thread for reusable/cloth nappy users

moonrakerz

I found this on a "pro re-usable" nappy site:-

"The council tax payer pays 10p to dispose of every £l's-worth of disposable nappies."

Is that at Harrod's or Lidl's nappy prices ?

What a load of b******t !

Cardew

moonrakerz wrote: »

I found this on a "pro re-usable" nappy site:-

"The council tax payer pays 10p to dispose of every £l's-worth of disposable nappies."

Is that at Harrod's or Lidl's nappy prices ?

What a load of b******t !

Which is exactly the point I was making above:

"I have seen a few cost comparisons of 'whole life' costs between the two methods. The trouble is that the proponents and opponents of each method seem to exagerate in favour of their chosen path."


P.S.
Would the first 4 letters of 'b******t' spell 'baby' or 'bull'? Either works;)

Maybeanotherday

I use a combination of the two, I use disposables at the childminders as they couldn't work out what they were doing with the washables and use washables on the weekend/ day off.

My quarm with washables is that you are limited to what clothes your little ones can wear due to the bulkiness, anyone got around this?

I use a combo now, I started on tots bots but I have found that they have started coming loose the velcro undoing, we are now starting with mothercare foldables in a size large, so far so good

MortgageMamma

this is quite an interesting thread. I'm due my fourth baby in November and previously have had to work so have only used disposables (so I do sympathise with the busier families)

I'm now in a fortunate position where I don't have to work (BUT I dont have as much income either) and I suppose I do have time and resources to deal in real nappies.

The question for me is costs more than anything, then environment

I don't understand why there is not a council collection of disposable nappies and sanitary protection which is then incinerated?

miss_corerupted

I bought my reuseable second £50 for birth to nappy so far we've had them 18months and we do 1 maybe to 2 loads a week of nappies we both work fulltime and don't find them any more hard work and I can't see how me doing 1-2 loads extra a week = cost of buying dispoables.

Lyndach

May I join? I have an 8 month old and have no idea where to start I have these, these and also nappy pins. Now what do I do lol

MortgageMamma

Lyndach wrote: »

May I join? I have an 8 month old and have no idea where to start I have these, these and also nappy pins. Now what do I do lol

Yes I'm interested to learn too!

xxvickixx

Thought you cloth nappy mummies might like to know that there is a post on the grabbit thread for Spirit of Nature website that has 70% of lots of eco goodies including cloth nappies. I ordered some great wooden toys and eco cleaning stuff and a Potette potty all at 70% off!
HTH x

Maybeanotherday

This is a useful site for those of you who need to learn how to fold etc
http://www.thenappylady.co.uk/

helzbelz_57

for those who use disposables during the week if you work.

i work too and i simply throw my nappies in the machine at night with the rest of the wash and hang out in the morning. i dont do a separate nappy wash and because i am doing a wash everyday i dont find it any extra work.

i have to say that even if reusable were costing more over the life of the nappy than disposables, i would still use them as i can bear the thought of all those nappies going to landfill. now that i see how much more space there is in my bin every fortnight i can see it really does make a difference when you take in every household that has children in nappies. to me it is definitely worth it.