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Night time nappy prob

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rocketupbum · 05/12/2006 13:27

Having successfully used reusables since day 1 with DS we are now struggling with nighttime. He is 13months and just recently his pyjamas/wrap/grobag seem wet in the am. We normally use a totbots unbleached with a motherease booster. Different wraps seem to have no effect. Should I just add another booster - seems a bit extreme! Any tips/advice would be very welcome.

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hayles78 · 05/12/2006 16:53

what wrap do u use? have u tried fleece tots bots wrap or the tots bots bamboozles?

NannyL · 05/12/2006 19:00

could you use a microbibre cloth as a booster?

they hold loads of extra wee!

PinkTinsel · 05/12/2006 19:07

the only nappy that holds for my baby and toddler is a bumble. i've tried practically everything else and had no joy.

a tots bots would be seeped through by midnight! i use an unbososted bumble for ds 4 months and a bumble with one tots bots unbleached booster for dd 22 months and wool pants on both and they're dry from 7pm-8am

you can also try doubled up terries or folded prefolds but if you son't like bulk you'll hate that they're a tad on the large side!

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selee · 05/12/2006 19:26

Definatelt try another booster - perhaps hemp or bamboo. Have you tried a Minki Huggle nappy?

crimplene · 05/12/2006 22:22

We use little ewe terry squares at night (with motherease wraps) - like little bath towels - and he doesn't need to move around much at night so the bulk doesn't matter.

laundrylover · 05/12/2006 22:39

Bamboo or Fluffles are great but try your totsbots with a microfibre first. Wilkinsons do a good 3 pack of coloured ones that are very good - you can fold into sixths and they fit well in any nappy.
I've just ordered some Wambamboos from cleangreennappy who are doing a P&P free deal so that will save you searching for the best price if you want to go nappy shopping - go on...treat yourself for Xmas!

PinkTinsel · 05/12/2006 22:58

crimplene - i have 3 of those little ewe nappies, aren't they divine?! am loving them more than most of my expensive nappies!

MerryChipmonkAndAHappyNewey · 06/12/2006 01:51

PinkTinsel, I have a Baby Orchard Terry, which is so fluffy and soft! I'm on the hunt for larger terries as ds3 is nearly 2 now and it's getting harder to fold them in the Jo fold.
I find a good combination for night is 2 terries, one folded in the Jo fold ( see www.nappylady.co.uk)
with the second pad folded and placed inside like a booster.
rocketupbum, have you tried a wool wrap?

PinkTinsel · 06/12/2006 10:36

chip, you can get bumbles in toddler sizes afaik, check the easy peasy site. i also us 2 prefolds folded together for my toddler sometimes, it's bulky on her but shes tiny, might be less bulky on your fella. you can find prefold folds on the nappy lady

Dragonhart · 06/12/2006 11:44

Chipmonk, I got my toddler terries from nappymania .
They are elliepants one and gorgeous. Really thick and they are still perfect squares! Would def recomend them. They were the largest I could find appart from some somewhere which were 90cm! Seems huge!

Dragonhart · 06/12/2006 11:49

oh and rocket, I use my normal day time nappy (I use wambamboo or terries) on my 16month old DS and then pad fold a smaller 60cm bamboo terry in the front (into quarters length ways and then into three). He drinks milk before he goes to bed so wets quite heavily and that lasts him 13 hours at night.

As crimp says, they dont move around much at night so as long as the wrap fits over, doesnt really matter (to me anyway).

PinkTinsel · 06/12/2006 11:51

btw, the little ewe terries are from ecologikids and they really are super absorbant and gorgeous.

Dragonhart · 06/12/2006 11:54

They look lovely too. Love my terries!

MerryChipmonkAndAHappyNewey · 06/12/2006 12:13

Pinktinsel, Ecologikids is my favourite nappy site at the moment! But none of the Irish sites do the 75cm terries. Having said that Eoin in Babyorchard has ordered stuff in specially for me before.
Dragonhart, thanks for that link!

PinkTinsel · 06/12/2006 13:12

lol, mine too. good thing i don't have a credit card or i'd be seriously in debt

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rocketupbum · 06/12/2006 20:22

Thanks so much guys. Lots of great tips.
I knew you ladies would have the answer!

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rocketupbum · 06/12/2006 20:49

PS - which wool wraps do you use?

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PinkTinsel · 06/12/2006 21:45

popolini pull on ones, see my link below for ecologikids, they're the little wooly shorts. very cute!

WeWishUAMerryXmasNANappyNewYr · 07/12/2006 00:54

try a bamboo nappy like the babaloo

WeWishUAMerryXmasNANappyNewYr · 08/12/2006 00:54

also love bums wahm bamboo not to be confused with wham bamboo.

and celtic kidz do a 100% hemp nappy, but you can have bamboo fleece or sherpa inside if you want to make it softer.

WeWishUAMerryXmasNANappyNewYr · 08/12/2006 00:55

oh btw this is the correct link to the babaloo the other one was wrong. babaloo

MrsWaggsnapps · 11/12/2006 13:10

I'd sugest two things, get a bigger wrap at night (to make sure it covers everything, with room for air to circulate) and try hemp or bamboo inserts (made for pocket nappies) rather than just boosters. Ellas House do really good hemp ones which fold up and are very slim or a 40cm bamboo terry would work well as a booster.

Also try boosting between the nappy and the wrap, that way the leg elastic doesn't get over stretched but you still have the extra absorbancy

HTH

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