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General chat thread for cloth nappy users part 18-For fluffy bums and happy mums :)

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4andnotout · 25/01/2010 10:05

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octothechildherder · 11/02/2010 19:50

A fleece cover over any of your existing nappies would sort night time out really.

JennyPenny22 · 11/02/2010 20:12

salbysea - Was it the pop n gros that you found leaked? Mine were the same. Did she take them back for you?

mumface · 12/02/2010 14:37

oops just posted my ad in the wrong section- was distracted by kids!
Must bump this up to hide my daftness!

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Debs75 · 12/02/2010 15:03

Hi I need some help. My motherease nappies are starting to smell. I wash them at 40-60, depending on soiling, in fairy with some nappy sanitiser. They are then on the drier near a radiator to dry and sometimes finished off in the tumble drier. I can distinctly smell a faint whiff of wee. what am I doing wrong?

octothechildherder · 12/02/2010 15:11

I would strip wash them completely with no detergent at 60degs to get rid of any build up that could harbour smells/bacteria.

Busy day here ... half term next week too ...

Catch up soon

Babybots · 12/02/2010 16:55

Followed by a few rinses!

Busy here toooooooooo!

Myjob i will indeed let you know when we head that way.

salbysea · 12/02/2010 18:23

jenny penny, no, the leaky ones were one life, they were already very snug on him too meaning that one of the poppers had a sharp side against his skin

I did order pop n gros but sent them straight without trying back as they were not as demonstrated - the lollipop lady had all the wrong liners in the wrong nappies etc during the demo so they were not used the way I'd thought.

I am quite POed in fact that the council sent me to her when I asked if they had an advisor of their own. I got no (correct or useful) advice, just hard selling!

octothechildherder · 12/02/2010 18:51

Oh dear! I wonder who it was! I have worked for lollipop for years (not any more) and that really doesn't sound very good at all salbysea - I would be disappointed too.

salbysea · 12/02/2010 19:02

unfortunately lolipop werent as interested as you octo, they just said its her own company and I should direct any complaints to her, also any returns had to go through her not straight back to them (even though they had posted the pop n gros directly to me)
(I had emailed her first, I was just worried about waiting a while for a reply as I didnt want to miss a window in terms of returning stuff for a refund, I had also phoned but there was no reply)

unfortunately I wasnt able to send back the one-lifes as they'd been washed, so I've got a pile of six of them along with 2 very boring white wraps

NappyShedSal · 12/02/2010 19:30

Salbysea - technically Lollipop are right - your contract is with whoever you actually bought your nappies from. And so yes any complaints should go straight to her. I have sold heaps and heaps of Onelife over the years and there should never be an open popper next to your baby's skin. That doesn't sound like a faulty nappy it sounds as if you have been using the nappy on its unfolded setting but haven't poppered the booster pad in? If it's a faulty popper ie it actually has a sharp bit then Onelife have a lifetime guarantee on all their poppers. If you do think you've got a faulty nappy and you're having no luck with your Lollipop advisor then I "may" be able to able to help you get it sorted.

And I am also more than happy to explain Pop'n'Gros properly if you wanted to give them another go - I love them!

octothechildherder · 12/02/2010 19:39

Yes - goods bought through an advisor do need to be given back to the advisor. Although they are called Head Office and lay down the ground rules etc the advisors do actually run their own businesses. Shame you had such poor customer service all round really. There are plenty of nappy sellers who would love some business from someone who is keen to use cloth nappies - I can recommend a few good ones to try - Babybots, Jabula, Cheeks and Cherries, Lizzies, Nappy Garden - well there are loads to be honest and I could go on and on but these do seem to be popular choices.

You could sell the onelife nappies/covers on here, usednappies or cloth nappy tree - they do sell okay second hand. I quite like onelife but some people don't get on with them at all. Your baby really needs to be the right shape for them to fit nicely so they don't bulk up or gape.

Right - off for the night! Need some sleep.

salbysea · 12/02/2010 20:33

yes I understand why the return goes through her, my main point was that lollipop were uninterested in my many complaints about the "advisor" and even though they are technically a separate company, they are letting her use their good name so I would have though they would have cared about the many (more than I've posted here) reasons to be unhappy with her "demonstration"

re the one lifes, no I am using them correctly and the inserts are in, the problem is that they are small fitting (and I know this because since having problems I have trawled reviews and found that they are generally quite small fitting and lots of babies grow out of them way before potty time. My 10mo baby is on the 75 percentile for weight despite not being tall so he is wide (like the rest of his viking family . The one lifes are very snug on him so to fit them comfortable on him there would be a sharp popper against his skin on the flap IYKWIM. If all poppers on the flap are safely poppered onto the skin it is uncomfortably tight on him. Either way I would hurt him by using them. Plus the wraps left scratches around his leg (not from the velcro) that took a couple of days to heal. The lollipop advisor's answer to this was that they were fine on her baby till potty (her baby was small - we briefly chatted about how he was premature but all the family are small anyway so he was never gonna be huge, etc etc). Lollipop HQ suggested shrinkage but judging by the reviews, they are just the wrong nappy to sell someone starting on cloth with a chunky hunk of a 9mo.

The reason I opted for the one lifes in the first place was because I wanted a quick drying option. They took longer to dry than any other nappy I've bought since

And they leaked terribly. I did wash them several times, checked that nothing was poking out etc (people on this thread were great at helping me trouble shoot) I just really think that I was sold the entirely wrong nappy for me and my baby. I thought that I would call it a day on cloth at that, but lurking around on here and on some of your websites lured me back in

I think they would be fab on a different, maybe younger and smaller baby, and perhaps are better for girls. I dont think boys really need all round absorbancy - just localised.

Anyway I am now beyond trying to trouble shoot with the one-lifes. I'm done with them and enjoying the new nappies I've bought with the refund from the pop n gros I wanna draw a line under my first go with cloth, sell the one-lifes, and buy/make more cute fluff

octothechildherder · 12/02/2010 20:48

I totally agree salbysea.

So - what fluffy delights have you got planned? I see from your list you have started making some nappies too which is cool. Have you had a look at the Lucky Sprog website? - she sells fabric and patterns I think for nappies.

We have just toilet trained so have reached the end of our nappy adventure but it has been great fun and intend to lurk for much longer than required as love seeing what people have been buying, the cute photos, new products etc etc.

I am changing my business too away from nappies into more general nursery/baby goods - but will still be green/washable products - but with style Am very excited about my new stuff!

salbysea · 12/02/2010 20:54

WELL I've just been on the jabula site that you mentioned and seen loads of brands I havent seen yet and they are super cute!

I want to make a few more as I've played with a few patterns and think I've worked out one that works well for us. Unfortunately they are being made by hand so only have the three unless my hints about a sewing machine for my birthday work!

mumface · 12/02/2010 20:59

I am with you on the onelifes Salbysea, I bought one when Lewis was 12 months old (also on 75th percentile) and it wouldn't even popper up around him.
After my initial cloth disaster, with Kushies (bought 3 from a babyshow, who said they were briliant blah,blah...) I then went to Twinkleontheweb and got great advice, went for flexi-tots which were new out at the time.

salbysea · 12/02/2010 21:02

oh octo, what have you done to me? I've just found cushie tushie wetbags on one of the sites you suggested!
as if my wish list wasnt big enough already!!!

like a tiger ittis?

chipmonkey · 12/02/2010 21:19

Sal, are you familiar with monkey foot wetbags?

salbysea · 12/02/2010 21:28

yip monkey foot wetbag was no1 on my wish list
but the cushie tushie ones are damn tempting!

thebluefoxategreensocks · 12/02/2010 21:58

Not nappy related, but just what Clement got up to this evening! No need for toys around here!
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Was good to see him happy and smiling again, as he's really had a bad week with teething, and this morning came out in awful nappy rash. Was after a brief ride in the pushchair when I walked into town this morning - he cried the whole time, and I found him very sore when we got home. Guessing the dangerous urine from teething ate into his skin, from the nappy being pressed against him? Was just his usually GK pocket, so nothing tooooo wet - but he's still very sore. Seems every now and again, the nappy pressed against him does him bad - but not every time, so you never know when it will happen. grrr

Hope everyone else is doing ok -- I should be doing dishes & general tidying up - oops!

JennyPenny22 · 13/02/2010 01:24

Anybody got any large itti AIOS they want to swap for something else? I am not into snap ins, just the AIOS? Don't really want to buy more as I have SOOOOO many nappies and no time or energy to sell them all.

octothechildherder · 13/02/2010 09:52

chipmonkey - did you get your muddy bag? (((its me)))

Cheeksandcherries are selling MF ones aswell as cushie tushie ones They do look very strokeable lol

Family weekend - tennis, parties and grandparents!

swampster · 13/02/2010 10:23

Jenny, I have some large Itti AIOs but much prefer the snap-ins...

JennyPenny22 · 13/02/2010 12:35

swampster - I got rid of all my snap ins a while ago as I just couldn't get them to work for even half an hour, I think they are just the wrong shape for my girls TBH...if you wanted to swap you AIOs for anything else, let me know?

chipmonkey · 13/02/2010 13:00

yes, octo, I didn't know that was you!
I replied on CNT. Thank you so much, it is gorgeous and mud barely visible!
I am going to SIL's tomorrow for a party so will be trying it out. Made a lovely wipes solution too with Burt's Bees apricot oil, smells like heaven!

JennyPenny22 · 13/02/2010 18:29

myjob - just coming on here to say my facebook chat has frozen - AGAIN so I am not ignoring you and didn't get your last message! If you have msn I am jennifer _ webb @ hotmail. co . uk without the spaces

Now off to finish getting ready for work as I have to leave as soon as DH gets in.

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