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

[babalon-93.livejournal.com]

I stabbed myself with a snappy this morning! Still hurts!

if you are buying nappies for me to hack and sew it is much cheaper, easier and more efficient to sew if you get old towels from the opp-shop or fabric by the metre. I just use the pre-made cloth ones 'cause I already have them, so might as well use them.

I always wonder why the fitted cloth nappies aren't for sale in shops, you can hardly even get the terry squares anymore, but you have really answered my question.

[fred-mouse.livejournal.com]

some random thoughts:
- plastic pants not so good - I tended to only use them if we ran out of anything else, or as 'training' pants, with nothing in them. we did have some fabulous plastic pants that breathed really well, but no idea where we got them, spent much time on two continents trying to locate them. I was pretty happy with the fluffies brand pants (don't buy target brand - no gusset) - they have more reliable elastic than most plastic ones.
- snappies are vicious.
- if you can't find what you are after in the shops, ask Freecycle - I gave all of my stuff away either there or to friends, I'm pretty sure that there would be other people out there ready to pass on.
- I always found nappy liners to be a nuisance. You can't flush them, you aren't supposed to put them in the bin with poo still on them, so you still end up washing the poo off, and they don't survive more than a wash or two. I have heard of people buying chux, and cutting them up to make liners, but never tried it myself. I just stuck with nappies with no liners, and it seemed to work pretty well.

Snappi Locks

[battblush.livejournal.com]

I have to warn you against the snappi locks. I used them a few times for Aiden but that was it. I shunned them for the other boys. They were always grabbing on his testicles and ripping into him. We shopped around, tried many things and in the end decided Safety Pins really were the most reliable and safest option.

My former mother in law bought me a type of velcro pilchers that breathed, and did up at the front in much the same way disposables do. They were fantastic. I can't remember what they were called but we bought them from Big W or one of those.