Toilet training begins

In the past few weeks my little baby has done some serious growing up - she started showing an interest in toilet training and she decided to start using a big girl bed too! We've got 'knickies' and training pants and pull ups taking over our MCN stash at a rapid rate. Although super excited for her it certainly makes me sad to think almost 2 years have gone by since this amazing little girl was brought into the world and changed my life forever. 2 years that we will never have again and 2 years less that I will have my little girl here with me, before she takes her launch out of the nest and into the big bad world.. Even thinking about it makes me tear up LOL... But anyway the point of this post is that due to this I won't be reviewing any more nappies - it just doesn't seem fair to accept a nappy and use it only a few times, I could certainly RAOK them on (and will be RAOKing a lot of nappies in the not so distant future) but it is also confusing for Piper if she wants to wear training pants or pull ups and use the toilet, I couldn't force nappies on her in order to get a review of them done. I will however be continuing to review pull-ups and training pants while we are on the long road to toilet training, so you can certainly contact me regarding those reviews. In the mean time I'm thinking over a few options for the blog and crossing my fingers that we will have another baby here in the MCN Lovers house some day soon to try some more cloth nappies on :-) I also am a proud cloth menstrual pad user and am happy to review pads on the blog if there is any interest in reading about them.

Jodi x

Cloth Nappy Review: EzyPeezies Pull-up MCN

Cloth Nappy Review

Brand/business:
  EzyPeezies MCNs

Business info:

A Brisbane based company set up by a mother of 2. Ezypeezies aim to take the confusion out of cloth nappies for parents. They have one product, one size that genuinely fits your child right from birth to toilet training and a rainbow of gorgeous colours.

Nappy reviewed:
EzyPeezies pull-up mcn

Where you can find it:
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/EzyPeezies
Website : http://www.ezypeezies.com.au/pages/ezypeezies_v2

Price (RRP at time of review):

$25 but they are currently on sale for $19.95 if you get in quick (buys you 1 shell and 2 charcoal bamboo and microfibre blend inserts packaged in a small reuseable wetbag.)

Size:
OSFM

Style:
Pull-up pocket nappy

Baby's details:
Gender: Female
Age: 21mo
Height: 85cm 
Weight: 10kg 
Build: slim, tall

Jodi's review:

Initial thoughts:
Check out my previous blog post here for my initial thoughts and information on the new V2 fit and design.

After use:
I'm not going to lie to you -  we had troubles! There was even a time when I thought "I'm just not going to be able to review this nappy!" but I contacted the owner of EzyPeezies and let her know the trouble I was having and she made some really great suggestions. I tried them out and finally, we were in action.
So my mistake was - we do not own a single nappy that we snap down in rise - Piper is tall, a lot of her OSFM nappies that fit with plenty of spare snaps around the waist are almost too short in the rise now. She isn't me, she is like me stretched out ;-) So knowing this I didn't even bother trying the rise down low, we went straight with the fully unsnapped rise. My problem then was that we couldn't get the waist tight enough to tighten the leg holes whilst still pulling the nappy up and down. Once I snapped the rise down one (in fact half way through her wearing it I snapped it down another snap and found the fit even better!) it made such a huge difference. Snapped down one level the waist was still not tight enough until i snapped the arms in shorter - we almost needed to cross the fully extended arms over and so couldn't get them to work. Snapped down 2 the fit was even better and the arms met in the middle and weren't too low in the rise for her (just meant the arms fit at her hips and the nappy was more snug that way.) So if you try the fit you think will work and the pull-up just isn't fitting right try a few different rise and waist combo's - the fit we got in the end was perfect!

Photos:

Side squat - no gapes

With the arms snapped over we were still able to pull it up
and down easily enough but the fit still wasn't quite right on her...

Bum view

I asked her to show me her belly (hence
pulling her belly button) so I could get a
good pic - front view.

Arms unsnapped was but one arm was tighter than the
other so one leg had a bit too much room.

snapped down another rise setting - arms evenly snapped
perfect fit for piper :-)

From the EzyPeezies website - better description of the fit than my photos gave :-)

MCN Review - trying out the new look EzyPeezies

Not my usual model and in my opinion one of the ugliest dolls
that live in our house but Miss Pie certainly adores her (as you
can see by the state of her!) Luckily tho - this model is not as
wriggly as my normal one and much easier to photograph ;)

In December just before Xmas a parcel landed on my doorstep (and it wasn't the present I'd ordered my brother and was desperately waiting for - big sister fail!) BUT it was a pretty awesome little parcel all the same. I put it to one side so after xmas I could take some pics and put it to use and tell you all how I found it.

What came in my parcel :

One EzyPeezie nappy shell

With matching nappy bag (note the
handle has a snap on it - perfect for
clipping on a pram, in a bag or on
a change table etc.)

2 x charcoal bamboo blended inserts
specially shaped to fit the EzyPeezie MCN.

Now I know its not that big of a deal how the nappy arrives but I do love it when a nappy comes in its own little wet bag :-) I'm a cloth lady myself so I generally steal the little bags for my own use but there is just something so cute about anything smaller than normal AND I love that the packaging has a purpose and it re-useable just like the product. Another handy use for these will be when toilet training takes full swing and we have to venture out into the big bad world nappy free with spare undies tucked away in my handbag. Also great way to transport wet cloth wipes. Or you could just use it the way its intended - to fit the nappy in when it has been used :-)

 Alright now, I won't lie to you - when I opened the nappy and saw all the snaps I got a little bit overwhelmed for about 30 seconds - husband however is still overwhelmed by it (but 2 yrs of cloth nappying and he still manages to put the inserts all int he wrong shells whenever he folds the washing - and yes I know how lucky I am to have a husband who helps with the washing :-) so I thought I would take some happy snaps and show you all how the version 2 EzyPeezies MCNs work. These are particularly good fro trying to explain to nanny's or daycarers or daddys just how to fit an EzyPeezies - feel free to print them out if need be ;)

Front view - lots of snaps :-)

Arm view - also lots of snaps :-)

BUT lets break it down....

Front view
- when you know what all the snaps are doing there really aren't that many and they aren't any more complicated than other OSFM with snap closures and snap rise settings :-)

Arm view
The extra snaps make these nappies so much more functional AND help eliminate front wing droopage by adding the extra length to the arms :-)

Fitting your baby:

Lay your baby on the nappy

Bring the front between their
legs and use the snaps to
adjust the rise to suit the bub.

Bring the arms around the
tummy and snap into place
for a firm but comfortable fit.

 For a little tummy the arms will need to be shortened - simply snap the white studs to the pink sockets and use the pink studs to attach the arms to the nappy to fit your bub.

Cos my bub is so squishy I did this nappy
up on the tightest setting, crossing one
arm over the other - baby dolly is all set.

 And of course lets not forget the pocket and the specially shaped inserts that go into it.

Pocket opening at the back - generous size so husband
can do the folding for you.

This is how the inserts lay within the nappy - trimmer at
the front and wider at the back - just like the nappy :-)

 And to give you and idea of the size of this OSFM:

Snapped up to the newborn size:

Little leg holes to fit those gorgeous skinny newborn legs

teeny tiny tummy fitting on the newborn setting.

Size comparison to a size 1 pair of training pants - as you can see
the nappy has lots of room to fit toilet training toddlers (those
arms are snapped to their short length still for the purpose of this pic -
there is still a lot of growing room here!)

So much more space for chubby tummies to grow!

Trying out pull-ups

Look what I found in my drafts folder :-S A few notes when we were trying out EzyPeezies for the first time (their older design) which I thought I published but clearly didn't! Anyway its published now...

Lately we have been trying out EzyPeezies pull ups. They are pretty cool in my personal opinion. We aren't ready to toilet train in our house, nor are we in any rush but these nappies work well as a snap closure nappy and can be pulled up and down if needed for wriggley toddlers. I was a little skeptical about the 'pull up' aspect but they are super stretchy and pull on with ease. If I'm not using them as a pull up I do them up 1 snap tighter for a trimmer fit on my skinny minnie but on the looser snaps they don't leak and are a comfy snug fit.
Another thing I really like about EzyPeezies is their absorpency. They come with 2 charcoal bamboo inserts. Its been over 6 months since Miss Pie can wear a 1 insert MCN without needing a full wardrobe change within the hour, I use both and am yet to have a leak - I even put them to the true test as a night nappy when my normal night nappies were in the wash a few nights ago and no leaks. They certainly aren't designed to be a night nappy but in an emergency under our fleece soakers they did the trick.

Locked Out!

Hello MCN Lovers,

Am I the only person in the world who forgets her passwords ALL the time? I have 2 standard passwords I use and if its not them well I'm generally screwed! My computer died a few weeks ago so when I got on hubby's computer last week to start my latest review I discovered that my password for the blog was no longer saved and I couldn't get into it - eeeek! So after trying all the combos of passwords I could think of I finally got into the email account that I thought was linked to my blog but nope - it wasn't! So finally today I thought to try a different email and after much stuffing about I'm back in the blogosphere! Anyway today is a bit of a busy day so I don't think part a of my next review will be up tonight but here's a little clue to who we've been wearing this month :-)