Washable Nappies

slipthru

I use reusables on my 22m old dd and will be using them again when our next baby is born in july.

I bought most of mine second hand, i use mainly tots bots and easy peasy bumbles and i do have a few terries squares too, it took me a while to figure those out but they all work really well.

Good luck, it's really not too much extra hassle.

babyboysmommy

Thank you for all the advice. DH has said he is happy to use terry square nappies which makes the decision to use them even easier

pinkshoes

I'm using BumGenius V.4, which I'm getting to grips with now after a few leakages! (best to use disposable liner inside them!).

There's quite a few second hand ones on ebay.

rachbc

They are moneysaving - unless you get addicted and buy far too many just cos the are cute!!

I used 'pocket nappies' - mainly wonderoos, bumgenius and my favs - pocket bots - http://pocket-bots.com/

I had 20 odd which was excessive but meant I had plenty if I got behind on washing, nursery were totally fine with it. I used them everyday, even when out and about and during the night til dd trained in the day then I went to 1 disposable at night - wish I'd not done tbh as she's been in night nappies for 18 months now!!

EYA my son was in terry squares 13 years ago and they were fab - I used to old them once they were dry so they were ready to go. will say however its worth a few extra quid for good PUL modern wraps as they are soooo much better than teh old plastic pants!

lauren_1

can anyone point me in the direction of a cheap nappy pail?

do_it_today!

lauren_1 wrote: »

can anyone point me in the direction of a cheap nappy pail?

i got mine nct nearly new sales

also check out 99p / homewear shops for buckets with lids

do_it_today!

another tip is I waited until ds stopped doing the dark green poo before starting on reuseables about 5 days in the meantime i used huggies from tesco paid for by the voucher received in the bounty bag.

also i heard the actual liners placed in the nappies can be washed I will probably only do this with the wee ones

building_with_lego

do_it_today! wrote: »

also i heard the actual liners placed in the nappies can be washed I will probably only do this with the wee ones

I always washed the paper liners (only wet ones though!), putting them into a small net bag inside the bucket, then zipped it up as I loaded the machine. They last about 5 or 6 washes before they tear- 200 Mio liners lasted me for MONTHS

mirrorimage0

i was toying with he idea of using cloth nappies, will have to look into it a bit further, thanks for the thread. what councils give you a voucher or money back please

Gingham_Ribbon

babyboysmommy wrote: »

Thank you. I'm thinking of using the old style terry squares as they are by far the cheapest option. I don't mind folding them. What would I need? How many squares etc? I'd plan to wash every other day.

20 squares should be ample, plus maybe 3 or 4 wraps - I liked the motherease rikki wraps.

You'll need a couple of nappy nippas to begin with, but when the baby is older, it's easy to fold it into a sanitary towel shape and put the wrap round it, so no need for the nippa or pins.