Pockets & inserts for winter
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Topic: Pockets & inserts for winter
Posted By: busymum
Subject: Pockets & inserts for winter
Date Posted: 07 April 2007 at 5:19pm
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So I'm coming up to my first winter on MCN (I started part-time in August, full-time by November 2006), and I know that I'm going to need some more inserts. Question is though, how many?
I wash every day (because I really have just the minimum of nappies) but once Kryssi gets up to medium size then I'll need more full-size inserts for her (I have only 12 and I need two each for all the girls at night lol). Am I going to want a full set of inserts x2 days' worth? Or in all reality will I be putting them through the dryer every day anyway because they don't dry outside??  Does anyone remember how much it costs to run a load in the dryer anyway?
Thanks all!  -------------  |
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 07 April 2007 at 5:24pm
| Ummm on that wasted show I think they said it's $1.30 to run a "standard" dryer.. seems kinda expensive really. Can you dry them in the hot water cupboard?? |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 07 April 2007 at 7:42pm
 Our cupboard is small, but definitely big enough for inserts. Dunno why I never thought of it! (Probably cause we've only been here since Oct lol)------------- |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 07 April 2007 at 8:01pm
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In summer I wash in the morning and hang outside to dry during the day. In winter I wash in the evening and dry nappies inside on the clothes rack - they dry overnight by the fire.
The hot water cupboard is a good idea though, hadn't thought of that either.  ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 07 April 2007 at 8:10pm
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You could always invest in a few plain cloth flats as 'spare' inserts too - they are super absorbent when folded and used as stuffing and they dry really quickly. When we're at Mum's and it's wet (her dryer sucks!) I jst hang them over the backs of the dining chairs overnight and they're dry by morning. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 08 April 2007 at 7:18am
| Only reason I thought of it is I keep my bras in there on some string that was already there when we moved in, it drys most stuff overnight and the only reason I keep my bras in there is that they are nice n toasty when I put them on hehe |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 08 April 2007 at 8:55am
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hehehe i have have inserts drying over my dining chairs at the moment. I hung them there last night just havent got myself together yet to put them away I wash naps every night and just hand over chairs or my clothes horse ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: Brenna
Date Posted: 08 April 2007 at 7:55pm
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I heard somewhere that it costs $5 for each full use of the dryer, but that seems CRAZY!! I can't imagine it would cost that much....
I would prob go for the hot water cupboard idea  ------------- My beautiful 2 girls...nearly 4 and 13 months
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 08 April 2007 at 9:07pm
$5 thats Crazy alright ------------- http://lilypie.com">
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 08 April 2007 at 9:51pm
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Do you reckon a load of them would dry overnight in the HWC? I'm still thinking I probably need to get two days' worth of the long ones. ------------- |
Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 08 April 2007 at 9:53pm
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Just a thought too ladies, that if you are going to hang them on a clothes rack / horse inside and overnight, and you have a dehumidifier, to run this next to the rack at the same time. Not just to help them dry quicker but to help stop too much moisture from building up inside the house. ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater 
Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~ |
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 12 April 2007 at 8:50pm
or use a heated towel rail  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 13 April 2007 at 8:41am
| I hang them under our carport at night. If they are still damp when i need them in the morning, I'll put them through the dryer for like 10mins. and put the ones I don't need in the hot water cupboard - seems to go well. |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 13 April 2007 at 2:52pm
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Thanks Liz, that's good to know, I thought they would just absorb the dampness in the cold cold of winter... we also have under cover outside lines, they rock! ------------- |