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3boys
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Posted: 29 November 2007 at 8:15pm |
I also have leaky boobies, and I always leak on the opposite side to feeding (even at four months nearly) so boobie pads are mega important for me.
I would recommend wool pads, I think you can get them from breastmates and from the baby factory. These are really absorbent as long as you don't mind wool against your skin. I don't find them itchy at all.
As I use cloth nappies, I have only 6 pairs and I just throw them in with the nappies each day.
I still can't believe the cost of disposable ones, and from memory with my second they stick to your breasts once wet, go reusable I say.
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Bumble
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Posted: 29 November 2007 at 8:27pm |
I remeber the disposables.... OUCH!!! they did stick!! LOL
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Ethan ~ March 2003 Big 6 year old school boy!
Micah ~ Aug 2008 ~ Smiley pants who loves telephones!
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nikkitheknitter
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Posted: 29 November 2007 at 8:39pm |
I was spending about $15 per week on breast pads when I was using disposables!!!  I used them for months and months and months as I was a big leaker. Wish I'd known about washable ones then. Finally found some tommy tipee ones when Han was about 6 months and they were sort of alright at the time but definitely wouldn't have coped with the milk pyrotechnics of the early days.
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Bobbie
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Posted: 30 November 2007 at 8:48am |
I've got some from tweedles which I've heard are really good (obviously not fully tested yet  )
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kebakat
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Posted: 30 November 2007 at 9:20am |
Ewww disposables were yucky! The gel feels gross when its all wet with milk and goes all sticky
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BaAsKa
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Posted: 30 November 2007 at 10:01am |
Bobbie wrote:
I've got some from tweedles which I've heard are really good (obviously not fully tested yet ) |
I have some tweedle ones but they dont work for me and im assuming that its because they arnt made with PUL (cant remember the name of what is used), I can put them in and i will have wet patches on my shirt wthin half hour!! ....but its different for everyone....
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kebakat
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Posted: 30 November 2007 at 10:05am |
Tweedle use PU Nylon from memory. Mine are PUL backed since PUL works better
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BaAsKa
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Posted: 30 November 2007 at 10:16am |
[QUOTE=kebakat] Tweedle use PU Nylon from memory.QUOTE]
yeah thats the one!
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mummy_becks
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Posted: 30 November 2007 at 10:19am |
I had the Tweedle ones - used them from 4 months onwards they were good as I wasn't leaking that bad.
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I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived!
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Bumble
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Posted: 30 November 2007 at 1:00pm |
I find that PUL works WAYYY better, thats what I use!
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Ethan ~ March 2003 Big 6 year old school boy!
Micah ~ Aug 2008 ~ Smiley pants who loves telephones!
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Tiff
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Posted: 30 November 2007 at 1:19pm |
I had alook on the Tweedle website before I started this thread and it doesn't look they are doing them anymore anyway.
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Bumble
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Posted: 30 November 2007 at 2:11pm |
*off to take a peek!*
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Micah ~ Aug 2008 ~ Smiley pants who loves telephones!
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kebakat
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Posted: 30 November 2007 at 4:32pm |
Yeah I saw she had stopped making them.
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BaAsKa
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Posted: 30 November 2007 at 7:10pm |
hhhmmmm interesting.....
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