Problems with itti bitti’s

i had the same problem so i contacted mothers instinct who i brought them from and she contacted itti bitti for me. This is what they said about the problem:

"She says the bamboo problem is really weird, it is just something that is a general bamboo thing and very rare and very occassional. She suspects it may have something to do with water, as it is almost common in Australia but pretty much non existent in NZ and Europe. It seems to have some correlation with teething wee, which is higher in ammonia than normal with some babies (and usually quite stinky). She recommends that you to 'damp' pail rather than dry pail if you notice very strong smelling wee, ie rinse the nappies before putting them in the nappy bucket, as you could get problems with other nappies as well."

Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one with that problem. I usually do rinse the nappies before I put them in the bucket so I'll have a look at the ingredients on my washing powder - I use Persil sensitive liquid, so I guess that could be the cause. For some reason I thought it was hemp in the itti's, not bamboo, but I've had this problem previously with hemp inserts from peapods as well. Gutted though as it doesn't look like they'll last all that much longer.

I agree with Karyn - it sounds like a pretty random problem so if you bought them new you should send them back to whoever sold them to you. I've been using Ittis for over a year and have never had any problem with fabric quality.

Vic xx

yay, karyn is cool to deal with!