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so 5 months on and we're still in cloth

im experimenting with night nappies at the moment, and fleece wraps

so i bought a few bedbugs and a few wnnn old style. i usually use tots bots bamboozes with a mothercare smart nappy trifold insert with a pul wrap which are fantastic btw but i fancied something new lol

first i stuck to the bamboozles and trifold but used a fleece wrap, she was in it from 8...

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Well, after having a good rest last night, I feel better about the whole birth thing. As my dh keeps reminding me, in many ways there is no "battle", because we won't be having a hospital birth (unless need to transfer urgently). I am beginning to understand the comments on the AIMS website about women becoming so fed up with it that they even consider having no mw. While I wouldn't have an unassisted birth, I do feel more anxious about who will be attending, and whether I get a nice mw....

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I am addicted to cloth LOL. Poor DH has to work hard to fund it. Although, as I've used the same Fuzzi's right through from when I started with Sian to now I guess it hasn't worked out so bad. I've had some ... mistakes along though way though!

I just decided to try out fluffles on my rather skinny :babyroll:

little man. With velcro tab closures. Baaad move! He was undoing...

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The first lot of Merino wool I bought online, together with some sachets of Kool-Aid.
LOADS of photos - again, to remind myself how I did it (my children stole my memory via my placenta

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1. A quick wash in soapy water to remove lanolin, then transferred into a bowl containing water with about a cup-full of white vinegar.
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The first pocket I made for Nell. I kept looking at my favourite BBSS and wondered if I could try to make one.
Medium side-snap pocket in hot pink minkee (hidden PUL) with cream microfleece inner. Jan 09 (I think!).
Annoyingly, I managed to get the 'wrong' side of the fleece facing out - but hey ho, you learn from your mistakes.
Went to town with the photos on this one to remind myself how to do another in the future.
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