General chat for cloth nappy users part 19: Finally it's springtime -get your nappies on the line!

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Poetic title courtesy of myjob!

Also - exciting news - the new wetbags are in the air ... wooohoooo!! Come on little fellas - will need to change my name again lol - hang on

there - has it worked?

salbysea

With the Itti SIO, if you have extra inserts, you can just change the inserts. I love this when out & about as you don't have to carry lots of whole nappies about. I tend to take 3 or 4 extra inserts & 1 nappy, incase one gets soiled. Also means less wet/dirty to bring back too.

Also it works out cheaper per nappy.

I think I have 3 inserts per SIO cover.

ROFL at the idea of my wriggle monster waiting patiently on a change table while I switch snap ins
its a case of whip old nappy out and new nappy straight in I'm afraid so changing inserts not so much of an option here unfortunately LOL
suppose I could do it if I alternated 2 outers so there was always one ready......

oh bit thumbs up to the TB stretchy. DS wore it last night (did not sleep but I don't think that was nappy related) and in the morning did the most massive poo that no sposie on earth woulda contained but the stretchy kept it all in

I love the stretchies too

The dd's bedroom is all finished, it looks lovely unfortunately we can't fit 2 beds in so hoping that the cot bed we are picking up
tommorow will fit! Have freecycled the nursery furniture that was in there just so that I could actually move on
my landing! I can't wait until all of our rooms are decorated, I have picked out a new bed and new linens, I'm having fuscia with a black script from chasing cars by snowpatrol behind my bed.

Cool 4 - put up pics when done.

Hi all!

Popping in quick as getting ready for a baby show tomorrow. Really worried about leaving Ds all day still Im such a softie!

I cant remember who asked about night nappies?
Ive ditched the PUL wraps at night as realised it was making Ds skin really red and sore in the morning over the whole nappy area... But with fleece it doesnt happen - i guess its the breathable bit. Also i decided it was time to try the LP Micros and Little Lamb Micros to compare as herd loads of great stuff about them at night!

Tbh no difference, except price of course the both work really really well with fleece over night and hardly any boosting! The back of the nappy isnt even wet when i take it off! Going to get some more. (said like its hard to get them out of my store room! lol)

Ohhh yeah for nice new decod' rooms! I need to sort Ds's room really too, mind you he prefers not to be in it at the moment

Ok everyone have a great weekend!

myjob, not posted the nappy yet incase you were on the look out for it. Its all packaged up and ready to go, have a day off on tuesday will post then.

I WANT MY WEE NOTIONS NOW!!!! keep checking FB to see if they're in any of the recently made group pics

just need a bit of advice from you lovely ladies. i have posted in good houskeeping aswell but have very kindly been directed over here (thanks neenz)

when i take off a nappy i flush the poo and put the nappy in the nappy bucket and i pour vinegar over it to neutralise the urine. i have never had any problems with this but my washing machine has been broken for about a month now and my mum is complaining that she keeps finding poo in her machine after i have washed my nappies in it.

she reckons i should be rinsing and pre-soaking them whilst in the bucket.

what do you all do and what should i do to stop this happening? i use reusable liners and wipes but there usually isn't that much poo on them after removing most with the liner and then flushing

I'm fairly new to cloth so no expert but here's what I do;
have 2 lidded buckets, one stores the wet only nappies (nothing added) and the other is for soaking soiled ones, in a laundry bag in water with tea tree and lavender. I use liners too so there is rarely much poo but I still soak them. If the liner has failed and its a bad un, and I have enough nappies in the dry bucket for a load, I do a cold rinse first rather than soaking

so you do a cold rinse in the machine or by hand?

also when you soak the dirty nappies, does that not make for a messy transfer from bucket to machine?

machine

when soaked in bucket they are in a laundry bag so no fishing around in the water. I put the bucket up against the machine, take 2 boosters from the 'dry' bucket and lay them across in a sort of bridge between bucket and drum to catch drips and lift out laundry bag and pop it in the drum. TBH the water is usually clear due to the liners anyway

I would guess the prob your mum is having is due to poo being allowed to dry solid before going in the machine

but like I said, I'm a newbie, an expert will be along soon

thanks sal, i think i will try that then from now on.

i have been washing them exactly the same way in her machine as i do in my own and i never find poo at home. typical!

I flush any solids down the toilet and the. Just throw all the wipes and the nappy into a zip up wet bag so that whe it's time to wash them I only have to unzip the bag and throw it in the machine. I do a rinse first then a 60 wash and another rinse.

thanks 4andnotout, i might try rinsing first then and see if that helps. our new machine is coming on thurs so should'nt have to put up with it for too much longer anyway

I never soak, just tip (or use loo roll to remove) down loo, then in bucket. Load into machine, rinse cycle, then 40 wash with 3 scoops Bold. I occassionally get a freshly washed nugget waiting at the machine door but only when I have been too tired (lazy) to remove properly
Lewis is almost completely trained for wees, but am still having to put him in nappy to do a poo. He refuses to do it anywhere else. Am trying bribery next I think. He starts nursery after easter and I would love him to be like the other kids. He stills seems like a very big baby to me!

I used to shake and then dry pail or in a large monkeyfoot wet bag and then wash as normal.

Bespoke Baby Room sale starts today btw - some good nappy basics very cheap - not much left though.

Will be fantastic when i can hang nappies out in sun, not having a dryer is a pain, esp when its warm and raining, have to put nappies on airer over radiatators, ooo too warm! They smell so fresh too on line :D

Morning All!

Show was great yesturday and Yes Z was more than fine with out me and had a whale of a time! Typical!

Feet are killing!

No nappy news here really.

Catch you all later

Glad it went well yesterday Babybots

UPS have failed to deliver today grrrr so am waiting for tomorrow now - and more fluff from Bundled.

No news here either really - my plan was to be sorting wet bags into piles bit tis not going to happen! Have avery cute pic on the shop page for Easter - is Andrea Michele's little boy - cute (she is the photographer).

Will have to do boring paperwork instead booo

Hello everyone
octo your new website is lovely was having a look last night

babybots I was on your site too last night I bought some BBOS I am getting a great fit with BBOS and they are so reliable, had to sell my Itti's Millie has a high rise and I felt they were restricting her so bit the bullet and sold them.

Loving being able to hang nappies out in the sun again my BG are white again inside.

sal hope you get your WN soon I got a lovely one a few weeks back fuschia minkee outer with front border cut ooga and lime minkee inner AI2 I love it lol.

No other news here apart from Millie taken to hiding behind the curtains too poo hehe.

jenny hope the move went well x