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Washable Nappies Part 3

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bea · 30/04/2003 13:14

I was going to title this thread Bum Chums - thanks Jasper!!! but i thought it would be too confusing and although we might ensnare people onto the thread... who wondered over completely unknowing that the thread was actually all about naps... we might lose the people who actually do want to know about lovely Kissies, fuzzis, tots, ellas and what's the difference between a rikki and a rikka???!!

so at the behest of Girly... I present the new thread!!!!! .... please please don't let it fizzle out now!!!

and to talk nappies... mine are drying on the line outside and if it rains there will be hell to pay!!!! (dh a meteorologist and claimed it might rain so don't chance it with the naps... me? i ussually ignore what he says and i generally do the opposite... thus they are flapping about in the breeze as i type!!! )

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DebL · 30/04/2003 13:16

I cut and pasted this from the old thread..

sticky poos - leave to dry out for an hour or so then roll up the fleece like a dusky cuban maiden rolling a havana cigar.....................

..............and then soak or wash at 60.

Why is so much baby food (and thence poo) orange???????

DebL · 30/04/2003 13:17

rikki has poppers, rikka has velcro (or is it the other way round???)

Girly · 30/04/2003 13:19

Thats better!

lou33 · 30/04/2003 13:33

Definitely easier to clean if you leave them for a bit. Still think it's better to get dh to do them though.

susanmt · 30/04/2003 14:19

other way round I think DebL!

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bea · 30/04/2003 15:48

DebL - as long as you don't smoke it!!!!

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ninja · 08/05/2003 22:05

I have a cloth-bottomed girl - it's great. But don't they all look so huge on a newborn?

eidsvold · 09/05/2003 07:04

desperately wanted to use cloth nappies on dd but she was soooo tiny and has quite a wide turn out ( frogging of her legs) due to her hips and it seemed the cloth nappies were so bulky between her legs that it encouraged the turn out.
so went to disposables....grateful for disposables when she had to have a particular formula to repair her lymph system... at least 24 nappies a day!!! For about three to four weeks.

However - real nappy road show was in town the other day and I just happened to be walking past. Saw other types ( other than terries that I had at home) on display and the woman there showed me some different ones and a different way to fold terries .... got my FREE pack of nine nappies and two wraps - should do dd ages size wise (and I have three wraps originally purchased for terries) and have decided to give them a go.

chiggles · 09/05/2003 07:30

I'm thinking about having another baby, I used disposable one's with my first but am thinking about 'washable' ones now, and would like to know just how easy 'washable' ones are and how many you need. Is it a pain and dead messy and smelly?

Tissy · 09/05/2003 08:04

Chiggles, I haven't got time for a long post now, but believe me, washable nappies are far LESS smelly than disposables. I'm sure someone else will expand, and I'll be back later...

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bea · 09/05/2003 13:13

chiggles...
washables are just as good as washables... with the added bonus of the green earthy feeling (hmmm! i am at one with the earth and doing my part in not filling up huge land fills!), the cute feeling (doesn't my babes bot look cute in a fluffy cloth nappy!), the washing line perfectionist (there is nothing in my opinion that beats a lovely line full of naps blowing in the wind! - hey call me freaky!), the money saver (unless you go mad and buy much more than you need just cos there's some new styles out with coloured stiching etc!)

seriously... i do admit there was a lot of trial and error when i started but now it's brilliant... it is not smelly (if anything i think disposables in a bin is far ,uch smeelier and icky!) i dry pail... so that means i ahev a bucket, with a nappy net lining it, with a cloth booster at the bottom with three drops of lavendar essential oil at the bottom, my nappies never smell and when it comes to wash day i just lift the nappy net out (with it's load of naps) and throw them into the machine... i use fuzzis mainly at the moment... whcih means they dry in seconds...

i will let the other clothies come on here now and tell you the joyful wonder of cloth nappies... but also would suggest you visit the nappy lady (www.thenappylady.co.uk) a lady full of good advice....

plus don't be daunted by all the information that will get thrown at you... it's a lot simpler then it looks!!!

good luck... and if you (or anyone else for that matter, who is thinking of starting that white fluffy road to clothdom) want to ask questions etc... please do ask away....

p.s. got a Bear Behinds Cow Print nappy this morning! ha! ha!! very cute!!!

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bea · 09/05/2003 13:14

whoops teach me not to preview... first line is supposed to read...

washables are just as good as disposables...!

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pupuce · 09/05/2003 13:25

I agree that washable are LESS smelly... and actually I really have to put my nose of DD's bum to smell if she has done a poo...

Bobsmum · 09/05/2003 13:37

Ah - my favourite subject! ds is in totsbots nappies with Motherease air-rikka or Nature Babies wraps (poppers). Totsbots are fab - layers of really fluffy terry stitched together, elasticated with a cute "Made in Scotland" label. They are able to contain evil poo that disposables couldn't even dream of.
This is currently vital as ds is poorly sick with afore mentioned evil poo aplenty.
My wraps are lovely - got a bit bored with the limited patterns produced by Motherease, so just bought a lovely Nature Babies wrap with planets and stars - v cute. I have to confess I do love to see my nappies drying on the line - have to keep checking them tho in case jealous neighbours nick 'em.

chiggles · 09/05/2003 19:10

Husband doesn't agree with me,(it was probably cause I disturbed him while he was watching Emmerdale) The only thing is, is drying them! We haven't got a tumble but we've got millions of radiators! Will they dry easy on them?
I did laugh at your first line bea!! At least my neighbours can't nick mine. We're neighbour friendly with out 6 foot fence all round our garden!! I like the idea of a 'dry pail' and I love lavender too.
Thanks. I'll keep my eye out for more good reviews and keep reading them to my husband till he gets that fed up he'll let me have them to shut me up!

chiggles · 09/05/2003 19:12

Sorry, done a 'bea',(and I previewed mine) we've HAVE GOT a 6 foot fence round our garden, not 'with out 6 foot fence'. LOL

eidsvold · 09/05/2003 19:13

chiggles - i got my first lot free from the local council - nine cloth nappies and two wraps along with some information, further nappy choices to purchase and a £10 voucher of the next lot of nappies or nappy laundry service.

eidsvold · 09/05/2003 19:15

If getting them for NOTHING to try is not a bonus I don't know what is.

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bea · 09/05/2003 19:52

also... if your looking to buy and try... if you goto to UKP (sorry!) there is a great trade in buying and sellinh... so if ou do get some naps you don't get on with... you can always sell them on...

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bea · 09/05/2003 20:15

poo! did it again... 'you're' instead of 'your'...

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Demented · 10/05/2003 00:07

I just love my cloth nappies. DS1 was totally in disps and DS2 in disps until 8 months, he is now 11 months and the three months we have spent with lovely cloth nappies have been no hassle at all. We dry pail and wash every night, DS2 has never had a leak in cloth and agree that they smell less. I cannot recommend them enough. We use Tots Bots (agree about the lovely Made in Scotland label ) with an ME Airflow wrap or a Nappysaurus at night (although I am trying to sell the Nappysaurus as I have finally decided to try a Minki at night but I need some Nochex first!!!).

chiggles · 10/05/2003 13:02

Nappysaurus?? Minki?? Nochex?? Can someone please explain???!!
eidsvold... did you ask the council? It's unusual for our council to give us anything for free! They'll probably put my council tax up £10 a month.

Tissy · 10/05/2003 13:59

Nappysaurus= lovely wrap made of velour/ fleece with zebra skin, tiger skin, paw print patterns

Minki= a stuffable nappy, with a PUL (polyurethane laminate) layer, which doesn't need a wrap. You can vary the absorbency by varying what you stuff it with

Nochex= a way of paying online for items purchased online. You "load" your account with money from your bank account, then "send" the money to the recipients email address. They can then withdraw the money into their own bank account. It cuts out the time spent waiting for cheques to arrive then clear.

eidsvold · 10/05/2003 19:13

chiggles - our council has just started a big recycling campaign and there was a display set up in the town centre that I came across quite by accident.... not sure if it is all councils but here in essex they are doing it...

It is part of a reusuable nappy campaign.. perhaps if you did a search on that or contacted your local council about it you might find out more - unfortunately all the info they gave on the day is related to Essex...

susanmt · 10/05/2003 20:59

OOhhhhh my ds is away to bed tonight in his wonderful tiger skin minki that came today (only took so long cos I forgot to pay!). Looks sooooo cute and I have stuffed it with one of our kissaluvs so we'll see how that does on the absorbency front. I'll let you know!