Expo Fluff

I went to the PBC expo yesterday and it was great!!!!!! I left home at 9am...got to the expo at 10:30am and somehow managed to still be there at 4:30pm....I eventually arrived home at 6:30pm.

I got to see/meet some great NCers and its actually pretty embarrassing how much fun I had talking cloth.

My list of goodies included some non fluff items:

Two ABC DVDs for the kids "Hairy Maclary" and "Are we there yet?: a journey around Australia" for $10 EACH
A 3/4 sleeve Peppermint breastfeeding shirt for me which I tried out today and really liked .

Now for the fluff.....

From Baby Blossom a Blueberries OSFM Minky Pocket w/insert for $32
From Nurture Nappies 2 bumgenius OSFM pockets for helping out
From Cleverpants a Size 2 bamboozle and Size 2 cover for $25
From Itti Bitti I picked up a few things from Sue, some inserts and a sewn in, and bought some mini bamboo boosters
Oh and a pair of Huggalugs for $10

And of course to tempt you after you leave, you get expo offers from some places....

Itti Bitti is offering 15% off for 2 weeks plus free post for orders over $50!!!!
and Huggalugs 20% off!!!

........I am trying to ignore these due to my splurge in the Bubblebubs sale on the weekend.

PBC EXPO

I am planning on heading to the Pregnancy, Babies and Children's Expo on Sunday. I have a free pass, not that I can find it, lol, and will hopefully get the chance to help out at a stall and catch up with some clothie mums...Nurture Nappies will be there and so will Itti Bitti!!!

It will just be Ari and I which should be nice...hopefully he will be happy in his wrap like he is at home and I can talk cloth to some potential cloth parents.

Hope to see some people there :)

Auriels - Size 1

I bought two Size 1 Auriels this week - I really wanted to try them out, MM fleece for breatheability and good water resistance, side snap for good fit. They arrived today and they are tiny!! I have the feeling that Size 2s would of been a better buy in terms of longevity but they didn't have any left so size 1 it was. They are super trim through the crotch (maybe slimmer then an itti!!!) and I am not sure if boosting will be an option ???

They are made for birth to 9kgs. I have put them in the wash so we will see once they are dry.

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.

Help Please - Tibetan Back Carry and others

I would love some help if anyone out there that can give me some ideas/opinions/assistance on back carries?

Carmen (Kermi) gave me some links to you tube which were great (am on slow dial up so it takes a while, lol) , I made myself a 5 metre x 70 cm wrap from slightly stretchy (one way- up/down) material and have been trying it out. I understand that wovens are best for back carries as they offer more support but as I don't have $90+ to spend (or DH wouldn't let me, lol) I thought I would try this.

I tried the Tibetan back carry today and found that Ari was comfy but I was not....around my underarms it just didn't feel right. So here are some pics so you can see what I did and maybe someone can shine the light on the problem.

I had the twist the parts coming over my shoulder to keep the top rail tight against his neck, so maybe that was the problem.

Oh and he is 8 weeks old, 60cms and 6.15kgs.

Blue Eyed Boy

Ari's Feet My Wedding Rings