How many nappies?
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Topic: How many nappies?
Posted By: pepsi
Subject: How many nappies?
Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 5:10pm
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Hi Ladies,
I was just wondering how many nappies your babies of similar ages to my little one are going through these days? Alyssa is almost 14 weeks old and still seem to go through a heck of a lot of them! I would say I use at least 15 or more every day...not sure how many is the norm though? She absolutely will not put up with even a slightly dirty nappy and won't stop grizzling until she has been changed. This is probably my fault as early on she had nappy rash and so I changed often as was recommended to me and so now she's extra fussy! On top of this, she has always had the routine of a feed after a nappy change so this is demanded as well! Little monkey!! 
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Posted By: Peace
Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 5:44pm
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Olivia was on about 6 - 8 Huggies a (24hr)day at that age, I just let them fill up!
Now that she uses thin nappies (Pam's or Treasures) during the day she goes through about 6 - 8 of those on regular routine (12hrs) and a Huggies over night. I'm sure that when Alyssa is sleeping through the night it will be much less. ------------- DD1 May 2006 DD2 March 2011 DD3 August 2012 |
Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 6:04pm
| we are the same, we use huggies at night (just one from 8pm to 7am) unless she poos but then from the 7am change we would probably use around 6ish a day depending on how many are dirty. We feed then change unless its dirty |
Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 6:09pm
She's actually sleeping 10 hours at night now so most of the nappies are during the day unfortunately
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Peace wrote:Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 6:11pm
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We use cloth nappies but it works out the same...we go through 7-8 nappies in a 24 hour period, we change each feed and again if she has a dirty nappy in between.
It's not a bad thing to change when dirty after all sitting in a dirty nappy too long is a big contributor to nappy rash!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 6:18pm
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Yup, 7-8 a day here too! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 6:42pm
Ditto the 7-8 as well  ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater 
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Posted By: EllenMumof2
Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 7:17pm
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About 6 here http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Deez
Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 7:47pm
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Well i can use anywhere between 8 & 12 depending on what kind of day Lycan is having....sometime he can have a dirty nappy 3 times in the space of an hour....and other days he just has 1 - 2 dirty nappies and the rest of the time he gets changed after a feed. -------------  
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 7:51pm
15 a day! Are you using a brand where she doesn't feel wet? It is best to change poo ones right away (before they travel ), why is it that they best like to empty their bowels into a fresh nappy!?!?  -------------  |
Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 7:54pm
| I use huggies which seem really good to me, but she still knows when something is in there! |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 7:56pm
| Taine was exactly the same and still is. Jake could wander around for days with a dirty nappy and not care, but Taine wants it off NOW!!!!! You could try giving her some more "bare bum" time. more clean up though I suppose. |
Posted By: Peace
Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 8:27pm
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Oh sh*t pepsi!
Agreed with lizzle on the nappy off time thing. ------------- DD1 May 2006 DD2 March 2011 DD3 August 2012 |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 9:39pm
OMG 15 Huggies a day must be costing a fortune!!  I think we were ony using around 6 fuzzis a day at 3 months - sounds about the norm.------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 10:16pm
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what if you take the nappy off and put it back on again? If it is still dry then she shouldn't notice?
Edited as I didn't mean to type "wet" nappy, I meant if it was still dry.. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 10:57pm
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i'm sorry meow but that must be the weirdest thing i have heard in a long time, no she wont notice it, until she starts getting a rash or fungal infection ... you would be better off giving her more nappy free time, and now that it is getting warmer ... so maybe take her nappy off and then let her have a kick and play without her nappy (put maybe a cloth nappy under her or something you dont mind getting dirty just in case) and then put a clean one on just before you feed her.? ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 11:34pm
thanks gsmum, you really made my day with your post 
I edited my other post as I realised I had typed "wet" but I meant to just type nappy.. no, I wouldn't put a wet nappy back on a baby, but if it is still dry then there is no harm in putting it back on again, after all, disposables have tabs to refasten if needed  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 02 November 2006 at 8:44am
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Yeah it definitely is getting expensive and I really rely on the foodtown and countdown specials where they sell huggies for $8.99 or $9.99 depending on the week!
Sorry if I wasn't clear about it, but Alyssa doesn't have any issues with nappy rash at all these days so I know she isn't disliking a dirty nappy due to pain or anything...I think she has just become really really fussy now from those early days of changing as soon as the nappy was dirty. |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 02 November 2006 at 12:55pm
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go cloth and save yourself some money in the long run...
glad to put a smile on your dial meow... (thought you were a bit mad there for a while )------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 02 November 2006 at 4:33pm
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MIne are eating their way thru a pack of Huggies every 2 days The midwife came yesterday and gave me the guilts about starting using the cloth (I told her I was going to start at 6 weeks and she gave me the "in my day we didn't have disposables" lecture) so they're now in cloth during the day.
------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
 (02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 02 November 2006 at 8:17pm
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we were really good till I had Mikey we were using cloth on Alan it was great. I now use combo if pam's and huggies at night when summer come's in I will go back to cloth for both boy's it saved us so much it is just too hard with the wet weather. Hopefully over the summer we can get Alan to start toliet training.
Oh yeah wanted to add Emma that is bit off for the m/w I mean is she going to come and wash them for you. ------------- Deborah Mum to:   
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 02 November 2006 at 8:53pm
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Oh good grief! You have *twins*!!!!!! (give me a break......) ------------- |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 02 November 2006 at 9:15pm
This is the thing I'm loving about the fuzzi's, they dry so quickly!! The other night I had to hang them up inside thanks to the weather but they were all perfectly dry the next morning.  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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