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By beansproutmumma, June 2, 2010 12:06 am

Welcome to Giveaway #20, hosted by Bean Sprout Bubba.

Please feel free to get to know more about us, or continue reading more about our entry in the 100 Green Promise Initiative (Winter round).

From 1 June to 15 July 2010, you will be given the opportunity to submit an answer to a question on the Bean Sprout Bubba website for Giveaway #20 to be in the draw to win an ecoBumba ‘Minkee Boutique’ one-size pocket nappy in Green/choc Paisley print.

Designed from October 2009 in collaboration with local mums in Bunbury WA, it is based on the well-loved hip-snapping Bubba J modern cloth nappy design, modified to become a one-size stylish nappy.

ecoBumba one-size pocket nappy grows with your baby

Features and benefits include:

• Polyester plush print outer: for a stylish lush nappy.
• Hidden PUL layer: for waterproofness with breathability
• Microsuede lining: Kepps baby dry by wicking moisture through to the inner core.
• Two 2-layered bamboo quick dry inserts included: Shorter insert for newborns or young infants, longer insert for older babies. Use both inserts for longer wears or even at night. All inserts unfold for athorough wash and quick dry ability.
• Rise snaps: nappy grows with your baby – adjust the rise according to the length of baby’s rise
• Hip-snapping: waist and thigh fit can be set separately, ensuring a good fit for no leaks.
• Gently curved tummy panel: to fit under tummies while providing adequate coverage.
• Trim fit at the crotch: while providing enough room to contain messes.

Tested to fit bubs from 3.5kg up to about 15kg. You may like read more about ecoBumba and see fabric choices, or have a look at what testers had to say.

This nappy is one of the newest nappy brands available on the market today.
They are so new that I only have 12 ecoBumba pocket nappies in stock at the moment, though about 40+ are cut up ready to be sewn in various colours, prints and textures.
I’m a perfectionist, and I am doing my very best to sew them as quickly as I can, while not compromising on workmanship.

Made by hand with love in Bunbury WA.

To make it easier to use cloth nappies, Bean Sprout Bubba has a range of nappy accessories in stock to help you use cloth when out and about, or when removing waste from nappies. (this is a big hint by the way to help you answer the very simple question for Giveaway #20 ).

How to play

Before playing, please make sure to register at My Green Nappy, then read on further for Giveaway #20

There are two simple steps to finding the question, just start here at the Bean Sprout Bubba shop, which will lead to to where you can find the actual question.

Use the question as a clue to finding the answer.

Then click on the link to 100 Green Promise Initiative Winter Giveaway #20 to submit your question.

Easy as!

Keeping in touch

Visit our Bean Sprout Bubba Facebook Page and become a fan/liker to keep track of upcoming products, photos and sneak peeks.

More importantly, you are invited to join the monthly Bean Sprout Bubba email newsletter to get advance notice of new products, giveaways and subscriber-only promotions.

Another way to say hello is to get in contact with me either through my contact form (no spam please) or simply comment on my blog posts.

More comments = more encouragement to keep on blogging.

All the best of luck in the giveaway, and hope to hear from you soon!

Rebecca
beansproutmumma

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By beansproutmumma, May 31, 2010 12:34 pm

So curiosity about cloth nappies has led me to fully cloth nappy my baby during the day.

How did I transition to cloth nappies at night-time, and for long sleeps over 4-6 hours?

In the old days, using nappies at night simply meant doubling a cloth terry nappy, and putting a BIG cover over the top.
You can just imagine how big baby’s bottom would be!!

Following comments from this post about cloth nappy tips and questions, this week I intend to share, over 2 or 3 parts, how night time cloth nappying is just as simple to perform as daytime, by following a few key tips.

In the first part I will mention how baby’s sleeping patterns may affect night time motions, and share some simple tips to reduce wetting at night.

In the second part I share how certain daytime nappies can be converted into nappies suitable for night time use by using some simple tips, saving you money from using disposable nappies.

In the third and final part I will talk about dedicated night nappies, the types that are available out there, and all you need to know about using these specialised nappies at night.

Note that any advice or tips I share should take your baby’s needs and the needs of your family into account before deciding whether to follow them, as every baby and every family has different circumstances.

Click here to shop for nappies to use at night time at Bean Sprout Bubba.

If you have any other specific questions regarding nappies at night please comment below and I will try to cover it in my 3-part series.

Rebecca

This is the introduction to the ‘Cloth at night’ series.

To read earlier parts please follow these links:

Cloth at night: an introduction

Part 1: Considering cloth nappies at night-time?

Part 2: Cloth at night – using day nappies as night nappies

Part 3: Cloth at night – Using dedicated night nappies

Want to submit a question or future cloth nappy-related topic? Click here for more details, you could win an ecoBumba onesize nappy! Closes 31 July 2010, giveaway details here.

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By beansproutmumma, December 17, 2009 12:22 am

Do people really use wool as a nappy cover?

How does it work?

Wouldn’t it be too hot for the baby?

What on earth is lanolising? Sounds hard…

Some of you know exactly what it entails and are nodding furiously. But I can guarantee most of you may not have even heard of lanolising, let alone use wool as a very effective nappy cover.

If I mention about using wool as a cover over an absorbant cloth nappy, people would look at me quizzically, and wonder what I’m going on about. It works extremely well as a nappy cover, due to the properties of the wool fibre itself, plus the added lanolin (‘wool fat’) in the wool.

Wool absorbs up to 30% its weight in moisture without feeling wet. Great for heavywetters at night, they won’t feel wet unless they outwee the nappy and completely saturate the cover.

Lanolin neutralises odours and protects the wool fibre from the wetness. It makes wool a very low maintenance nappying item: it only needs a wash and lanolising (replenishing lanolin) every 2-3 weeks or if whiffy. In between uses it just needs to be aired like all wool items should be stored.

The fibres are also hydrophobic (‘water-repelling’) due to the lanolin, a bit of an oxymoron hey… therefore whatever moisture it touches and absorbs would be transferred to the area of lesser moisture. In nappy terms, a wool cover would absorb moisture from an absorbant fitted nappy yet not feel wet, then transfer whatever moisture that is touching the inner surface of the cover to the drier outer part of the cover.

This property of wool, plus the inherent breathability of wool due to the structure of the fabric makes wool covers a cool option, even in summer. In fact, from experience, on a hot day the nappy under a wool cover dries out really quickly and keeps baby’s bottom dry.

Alright, so now we’re full bottle on wool nappy covers and how it works with nappies.

How do we care for them? Simple.

Hand wash with a little wool wash and warm water, gently squeezing the solution through the cover.
Let soak for 15-30min, then rinse in clean water until it runs clear.
Next step is to lanolise: melt a little lanolin in hot water, dilute this with cool water to make a warm lanolin soaking solution. Squeeze through and soak your cover in it for at least 30min, then remove excess water by rolling in a towel and dry flat in the shade.

A visual learner? Here’s a video I made a few months ago, washing and lanolising a handknit wool soaker.

On the shop front: Currently I still have some Bubba J wool nappy covers in medium and in small. The large size is sold out, and I intend to make them again after tweaking the pattern a bit following feedback from previous customers (especially around the legs). If you are after any wool covers and can’t find the size you are after in the shop, simply contact me and I will do my best to make you one or two or three.

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By beansproutmumma, December 15, 2009 10:17 am

I made another video the other day, with a bit of help from my three-year-old.

One of our best-selling products is the Bubba J Pocket nappy. They dry quickly as the absorbancy unfolds to a maximum of 2-3 layers, and are easy to use and care for.

Pocket nappies are a really easy concept to understand, but if you’re new to modern cloth nappies it may seem difficult to understand from words on a webpage. Which is why the video was produced to provide this information visually.

Here’s the video. It is a bit rough around the edges, and I am thinking of getting it redone when I get some spare time around Christmas time.

Check out the feedback on the Bean Sprout Bubba Facebook page. Thank you ladies for your valuable feedback, not just on the video but on product issues, requests for nappy prints and of course the positive encouragement that you give.

If you have anything to say about the video, please join in the Facebook discussion on the wall, or shoot me an email on the shop contact page.

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By beansproutmumma, December 1, 2009 10:52 am

So I have been running this little Bear Hug Baby competition on Facebook where people could nominate the colour ring sling they loved and why.
Some people love the colour, others wanted to prepare for a newborn baby (awww… I really miss newborn cuddles in the ring sling!), still others would love to win the sling as a gift to a new mum.

I wrote down all your names in paper scraps and got Abi to draw the winner.

She was so excited that she drew and opened up TWO names: Brenda Y & Mandi M!

Brenda picked Purple Passion because she loved the vibrant purple hue. I have to admit, it is a wonderful colour. Made in super soft 100% cotton peach drill, the Super Soft Original Ring Sling (Ltd Ed) is a bit softer than the original BHB ring slings and comes in lovely shades of limited edition colours.

Purple Passion - BHB Super Soft Original Ring Sling

Mandi preferred the brown (String) BHB original ring sling, simply because it ‘looks fab’
Hope you’d enjoy using this on your little newborn!

String - BHB Original Ring Sling

To celebrate the end of the giveaway I have 5% off BHB ring slings using the code as seen on the Bean Sprout Bubba Facebook page.
Code is good till 7 December 2009 23:59.

Wondering how these slings work? Check out the instructions here: Ring Sling Instructions

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By beansproutmumma, November 28, 2009 9:35 am

One of the biggest barriers to using cloth nappies is the perceived ‘extra work’ cloth nappy laundry seems to be.

Disposable nappies are then generally touted as the most convenient option because ‘you can put it all in the bin and forget about it’.

I’m not anti-disposable, in fact I believe there is a place for disposable use, just as there is a use for disposable plates and cutlery at different situations.

Anyhow, when a baby does a number 2 in any nappy, have you thought about where the waste should end up?
In the bin? or in the toilet?

“But I use disposable nappies, I don’t need to worry about that problem.”

Ok. If you have a packet of disposables, please spare a minute, go and grab the packet or box, have a look at the instructions for use and disposal.
Where do they recommend the waste to go? Into the toilet, of course!

“Are you sure? Everyone I know just rolls them up and chucks them in the bin.”

Yeah I know that. However did you know that in most council and shire regulations it is an offense to dispose of human waste in the bin?

If the packet recommends flushing waste into the toilet, and the law is against throwing waste in the bin, why are we doing the opposite?

For most reusable nappy users, where waste goes is a no brainer as it all needs to be rinsed out with a nappy sprayer, or flushed down the toilet with a flushable liner, before the nappies are drypailed until wash day. Flushable liners are convenient when going out for all nappy users as there is no need to carry a dirty nappy around.

Disposable nappy users can also do the same by rinsing and/or using a flushable liner.
In fact by doing this, it keeps solid waste out of landfills, and it is good practice before deciding to switch to cloth nappies.

A friend of mine mentioned that she washed all pooey disposable nappies after her toddler had a messy incident with the nappy bin.
She remarked, “The bin actually doesn’t smell too bad any more, and definitely no more messes if the toddler goes into the bin again.”

What do you do? Does waste go in the bin or into the toilet?