Diaper Swappers

hurricanechelsea · 06-21-2010, 01:30 AM

I spent an exchange year in 07/08 in Portugal and loved it. For Christmas this past year, my friend's host family sent me a painted flat diaper (which is too cute to use, even if I felt like risking the paint in the diaper wash). This flat is SOOOO soft, and it's made in Portugal. I'd love to know where I can get them (online or otherwise). I know the shipping would probably be super expensive, but I'd looove to have some Portuguese flats. Portuguese textiles are amazing.

Also, I wondered if there were any Portuguese manufacturers of pocket diapers/AIOs and things like that. I'd like to have a super-special Portuguese diaper, but everything seems to be from somewhere else. Even if it were a diaper from a Portuguese WAHM, with some awesome Portuguese fabric or something...

Anyway, I'm kind of just being a huge nerd here (with both cloth diapers and Portugal) but I wondered if anyone could help me

Thanks/obrigada!

(If you can explain better in Portuguese, go ahead! I'll understand!)

nirtak99 · 07-02-2010, 06:01 PM

Sorry I don't know where to get them online...but I live in Portugal and they do have great textiles here! We only used the portuguese diapers as burp cloths, since I am not a pinning and folding kind of girl I actually bought my cloth diapers in the US and brought them over (or had family bring them). People here have never seen the pocket/AIO concept or anything like that, (maybe in Lisbon?, but not where I live) and actually none of my portuguese friends cloth diaper at all. Good luck in your search. your best bet is probably to have your host family send another one or two over and suck up the shipping cost, it might not be too bad since flats are lightweight.

crazylife · 07-03-2010, 01:11 AM

Have you tried doing a 'Local Search' on Etsy? I was bored so I punched it in - there are lots of sellers from Portugal and many of them looked to be selling jewelry but I didn't go thru all the pages...Good Luck!

hmichelle · 09-13-2011, 08:04 PM

Ok So I know this is an older thread but I would love to know where I could find some Portuguese Flats ... may have to ask DS g-ma to send me some from Portugal. Also I really really want baby books in Portuguese for my DS and all I can find is Brazilian Portuguese (I have been informed there is a difference **shrugs shoulders*** )

06-21-2010, 01:30 AM	#1
hurricanechelsea Registered Users Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Camden, ME Posts: 415 Ratings: 11 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Portuguese Diapers I spent an exchange year in 07/08 in Portugal and loved it. For Christmas this past year, my friend's host family sent me a painted flat diaper (which is too cute to use, even if I felt like risking the paint in the diaper wash). This flat is SOOOO soft, and it's made in Portugal. I'd love to know where I can get them (online or otherwise). I know the shipping would probably be super expensive, but I'd looove to have some Portuguese flats. Portuguese textiles are amazing. Also, I wondered if there were any Portuguese manufacturers of pocket diapers/AIOs and things like that. I'd like to have a super-special Portuguese diaper, but everything seems to be from somewhere else. Even if it were a diaper from a Portuguese WAHM, with some awesome Portuguese fabric or something... Anyway, I'm kind of just being a huge nerd here (with both cloth diapers and Portugal) but I wondered if anyone could help me Thanks/obrigada! (If you can explain better in Portuguese, go ahead! I'll understand!) __________________ atheist/skeptic, on-schedule vaccinating , anti-alternative-"medicine" , breastfeeding-but-not-lactivist, hospital-waterbirth-with-an-OB-ing, formerly-cloth-diapering, conspiracy-theory-hating , letter-G-usinG mom to a bilingual () boy, born 3/21/10-- if you're similar (fully vaccinating a must) and in Maine, PM me!

07-02-2010, 06:01 PM	#2
nirtak99 Registered Users Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: American in China Posts: 82 Ratings: 11 Feedback: 100%	Re: Portuguese Diapers Sorry I don't know where to get them online...but I live in Portugal and they do have great textiles here! We only used the portuguese diapers as burp cloths, since I am not a pinning and folding kind of girl I actually bought my cloth diapers in the US and brought them over (or had family bring them). People here have never seen the pocket/AIO concept or anything like that, (maybe in Lisbon?, but not where I live) and actually none of my portuguese friends cloth diaper at all. Good luck in your search. your best bet is probably to have your host family send another one or two over and suck up the shipping cost, it might not be too bad since flats are lightweight.

07-03-2010, 01:11 AM	#3
crazylife Registered Users Join Date: May 2010 Location: Alberta Posts: 3,559 Ratings: 33 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Portuguese Diapers Have you tried doing a 'Local Search' on Etsy? I was bored so I punched it in - there are lots of sellers from Portugal and many of them looked to be selling jewelry but I didn't go thru all the pages...Good Luck! __________________ Happily unmarried mama of 3 (sometimes 4 when SO forgets his age) and some of those other funky acronyms mamas use here... "I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better." Maya Angelou !!PRESHUUS!!

09-13-2011, 08:04 PM	#4
hmichelle Registered Users Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Woodstock Posts: 164 Ratings: 35 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Portuguese Diapers Ok So I know this is an older thread but I would love to know where I could find some Portuguese Flats ... may have to ask DS g-ma to send me some from Portugal. Also I really really want baby books in Portuguese for my DS and all I can find is Brazilian Portuguese (I have been informed there is a difference shrugs shoulders* )

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