Making My Life Harder

[callistra]

OK, so I am running around trying to get organized enough so that the cloth nappy thing is in place and can not be avoided. Bablon_93 has very kindly offered to sew some up so they are less bulky and annoying, and I am running around getting snappi nappi locks, nappy liners (disposable or not, managed to find a pack of 100 disposables, buuuut...) and getting everything ready so when the switch is made I can't just wuss out because I got sick and miscarried and got depressed and all those other excuses I had last time I tried. :-)

Buuuuuuut.... it just seems to me that there seems to be less and less of the stuff I need to be able to do this. I need about 2 or 3 days worth of stuff, 2 days for wearing and a day for wearing during washing, if that makes sense. So, if we average say 4 or so nappies a day, (we're going to stick with disposables at night) and I need a new pair of plastic pants each time we change nappies then I need 12 plastic pants. If I could get them in the right size. Or if they were there at all. Hmmm.

I also wanted a couple more snappy nappi locks. They replace the pins we used to use to fix the nappies on. I aint seeing any of these either. Hmmmm.

I bought another 12 pack of cloth nappies. The packaging is torn, and they were the last ones. Hmmmm.

When something is missing, I rather paranoidly think: ack! They're not stocking it any more! But then reason kicks in - why should they stock it anyway, if they're in it for profit, and if I get into the swing of this nappy thing then I won't be buying anything other than powder off them anyway. (Although, having just gulped down the last of my coke, I know one thing I can't live without any more. My thoughts about buying an 18 pack and then hiding them around the house means I may have a new problem there....)

So, on the tails of talking to various people about the way we exchange energy for money and money for energy and in the end companies are all in it for the profit but the humans are in it for the food, drink and clothing, does this mean that one day I'll be going into a tiny, dilapidated shop where they obviously can't afford to fix anything or employ a 14yo to dust anything to buy stuff which has a low profit margin and high re-use value?

I also don't know where it's going to be, since my suburb is getting a bit of a face lift! Our butcher moved a shop sideways into better, newer, shinier shop. The baker is crossing the mall into a newer, shinier, better shop, and we've just got one of the nicest and largest Subways I have ever seen. Everything is so shiny new! :-)

Comments

[lauredhel.livejournal.com]

Would you like a list of places you can buy modern cloth nappies face-to-face in Perth (shops, markets, home consultants)? We have one.

Also just a note on plastic pants... some people find them ok (and economical), but a lot of people prefer more breathable and more functional covers made of PUL, fleece or wool. If you don't want to buy retail, fleece is particularly easy to sew - I've even hand-sewn a couple! - and wool covers you can sew from op shop wool jumpers if you've a notion to.

Anyway - you sure know where to find me :)

Lara

[lauredhel.livejournal.com]

(oh, and baby powder is just fragranced cornstarch - so you don't need to buy that, either :)

[callistra.livejournal.com]

We don't tend to use baby powder every change; we wipe him over, and then dry him a bit with a tissue before putting the new nappy on. He hasn't had much in the way of nappy rash or anything. Should I be powdering him more?

[lauredhel.livejournal.com]

I never used powder.

Have emailed you separately about the nappy kit...

Powder

[battblush.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'm late to arrive at this post, but I'm really enjoying it.

I never ever used powder on my children as I'd read talc was linked to ovarian cancer (I'm not sure if it was for a problem for the mother of the child, but I decided to avoid it either way).

I also clean and dry and leave the skin to itself most of the time. Occasionally I use zinc and castor oil cream if a rash develops, but usually find that nappy free time each day prevents rash anyway.

Re: Powder

[callistra.livejournal.com]

Would you be interested if I held a nappy info afternoon with afternoon tea etc?

[callistra.livejournal.com]

and yeah, corn flour or we have the Tinderbox baby powder which has long discussions of normal powder being talc and not good for babies and... and ... and...

[callistra.livejournal.com]

I read a lot of the ozlothnappies faq the other day (my there's a lot there) and went and checked out the baby beehinds stuff and things like that, but I'd be hesitant to make some poor girl come to my house and show me everything because I might not buy anything! And what if my friends didn't want to either?
!
Since I am in partyplan, I tend to wait until I know I will buy from the consultant, cos I know what a pain it can be!