The Great Cheap Nappy Hunt!

Frogling

Sainsbury's own nappies are very good - we bought them for our little one once when they were on offer, and found they did just as good a job as Pampers. Needless to say, I bought a few more packs whilst they were still on offer.

That said, different nappies suit different babies. Huggies never did a very good job on my two little ones, we had lots of leaks, but a friend found them to be the best for her son. Different shapes and sizes, I guess!

kabie

Most if not all supermarkets have a product satisfaction guarantee for their own brands (think that's what they call it). You could buy their nappies to try and if they're no good they'll give you a full refund: has the details written on the pack. Years ago I tried tesco own brand and they were pretty hopeless so I took the pack back and got a refund but I think quality has moved on since then although I seem to remember that with smaller babies tend to have leakier bottoms :P
I tried to find useless nappies whilst I was toilet training (so that my son could "feel" being wet) but they were all too good.

ShaunPenton

Thanks for all the replies so far. It seems that reusables are the best option all round (both cost and environmental) - to be honest, the only reason we went for disposables was because it's our first baby, and we thought we'd have enough to think about without washing nappies as well!

Maybe when Sophie is a few months old we'll think about making the switch, but until then, I'm afraid disposables win the vote. So I'm still hunting

PhiL_P_3

Posted this on the parallel thread in "Shop But Don't Drop" but thought I'd stick it here too:-

For all your unbiased reusable nappy info go to The Cloth Resource

Oh and don't forget to look for the mention of me in the "Who I Am" section on the front page. Hmm have to have a word though - "the odd nappy"? That should be changed to "regularly gets his hands dirty"

;D ;D ;D

deevdaav

Not necessarliy a cheaper option but if you're ging to stick with disposable then worth considering -
Larger branches of Sainsburys sell 'Nature Boy & Girl' nappies and nappie sacks - all of which are biodegradable. They start from 9lbs I think so were too big for our son when he was born but we' ve been using them ever since he got big enough and he's now 14thms old. We did find that they occasionally leaked at night sas he got older so we tend to use a standerd disposable 1 overnight but the enviro. friendly ones at all other times. Good for baby as no chemicals and better for environment. Don't bother with their wipes though - useless.

elle-fire

I use Morrisons own nappies - two packs for £7.50, as for wipes, Netto's own wipes are quite cheap at only 99p for 80 and they are quiet nice.

spookmeister

[glow=red,2,300]RE-USABLES.[/glow]

I have been watching this thread closely - I wasn't sure where it may go! I have been trying my hardest to get my wife to agree to use re-usable nappys. She won't. She says that all her friends (though she won't she which ones) use disposable because they are better (!?). All she keeps saying is that they "never got on with them" and is seemingly oblivious to the benefits of them in terms of cost, greener, etc., etc. - I really need some good evidence of re-usables being the better option.

We went to the Baby Show at Olympia this weekend and she wouldn't go anywhere near the stands that sold them. Her mother who always doubted their worth was very impressed by them and I thought was even going to buy a set for me - to use not wear.

I have even said I will not be changing the baby's nappy unless we use re-usables - it's not true - of course i'd change the nappies.

Does anyone know if there are free trials offers or money back guarrantee. Our baby is due in less than a week and this is the only thing we disagree on - It's stupid!

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Any help is appreciated (for my baby's sake!!)

S

katglasgow

Although I am still using disposables a few of my friends have used reusables. Advice one gave was to maybe wait until the baby is a litrtle older before switching over (say 2-3 months?) as a newborn requires 8-10 nappy changes a day!!! As your baby grows this will settle down, my son is now 11 months old and normally has his nappy changed 4-5 times a day. As you can imagine this makes a big difference when you are faced with the laundry pile - newborns also get through huge quantiies of vests, baby grows etc.. and this can really get on top of you at the beginning when you are stuggling to cope with lack of sleep, no time to yourself and the demans of establishing breat feeding. My baby was born in Nevember so I couldnt even get my laundry hung outside and with no tumble dryer it was a bit of a nightmare! I think your idea of picking up a free tiral for re-usables in great but my advice would be to suggestion this is a few months when your wife might feel more up for it and support her wishes for the first wee while. Hope you undertsand where I'm coming from.
K x

Greenstuff_2

Hey spook

Could you come to a compromise? perhaps use disposables when out and reusables at home?
Or, whoever changes the nappy gets to choose!
She's probably worried about the work a baby will bring and wants to keep that down, yes you will have more washing with a baby, but I have read that once sterilised that nappies can go in with the normal wash so should be minimum extra work.Just re assure her that you will help out as much as she needs.
Congratulations and best of luck ;D

Spendless

Hi Spook

your wife might be a bit worried about what having a baby is going to entail and if she's listening to her friends who already have babies it might be why she's more inclined to do what they are doing.

I tend to agree with the others leave it a while and get used to your new baby and a routine going then when he/she is older you could look at using re-usables.

All the best with your new baby