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Cloth Diaper Chat #9-- with Jen of Bum Wrap
( www.bumwrapdiapers.com )
3/30/05

4 mamas in attendance

22:11:07 diapermama Hello :)
22:11:53 ourwiefamily Here is my all important cloth diapering question for the night .... (drum roll)
22:12:17 ourwiefamily If one is thinking about doing cloth for both their 2yo and baby, does one wash all the diapers together ... or keep separate pails and wash separately???
22:14:20 Host_Bumwrap keep them together
22:14:28 Host_Bumwrap why make more work for yourself?
22:15:35 Host_Bumwrap it all comes out in the wash so to speak
22:15:37 ourwiefamily okay ... this is even true when baby has nice breastfed poops and toddler has stinkies from the dark place?
22:15:43 ourwiefamily LOL
22:15:44 Host_Bumwrap yup
22:15:59 Host_Bumwrap just dump  the  log, lol
22:16:56 ourwiefamily Weeelllll ... my toddler doesn't have logs ... he has mushy yukky poops that cling ... :(
22:17:12 Host_Bumwrap you have a diaper sprayer?
22:17:17 ourwiefamily I have had that issue w/ all my toddlers and it has been one of the banes of my previous CDing experiences.
22:17:44 vonnie ah
22:17:49 Host_Bumwrap the other thing is a spatula specally makerd DIAPERS
22:17:51 vonnie mine is in disoapble diapers unfortunately
22:18:10 ourwiefamily no ... I have heard about them though.  They sound neat.   Where does one get a sprayer?
22:18:11 Host_Bumwrap :(
22:18:15 vonnie dont really know someone who does cloth - but i want to potty train him pretty soon so where and when should i get those if any
22:20:09 ourwiefamily I like the spatula idea and agree with the marking!  lol
22:20:41 ourwiefamily I just find the idea that other people don't have nasty mushy toddler poops to be foreign and have honestly wondered if something is wrong w/ my kids, yk?  Do you  hear about this much?
22:20:43 Host_Bumwrap :D
22:20:55 Host_Bumwrap yes it is normal
22:21:05 diapermama We use toilet paper to wipe off excess and throw in into toilet and then its ready to wash.
22:21:48 Host_Bumwrap we don't use much paper here
22:22:24 ourwiefamily so do you just pretty much leave some of it if there are the mushy poops and just figure it will all come out in the wash, so to speak?
22:22:28 Host_Bumwrap I prefer wipes for all of us
22:22:34 Host_Bumwrap yes
22:22:38 ourwiefamily okay
22:22:56 Host_Bumwrap get most of it off
22:23:09 vonnie (sorry!do you know how to make homemade wipes?
22:23:11 Host_Bumwrap or what you can
22:23:13 diapermama Ahhh, we still use TP here. Haven't been brave enough to switch the whole family to cloth :)
22:23:30 Host_Bumwrap I bought most of mine
22:23:40 Host_Bumwrap but 2 layers of flannel are great
22:23:50 Host_Bumwrap the only one on TP is DH
22:25:08 Host_Bumwrap he is pretty chicken, lol
22:25:23 vonnie homewipes are wonderful if you wanna me tell you how
22:25:32 Host_Bumwrap diapermama is that you tiffany???
22:26:34 ourwiefamily You'd think I'd remember this stuff given my previous CDing experience but I have a swiss cheese brain
22:26:40 ourwiefamily well, and I never quite figured it out before either
22:26:41 diapermama T-I-F-F-A-N-Y......Yes it is I :)
22:26:47 Host_Bumwrap YAY!
22:27:00 Host_Bumwrap gals she will be you new host soon
22:27:14 Host_Bumwrap she has wonderful diaper knowledge
22:27:45 diapermama Why thank-you!
22:28:14 Host_Bumwrap :D
22:29:54 vonnie sorry trying to follow two hats room lol
22:29:57 Host_Bumwrap lol
22:30:05 Host_Bumwrap any questions?
22:30:08 ourwiefamily next big question ... do any of you have Lands End diaper bags?  If so what do you think of their zip pouch (kind of cloudy colored) for holding wet diapers.
22:30:21 ourwiefamily Trying to figure out how we will do the cloth while out""
22:30:42 Host_Bumwrap let me go look at LE
22:31:06 ourwiefamily I have an older bag so not sure if the zip bag has changed since ... I'm guessing it would only fit one maybe two wet dipes
22:31:42 Host_Bumwrap I have had several LE bags & love them
22:31:50 Host_Bumwrap the back packs are great!
22:32:19 ourwiefamily how do you all keep the wet dipes when you are out?  Do you bring a bag of some sort to stick them in?
22:32:30 Host_Bumwrap I have a bummis bag
22:32:40 Host_Bumwrap where is the zip pouch at LE?
22:32:43 diapermama I have a bummis also
22:32:51 ourwiefamily what does that look like?  Do you have a link for me?
22:33:22 vonnie yeah ourwie never saw that?
22:33:30 Host_Bumwrap links don't work here, lol
22:33:42 vonnie website?
22:33:47 Host_Bumwrap go to lands end & click girls & the diaper bags
22:33:52 Host_Bumwrap www.landsend.com
22:34:25 ourwiefamily the bummis bag is from lands end?
22:34:33 ourwiefamily sorry ... confused.  :)
22:34:38 Host_Bumwrap I shouldn't go there anymore, lol
22:34:51 Host_Bumwrap no bummies is in wahm stores
22:35:09 Host_Bumwrap where is the draw string you are talking about at lands end?
22:35:27 Host_Bumwrap I am sorry you said zippered
22:35:45 vonnie why shouldn't you go there?
22:36:02 Host_Bumwrap DD is only in diapers at night
22:36:11 Host_Bumwrap I love them & want them still, lol
22:36:17 diapermama I use a bummis diaper pail liner too...
22:36:36 ourwiefamily it came w/ the diaper bag ... it was just a little cloudy looking bag that had a zipper and was for wet stuff.  I don't remember what they called it
22:36:37 vonnie but i bet ur still carrying things around RIGH?
22:36:45 Host_Bumwrap I remember
22:36:52 Host_Bumwrap it is OK, but small
22:36:59 ourwiefamily okay ... the bummis  bags ... are they nylon w/ drawstrings?
22:37:10 Host_Bumwrap I use the backpac all the time!
22:37:16 Host_Bumwrap yes
22:37:19 vonnie i know i wanna use backpack but im considering
22:37:21 diapermama I have had bags with that same pouch...fit 1-2 smallish diapers and only 1 in larger sizes
22:37:25 vonnie wearing my boy again but not sure how
22:37:36 Host_Bumwrap that does make it harder
22:38:17 Host_Bumwrap LE bags are great quality!
22:38:42 ourwiefamily that's what i thought with the little zip bag
22:39:00 vonnie yeah?
22:39:09 vonnie ok how should i potty train him? and
22:39:13 Host_Bumwrap they lasted through 3 kids
22:39:14 vonnie would cloth be best?
22:39:15 ourwiefamily sigh ... I like how it keeps the wets in so I thought it would be nice.  I had bummis bag before I think but found it wicked a bit.  Maybe the water proofing was wearing out?
22:40:01 Host_Bumwrap is he ready for PT yet?
22:40:14 vonnie im not sure?
22:40:33 Host_Bumwrap how old is he?
22:40:34 vonnie how do i decide
22:40:38 vonnie 23b months
22:40:45 vonnie he hasn't lately bec i told him not to
22:40:51 vonnie but he used to take off his pants and diapers
22:41:26 Host_Bumwrap I would go prefolds & covers for now until he shows an interest & then go trainers
22:41:42 Host_Bumwrap that would be cheapest
22:42:00 vonnie where should i get them
22:42:05 vonnie probably online so
22:42:12 ourwiefamily vonnie ... my kids have not been ready to potty train by that age, but I'm probably a bad example!
22:42:27 vonnie bec im in a town" but i haven't found cloth diapers except from those crappy ones that could even use for burp cloth at target lol"
22:42:27 Host_Bumwrap 3 is more normal
22:42:35 vonnie ha ourwie :-)
22:42:45 diapermama 3 for my son
22:43:07 diapermama I would talk to him about the potty to prepare him
22:43:22 vonnie hes hard to get attention
22:43:26 vonnie he doesn't watch me easily
22:43:29