A Gift for a new Bubba - Poochies

I made these 2 small Poochies for a new little bubba girl. Now I know she has received them I thought I would post pics :)

It is nice to use "girly" fabrics. The outer is a cord, the liner is suedecloth and the boosters (sewn in and lay in) are bamboo.

My sewing was a bit dodgy (yet again, lol) but hopefully they do the job.

Poochies Nappy - Size Medium

Scott is away (and has taken my new camera so please excuse cruddy photos) so I have had a few hours of sewing this evening which has been nice...that said it is 11:45pm, I haven't cleaned up yet, I am super tired *yawn* and Ari will be waking up soon for a feed....so maybe not so nice when I have to get up a few times between now and when the kids get up at 7am ;)

Anyways what I supposed to be writing about is this nappy I made. Size medium from the Poochies pattern.

It has 9 layers of bamboo and one of cotton. With winter coming I didn't want to do a sewn in booster as drying times are a bit too long for my liking so I have done minimal body layers and a fold out snap in.

Outer: Paws Cotton
Hidden: Bamboo layer
Inner: Blue microfleece
Snap in: 2 layer trifold with 2 layer microfleece topped booster attached.
Hidden snaps! I am finding this important as Ari seems a bit sensitive.

Edited to add....

The pattern says Mediums fit from 6.8-11.3kgs....Ari is 6.15kgs and Nate is 12.5kgs. It fits both boys and not on the tightest/loosest snaps either. Pics of my boys and comparing the small and medium poochies.

Nappies On A Newborn

OK so I thought I would finally get around to posting opinions (and some photos) of different nappies on my 'little' boy Ari :)....please excuse the newborn crying photos but well he didn't like posing so much at first, lol....if his stump is still on in the photo he is less then a week old...

To give an idea of his size (bare weights given)....

Ari was born weighing 4080g and 52.5cms long
At 5 days he weighed 4130g
At 16 days he weighed 4640g and is 56.5cms long

For the first 3 weeks we have used fitteds, prefolds and covers. His poos are forceful but not to big as yet, we have had no poo escapes at all. His wees are HUGE and we have had a couple of wee leaks either through wicking through FOE or just super saturated nappies, sometimes after 20 minutes.

Fitteds and Prefolds

Infant Prefolds - the prefolds have been at the bottom of the pile....the pad fold didn't really work for us so I have been snappying them....they seem a bit narrow though around his waist now iykwim, but he does have a fairly chunky tummy...I have been folding the front down....absorbency is OK but only good for an hour or so...


Small Poochies Fitteds Made by me - great fit, nice high rise and good bum coverage..I use these at night and I can boost heaps with no dramas with fit....seems Ari has a 4-5 hour sleep at night (sometimes) I need that nappy to be super absorbent...



NB Whizz Kidz Flannelette Fitted (below left)- fabulous fit from birth....I boost with hemp or bamboo miniboosters plus a suedecloth topped hemp booster...so easy to use...

Size 1 Cotton Tots Bots (below right) - Snappy closed with the front folded down these have been great...




Small Honeyboy! Fitteds made by me (below left) - I made these with suedecloth inners so I fold down the front aplix and fasten the TT to that..they are a great fit and still have over an inch in the rise when I unfold them...really good bum coverage....

Terry Flats (below right)..not using them much but good for back up and spew rags..and the cute fluffy white factor :)



Baby Beehind Hemp and Bamboo One Size Fitteds.... I will be using these more and more I think as I am finding, now that Ari is a couple of weeks old, the he out wees his NB fitteds.



Bumgenius X-Small Fitted (left)....This nappy is low rise which has been great for keeping the belly button clean and dry....It is quiet wide through the crotch for an X-small.

Newborn Poochies Fitted Home Made (right)....these are tiny...at 3 weeks I can no longer do up the thigh snap (but that could be my elastic sewing)...lovely and small on a newborn and I never needed the snap down front....



Covers

Bummies Whisper Pants....NB...these are quick and easy to pull up and down, not the cutest cover but effective and quick to wash/dry...



Diapers By Deb Small Cover....Cotton PUL outer, suedecloth inner....cute, good coverage...affordable...We have 2 of these and like them for showing off, we do get some wicking if he wets a lot (which he does a lot)...