Disposable nappies

daphne_descends

I would buy a pack of each brand and see which works.

Pampers were useless on my son, leaked constantly, whereas Sainsbury's own and Huggies are perfect. Trial and error.

emsywoo123

fac73 wrote: »

I would buy a pack of each brand and see which works.

Pampers were useless on my son, leaked constantly, whereas Sainsbury's own and Huggies are perfect. Trial and error.

Totally agree, found the same with DD. Tis best to find what is best for you, and would agree not to get too many in advance, particularly newborn, as they were only good for a short time for her!

RustyFlange

carol9uk wrote: »

hi hope you dont mind me jumping in. i am too expecting in under three months, i have bought some washable nappies but as work today,(i look after children) a child uses washable and after changing the child 20 mins later the nappy smells. it that normal rustflange??, i want to a mixture of washable and disposibles.

I guess that depends on how they wash them and also what kind of nappies they are, I tried the mothercare smart nappy system when it first came out, it was rubbish in many ways an after 30 mins of my daughter being changed they smelt funny. My fuzzi bunz are brilliant, cannot rate them enough A lot of councils offer cashback on real nappies as an incentive to stop disposables filling up the landfills, but also some councils offer free trial packs. Also many of the labour wards now like to let you use their nappies (which in Nuneaton were fuzzi bunz)

squashy

If you think about it, wee smells a bit like, well wee! Disposables use all sorts of chemicals (you know those sachets of silica gel inside shoe boxes with the warnings "do not eat"? It is that sort of stuff!!) to help mask the odour amongst other things. I do get a bit of a whiff when changing my baby in her washables but i don't think it is very noticeable until the waterproof wrap is taken off.

OP- ah go on, try washables, they are so cute!!!

Fritha_2

carol9uk wrote: »

i am too expecting in under three months, i have bought some washable nappies but as work today,(i look after children) a child uses washable and after changing the child 20 mins later the nappy smells. it that normal

I've heard of this, the most likely cause is too much washing powder on the nappy, you (or rather the sprog's mum) should try giving them a wash or two with no powder and then use less in the washes. They should still get as clean but not be pongy :-) Hope that helps :-) (I too am in the up the duff club, September for me, and I plan to use washables so I've been learning a lot!)

Carmina_Piranha_3

the other way around, when i switched from washables to disposables (yes i'm evil i know!) i found that dispoabled smelled really bad as soon as they'd been weed in and i could smell a wet disposable across a crowded toddler group, but never a wet washable. maybe i'm just odd :rotfl:

i use pampers nappies because they fit the best. i hated asda nappies. huggies fit him the best for a while but now that he's the most enormous 2 year old ever i can't find anything to fit him except pampers baby dry size 6.

if you join the huggies and pampers websites they will send you a sample or two to try, and some coupons.

if you join the tesco baby club they will send you vouchers for a free baby basket when you buy newborn huggies, and clubcard points coupons for buying nappies etc.

i think the huggies newborn pack is £3.74. the baby beginnings basket includes a pack of huggies wipes, some coupons and a tub of lavendar bedtime talc, and other stuff. there's a coupon for 250 clubcard points when you spend £15 on baby things, so you could use that when you use your other coupons to buy and try the pampers newborn nappies and the wipes etc.

oh, and if you join the boots baby club they send a coupin for a free changing bag when you buy a pack of huggies nappies too.

good way to try huggies, if the freebies are useful

LilMissEmmylou

im a cloth nappy user too but when i moved house i had no washer for a week and so bought lidls on a friends recommendation - much better than any of the free samples i used from pampers or huggies

Agutka

I used huggies in the first few weeks as I found them the softest - the first pampers were like cardboard in comparison. I've been through all the brands, in the beginning nothing kept him clean, now everything does. I have just got some Lidl nappies today to have a go with.

None of the nappies change themselves though - gap in the market methinks

shirefairy

I use a mix of washables and disposables. I use washables in the day at home (tots bots), lidl own brand nappies in the day when we are out and about or when I feeling lazy, and boots own stay dry (green pack) at night. This is the perfect combo for my ds

I've found after much trial and error that boots own are the only ones that get him through the night without having to change him.

Asda own stay dry brand made him very sweaty and a bit prone to soreness and therefore needed changing more often - less breathable I think that the lidl or boots.

Like everyone has said it is trial and error and the fit varies so much on each little one. I think also that they have different reactions to all of the chemicals/gels/perfumes in them and may be more sensitive to some brands than other.

Like all things baby it really can be a bit of an expensive minefield. If I had my first again (isn't hindsight wonderful!) I wouldn't have bought anything except a small packet of nappies and a few sleepsuits, because contrary to what all the marketing would have us believe babies don't need anything except love, warmth and a pair of boobies!

Things I never used but bought: steriliser, breast pump, moses basket and all the stuff that goes with it, bottles and endless different beakers and cups as he got older none of which seemed to work :mad:, any clothes except sleepsuits for the first 3 months (way to fiddly to dress the little things and they get dirty so quickly its not worth it , baby shoes (babies hate shoes and they can't walk so what's the point?), changing mat - a towel works fine and easy to fling in the wash and warmer for the baby to lie on, baby bath, all of the skin/hair products - even the midwives were saying they are too harsh for the babies skin and to just use water and olive oil... I could go on but I've just realised I've gone completely off the point. Sorry it's that time of night

Good luck with the nappy trials

jak

If you go onto the nature baby website and apply to be an amabssador- fill in your details, they will send you a coupon for a free pack of nappies. I got one for £6 but it may be £4 now, still worth it! Redeemable in Boots, tesco etc. I think the website is www.naty.com but you may have to google to find it. THey are more environmentally friendly than normal disposables so that's got to be worth a try? -Plus the first pack is free so you've nothing to lose!
If you join the pampers baby club they send you £4 worth coupons, huggies will send coupons too. Bounty have various coupons on their website too.
Tesco baby club will give you extra points, boots babyclub will give you 500 points back on a £10 spend- BUT the change bag that's free with huggies nappies comes up as £29.99 so in theory you'd only have to buy 1 pack of Huggies to redeem the 500 points voucher- worth a try. I didn't realise until I'd already paid! So thought i'd pass that on!
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