I just haven't got a clue

poppyscorner

Hi All good evening,

Hope I'm not distracting you all from Ant and Dec on telly, I really havent got a clue about reusable nappies I have got a 12 week old baby weight 14lb 3oz and I am now considering reusable nappies for him BUT worried about leaks and really don't know what I am looking at would prefer not to have the big terry towel with huge nappy pin to stick through as I would never get hubby to agree to that and he would get confused need something simple that won't leak wee all over and obviously don't want DS to get sore bum although he isn't a sufferer of nappy rash at present I havent got any of these reusables and have been using disposables but already spent a fortune on them and that will only get worse.
I would be happy to look at used ones in good nick.
So can anyone tell me A) what they use and if they are any good
where to get them from (new and used) C) what the different options are

Thanks in advance
Poppy

wifeforlife

Hi Poppy

When I used reuseable nappies I first got alot of information from 2 places

nappylady was the 1st one and I found it fantastic

and a parenting website,

parentsloungeuk I think it's now called, I'm mse now fulltime lol

I'll get links for you if that would help

Cate

wifeforlife

http://www.ukparentslounge.com/

I used the chat forums here and there is one specifically for reusable nappys, also a buy & sell as far as I remember

Oh found the nappylady one

http://www.thenappylady.co.uk/

I hope this helps somewhat

Cate

poppyscorner

Hi Cate,

Thanks for those sites have been having a look through the ukparentslounge site and noticed there is a classified section do you think it might be worth buying a couple of used ones off there to try them out or is it an all or nothing thing with them

Thanks again
Poppy

AussieLass

You don't have to use pins now either. They have a great little invention out called Snappy's. They work fab. They should be in the baby care range in your supermarket.

I used towelling nappies all the time and disposables for traveling/days out etc.
DH had no problems with any of them.

mwa

Hi Poppy,

I've got a 9 month old and spent £230 on buying a 'birth -potty' pack of 20 reusable nappies with all the accessories. I then sold it 1 week later for £160 as I couldn't handle using them!!

If I were you I'd buy one or two from ebay and try them for a week or two and see how you get on, as it's a big investment and they're definitely not for everyone. The problem I found is that they leaked, plus they were very time consuming, lots of washing etc.

Having said that, my friend uses them and has got on fine.

I now use Tesco's branded nappies which are £3.98 for 36. They work out at around 11p each which is considerably cheaper than Pampers. though I do buy Pampers if they have £1 off and I have a £1 voucher, as this makes them the same price as the Tescos ones. Have you tried the cheaper brands?

Good luck!
Morwenna

wifeforlife

Hi Poppy,

I bought lots second hand and sold them all on and actually made a profit not purposely though

I'm going back nearly 4 years and I used them for 6 months but I used ones called tots bots at the time, you'll not lose anything by trying anything. Theres so much info on the nappy lady site about the pros and cons of all types but you dont have to buy from it

I'l help you all I can

Cate

wifeforlife

mwa wrote: »

Hi Poppy,

I've got a 9 month old and spent £230 on buying a 'birth -potty' pack of 20 reusable nappies with all the accessories. I then sold it 1 week later for £160 as I couldn't handle using them!!

If I were you I'd buy one or two from ebay and try them for a week or two and see how you get on, as it's a big investment and they're definitely not for everyone. The problem I found is that they leaked, plus they were very time consuming, lots of washing etc.

Having said that, my friend uses them and has got on fine.

I now use Tesco's branded nappies which are £3.98 for 36. They work out at around 11p each which is considerably cheaper than Pampers. though I do buy Pampers if they have £1 off and I have a £1 voucher, as this makes them the same price as the Tescos ones. Have you tried the cheaper brands?

Good luck!
Morwenna

I started using Tesco nappies too when my dd hit 6 months as I was going back to work, I used them right up to she was potty trained and they where great, cant remeber but I think it was a purple pack

Cate

Justie

if you do a search on this forum you'll find several threads on cloth nappies - it seems like such a minefield and it's easy to spend lots of money and then find you've bought the wrong thing. Lots of sites offer good advice though - I used nappylady as a first port of call - but if you can get your hands on some different cloth nappies then it make a lot more sense. See if there's a lollipop agent locally or if there's a nappachino (sp?) also see if your Health Visitor knows about dates for cloth nappies at local breast feeding cafes if you have them (there's usually at least one member of the HV or midwifery team who's also a nappy advisor on the side). The easiest thing is if you buy one system (easier for the OH as they get easily confused otherwise ) but it may take a little while to find the right fit for your child - hence speak to a nappy advisor. I've put on a list of websites some of which have trial packs at good prices which can help you narrow down what suits you and also many of which have classifieds to buy second hand (don't let it put you off it can work out cheaper although not by much). It's also worth checking out NCT nearly new sales. You'll often find prefolds on resale because not everyone gets on with them but they can be a really good option if you don't have much drying space.

The key things to think about when buying cloth is - how often you plan on washing, how you can dry them (and do you have options for those inbetween days when it's raining outside but too warm to have the heating on), whether you want shaped or whether you don't mind folding. All cloth nappies will give a bigger bum but many of the shaped ones are pretty snug these days if you have the sized not the birth to potty ones.

And don't forget even if you use cloth nappies it doesn't mean you can't use disposables sometimes if you're not going to have time to do the extra washing or if you're out and about. It's perfectly possible to do both.

http://www.bumdiddybaby.com/
http://www.babykind.co.uk/index.htm
http://www.kittykins.co.uk/
http://clothnappyaddic.s10.forumsplace.com/index.php
http://www.cottonbots.co.uk/index.htm
http://www.littlelamb.co.uk/index.php
http://www.lizziesrealnappies.co.uk/
http://www.teamlollipop.co.uk/
http://www.naturebabies.co.uk/
http://www.twinkleontheweb.co.uk/acatalog/Newborn_Nappies_and_wraps.html
http://www.theecologist.org/offer3.asp
http://www.thenappylady.co.uk/
http://www.usednappies.co.uk/
http://www.realnappycampaign.com/index.html
http://www.onelifeworld.co.uk/

poppyscorner

mwa wrote: »

Hi Poppy,

I've got a 9 month old and spent £230 on buying a 'birth -potty' pack of 20 reusable nappies with all the accessories. I then sold it 1 week later for £160 as I couldn't handle using them!!

If I were you I'd buy one or two from ebay and try them for a week or two and see how you get on, as it's a big investment and they're definitely not for everyone. The problem I found is that they leaked, plus they were very time consuming, lots of washing etc.

Having said that, my friend uses them and has got on fine.

I now use Tesco's branded nappies which are £3.98 for 36. They work out at around 11p each which is considerably cheaper than Pampers. though I do buy Pampers if they have £1 off and I have a £1 voucher, as this makes them the same price as the Tescos ones. Have you tried the cheaper brands?

Good luck!
Morwenna

Hi Morwenna,

Tesco's nappies are actually the ones I am using at the moment and they are fine just as good if not better than the leading brand my last lot I got for some reason were going cheap in my local tesco for £2.08 for 36 so was well chuffed with that.:j :j

Haven't really used anything else nappy wise own brand.
Also purchase tesco's wipes usually on £3 for three but even better when BOGOF.

Thanks Poppy

poppyscorner

AussieLass wrote: »

You don't have to use pins now either. They have a great little invention out called Snappy's. They work fab. They should be in the baby care range in your supermarket.

I used towelling nappies all the time and disposables for traveling/days out etc.
DH had no problems with any of them.

Thanks for that Aussielass think my main thing with the terrys is the MIL horror stories and tall tales of when she had her kids (back in the day) and she insists on repeating the fact that she didn't have a washer (oh woe is me) :rotfl: :rotfl:
Am just trying to make it as simple as possible as hubby is (has to be said) a bit lazy and he is not too keen on switching just dont wanna give him any excuses to get out of it

Thanks again
Poppy