Some nappy advice please - Mum to be!

[Deleted User]

I've read several threads on here about reusable nappies and decided long ago that was what I was going to use.

Being a keen member of Freecycle, I have managed to bag 17 Bambino Mio prefold nappies and 2 medium size Motherease Air Flow wraps.

I looked here yesterday to see what you guys recommended for wraps and glad to see the Motherease I was given had the thumbs up, also did Junior Joy wraps.

So I went onto ebay and bought 2 Junior Joy Newborn wraps £5.20 and in a size Small £5.20.

I intend to use disposable when we go out and also in the first week to help me recover from the birth and get some sleep. I've been told Tesco as just as good as Pampers and Huggies and I saw they are only £1.68 for a newborn pack. Job done!

Sorry a bit of background there, the thing I am now confused about is the liners. I know you get get the flushable ones and fleece, but unsure what is a good price and for how many.

With the fleece, do you just tip the contents down the toilet and then wash? Is it ok to go in the machine with poo still smeared on them or do you have to do something else first?

Sorry if your falling about laughing at my naviety, but I've not done this before and we can't afford to spend lots of money.:rotfl:

I think I will get some more wraps, but want to make sure our little one's shape fits the ones we have first. I will have only spent £10.40 if it all goes wrong.

Cheers,
Bay

jellycat40

What a minefield. My eldest had real nappies (now 22) and we had to struggle with pins and folding and rubber pants and sterilizing and boiling and messy liners that came apart in your hand and had to be flushed away.

If I had the choice I would have gone for reusable liners emptied down the loo, rinsed in the flush, slung in Napisan and boiled.

Good luck with your new baby.

Louise

WelshWoofer

Good advice - not for baby but for me !
In Japan suffering serious case of Delhi belly!!

bumpybecky

congratulations

post below is not for the squeamish!........



with the fleece liners, I bought a length of fleece from the market and then cut to size - much cheaper than buying fleece liners

not sure how you intend to feed, but from experience breastfed poo is very liquid, so it wasn't really a case of shaking / scraping off. I just gave the liner a good sluice in the loo and held while I flushed (hold on tight then popped it into the bucket. Not sure what formula fed poo is like.

With a baby on solids the poo starts to get more poo like! and can either be shaken off, or 'pinged' off sometimes (just stretch the fleece out and it falls off). Or if it's squishy I either take the worst off with loo roll or just sluice and hold in the flush again.

I put into the wash with poo smeared on the liners still. It's always come off you might find it better to prewash (won't necessarily need detergent, just extra rinse first) and/or give and extra rinse afterwards

I've tried using napsian / boots own soaking stuff and to be honest it's disgusting! it makes everyhting smell terrible and I had real problems getting rid of it - I used to try and pour down the loo and kept missing and hitting the floor :rolleyes:

I've dry pailed now since the first few goes at soaking! I'm on my third dd now and never had any problems in not soaking

One thing though if you're planning to breastfeed you might find that the prefolds aren't much good at containment. Bfed poo can be quite explosive as well as virtually totally liquid. I've found prefolds better at the solid food stage and onwards!

I have got some prefolds and use them as boosters in night nappies or as stuffing for stuffable pocket nappies (I love minkis). Might be worth considering terries if you're on a low budget as they are very versatile

Will stop now, but Hunnybeez (parenting site) has an excellent cloth nappy board, very friendly and knowledgeable ...

http://www.hunnybeez.co.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=10

bikerqueen

if you still want to be more eco friendly when out and about, boots sell 70% bio degradeable disposeables. dont forget biodegradeable nappy bags too!

Lillibet_2

ALL the bio-degradable disposables only work if they are composted, the degrade like any other nappy if they go to landfill (ie. never or at least a very very very long time!)

Personally I'd suggest disposable liners at least until babe is onto solids (milky poo really is something else:eek:), 200 are £5 in boots or cheaper on ebay & if they are only wet you can wash them along with the rest of the nappy & re-use (although it doesn't tell you this on the packet;)). Spud is almost a year old & I've only just started my 3rd pack of liners & that includes using them as tissues when he gets a cold...long story, don't ask:p).
To my mind, if you are going to use washable liners you might as well not bother & just sluice the nappy out before bucketing for wash., but that is just my experience & very humble opinion, others will say otherwise:rolleyes:

HTH & Good luck;)

[Deleted User]

Thank you all for your advice. I am intending on breast feeding, but finding the whole nappy thing a bit of a mindfield. We can't afford to make expensive mistakes and end up throwing in the towel and using disposables, which is more expense.I shall look out for some terries too. Can I use terries in the wraps (motherease or jj) or do I need something else for them. How do I secure terries, nippa things?Sorry i know nothing ......... yet!

bumpybecky

I've not tried the Junior Joy wraps, but have used Motherease from dd1 onward you can fit ME wraps over terries and nippas are much easier to use than pins.

There are shaped fitted nappies - loads of varieties that are good, but they're lots more expensive. They'll still be cheaper than disposables though.

Might be worth looking at pocket nappies as you can use your prefolds or terries as stuffing. I've bought all of my minki nappies on eBay. They last really well - look as good after dd3 has grown out of them as they did when I bought them. I'm sure if I wasnted to sell them I'd make most if not all my money back

[Deleted User]

Thank you!

Juicy_Tube

I use Tesco own disposable nappies and wipes.

After trying all the brands, these are just as good, if not better than pampers/huggies.

Good luck with 'proper' nappies-mine are still in the wardrobe:o . I must get around to using them!!

HTH

JT

hechizero

Disposables are what I recommend. Try all the brands as you go, you will settle on one brand in the end. We settled on Huggies as they offered more mobility than the Pampers. We tried the Tesco brand, and to be honest they are great, except for through the night, they get overloaded...
The re-useables are big energy and time consumers, beware. Nice in principle, bad in practice, unless you have loads of time on your hands. You can normally get freebie packs from all the re-usable companies if you ask for them - get your friends to ask and you will soon have a big collection. Give them a twirl as well and compare. See for yourself. I am guessing a couple months from now you'll be reaching for a disposable!