Did you use disposable or washable nappies?

pinkclouds

I use/used disposables. Youngest still has pull ups for night time.

My suggestion would be to use disposables and toilet train as early as you dare. Don't expect baby to be dry before 2 years old. But there's no reason not to try timing wees for the potty/toilet and keeping the same nappy on for most of the day. Convenience and money saving combined. The main ones are: as soon as baby wakes up, after a big/long feed and after 2-3 hours if nappy is still dry. Hold them over potty or toilet and use a "cue" to encourage them to wee e.g. a noise, a word, a hum, etc.

Of the friends I know who use cloth nappies, the only thing they really seem to complain about is getting clothes to fit around the bottom because washables are more bulky than disposables. Would be fine if you had a daughter and didn't need to bother with trousers.

building_with_lego

Get thee to an NCT sale and pick up a few washables, or freecycle/ freegle etc. Get a selection of different types as the wraps fit differently shaped babies. DD was long and thin and we found Eenies best as they held the flat nappy close to the danger area. DS is a bit chunkier so Tots wraps worked well on him. It is possible to get sample packs too- see twinkle twinkle for all the info you need!
I think about £300 all told has done both children, including wraps, but the nappies themselves cost me £40 and lasted almost five years. Once I'd finished with them I put them into the compost bin and they were gone within a month.
We did use "disposables" sometimes, but as someone pointed out even if you only use ONE washable nappy each day, you're saving 365 disposables from going to landfill each year. :beer:

Js_Other_Half

Motherease nappies and wraps during the day, and pampers overnight. The nappies were second hand.

JodyBPM

I used washables and loved them! I had two children just over a year apart, and my total spend on nappies and wraps was around £300. I used mainly tots bots, with some kissaluvs and some Weenotions, with Motherease wraps. I also had some prefolds and some terry squares (the ones my mum used on me and my brother 30 years earlier!) which I didn't get on so well with. I also didn't get on so well with Kushies AIOs.

I dry pailed, and washed every day when they were both in nappies and every 2nd day when I just had one in nappies. I didn't really find it a problem. Line dried them in the garden.

I still look at washables sometimes - there seem to be some really lovely ones out there now, even more so than when I was using them 4 or 5 years ago.

onlyroz

I tried washables with my son, but found them leaky and too bulky once he started to crawl. I stuck with disposables for my daughter, who I'm in the process of potty training now...

Marisco

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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!

Same here!!! Only I didn't have a washing machine until my son was born, my daughter was already 4 1/2!!! I'd had enough of doing the dammed things by hand!! Mind it was a long time ago, 42 and 37!! They make great dishcloths and dusters when you've finished with them:D Terrys are far better for the environment, there must be tons of disposables in landfill!!!:eek:

Aimless

I was given some terries when my son was born, I only ever used them over his nappies on particularly explosive days, but we're still using them as hand towels years later. They were properly cleaned, honest!

This time I'd like to do it properly, and am planning on using the free disposables up then switching. But I'm totally lost! I want a one size, and an all in one. Can anyone recommend the Bumgenius ones? I only know of them cos they offered a free one (or at least I think it was them) but I like the look of them.

Nicki

I used disposables with 1 and 2 and thought nothing of it. I used washables with 3 and love them. No leaks, I never run out of nappies and he looks so cute in them. I only recently switched to disposables with him for reasons too complicated to explain here and I posted a thread about how hard it was to find some disposables which performed as well as his washables.

I had teddies, bimbles and totsbots with mother ease wraps, mix of new and preloved and all worked well.

esio_trot

Bit of both, came to washables late (6 months old) and haven't looked back. We've always had leaks with disposables, no matter the brand, on my tall, skinny boy - no such issue with cloth, and they last overnight where disposables won't.

Re bumgenius - I wouldn't fancy using them on a littlie with runny poo, I swear by fitted + wrap for containment (tots bots stretchie and motherease wrap for us) but we have 5 BG and get along fine with them. They're ones I tend to put in the change bag when others are looking after him

kafkathecat

I used bambino mio because they were the cheapest I could find at the time. Like Don79 my ds had skinny legs but only leaked at night, so he wore a disposable at night and bambino mio the rest of the time. We lasted right through to potty training. If my mum minded him she put him in disposables and he often got nappy rash then, but I think that was more because of her poor sense of smell.