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Posted By: kiwiking
Subject: Convert
Date Posted: 11 March 2012 at 2:15pm
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Hi ladies,
I was a lurker in the addicts thread while I was still pregnant and I stocked up on itti bitti tuttos (sales, parents etc). I now have a great stash of 18 and a 3 week old boy to model them. I wasn't sure if I would be able to make the switch from disposables to cloth, more so for the convenience factor but I am slowly converting! My boy wears cloth from his first change in the morning to his last change at night and sleeps in disposables simply because I've not worked out how many inners I need and if they are enough. He looks cool, I love showing off his lovely bum, and we have already cut down our waste and expense in the five days he's been in them so far. I actually wish I'd started in them a week earlier but we've not had to buy any disposables in that time due to stocking up pre-birth. I also convinced DH we needed a trigger sink sprayer to help get poos off. He also loves the cloth and knows how to make sure he gets a good fit. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: CrazyCass
Date Posted: 21 March 2012 at 2:15pm
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we only use Itti's here as well... and still use a disposable at night (and the little Genie brand seeing as they are biodegradable)... Didn't start using them till Lucan was 6w as we had to wait for the shipment to arrive in the country
But yes amazingly simple & easy to ues, and the washing part doesn't take as much time as everyone thinks... I've managed to accumulate (ahem) 34 so wash every 3-4 days ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lisame
Date Posted: 21 March 2012 at 2:55pm
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Cass, if you're using biodegradable nappies do you compost them? cos if not, you're better off using normal ones.
kiwiking: good to hear! I'd love to have a sprayer thingy. They sound very very useful. |
Posted By: kiwiking
Date Posted: 25 March 2012 at 1:58pm
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The trigger sprayer was less than $30 from Bunnings (in the tap aisle). It is awesome!
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Posted By: lisame
Date Posted: 26 March 2012 at 4:03pm
| huh. will have to have a look. I didn't think you could add them to many toilets but maybe we can :-) |
Posted By: kiwiking
Date Posted: 06 April 2012 at 12:51pm
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It attaches to the tap, we have a very small bathroom downstairs so we can flush the poos down the toilet.
Still loving my nappies and have half of my antenatal group interested in trying out cloth (a couple are already in cloth). ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: chocpigy
Date Posted: 11 April 2012 at 3:26pm
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Hi Kiwiking,
Are the Tutto very bulky? Where did you buy them from? |
Posted By: Bky
Date Posted: 11 April 2012 at 6:49pm
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Hmm, our Bunnings must not be very well stocked as we've been looking for a sprayer for ages and have yet to find one. And only $30! The closest thing we found was $70. Will have to look again though for now we do fine with dunk/rinse, when #2 comes we may want to try to get a sprayer going. ------------- 7/2010, 10/2012 and 1/2015 |
Posted By: kiwiking
Date Posted: 12 April 2012 at 1:56pm
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Chocpigy - I bought mine direct from the NZ stockist www.ittibitti.co.nz.
I don't find them bulky at all, although they are bigger than a disposable. We've had nothing but compliments about them from other mums. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: kiwiking
Date Posted: 12 April 2012 at 1:57pm
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Bky - stink about your Bunnings! Is it a Bunnings Warehouse? I found it in the plumbing//taps aisle. Maybe try Mitre 10 Mega also. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Bky
Date Posted: 12 April 2012 at 2:31pm
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It's a pretty big Bunnings. We've also checked the Mitre10 Mega as well as the smaller ones. I suspect it's a sucks-to-be-you South Island thing. ------------- 7/2010, 10/2012 and 1/2015 |
Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 12 April 2012 at 7:52pm
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I'm waiting for my disposables to run out to start G in her itti's, can't wait to use cloth again & cut down our rubbish output! ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |