OS nappies

£Ronnie

Visit the nappy lady website, they have a questionnaire (free, no obligation, just do a search for nappy lady)about your circumstances, ie budget, drying facilities, priorities etc and then recommend which type is best for you. There are so many types, its unbelievable. Then you can look around and find the best deal.

It may also be worth contacting the local council, they may have a nappy library scheme where you can try the various types once baby is here. i did this and it was free. They may also give you a token payment to help towards the nappies, i found out recently our local council give £30 on production of reciept for nappies!

Next time you see your midwife ask her about the local initiatives for real nappies, she should be able to help.

i use the sandys' and the motherease one size. Be aware if you buy some that are sized( baby will grow out of them) you will end up buying another lot before baby is toilet trained, and this will double your costs. I dont know if this is clear.... here is an example...
When i bought mine, the sandy's which fitted till baby was about 6 mths old cost about £7 per nappy brand new. But the motherease one size, which fitted till toilet trained cost about £9 per nappy brand new. You then need to consider if you are likely to go on to have another child and maybe have two in nappies at the same time......

Its a minefield but worth doing your research now and being happy with the nappy you chose, and you can always sell them on once you are finished with them.

HTH
Ronnie

Lillibet_2

Hi Kirsty:hello:

Glad to hear thigns are progressing well, can't believe you are 6 motnhs gone already:shocked:

Real nappies are one of those things which are best with the baby in front of you:rotfl: No really, they are. 'Cos babies come in all different shapes & sizes & so do the nappies. I have heard really good reports about the nappy lady service, but I've never used it so can't comment.

For what it's worth, I found the best ones by far for Spud are boots own brand all in ones, exactly the same as Kushies but cheaper. I tried terries but found them bulky, liable to leak & hubby flatly refused to use anything so complicated! (nappy+nappy nippa+liner+wrap +=complicated in brain of man? Hope they never have to cope with anything really diffcuilt then, like cooking a 3 course meal!) I tried cotton bottoms nappy & wrap system but found these nearly as complicated as terries and considerably more expensive. All in ones for me every time. I don't use them when we are out for a long time or over night but they are fab the rest of the time. Boots ones are not a bad price, compared to others, £7 each, but Spud has just gone up a size & I got 7 of the next size up from ebay for £26 delivered which is even better:j

But I would recommend you stock up on as many free sample disposables as you can for the first few weeks after the birth when you will be changing babe LOADS, I used disposables constantly for the first 5 weeks, then again when Spud had a really bad non-sleeping spell over Xmas & I felt like the living dead I went back to disposables for about 2 months, so it's worth having some in IMHO.

HTH;)

wizzkid_3

I made my little one Honey Boy nappies which are all in one. They were soooo cute, but my little boy wee's in pints so we were always changing him! We then used hemp which was more absorbant, but now you can get Bamboo which is supposed to be even better, I have just ordered a meter from Babeco to make him some night time nappies. We went onto the Nature Babies disposables in Sains until I could afford to give up work and now we use the Little Rippers with a mix of Motherease and home made wraps. You can sometimes get factory seconds of a popular brand like tot's bots on ebay for £1 each these are the second size. Fleece liners are great for when they are tiny, but paper flushable liners are better when they are on solids as you can just flush away. As Lilibet says, it is trial and error for your particular baby, so I would recomend that you get a mix of them off ebay as cheaply as you can and then see how your little one fits in them. Tots Bots and Motherease have a good resale value. HTH

Caterina

If you get in touch with your local NCT group they might have a contact for someone to come and demonstrate different nappy types - you have just missed Real Nappy Week (in April), where you could go for a Nappuccino, which is a coffee morning with nappy demo!

The Women's Environmental Network organise a Real Nappy campaign and will have all the info, also about real nappy laundry services (really handy!)

www.wen.org.uk

Also the link that someone suggested, the Nappy Lady, is very good and has a lot of second hand bargains!

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

Good luck!

Caterina

Fairy22

Hi

I remember when my little boy was born I spent ages trawling the internet for the best washable nappies !, In the end I bought the Motherease one size pre-folds. They cost about £8.00 each, but the're brilliant, they just popper fasten and they last from about 8lbs to potty, so you don't need to go out and buy bigger sizes. I think that these have been the best baby buy i've bought. You still need to buy the nappy wraps in sm med or large, but they last a while and are about £9.00 per shot. A roll of the liners is £2.95 and lasts about 1 1/2 months (plus the dearer ones actually wash so you can re-use these too !). Good luck whichever you decide on , it's a brilliant idea and you'll save a fortune. My little boys still wearing his at 20 months, and they still look fairly new.
Hope this helps x

Zed42

Well, my baby is almost out of nappies (night-time only).

I've used all sorts on her, but all the way through the most reliable have been my MotherEase one size nappies with MotherEase wraps.

Fleece liners have been ace, I found flushable liners good for the 1st few weeks before I discovered fleece.

Washable cloths are good too. Didn't like using wipes, cost loads and my daughter's bottom didn't like them either.

I used fuzzi bunz and wonderoos whilst on hols, as they are quick to dry.

I bought 18 MotherEase nappies to begin with and found that a little tight, with washing every two days and air drying. 24 is better.

Wraps are sized, I found 4 to be a good number, as you can re-use them between washing. Currently on 4 for 3 at Waitrose if that helps.

To wash, dry or wet pail (if wet pail, then I put 5 drops of tea tree oil with water), rinse, then wash at 40 degrees mainly with an occasional 60degs, with tea tree or white vinegar for the final rinse (instead of fabric conditioner).

sarah0404

There seems like SOOOOOO many choices now a days with washable nappies compared to when I first bought them. I've tried loads of different kinds, but I always come back to boring old prefolds. They're a lot cheaper than the shaped nappies, and they dry a lot quicker too. You can buy them cheaply on Ebay. I've found the Junior Joy brand not to be such good quality as the Bambino Mio or the Cotton Bottoms, but they still do the job. I had trouble with Bambino Mio wraps leaking, but the last one I bought was 3 years ago. I'm sure they've changed the design by now. I found Cotton Bottoms wraps really good. I also liked the Bumpy wraps. They're not specifically for pre-folds, but they work well. I was able to use the medium sized one for much longer than the weight range suggested.

If you get two or three Fuzzi Bunz type nappies, then you can put a prefold inside them and have an All-in-one type nappy for when you are out and about.

I'd advise against forking out a fortune on a whole birth to potty type set though. You don't know if you're going to get on with them till you actually have a baby to put them on. Different babies suit different nappies too.

hils

Hi
With regards to your thread washable nappies...
I have been using the kooshies/kushies ultra since my little girl was 3 months old...and now she is 19mths...they are great.....
Easy to wash...and dry...I dry pail store mine in a bucket....I did try soaking in bucket...but was just to time comsuing....they wash great with a bit of nappy wash powder....

They have saved me an actual fortune....I bought mine secondhand off a car boot>>>>(even greater saving!!)

The first size took me to about 12mths...and I am hoping she will be out of these by two.....and whats even better they have a great re sell value..

I think you have made a wise choice re washable nappies...and I am sure you will be satisfied...

My local authority offers £25.00 cashback when you spend over £50.00 on washable nappies ........maybe yours does.

hope the info helps

And good luck!!!

wilburpig

I used Tots Bots with Nature Babies wraps for my little one, especially cute as the wraps come in cool prints, like tie die or leopardskin! Be prepared for curious looks as you change the baby in shops etc, and everyone will tell you that you are mad, why not use disposables etc. Don't be put off. I had two older ones in disposables before discovering washables and they are great. He never had nappy rash and was toilet trained quicker. The only real disadvantage I found was that washables are bulkier, so sometimes clothes don't fit over them. You end up with a size bigger, then roll up trouser legs etc.

Once he got bigger I bought some ordinary terries and just folded them lengthwise into 3, then stuffed them inside the wrap.

I made fleece liners with a metre of fleece from the market, but bought wipes. I dry bucketed the nappies till I had enough for a wash, done with white vinegar to soften, then the wraps went over a radiator and I tumbled the nappies dry.

MarkyMarkD

We use Motherease one size with Motherease Airflow wraps and find them great. It is true that clothes can be a problem, though - she's less than 6 months (and small) but can't fit in some 3-6 month trousers because of the large nappies, which is a shame.

We have 20 nappies and normally wash them twice in five days - alternately ever two and three nights - but depends on how often she needs changing.

We are trying to use cotton wool and water for wiping - cheaper and easier than wipes and far nicer for her bottom! She had bad nappy rash for a while but this has eased completely since giving up on the wipes.

We are also using reusable liners (fleece) which are great so our ongoing costs aren't that high.

https://www.peachycheeks.com are cheap for the Motherease stuff and very nice people to deal with! Tell Mark & Ruth (peachycheeks) that Mark & Ruth (us) referred you - but we're not them, honest!