Did you use disposable or washable nappies?

Sammy85_2

Hi all


Im looking at nappy systems for bump when he/she arrives.

Did you/do you use disposable nappies or washable nappies with your children?

If you had any experiences with washables, (either good or bad) i would appreciate your feedback.


Thankyou!
x

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Child 1: washable. I had a tiny garden and could dry them easily.

Child 2: disposable. No garden, much colder area and flat with mould issues and no room for a tumble dryer.

Plans_all_plans

I bought cloth terry nappies that you pinned on and put plastic pants on over the top. I was full of ideals about the environment, no chemicals on her skin etc. They were SHOCKING. I have no idea how my nan managed using them. I'd have been better off letting my DD wee straight on to her clothes and saved my money!

I believe there are some that look like disposables that are better than terry nappies, but I have no idea about those.

Tried terries for a while and then gave up and used disposables instead. Hopefully others had more positive experiences with cloth ones, as I'd have liked to have used them really, but I just found them useless!

teacherandmum

washables were and still are great. Personally i used the birth to potty type so only needed to buy one set. if you get the sized ones, then you need to keep buying new sets when they grow out of them. I find they contain poo much better than disposibles and don't smell as there are no chemicals. I wash every 2 or 3 days and dry pail them in a lidded nappy bucket until then. Try looking at the cloth nappy forum on babycentre.co.uk ............they are full of advice. Buying nappies can be very addictive tho, there are some greta ones. i'd say 20 would be a good number to start with. There is a good guide to nappies on the cheeks and cherries website. i also use babame and the babykind websites. you can even have nappies custom made!!
my favourite nappies are pockets nappies especially bumgenius birth to potty , Tots Bots flexitots, and custom made weenotions. You can also get good quality cheap washables from China via ebay. 97kseller is very reliable. or try babybotbums.co.uk
and as fotr the cost, its estimated that disposibles cost around £1300 from newborn til the baby reaches potty training. My washables ahve set me back about £300

moomoomama27

Mixture of both, but mainly disposables.

I favoured the cotton bottoms pull up type nappies for my son! They were brilliant, no leaks, and easy to wash and quick to tumble dry.

teacherandmum

just read the terries reply. honestly cloth nappies have really come on and they are very easy to put on and very reliable.
this is the bumgenius i used

tots bots easy fit i use

skintchick

I had some Tots Bots birth to potty ones, I think called pockets, and they were awful. The poo was never contained although I think they have changed the design now.

I used Lollipop bamboo nappies with plastic pants for nights but they got so wet poor DD was soaking by the morning and her skin was damp whic I hated, so I swapped to sposies.

I have heard very good things about Little Lamb nappies and would love to do wahables with the next baby, but unless you get birth to potty ones OH and I worked out washables are more expensive if only used for one child, so I'm not sure.

meritaten

I had very little choice with my first baby (34 yrs ago). and it was Terry Cloth squares or long rolls of what resembled cotton wadding covered in paper towels! so, it was the washable. I also didnt have an automatic washing machine - er, no washing machine for about six months after she was born. I hand washed and boiled her nappies up on the stove in a big metal bucket. rinsing was hazardous to say the least!
I used a mix of Terry nappies and disposable for my next born No1 son. The terries at night and the disposables during the day.
for No2 son it was disposables as they were more like what you have today - except they were plastic covered!
I know which I preferred! Disposables! but if I had had an automatic washing machine instead of one of those awful twin tubs, I may have stayed with the Terries - worked out far cheaper!

DON79

I had grand ambitions and I started off with the bambino mio - I think I would have stuck at it more had my son not been 4 weeks early and the nappies were just an awful fit on him. He was so skinny and they just didn't work for him. So regrettably have stuck with disposables every since.

Plans_all_plans

teacherandmum wrote: »

just read the terries reply. honestly cloth nappies have really come on and they are very easy to put on and very reliable.
this is the bumgenius i used

tots bots easy fit i use

Haha, I'm only 26 with a 4 year old! I used the squares, pins and plastic type pants cos they were the only ones I saw in mothercare at the time! If I'd seen the sort you've put a pic of on here, then I'd have gone for them as they look much better. The terry squares are not up to much if you ask me.

money_honey

I used disposables with DD as at the time we were in a flat with no washing line to dry washable nappies and it would have cost us a fortune in tumble drying. As it turned out I was glad not to have any extra things to have to wash, it was bad enough with all DD's clothes that I had to keep washing due to her bad reflux. I'll be sticking with disposables this time round as well as although we've moved house and have a washing line, I don't think it's cost effective if you're just using washable nappies for one child (especially if you get the very MSE Lidl disposable nappies!). If you don't mind washing, have a line to dry (or don't mind the extra cost of tumble drying) they can be a good idea for use on 2 or more children.