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gmumeen:
Weldon onegai, pls check yur mail

will do!

gustavo440:
the email is not delivering. i ve tried severally.pls any other means of reaching them

Please try again and I'll send you a pm right now.

zaynie:
The girls ke.....
Moyo is a boy o
Atinuke is the girl.

Oh sorry, all the Moyos I know of were girls, so I assumed...ma binu.

Zaynie, we are doing well. Thanks for asking after us.How are you and the girls?

Meanwhile if you see the obsessions with arranging and displaying cloth diapers abroad! I confess to keeping certain colours for certain outfits (because you don't need pants under your baby's clothes and people would call them her special pants and assume I sewed it to match her outfits). Let me see if I can dig up a few old pics...
please check www.mameandboo..com for more tips on diapering.

rezzy:
Last year August when my son's pooping habit was frustrating, I bought washable diaper @250 per month. It was actually a carpenter that sewed that diaper

Carpenters make the best tailors

How did it work?

My issue with those ones is that they put people off a very good system and they are sold by people who just keep saying "just buy it, just buy it" without understanding or using it themselves. I had one Balogun madam try convince to take one, I merely laughed. You get what you pay for.

Wamby Diapers is a company founded by women, all of whom used cloth diapers. We know what we liked, we know what gave us issues, we will do our best to answer questions and won't make false promises. production is actually monitored by one of our mums, more pattern designs will be done by another mum (she's sketching and painting it). It's an exciting time for us.

Liftedhands:
Hello sis, carrying multiples causes it even single births not spaced properly can result to this as well. Joys of motherhood

Good morning ladies .

Nice to have you back.

ify4charm:
Thanks dear but they didn't find the Sebamed lotion. If someone can help with a precise store in Festac or lekki Ajah axis. I ll be really grateful

Try Best Buy, it's on Lekki expressway by Igbo Efon before Chevron roundabout. Someone got from there 2 weeks ago. That's the best description I can get because I didn't go there

rofemiguwa:
6 months on d dot.
Started with water then banana
Den cereal den formula
Next week,garri and egusi.i couldnt believe my eyes.hehehehe.
Since den she dey chop anything o.

Why are you surprised? All these babies being born now are Ajekpakos. We gave Baby E eba and soup, she started eating the eba without soup. I kid you not. We gave her Semo, Poundo yam, Pounded yam, she would eat it as long as it hadn't touched soup. Imagine how confused we were! At least she is saving us cost of soup ingredients.

FINA4804:
How do I get cloth diapers

Please email wambydiapers@gmail.com.

LordReed:
Tried a set of washable diapers but had to stop cos its absorbency was shit.

Where did you get them from, what brand? That problem with absorbency happens with the old school ones, they lasted an hour tops and were problematic.
Modern diapers are made from multiple layers of fabrics and have been tested for absorbency. You can look up my claims of 4 hours and see for yourself what other brands say, but I know they'll agree with me.
Oyinbo people will never stress themselves to use something that has no absorbency and if you check online, you will see thousands of blogs about cloth diapering.
Rofemiguwa and Alphahandmaiden can tell you that their cloth diapers absorb, they use different brands on different continents too (Rofemiguwa said her MiL kept not wanting to change it because they absorbed a lot during the day).
You can give us a try, do one diaper and see what happens just to change your mind about cloth diapering, even if you don't end up buying our product.

However, I've seen some cheaply made Naija modern cloth diapers (they have foam or towel inside them), they cost N250 to N700 and I'm pretty sure they will have absorbency problems, at the very least.

Ammy5565:
Good day mamas,
Pls i'm not yet a mum, still a member of the preggie thread but due dis dec. I need some recommendations from experienced mamas here and hope i can be helped.
Almost done with my shopping but i havent got toiletries for lo. I initially planned using pure coconut oil and shea butter for his skin wit johnson soap but dh has refused. Says he wants his baby to smell nice and all that as he hates the smell of shea butter. Right nw, i'm at a loss on which product would be nice for lo's soap, cream, powder, hair oil etc. Pls i really need suggestions of a good product that wont cause him any reactions nd keep his skin supple.
Secondly, i need advice on daipers too. During shopping, i saw dis large molfix daipers mini , cnt recall how many inside but it goes for about 4k. Says it can be used from 0-6months. Pls is it a good choice to start with as per quality and size?

Cc onegai, zaynie, soonest, britneystacy, mitchyy, rofemiguwa and all mamas.
Thanks.

My child seems to have sensitive skin, we use Dove Pure &Sensitive soap but it's really hard to find. Try Dove classic perhaps. Johnsons gave quite a few babies rashes and it's pricey. For lotions, I dunno. I cannot tell what is original and what is fake. Olive oil doesn't have a smell and is very good for the skin. Diapers, we used cloth diapers and some disposables. I'm a bit concerned that the same size of diaper will fit a baby perfectly from newborn to 6 months, as that is the fast-growing age and babies normally go from Newborn to sizes 1 and 2. I wonder how they manage to fit a tiny baby into the same size as a 4 month old?

So if the child has scratched himself (like all kids do) and has an open sore on his skin and his legs are buried underground, he walks but then the wound gets infected....

what next?

maamee01:
Hallo mamas lo will be 6 next week but I have started introducing cereal. I feed 2 leveled scope of cereal + 4 leveled scope of formula. hope it's not too much or less + what to do correctly.

Abeg make Una help me Chuck mouth for the Mata.
FTM tins.

Cc onegai
Cc zaynie
Cc rofemiguwa
Cc all the Sabi mamas

Gosh I wish I remembered. I think you should mix formula according to how you normally mix (ie one scoop for 30ml of water) first, make the formula and then add cereal. Use your eyes to judge if the cereal is too thick or too runny. There should be instructions at the back of the can of cereal.

The Different types of Inserts

1. Cotton:

The most popular type of insert. Cotton is absorbent. It's also very soft. If your child has any type of allergies, most Drs will recommend using cotton fabrics around them, most baby clothing is made from cotton. Washes easily but is the insert most prone to breakdown after 2 years of heavy usage.

2. Microfibre:

A synthetic material that makes the cheapest of inserts. It absorbs quite a lot. But has its drawbacks (mine hold a smell and some other mamas have compression leaks). But it is popular because it is trim and slim-looking in a diaper so it's good for daytime and outings use by itself.

3. Hemp and (4.) Bamboo:

Organic plant fibres, very durable. They have maximum absorption but are also the most expensive inserts. They are trim and slim-looking in a diaper cover as well. They wash cleanly as well.

Hey guys, this thread is for those parents who were interested in Cloth Diapering.

https://www.nairaland.com/3511128/how-cloth-diaper#51800935

Cloth Wipes

Full Disclosure: I haven't bought wipes in 11 months. Infact, the only disposable wipes I ever got were gifts. Some felt so plastic-ly, some were so thin and small I got poop on my hands. It wasn't necessary.

When we bring our tender newborns home, we use cotton wool balls on their tushies because they are so delicate. But that is not effective in any way. So I got cloth wipes and the Grand Mama gave me A Look. Then she used them. Later on, she told my sis "she's not as stvpid as we thought o".

Wamby Wipes are excellent, 100% cotton materials in 2 sizes and 2 textures to clean perfectly. Just dip in water or you can do senrenre and mix water, some castile soap/babywash, coconut oil and a few drops of essential oils like Lavender or Tea tree and make wipe solution. Store them in your wetbag when done and wash together with your diapers. Use as many as you like, what waste? They're reusable!

Note: one of our mamas (Science Major lady) writes this: "Hey ladies. Welcome to Cloth Diapers, please when mixing your wipe solution, mix only small batches you can use up weekly or max 10 days. That is because anything liquid MUST HAVE a preservative in it so it doesn't go bad and breed bacteria. And since you are not adding any preservatives, small quantities please. Thanks".

Mzora:
Good job onegai....I wanna learn more about cloth diapering...I'll soon be having my baby and I plan on spending less on diapers as I spent and still spending on diapers for my almost two year old daughter...thou we're potting training her now and she wears diapers mostly at night now..pls how affordable and available are cloth diapers? and how many do I need to start with first will really wanna learn about it as I'll soon be due for delivery...thanks for starting this thread.

You and I are in the exact same position! We are at the potty training stage too, ahswear I'm grateful for cloth diapers as max we used disposables only at night and would use 164 disposables in 4 months so we saved a ton. And I have not bought wipes since February 2016 so I have no idea how much they cost, we save even more with cloth wipes. I calculated based on Size 4 Molfix disposables and it was cheaper to cloth diaper (and we have been using the same diapers for over a year and a half till this very moment). In this economy you will save, because dollar is now N485 and no-one I know thinks it will fall anytime in the next 6 months. Please refer to my earlier post, it costs N87,000 minimum per year from 6 months of age with disposable (age 0 to 6 months is more expensive, almost N100,000) and N97,000 for minimum 2 years of diapering one child and if you care for your diapers, Baby no2 inherits. Please email wambydiapers@gmail.com when you're ready, I know she's offering a 10% discount for new cloth mamas.

How to use

So, we had a model, she had done hair and makeup and photographer was ready to shoot, but she started throwing tantrum, insisting on all sorts, acting like a diva, complaining about how the camera angles don't suit her face, so we sent her to a nap , anyhoo, meet our new modelling model: Sheepie!

Sheepie is smaller than about a newborn of 3.2kg as a scale.

Now, if you look at your diaper, you'll see rows of snaps (buttons). Those buttons can be used to adjust thwle waist and the rise of the diaper cover to the right fit. Simply put your insert into the cover, snap it into place. That's it. Foolproof. When you want to change, if baby has peed and you want to reuse the cover, remove the wet insert, put it in the diaper bag, wipe the cover down and place a fresh, clean insert in the cover and put diaper on baby. If it's poo, then change everything and use a fresh diaper cover as well.

Make sure the legs and waist fit snug, you should be able to slide a finger inside (so it's not too tight) with some ease (so it's not too loose). That way, you avoid leaks, just like you'd fit a disposie


How hard was that??

PresVA:
nice one.... I expect the business to flourish as cloth diapering hasn't really gained much presence in Nigeria 'esp among the middle and rich classes'..

I wish you well.

actually... we sold out on cotton prefolds because those are the mums who rushed it. Especially those that had their babies abroad and are tuned in to what's going on there, they were more used to seeing it (I got there and my friends were all cloth diapering). I even met a rich mum from Ghana and she wanted some for her sister (her kids have passed this stage). When we hear it's not for a certain class of people, we laugh but we accept that everyone has their own opinions. Most wealthy mums have the luxury to be concerned about the organic, healthy option for their kids and they are actively trying to avoid chemicals.

Thanks!

Hello mamas. For all the mums who were asking about cloth diaper, please read https://www.nairaland.com/3511128/how-cloth-diaper#51798093
Thanks.

FINA4804:
@Danzak, I saw your Pm email me directly on Delia_edion @yahoo.com.
You can use the food Febuary is a bit far.
For cartarrh just continue your vitamin C and steam bath. Then reduce the use of AC.
@Onegai I have Pm you oh. Pls send me your contact through the email above, I want to ask your more questions on cloth Diapering

https://www.nairaland.com/3511128/how-cloth-diaper#51798093 This is the thread on cloth diapering.

Different Types of Cloth Diapers

We have All-in-ones and All-in-Twos. All-in-ones are exactly like disposable, no addition no subtraction. Just wear and go. It is more expensive and takes longer to dry but it is excellent for creche and Daddy care (and baby daddies too!).

All-in-two are more flexible. If the cover is clean, just change the insert and reuses. So it comes out cheaper because you need fewer diaper covers.

Pockets work like All-in-ones, you basically put the insert inside the pocket diapers.

Wool covers are expensive but their absorption rate will shame the devil! It can be used overnight and requires very little washing, but sadly is too hot for our climate

Fitteds, flats, prefolds are all diaper inserts.

cc iomoge2, aim07, Fina4804

AlphaHandMaiden:
In the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit. Amen

Mighty Father we thanks you for today, we thank you for life, for good health, sound mind, for our families, husbands and children.
The thank you for your grace and favour! We thank you for our homes, the food on our tables, the clothes on our backs. We thank you for the gifts of sight, hearing, speech and all our bodily functions.


We pray for your forgiveness for all the sins we have committed, in our words, our thoughts ,our actions ( in all we have done and failed to do) we pray for your grace to lead today as a better day.

Father, we put all families present here into your mighty hands. Guide us and bestow your wisdom upon us as we care for the little ones you have blessed us with.

For all those who have been ill, physical, mental or emotional we pray for your divine healing. We put all those who care for us and our children in to your hands, doctors, nurses, creche and nursery workers. May they make the right decisions always regarding our children.

We pray for a correct diagnosis of our ailments , and effective prescriptions to aid our healing.


For every milestone our children have achieved, we thank you graciously. As it is by your grace and mercy that we are all here.

For every mischief, each new tooth, each crawl, every step, every thing that they have done we praise you for it. For each new day, new week, each month that they have been alive and well we praise your holy name.

For those that have celebrated their birthdays recently we thank you almighty father. We use mama soonest's baby as a point of contact. May they be blessed. We cover them with your precious blood lord jesus, evil shall not befall them. They will always be a source of joy and celebration to their families in jesus' name.

We put those trying to concieve, into your hands, we pray for your intervention on their lives. Grant them the strenght both mental and physical that they need to undergo any treatments required. We pray that you answer their prayers. Protect them for evil and fraudulent people lurking to take advantage of them. Surround them with genuine helpers, advisers and prayer intercessors in jesus' name.


You see all our hearts and know what our deepest needs are. Please meet us at the point of our needs. These and many more we ask. Through the mighty name of Jesus .

Amen!

Good morning ladies and gentlemen.

Hope you all have a great weekend.

Amen! And thanks very much Rofemiguwa, someone will get back to you today about sending over the package. No vex.

MrPresident1:
I don't like that one with skull

It's Mexican and known as a sugar skull. There are diapers with superheroes on them. I have a few with spaceships even. Email wambydiapers@gmail.com so you can see what she has.

Let me help answer some questions?

1. Are Disposable Diapers bad?

Yes and No. Disposable Diapers are very convenient and they do draw moisture away from a baby's bum. Those are pluses. But disposable diapers are made from paper, plastic and chemicals (the stay-dry) and those things do not degrade in even 20 years. So they constitute a nuisance on the landfill. Imagine a mountain of disposables which don't break down and contaminate everything. You can neve reuse that land used to dispose plastic, plastic doesn't degrade and countries are desperately encouraging companies to use biodegradable materials (why do you think Shoprite sells those red cloth reusable shopping bags?)

Disposables keep baby's bum dry. But they also subconsciously encourage a parent to keep the baby in a diaper longer. Why change a diaper when baby doesn't seem to be so wet? That thinking leads to "Use 2/3 diapers a day abegi!", diaper rash and sudocrem.

Anecdotally, even paediatricians seem to think babies potty train faster in cloth diapers. Because they can feel wetness quicker and we even have cloth diapers that function lile disposables in keeping baby's bum dry (Microfibre insert).

2. Are cloth diapers not for poor/low-income people?

Lol. All the mums behind Wamby Diapers are very educated, STEM-based women, I'm talking a minimum of a 2nd tertiary degree for each of them. Even abroad, the average cloth diaper mama is a middle class/upper middle class chick. Cloth Diapers tend to work out cheaper than Disposables and the old school ones had a bad reputation.

3. Aren't Cloth Diapers unhygenic?

If they are, why are they rapidly growing in popularity across the Western world? Look it up, just google. And I have used them for almost 2 years, in the midst of a group of over-qualified numbnuts, I mean relatives whom include: 3 consultant paediatricians (one leads a lot of research and writes textbooks), one neonatal specialist, 2 dermatologists, one surgeon, some random Drs and not one of them thinks cloth diapers are unhygenic. If cloth diapers cause rashes, it's due to one reason only: they are not washed properly. Which is why we recommend that please, please, PLEASE don't give this to your househelp to wash with her hands. As a child I got rashes because our help washed with anger and made eyes at my brothers at the same time . Use a washing machine and dry under our hot Naija sun
It will kill all killables.

Which is cheaper, Disposable or Cloth?

Cloth.

I'm serious. I have used Pampers (Nigerian and imported), Huggies (Nigerian and imported), Molfix diapers (which are affordable and decent). The Nigerian disposables tend not to be made so well, they leak and fall apart easily. One brand fell apart and the chemicals inside the stay dry kept irritating my baby's skin to the point she scratched and bled. Molfix size 4 last 2 weeks was about N1800 in ajah market, we would use a minimum of 4 diapers daily (she's potty training, peeing less but we still can't catch the poos on time, every time). For a pack of 32+2, thats 1 pack every 6 days or 4 packs a month. That's N87,000 per annum. In her first year of life, we used N95,000 per annum of Disposables. And that is minus wipes. And you know prices have risen again.

Now, a minimum diapered baby of 22 diaper covers and 40 cotton inserts come to N97,000 and you use that from birth to when you potty train and YOU CAN EVEN USE THEM FOR BABY NO.2! Which is what I'm doing now. Just wash well and care for your cloth diapers. Use them till they fall apart, holes, buttons off etc. There are some costs in using electricity to wash them and detergent but know this: IN EVERY COUNTRY, CLOTH DIAPERS ARE CHEAPER THAN DISPOSABLES. The only reason disposable diapers look cheaper is that you are buying one pack here, one pack there, cloth diapers you buy most upfront.

If they work as well as disposables, what are you waiting for?

Here's a pic we use to describe disposables:

This is a modern cloth diaper: it's easier to use, absorbs more (minimum is 3 to 4 hours), easier to wash, sized (you can get one-size for ages 3 months to 2.5 years or sizes for different ages). It is super cute (your life is not complete till you have enough colours to match every baby outfit or you have a Superhero patterned diaper cover. They exist). It is easier to fasten because you can use a Snappi (invented by a South African Dad) or Boing-Boing or equally functional, safe diaper fastener.

Below is an old school diaper: it had a tough texture to wash, it didn't absorb much and your mum probably stuck in a pin in you a couple times, trying to fasten it (ouch!) It was also a "tie-pant" and not very pretty.

Hello mums and dads. Happy Holidays and eku recession-is-just-a-word . I thought I'd create this thread to share with us how I and quite a lot parents around the world, use clothel diapers.

mitchyy:
Onegai, helovesme, alphahandmaiden, comtem11, zaynie and other mamas....

Is it not a gross violation of privacy for nairalanders to save our baby photos we mamas innocently share here and use as meme on Nairaland?

Someone just did that to Hansel's photo and i'm totally bummed

Good morning ladies. Sorry but we have been having a lot of personal issues going on offline and needed to take a few days off to put out a few fires.

Mitchhy please let me have the moniker's name. Zaynie said he has been banned and I'd like to email the Health section mods to follow up.

Sugah and Alphahandmaiden, please could you lead us for prayers today? We would like to pray for Soonest's LO who turned the glorious age of 1. We also want to mention all our mamas who had to take their kids recently to the hospital, as well as mamas who need medical help. Thank you.

VEE992:
Where are u located? I am interested too

All shipping is done out of Lagos, so shoot an email to wambydiapers@gmail.com

rofemiguwa:
Hello mamas.
Update we are still on d diaper matter.
Now we use it mostly at day.den disposable at night.MIL loves d diapers.she doesnt even wear her skirts or shorts again.

My concerns.how long can she stay if she didnt wee on d diaper. Sometimes she is changed only once b4 i get home.thats two diapers during d day. Told MIl to change every 4hrs but she said no need if no waste.

I leave 730 and get home 5- 6pm.

Rocking our cloth diaper

Try and change it, there is nothing like "waste" in Cloth diapering, it's reusable!! You are not supposed to keep baby in any type of diaper for hours on end, disposables especially don't allow skin to breathe. Meanwhile, see new prints and inserts, nicer ones like Hemp, Cotton and Bamboo. We need to pm.