Reusable/washable/cloth nappies

fernliebee

Sorry, just read the ironing nappies bit!

I'm obviously a bad mummy cos I don't iron anything!!!!

jellyhead

I'm a bit bonkers - I iron my toddler's clothes (not all of them, just the things with hems that turn up) .... I iron his boxer shorts! I'm so ashamed to have said that on a green thread :rotfl:

shirlgirl2004

I'm another non-ironing mummy! I think our use was very good environmentally. Most of the nappies I used were made in this country (but the cotton wasn't grown here) and then used on 2 children then sold to be reused on more. When I was using them for the majority of the time the nappies were washed at 40 degrees and then lined dried with NO IRONING! We didn't soak them in nasty chemicals or anything like that either.

My reason for not using disposables is because of the toxic gels in them and those gels are in all but one brand of disposables. My daughters never wore disposables and the eldest was out of nappies entirely by 21 months. the youngest is almost 21 months and has been out of them in the day for 3 months and is having some dry nights so hopefully totally clean soon.

Statistically cloth nappied babies are nappy free 6 months before their "disposable" peers.

jellyhead

I always wondered if that's because their parents want to stop washing the nappies, and encourage toilet training earlier :rotfl:

I know it's often said, but I don't think my boy would have been toilet trained any earlier if he'd been wearing washables - he just didn't have a clue until his body was ready.

halia

Sorry mines a vote for disposables. I treid washables twice and both times they leaked, made my sons bum wet and sore, were an absolute pain to use, looked awful and smelt. I also worked out the additional costs of washing and drying them - we live in an awful part of the UK for line drying and so at least 6 months of the year I would have to tumble dry them.

I did give it a good shot - I took advice, got several different types delivered etc but I honestly didn't find a set that didn't pretty much imemdiatly soak his trousers as well. In the end I decided there were far more effective money/time/environment saving things I could do with that time and cash.

shirlgirl2004

jellyhead wrote: »

I always wondered if that's because their parents want to stop washing the nappies, and encourage toilet training earlier :rotfl:

I know it's often said, but I don't think my boy would have been toilet trained any earlier if he'd been wearing washables - he just didn't have a clue until his body was ready.

Yes but the bits that hold the "waste" in are muscles and we all know the more you use muscles the stronger they become.

shirlgirl2004

halia wrote: »

Sorry mines a vote for disposables. I treid washables twice and both times they leaked, made my sons bum wet and sore, were an absolute pain to use, looked awful and smelt. I also worked out the additional costs of washing and drying them - we live in an awful part of the UK for line drying and so at least 6 months of the year I would have to tumble dry them.

I did give it a good shot - I took advice, got several different types delivered etc but I honestly didn't find a set that didn't pretty much imemdiatly soak his trousers as well. In the end I decided there were far more effective money/time/environment saving things I could do with that time and cash.

Where did you get advice if you tried more than one type of disposable and had leaks? Or were you not using them correctly? A quality reuseable is far superior to a disposables in terms of containment, well just about every area really!

fernliebee

I must admit we have occasional wee leaks now, and in the beginning we had a few poo leaks, though mainly when daddy put the nappy on!

I do think it's the build of my daughter though. Tall and slim (unlike her mummy ) I'm sure if I spent some money I could find another brand of washables that don't leak- most don't!!! Although as I said before we used eco disposables for 1 week while we were on holiday and they leaked as well, and my friends baby is the same build as my DD and she uses disposables and they leak probably as regularly as my DD! We have had to 'lend' trousers a few times!
Just rambling now but babies equal mess whichever way you look at it!

shirlgirl2004

Yes especially if you go for a Nappy nippa fastening then because they are so adjustable they fit whatever shape your baby is. I'm amazed what people will put up with from their nappies. Not for me I'm afraid. Washing nappies is one thing but constantly washing clothes is another.

hdollabbott

well what a great job the disposible nappy market have done with getting us to beilev we cant live eithout them !!! just like the formula milk market

I used resuable and disposible nappies on my son and loved my reusable ones i used the disposible ones for what they were designed to be for traveling and if other peole were looking after my son not for everyday , i had enought for just doing one wash everyday dont have a tumble dryer ar airing cupboard but loved seeing his nappies flapping about on the washing line and the sun is also a great stain remover !! also rain is great for softening them how great is nature (listen to me i sound like a hippy)

as for leaking and everything else everyone finds wrong with resuasbles have onone every has the same with disposibles?? did that stop you using them?? i have had stuff come out the back of disposibles and not my resuables and did you have them on right??

the thing i dont like about resuables was something i heard about the gel in the nappies was put in with fish and they all changed sex!!!!

but everyone is aloud their own opinain but i dont belive some have both sides of the story

ohh and with the few people i know who have used reusable none of use iron our nappies:rolleyes: