6 bags full... you got to be kidding!

You know I have tried all the different cloth diaper types that are available in the market.

My dearest of all, especially for newborns are the Flat/prefold. These are the square towels with which you cover the baby and then use a waterproof cover.

The same type of cover is needed when you use fitted diapers (the ones that are like  aν underwear but still needs a waterproof shell.

Usually these two types of diapers come in naturtal fibers (cotton, bamboo, hemp). But there is some difficulty to choose the cover. I have found fleece covers, or covers with PUL but my favourite is wool!!!

No they are not hot, no they do not scratch (read here more info about wool and its characteristics).
ΑIf you serach for wool diaper covers you will see that they might seem to be a little expensive but they really worth it. 

I did try to make some by myself but I could not find old wool sweaters... I also tryed to knit some , I even bought an expensive knitting pattern, but it was too complicated. I do have  a friend, though who knitted a very easy pattern and did really enjoyed using it as a diper cover!

(you cabn find here more details)

Then one day Heidi came into my life!
Heidi ows 6 bags full. She is doing what I did not manage to: she takes 100% wool and cashmere sweaters and she turns them into cloth dipaer covers. She was even so kind to send me one for testing! (of'course I gave it to a friend since we 've ended using diapers a year now...).

First of all, when I picked it up I cried.... I cried because I do not have a sweater so soft, not a diaper cover! This is what Heidi sent me and I took picture from the inside and the outside:

My very experienced cloth dipaer friend after using it agreed that there is nothing like woolies! Imagine during winter to use only a long wool cover, instead of a normal pair of pants or leggings on your baby!  

Wool needs specila washing care with green sopa and lanoline, once in a while. Find more at the bottom of this article.

Check out some 6 bags full covers:

ΑIf you want to buy some you will find them on  etsy or on facebook. No, they are not constantly available. You can find out when some new ones are being released athe the 6bags ful mamma's club! 

The hard part now: The shipping cost is about 11,5 euro and the covers cost about 15-25 euro, depending on the size, the type and the style.
The good news: after stop using them you can resell them on the used group Unofficial 6 Bags Full BST & Chat.

No matter what questions you might have, Heidi will answer you and clear everything out, exept from Friday to Sunday sunset when "I set this time apart for God and family", as she mentions. (Great idea for all of us, busy mamas...)

Have a nice try......

(Then you run into these juicy thighs with the raffles all around and you just get crazy!)

Booroi

An Australian company that makes All-in-two nappies. With great cooton baby wipes in lovely wetbags. 

I liked: 

• I think that these are the nappies with the greatest fabric I have seen! On one side they have a layer of 100% Bambοo fleece (very soft and keeps all the moist away from your baby)and on the other side a layer of 92% Bamboo and 8% polyester. In the middle they have an extra layer that absorbs everyhting! On the small babies you can use them as a nappy:  

When they grow up, you fold them on three and just stuff it inside the waterproob cover:

•  Ι have washed them so many times but still, nothing happened to them!
• The covers are very comfortable and, although on sizes, you will use them for a long time.
• The covers are waterproof but they are very soft and they do not remind at all the word "plastic".
• Not many colours and designs for the covers but they arejust great!
• When you order baby wipes or nappies you get them in the very qute wetbags!

I did not like: 

• I am having some trouble with the side closure!
• That I can only buy six packs of the nappies instead of one at a time...

I would change: 

• I would like some covers with afront closure!
• I would like to be able to buy from the same company the special clips that are used on the nappies as a closure (instead of pins).

Cost: One nappy and one cover costs 16,8 euro and you need only 5,32 euros more for the shipping cost (from Australia!!!)   

Giveaway No5! Bio-D nappy fresh!

Some time ago a sample of Bio-D Nappy Fresh came to my hands. An "antibacterial, germicidal sanitizing powder for the safe, effective cleansing of re-usable textile nappies at low, energy-efficient temperatures".

I have to admit that I liked it, although I did not have lots of it to test!

As I was searching I run onto the greek e-shop sunny side. 

(I was looking for dresses but looked for anyhting relating to cloth nappies as usual!)

I asked Elina for more info and we ended up to this giveaway!

Since she has been using cloth nappies as well, she added also the  Bio-D washing powder, to the gift package.

Bio-D is an independent, family-owned, ethically motivated British company, dedicated to promoting the use of hypoallergenic, environmentally responsible detergents that have a minimum impact on the ecosystem both in their use and in their manufacturing process. Where possible, all raw materials are plant-derived and are obtained from renewable sources. 
They operate a strict policy whereby none of our raw materials or finished products are tested on animals. We have a fixed cut-off date of 1988. All raw materials are free from genetically modified ingredients; animal by-products and we are subject to scrutiny and approval by The Vegan Society, Naturewatch Trust, BUAV and The World Wildlife Foundation. 
These detergents do not contain enzymes, or brighteners, so we can try them on our cloht nappies!

So, you can participate in this contest through Rafflecopter, in the greek version of the blog. Only open to those living in Greece....
Good luck...

Results of the 4th giveaway

So, another giveaway has finished!

Thank you all so much for  liking, following, commenting!

The Rafflecopter gave us a winner:Anna!

Congratulations!

As soon as she will contact me, 
I will email DIVA CUP so that she will get her gift!!


The rest of you can buy a menstrual cup directly from  DIVA CUP or get more info on their webpages!

(I have to remind you that I did not got paid from the company to try their menstrual cup or to talk about it!)


Well, girls, buy for now. I will be back!

Giveaway No4! Menstrual cup!

I am very curious and I am always searching for...anything! So I decided I wanted to try some cloth menstrual pads. Such nice colours and soft fabrics!As I was searching I discovered the menstrual cup! Never heard about it! Never even imagined that it could exist! The Greek translation is a little difficult! "Antitampon", "multiple use tampon"... 
The menstrual cups first appeared 30 years ago in the US and Canada (where else?).

So, I found 4-5 companies. One of them, the DIVA CUP from Canada accepted to send me a sample to use and write about it and one more for one of you! (Of'course I did not got paid for the testing nad reviewing!)

First impression, when I opened the envelope: all this much? My sister's reaction was: "Are you crazy? You are really going to put all this ..."inside"?" 

The truth is that I am so curiοus (as already mentioned) that I could not stop myself from using it!

So the perfect time to use the menstrual cup, came! I had washed it in some warm water and a little bit of white vinegar and I have washed my hands really-really well! Of'course I have memorised the instructions! I sat on the toilet, Ι folded it in half and pushed it in my "interior"! I cleaned the "details" and got up.

I did not dare to cut the "steam" as I was supposed to! I was fealing it a little bit so I was going to cut it as soon as possible!
After one hour I got it off. There was some leakage but maybe they were the "leftovers". I am sure that it was not pushed as much inside as possible!  So, I touch the steam and pinch the cup. 


Oh no, it is stuck!!!!
Wait, I have to pinch a little bit more, so that there will be enough air through the little holes on the top! It makes a ...noise and it gets out! There where lots of liquids inside! But I did not like the liquids on my hand! The all experience was so much easier than expected! 
Second time was so much better! I cut the steam and made sure that I pushed the cup much more inside! This time things where so much better. Only a few leakage and I did not feal it as much as the first time!


I was only going to try it a) when at home, b) when I had lots of menstruals and c) when my sweet little girl would leave me alone...So I did not had lot of chances to use it again! I think that next month things will be so mush easier!

So, girls, if you want to buy one try an e-shop from the Store Finder or form the Buy Now-page of the company. On the DIVA CUP webpage you can find isntructions and answers to all of your questions!


Since I would love to have someone else to test it with, you can win one DIVA menstrual cup right here, through the Rufflecopter:

(Please go back to the form on the Greek page:)

http://yfasmatinespanes.blogspot.com/2011/11/4-mesntrual-cup.html

Nightripping 4

My daughter is now old. 15,4 kilos and 2 years nad 7 months old. But she does not want to get rid of her diapers! Εspecially now that she sent her pacifier to the fairy it is not possible to take them off!

Now, she is "a heavy weter toddler", as our english-spoken friend say.

At this point, at nights, I use fitted diapers. Especially Aimee's, the angel bean, are so absorbent that in the morning I do not have to change her night dress and her bed sheets!

Absorbent soaker of
Wonderoo

The only pockets that have made it where the Wonderoo V2. They have on their own very absorbent soakers but you can also stuff inside somε more, just to be sure!

Zookies

Handmade diaper covers from U.S.A., coming in wonderfull colours. Ready to ship or made just for you.

You can find them in snaps or velcro. Mine is "one size" but you can choose even specific sizes. Outside they have cotton fabrics in great colours and inside PUL. In the summer you can use them as a swimming suit!

                

I liked:- The great fabrics and colours

          - That they are cotton on the outside

          - They dry so quickly! 
          - You can choose sizes, snaps or velcro, even 
             the colour of the binding
          - That you can "add" flaps or panels, when ordering 
            a new one, for those using flat nappies.

                                       

I did not like:  Mine was a little wide but I read that Michele has made them a bit smaller. 

I would change: I would find a representative in Greece, or at least in Europe! 

Cost: 13,60 euros, from Zookies.