I am sooo tired! Maya woke 3 times again last night! I guess she's still making up for the period where she barely ate!
Anyway, had Maya's 4 month check up today and I was so relieved that she put on 220 grams in the last two weeks (prior to that she had only put on 120 grams in two weeks). I thought she surely must have put more weight on cos she's definitely been eating more!
So she's now quite small compared to other babies - though she started out one of the biggest.
I made another appointment at 5 months cos I just want to make sure that she continues with her little but steady weight gains.
I've also been looking into MCN! I really want to get some but just have no idea what to get. I've read heaps about them but feel like there's too much info out there and it's overwhelming. I don't know how to choose. Plus they aren't cheap and DH isn't happy with the price of them.
Anyway, gotta go.. Maya's just woken. Will try and do personals later.
Tanya
Your Dh will never be happy with the initial cost of them
Remind him how many nappies you go through in a week and the cost of them
If you get on special MCN then you can get about 2 mcn to 1 pack of sposies ($30 approx).
yo uwill need about 18 to be safe to start out .
Look on buy4 baby for some preloved you can get great specials or have a baby beehinds party.
I am keeping it simple now and only have fitteds and covers (baby beehinds) and a few AIO/pockets (Itti bitti and Bumgenius) for when we are out and about (less bulky).
I think i had about 60 nappies at one stage and a lot preloved - a lot new and prob spent close to $700. this will do my 2 children for 3 years each (so thinking if you use 1 pak nappies every 2 weeks that is 28 packs a year x 6 years (2 children) a@ $30 a pack = $5040. So obviously $700 is a hind sight smaller amount.
But i agree it is hard to see this when you see the inital set up costs.
Anyhow Mayas weight is going well! she is putting on weight and that is the most important thing!
Tanya. I spent the entire 9 months of pregnancy researching cloth nappies, it did my head in. My advice with cloth nappies is start off simple.
I started with 6 BumGenius v3.0 one-size pocket nappy (which are an excellent, no-fail MCN). They now cost $38 new. I now have 8 BGs, 2 for backup.
I use fleecy cotton flats from Big W (thinner than terry) at night. It's really not difficult to fold flats and they're so cheap that you can build your MCN collection slowly. The flats are so easy that my husband was the one who suggested we didn't really need any more MCNs.
With the flats, I don't even use a pin to keep them closed. I simply use a PUL cover over the top and it all stays perfectly in place. You need only 3 PUL covers in circulation because you can let them air dry and reuse them without washing for a while.
Get 2 buckets with lids and you're done.
How simple is that?
Also, I recommend Nurture Nappies as the most reliable online store. I've had trouble with some of the others.
Last edited by SunnyRain; February 11th, 2009 at 12:09 PM.
: felt like it
I missed the main event, I was in the other room packing when the cries of distress started, I came in and she was on her tummy (hence the cries, hates being on tummy at the moment!!) what a clever little possum. She also particiapted a bit at Kindermusik this morning and not just watched the other babies (they are all older she is the youngest by a bit) she was trying to mimic them. Love watching these little sponges grow....
Ok back to the boxes.....
Tomorrow will probably be my last BB day for a while...
Last edited by amy_o; February 11th, 2009 at 01:10 PM.
well when i was preggers i sewed a HEAP of flanny flats and bought PUL covers BUT also bought afew itti bittis..(one of my faves ) and found AIO's much better than flats...which i used once i would say...now they are wipe up cloths....
Definatly worth buying in the long run.... we have NOT bought any sposies since buying NB sized sposies.. and i won't buy them now either...i have even gotten my MIL using MCN's now..and she was against it all in the beginning but seeing i won't supply sposies she has no choice but to use cloth
much better for bub and better on my hip pocket
I got rid of all of my BBH PUL covers...they just don't allow bubs bum to 'breath' we use minky/fleece covers which acts the same as wool does and allows air to circulate unlike PUL which traps it..and it cause horrid rashes due to Jack sweating badly...
i just got a lay-by out that i had with clothes for Jack in it...he is in size 0!!!!!
) and found AIO's much better than flats...which i used once i would say...now they are wipe up cloths....
I knew she'd do that roll first cos she HATES being on her tummy. 
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