Ray I'm not sure about transferring the virus through the wash You could wash in hot and use the dettol rinse for a few washes to be on the safe side I guess. Sorry I'm not much help! My nurse didn't talk about that bit, just to be careful and wash hands really well.
Lea I have had my hands on so much poo over the years it doesn't bother me. I think I'm immune to it I just can't do spew though
I'm a bit sad with my nappy dilemmas ATM Got my hands on some size1 Auriels and they are almost too small for Ruby Won't fit for long but size2's swim on her. She's too big for small ittis but too small for mediums Very frustrating!
Oh and I think *knocks wood* that Caleb has finally decided to TT. He's doing really well. Been nappy free for the last 3 days and only one accident today, which was as he was trying to pull his pants down. Yesterday we went on two adventures - to playgroup where he wee'd on the toilet (after refusing to sit on it and screaming initially) and then we went to coles after picking up the boys from school and he did it all wearing jocks. I'm so glad he's actually decided to co-operate with me finally instead of fighting me and being defiant just because he can
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Rayray - i can understand why the child nurse would be worried about you washing in cold (after the vaccination). Just use MCN but use 60 degrees hot water.
i read an enormous thread on another forum last year, about how to wash mcn when your child has gastro. 90 degrees hot water, and for a fortnight AFTER they have gotten better. and to cope with the 90 degrees, to use flats, prefolds, contours (stuff that DOESN"T have elastic in it, cos 90 degrees hot water would kill the elastic). and stuff without PUL too. so i suppose that leaves you with prefolds.contours.flats and woollen soakers.
i know rota virus isn't gastro, but thought i might as well throw this into the mix too.
LECKERT -
Cushie Tushies - an aio that DOESN"T need a cover
Cute Tooshies OSFA bamboo delights fitted DOES need a cover
i suspect you have a Cute Tooshies, so you did exactly the right thing.
congrats on your first go at using mcn, it DOES take time to get used to it. the more you do it, the easier it becomes.
nappy flat folds need some origami
but PREFOLDS - well if you can fold an A4 piece of paper into three, there, you have just demonstrated the "skill" level needed for prefolds! (they are designed to be used INSIDE a cover with leg gussets, e.g like your Motherease RIkki covers.
prefolds can be THe Nappy for the newborn
later on, they are The Insert for pocket nappies, THe Booster for fitteds, extra absorbency for night nappies, you just keep using them until tt-ing.
Raven - congrats on Caleb tt-ing. What weight is the divine Miss Ruby now? is she up to 8kg?
wotbb: blueberry trainers and purple/aqua longies
we went to visit Beatrix today and with all these other little people to play with, bilby went all shy! Little MJ is now walking about all confident like, as gorgeous as ever. and Leckert, MeganH was there too, baby hasn't arrived yet!
MLM - DS has ponky pee here too ..he wears keester kovers and the booster reeks in the morning .. i need to do a strip wash but i have no idea how to do one in a front loader ..
Raven - Sz 1 fits up to 9kg , i think a sz 2 would be too big on Gabbi aswell (not that id know, can never get my hands on one lol ) but prolly not for long either .. i love med ittis BUT even in med size Gabbi can get leg gape the wings meet in the middle and i can cross them over but the her pudda belly pops over the top and looks uncomfy ..
Gabbi out grew her small magic alls at about 8.5 mths ( starting to get crackage as she grew alot in length that month ) and med MED magicalls are only for night time , the minkee ones are rad for over night for her ... if im usuing them in the day the MA's are over her belly button ... heheh harry highpants .... shes 1 next month and 8.2 kgs ... pocket sized
any one know why my minkee is going dodgy ?? like when you wash a teddy bear and it comes out all manky and stiff .. kwim ????? am i washing them wrong ? any one else get that ??? its anoying me alot as i have to put them in the dryer to fluff them up .. but id rather not ...
ooooo new thread time
not much nappy news here wish i was recieving fluff some time soon...welll i may be....as soon as i pay my layby off at Mels....some more ecobubs....lurve...them
I need someone to kick my butt! DS is in sposies My morning sickness is so severe I cant handle washing the MCN but I need someone to be like "Suck it up Princess!!" (Maz, Arimeh, anyone?)
raven, i know what you mean about the auriels, there is a HUGE difference between size 1 and 2 isnt there? I think they should make a 1.5
who was talking about nappies fitting and then not? my abby gros were a shocking fit not long ago, now they are perfect again, as with the ittis. I think there is definately a need for "in between" size nappies! ittis and abby gross seem to fit that perfectly!
i am waiting on a very special fluff thats all i am going to say lol!!
her BB iso's fit like a glove - but i am just going to wait till her mediums are all over with before i put them on the shelf, i figure larges are going to be on the shelf for a much longer time
wohb - sb's ss fitted (leah did you end up getting some? they are fantastic)
Oh, Rhyb ,, ech I still remember the pain of morning sickness hope it's not triple strength for you - hopefully it will pass in a couple of weeks and the smell of MCN's won't set you off anymore. Have you tried using flushable liners so that you don't have to deal with too much of the smell in the meantime? I find when I use them I don't have to be 'exposed' to the stenchy mess for more than I would a disposable as just wipe the liner down with all the stuff in it and chuck it in the toilet straight away, then just wipe and new nappy.
Had a horrid night last night, DD has a cold, this is the first time she has ever been sick so was a new experience for me. Woke 4 times crying hard and snuffling, didn't want to drink anything from bottle, didn't want boob, didn't want to lie down or sit down, was ok walking around but I thought I was going to pass out if I kept that up I was so tired and out of it. finally got her to take boob as have still got a teensy bit in there if she wakes in the night and that got her settled enough to get put back into bed for another little sleep before it all started again. So I put her in a sposie as was too tired to go downstairs and get the nappies out of the dryer - big mistake. This morning, Wet poo out her leg, up the top at the front and the bag leaked on her onesy, singlet everything - Sposies just don't have the containment of my MCN's.
WOEB: CT Yellow Basix - Ooops - hoping she doesn't sleep too long this morning as didn't get chance to change her into a more absorbent one.
Rhy, hun I would do whatever it takes to get thru the MS. The triplets are taking the energy that you manage to get, considering the MS, that wont be much, so relax, if you need him to be in sposies, sposies it is.
Well Leah confirmed that she is a very heavy wetter. She outwet 8 layers of bamboo in a CT this morning. In an hour. All the boosters were wet and then her suit got wet.
WOSB: Blue with white dots CT Couture
WOEB: froggy CT couture
WOLB: BWDM with bamboo foldup and ME Rikki cover.
rhyb I went through a phase of not being able to tolerate C's pooey nappies when I was PG. I'd sling them in the trough and deal with then when I felt a bit braver. Quite often the next day I'd end up with a few and go gung ho at it. Quite often the poo would go a bit hard and it comes off easier and didn't smell as bad Not good for stains but most of them ended up sunning out eventually lol!
But if you've got to use sposies for a bit then that's fine. I think that's what sposies are for - for when you can't do cloth sometimes!
Kitt3n there is a 1.5 in the works apparently. I emailed Lesley to suggest it and she said it was on the way but didn't give any hints as to when.
Gigi not sure on her weight but will be seeing the nurse on Tuesday for our special visit I was keeping this quiet but I'm all a bit excited cos I just had the phone ring while I was typing this just now. Ruby is going to be in a promo ad on teev for the vic government
sorry Rhoda...i did have all intention of using 'flanny flats' when i 'ran out' of pockets/AIO'S/AI2'S...but only ever used flats twice i think...i never have run out of MCN's....
Rhoda I used flanny flats for the first 3 weeks. Worked great, I was changing him often enough it didn't really matter With a ME Rikki cover most of the time. I had about 25 and they lasted fine, cos they dry in no time at all
WOO HOO My Whizz Kidz package came today A night nappy, and 2 fitteds Can't wait to try this NN.
I was looking at my cupboard last night thinking how many I have and how sad I am having so many for one child...
I need another!
Last count, 97 nappies. I did so well and culled back from 130 to 60 and now im back up there :S
Rhoda the flats will dry a tad quicker than prefolds Folding times are a tad longer for flats but I'd also fold my prefolds nice and neatly too so I don't think that made too much of a difference overall.
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You could wash in hot and use the dettol rinse for a few washes to be on the safe side I guess. Sorry I'm not much help! My nurse didn't talk about that bit, just to be careful and wash hands really well.
I just can't do spew though
Got my hands on some size1 Auriels and they are almost too small for Ruby
Very frustrating!
,, ech I still remember the pain of morning sickness hope it's not triple strength for you - hopefully it will pass in a couple of weeks and the smell of MCN's won't set you off anymore. Have you tried using flushable liners so that you don't have to deal with too much of the smell in the meantime? I find when I use them I don't have to be 'exposed' to the stenchy mess for more than I would a disposable as just wipe the liner down with all the stuff in it and chuck it in the toilet straight away, then just wipe and new nappy.
hullo strangers.....
Not good for stains but most of them ended up sunning out eventually lol!
I was keeping this quiet but I'm all a bit excited cos I just had the phone ring while I was typing this just now. Ruby is going to be in a promo ad on teev for the vic government 
A night nappy, and 2 fitteds 
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