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Topic: How much do you put in pockets overnight? Posted: 21 August 2009 at 3:11pm |
We've got some Fuzzi Bunz that we use overnight (8 hours) but I don't know how much to stuff it with so I probably overstuff! We also got them second hand so I have no idea what the inserts are supposed to be able to handle. They're microfibre (I think) and there are thicker ones and thinner ones (In my imagination the thicker ones are 8 layers and the thinner ones are 4...). We also got some inserts as part of a nappy kit and there are ones there with a kind of peach coloured border which I imagine are 2-layer?? I really have no idea though!
As you can see I'm rather n00b with all this and would love to hear what others use and if anyone can decipher what kind of inserts I have!
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 3:36pm |
Hey Sarah..
Ive used in DD's night-nap (Honeychild med) from around 12 weeks one 4 layer microfibre insert (Honeychilds) and one flat nappy pad-folded to make 16 layers - works a treat! Shes in it for 12-14hours and never a leak, even when we have 3-4 night feeds some nights..
If you've got flats give them a go, they're quite bulky but totally do the trick and dry in a flash
Oh and I imagine your thicker inserts are probably 4 layer and thinner ones 2 layer.
You could also try hemp or bamboo.. available from Greenbeans if you can make your own, it works out cheaper. Or you can pick them up from various nappy makers.
HTH
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 4:00pm |
At night I chuck in a microfibre with either a hemp trifold or a double layer bamboo trifold. During the day I just use the microfibre :)
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 6:51pm |
Jezsika wrote:
Welllllllllll i went and brought the inserts that are the guts of the real nappies....
I put:
1x Real nappies insert
1x Hemp Microfibre Trifold
1x Microfibre
1x Bamboo Hemp Trifold
Perfect for us :D |
Oh my that sounds like heaps! Is that very bulky??
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 6:57pm |
Flake wrote:
At night I chuck in a microfibre with either a hemp trifold or a double layer bamboo trifold. During the day I just use the microfibre :) |
How many layers is the microfibre one?
And what's more absorbent? Microfibre, bamboo or hemp? For some reason I decided microfibre was (again, in my imagination) which is weird because I usually hate synthetic fabrics. We were given a couple of hemp or bamboo trifolds in the nappy kit but I don't know what they are or how absorbent they might be so I'm too scared to use them overnight in case they don't work
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 7:01pm |
anna_bana wrote:
Hey Sarah..
Ive used in DD's night-nap (Honeychild med) from around 12 weeks one 4 layer microfibre insert (Honeychilds) and one flat nappy pad-folded to make 16 layers - works a treat! Shes in it for 12-14hours and never a leak, even when we have 3-4 night feeds some nights..
If you've got flats give them a go, they're quite bulky but totally do the trick and dry in a flash
Oh and I imagine your thicker inserts are probably 4 layer and thinner ones 2 layer.
You could also try hemp or bamboo.. available from Greenbeans if you can make your own, it works out cheaper. Or you can pick them up from various nappy makers.
HTH |
Yeah we have flats and I did try that once but it seemed stiff and bulky... good to know they're awesome though!
Novella's in mediums already? We bought some smalls off TM but they're rather well used so the leg-elastic is not very stretchy anymore, makes it hard to tell how well they fit!
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 8:05pm |
My boy is a VERY heavy wetter and we use a ecobubs wool pocket which I stuff the bejeezers out of!!
I use the long microfibre insert folded in half and snapped that came with the nappy,
a bamboo booster (2 or 3 layer i can't remember)
a hemp homemade insert (4 layer)
and a hemp 2 layer booster.
We also have another couple of inserts that came with the other outers which are flats, I think 1 side is microfibre and the other fleecey hemp, which folds into 3. So with that I put another 3 layer microfibre insert, and a bamboo booster and a hemp 4 layer insert.
He doesn't leak out of that!!
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 8:30pm |
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 9:30pm |
Some swear by just using bamboo so you could give that a go. But I swear by flats - yep the pocket looks really stiff and uncomfy but she has never complained and it does the job
And yep she was in mediums at 7wks (although honeychild meds start at 5kg). In fact she had outgrown the smalls by 11weeks which I was gutted about since they say they should fit an average baby till around 6mths!
Anyway, hope you find something that works well for you
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 10:38pm |
Jezsika wrote:
Yep sure its but hes a VERY heavy wetter, the only nappy that i found that can take that and not leak is a nudey rudey |
I've never heard of Nudey Rudey...
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 10:43pm |
LeahandJoel wrote:
My boy is a VERY heavy wetter and we use a ecobubs wool pocket which I stuff the bejeezers out of!!
I use the long microfibre insert folded in half and snapped that came with the nappy,
a bamboo booster (2 or 3 layer i can't remember)
a hemp homemade insert (4 layer)
and a hemp 2 layer booster.
We also have another couple of inserts that came with the other outers which are flats, I think 1 side is microfibre and the other fleecey hemp, which folds into 3. So with that I put another 3 layer microfibre insert, and a bamboo booster and a hemp 4 layer insert.
He doesn't leak out of that!! |
I haven't tried an Ecobubs wool pocket but they look divine and wool is awesome! They're so expensive though and hardly ever come up on TM
That's a lot of layers too! Maybe I'll just keep overstuffing Natalie's pockets - better to be safe than sorry!
How did everyone find out how much they needed to put in their nappies?? Trial and error or just stuff them with as much as you can and cross your fingers!?
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 10:45pm |
Flake wrote:
Use the hemp with the microfibre. The microfibre more whips away the moisture, the hemp/bamboo holds it. |
Ahhhh that makes so much sense!! I remember reading about that now, how microfibre traps the moisture between the layers. Then what happens to it when pressure is applied, where does it go?! I think I will do that, thanks Flake =)
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Posted: 21 August 2009 at 10:48pm |
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Posted: 22 August 2009 at 8:19am |
Not sure about that bit.
I purchased Hollie's nappies new, as a package deal,(hemp, microfible, zorba doublers (shaped bamboo), doublers, liners) so I thought I HAD to use the boosters in the pockets lol. It took me a while to realise that around home just microfibre was fine, but if we were heading out for an extended length of time or overnight, she needed a booster :)
Very much trial, error and hope for the best!
edit(s): Terrible spelling and grammer, need more coffee!
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Posted: 22 August 2009 at 5:51pm |
Do you think she is a very heavy wetter Sarah? Caprece wasn't so much and we could use a hemp/bamboo trifold and a microfibre insert and that was fine. It was very much trial and error for us to suss out how many layers to put in. Bamboo and hemp are generally less bulky and hold more than microfibre so if you want to debulk take out some microfibre and add bamboo or hemp.
In terms of mediums I think if you are going for fuzzis or honeychild mediums seem to be the one but if you want to go with ittis large seems to be the size to go for.
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Posted: 22 August 2009 at 8:03pm |
Well we tried her with a 4-layer microfibre, a hemp(?? I think it's hemp) trifold and a 2-layer microfibre last night for 12-hours and she was fine!! That was also the first time she hasn't had a nappy change midway through the night so I have to say that was very successful! Am looking in to buying some hemp trifolds but they seem so expensive! I guess we only use them at night so we'd only need 3 or 4...
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Posted: 22 August 2009 at 8:35pm |
glad you found something that works!
You could go to www.greenbeans.co.nz and buy hemp and make the inserts yourself.
for instance 100cm x 150cm piece costs around $16.. you culd make a few trifolds outa that! If you don't have access to an overlocker you could get a seamstress to whip them up for you, I'm sure that wouldn't cost too much as its pretty basic sewing I would assume. Just a thought
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Posted: 22 August 2009 at 11:13pm |
anna_bana are you a seamstress??
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Posted: 23 August 2009 at 12:26pm |
Fun, we have a sewing machine but all my knowledge is from 3rd form home-ec! We tried making bum wipes out of an old sheet when I was preggy and though they work fine, they aren't a pretty sight, and would have been way more successful with an overlocker instead of us fumbling to hem the edges....
I don't suppose sewing machines have a secret button you can press that turns them into overlockers???...
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