~**The Natural Parenting Chat Thread**~

[ShadowRat]

I love Vincents face in your avatar!

lol thanks... he's a character! That pic was taken the day he was born, he was already scowling at the world hahaha!!!

xxx

 

[ShadowRat]

Not sure how they'd do overnight tbh... Vince is sleeping 8 hours ish for the first part of the night, then a feed and nappy change and he goes another 4 hours... The main reason we have been sticking to the bio sposies for that was to keep the nighttime routine easy and quick, but I don't think it'd be too hard to do a terry instead for that nappy change... But we're also trying to find a good balance between loads of laundry and not too many sposies, so we end up using 2 or 3 sposies (including the night ones) and 4 or 5 terries during the day, which is keeping the laundry down

I posted a couple of pics of Vince with his terries in the pic thread, but here's one to show you that a good fold doesn't have to be too bulky, even on a relatively little one (7 weeks, but a big boy for his age I'll admit!!)

https://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu178/ShadowRat/ClothBum.jpg

xx

 

[Lunaty]

Shadow!

Hey rest of the girls
Hope you are all doing good!

I finally finished the room yay, all i need now is a colorful shaggy rug for in the middle of the room , thought id update you all.. you can actually see my stash of cloth in the closet too
https://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs221.snc1/6827_131098022150_569242150_2637560_5727781_n.jpghttps://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs221.snc1/6827_131098032150_569242150_2637561_3935024_n.jpghttps://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs221.snc1/6827_131098037150_569242150_2637562_7938427_n.jpg

 

[kirsten1985]

Aww it's a lovely room! Love the cow! It's really big - about 3 times the size of Freya's! (the room, not the cow.....)

Good stash you've got there

 

[Lunaty]

Thanks
The room looks bigger nt he pics then it actually is i think..
It's the smallest bedroom in the house.. thats the good thing about living in NZ.. the space here is endless and the price is about the same you pay for a flat in the UK.. it's also a far cry from my apartment in NL haha

 

[thelilbump]

Hi ladies How r we? A leak free day all round i hope?

welcome shadow and vincent :wave:

Lunaty - lovely nursery, that little closet is soo cute, so much room!

I'm giving one of the microfibre cloths a go overnight in the BG. I haven't even tried them during the day yet so here's hoping! I've used the large insert and the newborn and doubled the microfibre up inbetween so we'll see.

 

[saraendepity]

sam that room is sooooooooo cute i love it!!!!!! especially the cow!!!

leak free day for me !!!! hope the microfiber cloth works tonight for ya hun! let us no how it goes in the mornin!! i would think it should do the job! i'm using 2 interrnet cheapie(naughty baby) inserts tonight!! have used them before but only by mistake!!! oh put her night nappy on her n he put the wrong inserts in it n i was soo shocked they kept her dry all night !!! hows everyone doing then??? huge all round

sara

xxxxxx

 

[lauriech]

Shadow!

Hey rest of the girls
Hope you are all doing good!

I finally finished the room yay, all i need now is a colorful shaggy rug for in the middle of the room , thought id update you all.. you can actually see my stash of cloth in the closet too
https://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs221.snc1/6827_131098022150_569242150_2637560_5727781_n.jpghttps://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs221.snc1/6827_131098032150_569242150_2637561_3935024_n.jpghttps://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs221.snc1/6827_131098037150_569242150_2637562_7938427_n.jpg

Beautiful hun! Love the cow!!!!! And fab stash too xxxxx

It's the weekend with you isn't it Mrs.....

xxx

 

[Lunaty]

Ohh yes, weekend here
Hope yuo girls have a good friday!

I got myself 2 home made pocket nappies, i couldnt let them go as they were so soft and cuddly!
And now i should really stop and only buy the brand ones i still wanted to try.. ecobubs and the BG organics..

https://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/tq/99/105490299.jpg

 

[dizzyspells]

Hi everyone!!Not really had chance to get on properly for a while!!Finnlay has had an ear infection along with his teeth so been a hard few days,but he is coming round again now and can put him down to sleep in his travel cot again during the day so have free arms now!!

Welcome to the club Shadow!!Vincent looks so cute!

Sara and Donna hope your gilrs are both feeling better!

Lunity(sorry forgotton your name!!) Your nursery looks fab and loving the stash!

If I have forgotton anybody then I am sorry just had a quick scan over.

We have been in sposies the last few days,had just been easier with him being ill so then I am not waking him every hour to change him!First day back in cloth(what I have left that is!)today so will see how we get on.xx

 

[ShadowRat]

thanks for all the lovely welcomes ladies! Nice to be here

Lunaty, love your nursery hun, I see you're having a boy, wohoo for team
Vincent's room is also the smallest room in our house, but it's quite a bit smaller than your nursery I think!! Love your wall decorations too

I was almost tempted to put Vince in cloth last night for the first time overnight, but chickened out at the last minute!! I'm just dreading horrible leaks, think I'll need to buy some cloth nappies specially for nighttime rather than using the bamboo terries...
Oh, and yesterday I made a "tester" fleece liner out of an old fleece blanket, but it was rubbish! When I changed his nappy, it was still wet near his skin As soon as I took the fleece liner out, it dried instantly in the air, but tucked away in the nappy it did nothing to keep his skin drier

Shadow xx

 

[thelilbump]

Mornin ladies (just )

well, the BG and microfibre cloth held up last night, it was quite heavy (wet) aswell! Don't want to speak too soon though and we'll give it another couple of goes.

My LO is much better thanks Hannah. She's been a madam this week actually and suddenly decided she wants to do everything including feeding herself with her spoon it's soo cute but the ohh the mess Hope Finnlay is feeling a bit brighter now?

 

[thelilbump]

:wooho: i got new fluff!!! My pocket minki and fleece wrap came today It's massive tho, well i think it is anyway, think i shoulda gone with the slinki instead but never mind. Hope it holds up as a good night time nappy!

 

[saraendepity]

i've got both hun n theres really not too much difference tbh !! the standard is slightly fatter but not much!! you can get more soakers in the standard too!!!

need pix when you get it on

 

[thelilbump]

what inserts have you used in yours Sara? The pocket seems quite long and, whilst i admit i haven't tried, i don't know if any of our inserts r gonna fit!

It's pretty plain tbh, i bought it off ebay new, coloured nappy and white fleece wrap.

 

[saraendepity]

i have used lots of different combo's!! i started with a bb insert with a fb insert then used 2 fb inserts or 1 fb n a internet cheapy insert or 2 internet cheapy inserts !! i just played tbh!!!! does yours need a wrap??? mines a standard pocket ????

 

[thelilbump]

I think it does tbh, the description said so aswell. When i looked at it i'm not sure i quite bought the right thing maybe it's the old version

 

[thelilbump]

This is what i bought; https://www.minkinappies.co.uk/prod...d=317&osCsid=bc327ee0939693c0951ba118876a6f7b

 

[saraendepity]

oh mine has a pul layer so doesnt need a wrap

 

[saraendepity]

ahh right...there are the ones i have ...https://www.minkinappies.co.uk/index.php?cPath=33&osCsid=bc327ee0939693c0951ba118876a6f7b

sara

xxxxxx