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[Davros]

What does everyone think of this new stylee of Pampers? My hubby thinks they are TOO elasticy and might get pulled too tight too easily and pinch fat little legs. The old stylee ones just seem so stiff though but I'm still buying them.

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have not been brave enough to elave dd in cloth overnight - have not managed to get brilliant breathable wraps and so found that for the 12 hrs or so she is asleep in bed - disposable works better. Having said that am venturing into having her in cloth at night soon... at nursery she will have to be in disposables all day and we will just use cloth at home.

I tend to swap between dry pailing and soaking. Dry pail - use a drop or two of lavender on a cotton wool ball.

Soaking - napisan or tea tree oil - then rinse and dry.

Washable wipes....
using a big plastic dispoable wipes box -

two cups of boiling water,
2 dessertspoons of baby bath/wash
1 dessertspoon of oil - I use grapeseed oil - ny sil uses almond oil

Then put the wipes in there ready to go. When it has cooled off course.

For the wipes I cut up and washed chux blue and white wipes ( my sil sent from aus - so Bloss you can get them in oz - think they were superwipes..) Two packs equalled about 80 wipes once cut up. I just washed them a couple of times and they were good to go.

I just throw them in with the nappies and wash them then as the container empties - redo it .. usually about once a week I need to do the container.

You could buy muslin squares or by the metre ( very cheap) chop up and sew around the edge.

used a variety of liners - if you are worried about poo Ghosty use the flushable paper liners - just grab the edges and flush away.

Have also used muslin cloths and fleece liners.

the uk equivalent of those wipes would be like the blue and white all purpose clothes or vileda superwipes I guess.

I really like the new pampers, I've used them since they came out ( or since I first spotted them in Tesco) about 8 months ago. I found the old ones were far too stiff and used to leave marks on my wriggly DD's legs and tummy no matter how loosly we put them on. These new ones seem to be much more flexible and comfortable and we are yet to see a single leak. I certainly wouldn't swap them.

bloss - you probably can't get them in NSW - I remember looking for formula milk and interested to see that some different brands were only available in some states - probably the same with nappies...

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Bloss and Eidsvold ... thanks for all that info! Oh it is good chatting to some antipodeans!! All those things you mention ... 'chux' cloths etc ... we can get here of course! Have no idea about what you mean about dry pails and all of that but when I am nearer to giving birth I will start a new thread about cloth nappies so you can talk me through it. I quite like the idea of using cloth at home and disposable when out and about ... if I become a total cloth convert/fanatic I will use them out and about too.

The sad thing is that I am thinking of it really because of the cost ... I really should think more about the environment shouldn't I???? Mind you, since I have been in NZ I have become much more 'green' ... am a recycling queen now!

PS for Eidsvold ... I have been thinking of your dd all day ... I still want to EAT her ... Yum yum squidgy baby!!!!

Has anyone tried Boots version of the Pampers Adventurers?I think they are just as good or better and also cheaper.
Actually,I think there aren't so much differences in quality with main nappy brands on the market at the moment ,once babies have been weaned and their stools aren't so watery.It's more a question of how they fit your baby.

I think Ghsoty - coming from aus to the uk - we haev recyling for our rubbish etc back in aus with the garbage collections but it has just started here and they are not quite getting it right.

Dry pailing is simply using a nappy bucket with no water.

If you soak you can get a net that means you just lift the bag out and into the washing room - no touching wet soaked napppies.

Ghsoty if you want - get my email and I would be happy to help anytime.

oops that should read Ghosty - typing is not good this morning.

eidsvold.

i use the extralarge motherease wrap on my rather chunky dd2. it has adjustable poppers, and is very breathable. i use it with the tots bots toddler size nappies, and i use them at night, dont do a nighttime change and have no leaks at all.

Eidsvold - I use Totsbots with Motherease poppers wrap too. Ironically, I wouldn't trust the absorbancy of a disposable at night. I've tried several brands (Huggies, Pampers, Asda, Lidl ) and each has split or leaked by the morning with the volume!

If we're going away for the weekend I'll take disposables for during the day (moltex to ease my conscience slightly) and Totsbots for the night.

There is a site which lists the absorbancy of loads of different nappies here - lovely job! Anyone want to contribute? There's a distinct lack of Totsbots! (and Pampers)

totsbots are excellant arent they. so lovely and soft too.

Another vote for Totbots at night. Eidsvold, my (nearly) 15mth DD sleeps at least 12 hours at night and not a leak!

I was in Brisbane in April/May and you can still definitely get boy/girl nappies there (we were still in disposables then). I have to say though that I thought they were crap (sorry for bad pun)..really cheapish quality and not very generously sized. I was amazed Huggies were so different to here considering they are supposedly the same brand.

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Ness we used snugglers while we were in Aus...

mmm totbots - they do fleece wraps is that right?!?! Oro s it the totbot nappy with a motherease wrap?!?! Maybe I need to do more research on this.

The cost ghosty pays for itself. I was going to just use disposables as dd had issues with her hips and legs and did not need a wad of cloth between her legs - had bought terry squares. I managed to get the prefold squares (for nothings as our council were on a real nappy drive) and they are brilliant.

I know I have saved a lot of money on nappies and wipes since I started using the washable wipes my sil told me about. That is the only sort of wipes she uses....

Eidsvold - I use a motherease wrap with poppers, only because it was patterned with little whales or paw prints and ds can undo velcro rather too easily.

Totsbots own wraps are actually a much slimmer and neater fit, are white in the breathable range or red fleece (brilliant at night time or hot weather).

Totsbots website

Sorry, didn't say... I use Totbots nappies (the cotton bit) with a different brand of wrap (the cover on the outside) - hope that makes sense

yes i know about velcro - all of dd's wraps are velcro and she has discovered how to hook her thumb in and undo it - luckily it is getting a bit cooler and I can keep her in clothes rather than just a vest and a nappy.

Thanks for the link... will check it out.

Ghosty Tot bots do international orders....

Oooh ... I am getting really into this I mentioned it to DH last night though and he said 'b*** off!' ... I think I need to explain the concept to him again (He can be a bit slow on the uptake!) ... he is thinking old terries type nappies ...
So ... these nappies basically do everything that disposables do (and even look like them) the only difference is that you have to stick them in the wash after use (and they don't clog up the landfills!!) ... am I right??? How many would you buy ... and are you using the washing machine every day?