Reusable/washable/cloth nappies

joannasmum

I dry pail, and wash twice a week now DD is older, used to wash every other day. I have a spray made up with boiled cooled water and about 10 drops of teatree in it. When I chuck the wash in I spray some solution into the bucket and then wipe round with a floor cloth then drop that into the bottom of the net, I found this keeps smells at bay.

Lillbet I got my bucket from Focus DIY its one of those that looks like a dustbin buts made from red plastic with metal clip locks on the side (very useful for naughty toddlers). It fits approx 16 nappies in it.

HTH

wheeze

I started wet pailing when DS was born cos I thought dry pailing sounded yucky.

But nooo, wet pailing far more yucky for the reasons OP described!

So have dry pailed for 2 years now, no problems, use zoflora to clean bucket, never had any smell problems (I dont think!!)

Liney_2

Well just doing my first wash of the nappies after being dry pailed, the smell is much more pleasant (I think?!)

Can I ask do you have to use the disposable liners or will the fabric ones do just fine on their own? I have been using both but the disposable liner just seems to get all crumpled up on him and doesn't seem to be of much use when he is only doing a wee.

evilwitch

we dry pail.

I put some tea tree oil on a cotton bud and tape it to the top of the nappy bucket. Keeps it smelling less horrid and means the oil doesn't get all soaked up by the first nappy that goes in if you pop a few drops in the bottom of the bucket. Then when I empty to do a wash I just add a drop or two more oil to the bud to refresh it.

I found the paper/disp liners a faff and more hassle than they were worht. We just used fleece or nothing and washed off the excess down the loo

bumpybecky

dry pail here cos wet pailing smells terrible and I used to slosh the liquid over the floor when I aimed for the loo :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

clarew

am planning to have child number 3, and am seriously considering using reusuable nappies. You guys seem to have it all well under control. Is it really as easy as it sounds? I remember going through loads a nappies with them as newborns-can you manage to wash,dry and have them ready before the next dirty one?

What type do you use/how much is the inital outlay/how many nappies etc needed roughly?

swampytiggaa

i dry pail - and have for all of my three children who have been in cloth

I also only use fleece liners - the paper ones are horrid

clare - i find cloth nappies so easy - i can count on the fingers of one hand the number of packs of disposables i have bought in the last 5 years [with 3 children] so that can't be bad can it?

Liney_2

I started off using both types Clare - this is because my baby was premature and the hospital only let us use disposables. Before he came home I spent £275 on Onelife nappies which last from birth to potty + a few quid for a bucket!
Initially they leaked but I think this was due to the wraps being the wrong size for his shape. He is bigger now and in the next size wrap and now they don't leak anymore not even at night so I am over the moon. I was spending money on putting him in Moltex disposables when we went out and at night but the money soon started to add up at £11 a packet so I decided 'why on earth am I doing this, use the washables all the time silly!' And I am never looking back, have dry pailed them this week and much prefer this method to wet pailing have also decided to just use the flannel liners and not bother with the additional paper ones, I don't find they are that much help more of a hinderance than anything. I am refusing to buy disposables now I have no need for them. Let us know what you decide )

Forgot to add I don't use babywipes either, you can make your own (I would but wasn't that organised). I got a pack of 10 x organic cotton cloths with some solution in a little bottle which are stored in a little bag from Hankettes.com, I just wash them with the nappies

moo842

i'm about to have my third baby, well in a few months, and i want to use cloth nappies. we used prefolds on our two year old but hubby thought they were too fiddly, so we're looking for something easier but with a minimum outlay, we're currently looking at one life or little lambs (like tots bots). i like one life as it's just buying them once and then getting the larger wraps when needed, also i think they would dry easier but are the poppers awkward, as my mum has artritis and she'll be babysitting sometimes.
any advice apprciated
thanks

maow425

We're also expecting our 3rd, and decided to get cloth nappies. However, we went for the Motherease one size and Motherease rikki wraps, both with poppers. Currently we're using the nappies on our youngest (he'll be 2 in Jan) and found they are absolutely fantastic. Very simple to use, and the poppers aren't tough, but still have very good lastability. The Nappylady is where we bought ours from, and they have a very friendly advice service, so they are only a phonecall away. We were also fortunate enough to be eligible for the Sure Start Maternity grant, so we bought our nappies with this money. If you receive Child Tax Credit higher than the Family Element, then you should be able to receive this grant as well. Get in toouch with your local job centre, or go to http://www.dwp.gov.uk/publications/dwp/2002/maternity/ for more info.