CLOTH COMMUNITY TERMINOLOGY
The basics of cloth nappy acronyms, lingo, what makes up a cloth nappy, styles, parts of a modern cloth nappy, fabric types.
- Ai1- all in one
- AI2 -all in two
- Osfm- one size fits most
- LOSFM- large one size fits most l
- Wahm- work at home mum (maker)
- Inserts are the absorbent layers of the nappy
- AI2 means the inserts separates from the shell
- Ai1 means the inserts are attached to the shell
- Pocket nappies means you can put the inserts between the lining and the shell away from the skin
- The shell is the outside of the nappy
- OSFM means you can pretty much use it from birth to toilet training
- Single row means that the waist snaps only have one line of snaps
- Double row the waist has 2 rows of snaps
- Rolled elastic is elastic that is not cased and rolls into the skin (a little harder to fit for some)
- Rise snaps are the snaps on the front of the nappy to adjust the size for bub
- Trifold insert is a rectangular/ square insert that folds up into 3
- Snake insert is a long insert that folds over in half
- A booster is an extra small inserts used to “boost” absorbency of the nappy
- Fitted means it doesn’t have rise snaps and is sized “small, medium, large” (usually doesn’t have a water resistant layer)
- Cover- a outer used over non water resistant nappies, can be wool, or pul (waterproof fabric)
- PUL - a type of fabric called polyurethane laminate
- Minky - a fluffy synthetic fabric usually backed with a layer of PUL or laminated to keep it water resistant
- CC nappy refers to a Chinese cheap nappy
- RAOK - random act of kindness, or "pay it forward" nappies
- CCN - usually used when referring to a wash routine it means “clean cloth nappies” which is a nappy washing community and webpage
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