Did you use disposable or washable nappies?

saidan

used little lambs - at one point had two in them with no leaking/washing/drying problems......

now both potty trained - so passed onto a friend who is using them for her number 2 after hating disposables on her number 1.

cost £200 birth to potty pack, + washing/drying........and no landfill-guilt!

Ravenlady_2

esio_trot wrote: »

Absolutely! I can fling nappies in the machine 30 times faster than it takes me to run to the shop and buy sposies! I'd also rather spend £200 on washables and £35 per year laundering them than £1300 on landfill waste. Especially given that you should really dispose of solids down the loo even when using sposies anyway

I dont know of anyone who uses disposables who actually bothers to use a liner and tip the poo down the loo, every baby book i have says you should but i guess its a personal choice to overlook that bit.

This just doesn't sit comfortably with my conscience knowing there is at least 20 binbags full of nappies per baby in landfill.

esio_trot

:rotfl:

Frogletina wrote: »

Oh, I remember nappies on a roll - disgusting things, I probably only bought one roll.

Did no-one ever use muslin nappies as a liner for terry nappies? I used to love those and also used them over my shoulder when breast feeding. And I used them on their own when one of my babies was born premature

frequently! He's currently in bed with facecloths stuffed in his nappy because all his proper boosters are wet (again! must buy a couple more)

hayleythedaisy

We've not had our baby yet so I hope you don't mind me adding my 2p!

We're doing similar to you, have newborn disposable ones to begin with, as I want to make life as simple as possible. Then once we see how we're getting on we'll have a look at washables. I'm not buying any until I know what's what as I know plenty of people who have spent £200 on them thinking it will work and for one reason or another ended up using disposables.
Also I'm dubious about drying them, we don't have a tumble dryer and struggle drying our own things (last winter towels were taking 2 days to dry and smelling damp).

esio_trot

hayleythedaisy wrote: »

We've not had our baby yet so I hope you don't mind me adding my 2p!

We're doing similar to you, have newborn disposable ones to begin with, as I want to make life as simple as possible. Then once we see how we're getting on we'll have a look at washables. I'm not buying any until I know what's what as I know plenty of people who have spent £200 on them thinking it will work and for one reason or another ended up using disposables.
Also I'm dubious about drying them, we don't have a tumble dryer and struggle drying our own things (last winter towels were taking 2 days to dry and smelling damp).

Near a window helps, sunlight, even through a window, helps with staining too. Also, putting the airer in the kitchen after you're done cooking tea and opening the oven door while it cools gives them a good blast of heat.

(No drier here either!)

yummymummy79

Ravenlady wrote: »

I use a mix of ebay cheapo pocket nappies, holden's landing for night, wee notions, totsbots and itti bitti. I would say i used the cheapy ones about 80% of the time, they are great and about £3 per nappy inc postage.

Glad to hear the cheap Ebay ones are good as I've bought about 12 of these so far awaiting the arrival of DD. Had a few Kooshies I used with DS 7 years ago but didn't get on with them so well so gave up.

Will probably use disposables for the first few weeks until I get into the swing of having a baby around again, and maybe for trips out too, but envisage using washables for 80-90% of the time.

If I knew how to put a photo on I'd show the cute giraffe/leopard/cow print ones I've got so far!

teacherandmum

hayleythedaisy wrote: »

We've not had our baby yet so I hope you don't mind me adding my 2p!

We're doing similar to you, have newborn disposable ones to begin with, as I want to make life as simple as possible. Then once we see how we're getting on we'll have a look at washables. I'm not buying any until I know what's what as I know plenty of people who have spent £200 on them thinking it will work and for one reason or another ended up using disposables.
Also I'm dubious about drying them, we don't have a tumble dryer and struggle drying our own things (last winter towels were taking 2 days to dry and smelling damp).

if you get microfibre pockets such as bumgenius or the ebay cheapies, then they dry very quickly. 2 hours on a sunny washing line, overnight on a clothes horse. Bamboo and hemp takes a lot longer to dry

chanie

I used disposables. I did look into washable - partly to save money and partly for the environment. THe ones I liked the look off were birthy to potty and they were really expensive and I just didn't have the money for them.

I did buy a tester pack of the mothercare own brand washable nappies. The thing I didn't like about them was that they came in three sizes, meaning you'd have to upgrade as baby got bigger. ANyway, DS was within the size range, but it was far too big and so it leaked. I tried it a couple of times, but in the end I gave up.

hayleythedaisy

Our washing dries quick enough in the summer, but we struggle really badly in the winter :-(

LilMissEmmylou

Cloth bums all the way

I mainly used fitted nappies with wraps, however I did have a fair few pocket nappies too (a nappy that you stuff to make as absobant as you need) with pretty prints and embroidery.

I washed every other day and dried on the raidiator or outside.

The key factor is finding the right nappy system for you. Not every nappy with fit every baby. Buying several different types to try out is the best way IMO. Or if you can loan some different nappies to try from your local council or nappy laundry, that will help you pick the best sort for bump