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sophie&jo 
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Posted: 04 July 2008 at 4:05pm |
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Hiya all
I have just made the switch to use washables instead of disposables, and im loving it.
I was wondering how many other mums out there use washables, and what brand do you use? What do you use for night nappies etc?
Im using Kushies, as ive tried Peapods, and they leak a little too much for me & i dont like the idea of handling inserts, boosters etc if i dont have to.
Also how many other teenage mums use em?
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Mum2ET
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Posted: 04 July 2008 at 4:07pm |
there are quite a few on us on here who use cloth nappies. There is a forum for cloth nappies you may want to check it out, it has heaps of ideas etc 
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Posted: 04 July 2008 at 4:09pm |
www.thenappynetwork.org.nz?
Im already registered on there, my partners aunty is the one who got me into the washables, & i cant thank her enough,
I was just wondering how many others on this forum are into them
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Posted: 04 July 2008 at 4:11pm |
I'm not so much a teen mum, but may as well be... I just turned 20 in Feb.
I'll be looking to make the switch to cloth realy soon too, as forking out for 'sposies everyweek is damn painful!
Just saving up for the initial outlay at the moment - I'm looking forward to making the change
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Posted: 04 July 2008 at 4:13pm |
 Serenity wrote:
I'm not so much a teen mum, but may as well be... I just turned 20 in Feb.
I'll be looking to make the switch to cloth realy soon too, as forking out for 'sposies everyweek is damn painful!
Just saving up for the initial outlay at the moment - I'm looking forward to making the change |
They are AWESOME lol... what brand are you looking at using?
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Posted: 04 July 2008 at 4:17pm |
Oh you have to buy at least on bitty d'lish, they are awesome and super cute.
Spencer is in cloth in day but sadly in disposables at night, he has started tummy sleeping and peeing through everything that I have. I am just selling some of my old nappies to buy something new to try, am thinking maybe a fitted.
For day we have mommys touch (ok but pretty basic), bum genius (which I adore) and our new favourite the bitty d'lish (I have three, even though I so didn't need three more nappies).
I'm hoping to put the new baby into all bitty d'lish, just waiting to find out what flavour we are having so I select colours 
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Posted: 04 July 2008 at 4:18pm |
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Heaps of us - And I'm still a teenager, just.
My favorites are Wigglebums, Bitti D'lish, Designerbums and Busy Beehinds.
Kushies get pretty terrible reviews, and peapods very mixed ones. Their (kushies) only real benefit is they are easy to find.
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Posted: 04 July 2008 at 4:38pm |
There's a section on ohbaby all about cloth naps.
I'm not a teen mum but I'm 23 so I'm not old  . I've tried sooooo many brands its just not funny! And now I make my own range
I'm not a fan of kushies or peapods. There's so many options out there these days if you have a look around on the net
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Posted: 04 July 2008 at 4:52pm |
I'm old (28 next weekend  ) and I use them and  them.
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Posted: 04 July 2008 at 4:59pm |
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Posted: 04 July 2008 at 5:04pm |
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i find kushies pretty good, but im using kushies classics (ones with overnaps), & i use Popolini Ultrafits at night time.....
ive just purchased a gorgeous pinkish/purplish Monkey Doodlez nappy, hasnt used it thou, R they any good?
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Posted: 04 July 2008 at 6:12pm |
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We use cloth here too - all sorts! Fuzzibunz mostly, I'm a pocket nappy fan. I also have Baby Harmony, Swaddlebees, Drybees, some home made pockets as well. Fitted nappies I like cutibums but am considering an itti bitti d'lish after all the rave reviews about it.
Good on you for finding the cloth love - it is great hey!
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Posted: 04 July 2008 at 6:20pm |
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Monkey doodles are pretty good, though every baby is different so that's no definate for any one nappy.
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mummy_becks
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Posted: 04 July 2008 at 7:15pm |
There are heaps of us on here. I use Fuzzi's, the ones my mum made me and Foxybots. Love them. We have just done a week of sposies as we have just moved house and I am so glad to get them back out again.
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Posted: 04 July 2008 at 7:34pm |
Don't any more as Han is long past nappies but I'm a young mama and bully everyone around me into using them 
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Posted: 04 July 2008 at 7:48pm |
We use cloth too - mostly homemade
(i'm also on TNN)
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Posted: 04 July 2008 at 8:07pm |
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I have a couple of Monkey Doodlez, they're good nappy bag nappies but they need boosting to last more than a couple of hours.
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Posted: 04 July 2008 at 10:08pm |
I'm certainly not a teen mum (ARGH 31 in a couple of weeks )
We use a mix of Fuzzis and Honey Child. I can probably count on my hands the amount of times I've actually touched a used insert 
Just grab the front wings by the tips and shake the insert out into your bucket. When the bucket is full, tip that into the washing machine
We used the same nappies for day and night (Caitlin is toilet trained now except nights). That's what I loved the most about pockets, you just add more absorbency when you need it. The inserts are the cheap part, much better than buying a bunch of different nappies for different times of the day 
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