australian sites, you just get some refs to "trim" nappies. and that means different things in different contexts. for some brands, they're referring to the rise (low as opposed to high), for some brands, they use the word "trim" to refer to the allover bulk of the nappy. and another context, i've forgotten now.
Great to hear all the people who dragged themselves to the sydney baby expo, had a good time.
Congrats on the toilet training Saram! 26 months! wow!
SMOZ - the Pregnancy, Child and baby expo go all around Australia every year. In each state, different stakeholders choose to take part (it costs money to hire space), so part of it, is who can afford to be represented at the expo, it's an expensive proposition - which is why i suspect you don't see one person WAHM operators there.
so it's not an identical expo all around Australia, when it comes to my state, i think we would be lucky to have five mcn stalls there (including two local IRL mcn shops). baby beehinds (local consultant), peapods, and one year Cute Tooshies had a stall.
wotbb: the ubiqutous blueberry training pants, she pats the minkee ha ha.
whoever bought the OSFA swim nappy at the baby expo, what brand is that?
Saram, i don't think my nerves would cope, being a nappy buyer/consultant! i get so nervous with the responsibility of helping my friend, and she's such a lovely person (not pushy, nice and relaxed). But i have felt antsy, trying to buy nappies for a little person, when i don't know how much she weighs. (her mum hasn't weighed her for two months, and she's started solids in that timeframe).
So glad i got the CGR nap... Marlene... I was so sad when i missed it then i saw few of my helpers didnt get it either i was so cranky i didnt get the similar one at the expo...
I got the amberbebe mum and bub set too but i ordered 2 larger custom sizes and gotthem same price $60... got them within few days.
Yes i am on a ban (cant remember who asked) yup DP doesnt change them so its all good... Plus i have resorted to offering sexual favours... PMSL... desperate times call for desperate measures... lol. I already paid him for letting me try for Maz's gorgeous ladybug set... LOL. He has agreed to let me buy a few but i havent won, which is why this time i out smarted him and asked for hyenas (helpers) to try to nab it... lol... Me addicted... Never... lol
BG- I really hope Gremlin decides to make an entrance shortly... rest up hun... I remember how long it felt like when i was waiting with my 2... Pity ur all stocked up would have been a great time killer buying fluff and waiting on fluffy mail... lol
Mis T had a shocker last night... went to bed at 8,30 woke at midnight yanking ather Maz NN she had outwet it and the cover... so i put on a pop-in with night booster and she woke 2 hours later soaked then at 4 and was soaked so put on a GK with insert and booster (bamboo) then up at 5.30 and wet right through... and she hasnt been drinking much extra... What is a good NN for a HEAVEY wetter???
Crikey Jess - she must have been peeing all the extra liquid in her body out or something!!!!
I have found my Snoozys are awesome for DS - but he doesn't outpee a GK either if I have both inserts (insert and booster) plus microfibre.
Plus snoozy's are pretty trim - so if I am worried that he will wet through (ie, he's had a HEAP of water that day) I will quite often put a GK bamboo insert on the outside of the nappy for extra protection.
Helloooo everyone else
DH is just taking DS to the IL's for the morning, cos he's really really annoying.. The worst thing about having IL's that don't ever call to catch up, or ever call to take DS for a few hours during the week - is having to listen to DS continuously ask to see "granma" and know that you are going to have to call to ask if you can come over because they won't friggin do it. They just don't get the fact that the only one hurting here is DS... *sigh*
BG - the ones they were selling were Amber Bebe anyway (lady running one of the doula stands is a friend of the owner or something...)and they were the same price as online so no biggie. Glad you got one!
Yer i'm not opposed to pockets and i do find it very theraputic sitting there and stuffing all my nappies on a night as i watch tv.....ahh i love this time....i get to go shopping withinn reason, it'll be my first fluffy shop so be ready for 20 questions!
when i first went cloth my friend that im starting the business with lent me all her newborn ones (hence why my little man is wearing pink nappies) and she had SOOO many that i have no reason or excuse to shope for any....but but but he is growing out of the newborn size (yes he is that small) and i don't have as many Small sized ones and only one NN so yayay i get to go shopping! That and DS isn't happy with the fact that he's wearing pink so has agreed i can buy some boyish ones! woop woop i am so very very very excited
Quick question- any thoughts about the difference between Bumgenius AIO or the pockets other that personal preference? Do AIOs take ages to dry? I am only starting out so don't have many MCNs (3) so can't afford huge drying time.
geez....havachat women!!!!!
I feel abit out of wack coming in here....being back at work...doesn't leave me enough hours in the day for all you fluff women....
Katie - I find my Bumg's AIO's are the quickest drying AIO's that I own - but not as quick as pockets of course, the shells are almost dry when you take them out of the washing machine!
So crapped off - DH left with DS so I can have some "cleaning" time - and IL's misunderstood DH's call to them this morning, so he left, and about 5 minutes later - IL's pull into our driveway - and I'm still in my PJ's!!!!! Quickly got dressed and put my hair up and they came to the door, and I'm like - uh.. what are you guys doing here? And they're like, well we got a call to come here for smoko.. and I'm like.. uh NO.. Craig was bringing DS to see you guys so I could clean!! Grrrrrr...
*Sigh* So they are still outside (being extra critical about the state of our backyard yadda yadda yadda)
Ahhh I love my life
Nappy related - I have a few. Just a few.
ETA - Fluff - did you still want my boxer? Seriously like, want him? Cos we are really thinking of giving him away to a good home, the beagle is really well behaved, and we just can't devote time to both of them unfortunately (especially with a third bub on the way!)
Jess--
my heavy wetter wets through a snoozywun in 5 hours.
i find WC NN, sandmans and possum pouches KK the best will last 12 hours with a wool cover only.
I highly recommend contacting robyn at possum pouches, she is so lovely and more than willing to help you get the right nappy for your bub
Hrrmmmm, I think I've done a noobie mistake, my first two GKs I brought a bamboo insert and a micro insert and then with the last one I brought, I got a micro insert and bamboo booster, lol, I was wondering why they were so bulky and then the last one not as much.
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What is a good NN for a HEAVEY wetter???
The worst thing about having IL's that don't ever call to catch up, or ever call to take DS for a few hours during the week - is having to listen to DS continuously ask to see "granma" and know that you are going to have to call to ask if you can come over because they won't friggin do it. They just don't get the fact that the only one hurting here is DS... *sigh*
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