Re: Real nappies again

[Guest guest]

Scuse my ignorance, my real nappy experience dates back to terry and muslin

squares and plastic pants, but what are the wraps you mention? Do they go

on the outside, and if so, what do you use to stop their clothes from

getting wet? And why don't you have to change them when you change the

nappy?

Lesley

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wrote......My favourite is Stacinator fleece wraps

(www.stacinator.com) with

terries folded in a pad - really attractive and very easy to care

for. I've found fleece one of the most reliable on the 'don't need to

change the wrap every nappy change' and they dry really fast and can

be washed with anything, so although they are not the cheapest ($14

plus shipping) you could get away with fewer and terries are cheap.

Pad folded terries would be a lot like what you were used to with the

nappy service, but quicker to dry (I find them more absorbent too)

[Guest guest]

said:

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One thing I don't think I'd recommend would be Snugglenaps

Toddler-Gro, ... Lovely

designs for toddlers and British made, but the pads not that

absorbent, both parts costly and my two wraps have stained horribly

and it won't come out. (One of my sons is remarkably 'splurgy'

though) You can't wash the wraps on 60 either.

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Just goes to show that different things work for different families - I've

had a much happier experience with these.

I find the Snuggle Naps pads great - the poppers on them mean that they stay

put in the nappy, whereas sometimes prefolds can slip around. They are less

bulky but definitely more absorbent than the prefolds that I have, although

these are just medium-sized; I bought them off my old nappy laundry service,

Eezy Peezy. I think the large prefolds that Bambino Mio sell now are bigger

than these, and so maybe they are more absorbent - but the trade-off is

usually between absorbency and bulk.

As for staining - I've not had any trouble with that, in that they don't

seem to stain more than prefolds - although admittedly all mine are a bit

stained. Because the snuggle naps are unbleached, the stains do blend in

quite nicely, whereas my baby's neon yellow affairs are making lovely bright

stains on my white prefolds! You can use nappy bleach if it worries you.

The big advantage of snuggle naps pads for me when I first bought them was

that they stayed relatively soft when line dried, whereas prefolds seemed to

go rock hard. I didn't have a tumble drier then, so it made a big different

when first putting the nappy on. However, as soon as the baby's had a pee,

the nappy will go soft anyway, so it doesn't matter for long.

As for the Snuggle Naps wraps, I've had quite a love affair with them. No

staining, the velcro is still doing well after 2 yrs hard labour, and

washing at 40C has never been a problem as I just bung them in a normal

clothes wash. I don't tumble dry any wraps - just leave them out to air

dry, as sometimes tumble drying can affect their waterproofing. My Snuggle

Naps wraps are black inside, so you can't see any stains there - and they

are nicely bound, etc. However, they do cost a packet - £11 ish for normal

and £15 ish for toddler size.

What you can do with many of the nappy companies is send off for a trial

pack, and then if you look at it (but don't use it) and don't like the look

of the wrap/nappy, you can return for a full refund. Since people's

experiences of these things are so individual, I think trial packs really

come into their own. You could also ask around if anyone you know has any

nappies you can borrow to try it out.

Cheers,

H.

[Guest guest]

said:

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My favourite is Stacinator fleece wraps (www.stacinator.com) with

terries folded in a pad - really attractive and very easy to care

for.

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These do look lovely. Did you buy them direct from the website? How much

did postage to the UK cost if so? Or can you get them here?

Ta,

ANgela

[Guest guest]

>Scuse my ignorance, my real nappy experience dates back to terry and muslin

>squares and plastic pants, but what are the wraps you mention? Do they go

>on the outside, and if so, what do you use to stop their clothes from

>getting wet? And why don't you have to change them when you change the

>nappy?

>Lesley

Aha, jargon has got to us! What I'm calling a wrap is the 'modern'

equivalent of plastic pants - and often they are referred to as

covers. So yes, they go over the nappy (or are an integral part of it

for all in ones) They come as pull ons (same style as plastic pants),

snap fitting at either side or velcro closure and are made in a

variety of materials, generally breathable rather than totally

waterproof, but if they are doing their job, the outer clothes don't

get wet. There's nylon, polyester, polyurethane laminated to cotton

or polycotton, wool, polyester fleece (including that made from

recycled PET (eg Coke) bottles!) And they won't always be wet with

urine on the inside, or soiled.

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Vaudin

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