Getting started with modern cloth nappies, but not sure how?

Need some tips to use and wash your cloth nappies?

Ever wondered what happens within a WAHM (work-at-home-mum)’s home/office/headquarters?

This blog chronicles the various milestones of Bean Sprout Bubba, peppered with doses of modern cloth nappy tips, snippets of the working at home life and some mummy insights of managing a household with three very young children.

Rebecca is the owner of Bean Sprout Bubba, a home-based modern cloth nappy business based in Bunbury, Western Australia.

She juggles her business with a family of 3 young children and part-time WAHM work (another job). She used to be a modern cloth nappy demonstrator before starting up Bean Sprout Bubba.

From Rebecca herself:

I have been using modern cloth nappies since December 2006. I’ve used many different brands and different types of modern cloth nappies, traditional nappies and disposables. I have used cloth nappies at home, when out and about, travelling overseas and with babysitters. My experiences have been mainly Australian brands and a handful of US/UK brands, so I can speak about nappies to anyone, anytime.

I learnt to sew in 2006, then sewing took a back seat as I embraced handknitting woollen soakers and pants as water-resistant covers to go over nappies. Before the birth of my second child, I made a full set of newborn nappies using the Very Baby pattern. The day before I gave birth I was still banging out bamboo fleece pocket inserts on my overlocker!

The first time I heard about Bubba J nappies was in 2007. at that time they were very hard to come by. I managed to snag a second hand Bubba J pocket nappy in medium for my first daughter and loved the fit. I didn’t find anymore after that, until I got a set of small Bubba J pocket (with hemp insert) and a Bubba J size 1 fitted coupled with a Bubba J cuddlefleece cover. I loved the fit, and was going to buy more when I heard the label was for sale. I jumped at the chance of owning a beloved nappy brand.

Since late 2009 I have been making them to sell at the monthly Stirling Street Art Markets and also online.

2010 saw the arrival of well-loved Australian nappy brands at Bean Sprout Bubba, to complement the current Bubba J range. The Stirling Street Art Centre monthly markets also ceased to run.

A new one-size nappy range called ecoBumba was conceived in September 2009, and went into initial production in Bunbury in 2010. Halfway through 2010, I found out that I was pregnant and due in early Oct 2010. I was too ill to do any further product development for the rest of 2010, and concentrated on small custom sewing orders and retail trade.

To learn more about ecoBumba hover over ‘about me’ and click on ‘ecoBumba’.

In October 2010, ecoBumba/Bubba J production slowed down as we welcomed our sunny little boy into our family. Bean Sprout Bubba was kept open, working at ‘half speed’ – until May 2011, when I had adjusted to our new normal with three under 5.

In 2012, I’m all set to revv up the engine again and restart product development, revamping Bubba J patterns to suit current modern cloth nappy preferences.

I hope you’ll stick around to continue your cloth nappy research, or click on the link to go shopping right now!
If you need to ask a question feel free to send me an email by clicking on this link to my contact form.