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By beansproutbubba, March 3, 2010 1:00 am

Did you miss me?

Ahem.

Yes, sorry to my regular readers, after the flurry of activity that were the Australia Day markets, we went overseas to Singapore for two weeks.

Our family visiting the Singapore Orchid Garden. And yes, the little treasure is s.l.e.e.p.i.n.g. in the ring sling, all 9 kg of her!

We then arrived back home via Perth and then via Busselton (yes, not quite straight away) and I promptly took another week off to recuperate. Travelling with two under 4 is a bit tiring to say the least.

In Singapore, we caught numerous trains, busses, ate lots of delicious food, got overwhelmed with city life and the masses of people as some country bumpkins do, and also nearly ran out of nappies at one stage…

…read Part 2 tomorrow

In the meantime, have you heard that we’re sponsoring the Great Cloth Nappy Hunt? For more info, click on the image on the line below.

Running from March 1-31 2010, Bean Sprout Bubba has donated a Bubba J Basics Pocket Nappy in ‘Hot Chilli’. We have a mini hunt that starts on the shop website. We also have 10% off Bubba J and ecobumba nappies and accessories, and spot specials along the way.

Register now for your chance to hunt and get yourself in the draw for some fantastic nappy and family-oriented prizes!

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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

To ensure that you don’t miss out on another giveaway, either subscribe to the enewsletter, become a fan on Facebook or follow me on Twitter.

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By beansproutbubba, October 2, 2009 1:34 pm

A quick one:
- I’ll be at the Art and Craft Markets tomorrow 3 October at Stirling Street Art Centre. New pocket nappy prints and inserts, plus cuddlefleece covers will be available.
- I intend to have some Bubba J hemp in stock sometime this month
- reusable Nappy week is on 12-18 October 2009. I will be putting up a cloth nappy display at Eaton Community Library. There will be a few brands besides Bubba J displayed, along with some practical tips, hints and facts about using modern cloth nappies. Tell your friends!

On a personal note, I will have a number of family and personal commitments this month. The biggie would be Bri’s first birthday on the same week as RNW 2009.

Links on this post are coming. Today I will be busily preparing for the market tomorrow.

A stack of Bubba J pocket nappies in prints or solid colours, ready to go to their new owners

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By beansproutbubba, September 22, 2009 12:59 pm

Yes, it’s been busy in the Bean Sprout Bubba house. I need to get some more pics up, but thought you’d like this news.

Size 2: The three-snap configuration allows the wings to be rotated upwards for increased leg room

Size 1 on the smallest setting with front flap folded down: to fit really young babies from 3kg onwards.

A shipment of hemp fleece and bamboo fleece has arrived, meaning I can start cutting and sewing up some of the sought after Bubba J fitteds. I loved how the size 1 fitted fit my daughter when she was a tiny baby, and I’m sure you may have heard some other recommendations from others as well. Now at almost 1 year old and 8kg, the same fitted nappy still fits her! I think this is what value for money is all about.

The fitteds come on two sizes, size 1 for the little bubbas (3-6kg), and size 2 for a bigger, older bubbas (6-12kg).

Both sizes contain at least 7 thirsty layers of either hemp or bamboo fleece, and close with snaps. Size 1 has a fold down flap to fit longer, and size 2 has a unique snapping configuration to allow you to rotate the snaps upwards to give more leg room.

Another package of printed PUL (polyurethrane laminate) fabric also landed on my doorstep. PUL is the high tech material I use in my pocket nappies to keep the wetness in, whilst allowing for breathability/evaporation of moisture to keep baby’s bottom cooler. The prints are cute and modern and are either cotton or polyester prints. I usually prefer polyester PUL fabric due to its resistance to wicking, but the cotton PUL fabrics were too funaky and modern to resist! There are pink circles, bright florals, muted pastel flowers & birds, frogs, flames and giraffes, when I put the pics up you’ll see what I mean.

Mamapatch Designer Pocket RS - Orange Ditte / Rimba Pocket

Mamapatch Pastel Raw Silk RS - Spring Colourway

Mamapatch Pastel Raw Silk RS - Cool Winter Colourway

I’m also happy to bring to you Mamapatch luxury ringslings, first time in Australia! I had the first 5 slings wing their way from Malaysia (2 have already been claimed). Out of the 5, two are plain cotton slings with a print fabric pocket on the tail, and the other 3 are single layer raw silk slings. They look and feel gorgeous!

These baby carriers are made at home by an artisan in Malaysia. The quality of the stitching is professional, with unique stitching embellishments I haven’t seen before in other ring slings.

The cotton slings feature a padded shoulder, while the silk slings feature a pleated shoulder. I haven’t listed them in the shop yet as I am finalising prices.

What else have I got to share?

Ah yes, the event (or non-event) of last week: my domain beansproutbubba .com . au was offline for about 36 hours on weekdays from 16 September to 18 September due to server downtime.It was incredibly frustrating, I hope I did not lose any emails during that time.

Also, my domain does not show up in google searches for Bean Sprout Bubba anymore (why so? I have no idea!). So if anyone can give me some tips on these two issues I will be eternally grateful.

Last saturday, we were invited to two birthday milestone parties (a 1st and a 50th) and a wedding! We only managed to travel to the wedding though. Sunday was another busy day, with serving duties at church in the morning for both my husband and I, plus a leadership lunch meeting in the afternoon, and finishing off with home group in the evening. We had a blast and finished the weekend on a high. Guess I’m getting the hang of having people over instead of hiding behind my introverted self.

Other than having a pretty full on week last week, I’ll be plowing through the cutting and sewing for Bubba J in earnest this week.

Oh and if you haven’t noticed, Bean Sprout Bubba now has a group on facebook. You should be able to see the Facebook widget on the right hand sidebar of this page. If you join up as a fan, you will get up to date news and announcements from Bean Sprout Bubba.

All sling pics are owned by Mamapatch and used on this blog and the Bean Sprout Bubba shop with permission.

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By beansproutmumma, September 14, 2009 8:43 am

Since the last market and subsequent pocket nappy stocking, the Bean Sprout girls and I have been busy taking long car trips. One day trip was to Perth for passport-y admin things on Tuesday, the other was to Busselton for church camp on Saturday.

The younger of the two usually does not travel very well, but she did quite alright.

Suffice to say we are quite tired out, hence Bubba J-wise not much has been done around here.

Next week though I intend to cut out some Bubba J Hemp size 1 fitted nappies.
I might make 1-2 special ones with quilters cotton outers if I can bear to cut into my fabric stash.

I really loved the fit of these nappies on BSBubba when she was in between small/medium sizes (when I got the nappy), when she was a few months old.
She needed the fold down front for about a week before not requiring the fold down.

Now, at 11 months and 8kg, the nappy still fits like a glove on larger snap settings, albeit a little more low cut.
The size 2 seems a little looser for her but gives ample coverage over her hips.

I have some funky printed fabrics coming in the next month or so, so stay tuned for more news.

I’ll also be testing my email newsletter system, if you see some strange test messages please don’t mind me!
Hopefully it’ll all be up and running by the end of the week.

EDITTED TO ADD: Looks like another busy night last night. Had a little baby health scare at 4.30am involving unknown pain, bouts of screaming, and high temps, so I had to rush my little one to the emergency dept. She’s fine now, but I’m dead tired.

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By beansproutmumma, September 8, 2009 8:42 am

Anatomy of a Bubba J pocket nappy

Last night’s pocket nappy stocking is finished.

Features (see photo above):

- Hip snaps instead of front snaps: 2 rows / 3 settings allows the adjustment of waistband and leg openings independent of each other.

- Sized S, M, L: gives a snug and trim fit for a growing baby, fits from approximately 3kg to 16kg.

- Size S pockets can fit up to 8 layers of absorbancy (bamboo) with no gaping around the legs to cause leaks.

- M & L sizes have a pocket that can fit up to 12-14 layers of absorbancy (bamboo trifolds and boosters), while still maintaining a trim fit around the crotch, and leave no gapes around the legs.

Bamboo inserts and boosters are going at low prices too ($6 & $3), until the designs are finalised.

I also have plenty of hemp fleece and microfibre terry to make more inserts in the coming month.
If you wish to use hemp or microfibre instead of bamboo, contact me and we can work something out.

Cheers

Rebecca

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By beansproutmumma, September 7, 2009 4:30 pm

Bean Sprout Toddla checking out the new prints

I will be stocking 14 print PUL pocket nappies today.

They are distributed rather evenly between small, medium and large sizes, with a number of gender neutral patterns as seen on my last blog post.

Bubba J pocket nappies hanging on the line

I will be listing the inserts separately, there is a choice of a trifold or a booster.

The bamboo insert is a double layer

bamboo fleece square that can be folded into third to make 6 layers of bamboo absorbancy, while the bamboo booster is a double layer bamboo fleece strip that is added on to increase absorbancy by another 2 layers of bamboo.

Bamboo fleece insert, to be trifolded and used to stuff Bubba J pocket nappies

Bamboo booster to give an extra 2 layers of bamboo absorbancy

An average baby would probably need 7-8 layers of bamboo fleece for day time and 8-12 layers for night time, depending on how long the baby will be changed.

Newborns could get away with less absorbancy with 4-6 layers of bamboo fleece, as they tend to poo more frequently and hence be changed frequently.

If heavy gauge bamboo is too bulky for your newborn, choose hemp for trimness, or microfibre for super trimness and softness. Please note that microfibre should not touch babies skin directly as it is so absorbent, it has been said to dry out babies skin.
I will be overlocking hemp and microfibre inserts and boosters in the coming days for those who prefer these to bamboo.

Anyhow, do check out the new stock which should land in the shop by tonight (girlies are out of whack today, BSToddla not having her usual nap, and BSBubba’s nap rhythm is a bit disrupted).

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By beansproutmumma, September 4, 2009 1:28 am

Bubba J print cotton and poly PUL pocket nappies: opened up to better see the lovely prints

I just love seeing this pile of new nappies ready to go, waiting for their new owners.

There are no inserts included, unless I make them tomorrow.

These will go on sale at the markets on Saturday without inserts. If you do require inserts I can take orders and make them up during the week to go with your new pocket nappy.

If there are any left after the market I will stock them in the shop.

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By beansproutmumma, September 2, 2009 2:09 pm

Markets are on this Saturday at the Stirling Street Art Centre, Bunbury.
I will be there with cuddlefleece covers and pocket nappies.
I might also prepare a little inexpensive bit o’ fun for all ages, more craft-related than nappy related.

Alongside the usual Arts & Craft market there will be a Father’s Day Garage Sale/Bric-a-Brac/White Elephant Sale.

I’m looking forward to this weekend, simply because I think there will be many more people coming this time.

And on the shop front: the online shop is now live!
After 4 months of a huge learning curve on all things web- and e-commerce-related, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief as the framework for the shop is all done.
I’m grateful to my husband for being supportive of my endeavours and helping out with the girls and some housework while the shop was being set up.

There’s still a few more bits and pieces to be done so this blog will be rather quiet until I fully sort out the shop website.

Also check out the Great Down Under Nappy Hunt!
There was such a huge response from sponsors that I didn’t get my head in to be part of it this time.
Hopefully I will be all ready once the next one rolls along.

Ahhh too many ideas in my head sometimes Best get back to sewing…

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By beansproutmumma, August 21, 2009 9:17 am

Stirling Street Art Centre Arts & Crafts Market - my little stall

Next month the Stirling Street Art Centre Arts & Crafts market will be on again on 5 September, the first Saturday of the month.

It runs from 9am to 2pm.

There are other crafty things to see at the markets, I think I’ll take more photos of other stalls to post next month.

Admittedly it is a rather small market, but it is great fun.

I just hope that the stall-holders will stay there until it gets bigger.

I’ll need to tweak my stall display to make it look more appealing and educational.