56 Nappies for a fiver

foghorn

Another vote here for Lidl. We've tried various brands and supermarket own including some foreign ones (when on holiday) and they're still the best!

We did do the reusables for number one, but it became too much with two little ones in nappies.

overworked_underpaid

Having tried Pampers, Huggies and Tesco own brand, we found the LIDL ones to be best in terms of quality and price

sazuburns

I switched to reusables with my elder son when he was 11 months, and my younger son went into them at 2 weeks.

Like all things, they take some getting used to, but there is no reason why you shouldn't find a nappy which is suitable for your situation. In addition, because many of them have excellent elastic around the back and legs, and because you put on a waterproof cover which also has elastic around the back and legs, they are far less prone to leaking than disposables, and you don't have that nasty job of cleaning right up the back and then changing the babygrow and vest at every nappy change.

My elder son has special needs, and was in nappies at night until he was 6 1/2 years old. There wasn't a disposable on the market which could cope with the amount of wee he was doing overnight.

For holidays, I tended to take Nature Babycare nappies (Sainsburys, Waitrose) for daytimes, but would often take a reusable for nights, or would boost them with eco-friendly disposable nappy pads. Although they aren't much better for the environment when disposed of (due, partly to the less than ideal landfill situation where there isn't enough air and water to break them down, and partly because the hyperabsorbent gel sucks as much moisture as it can get out of its environment, which is the cause of those hideous little crystals you sometimes see on a baby's skin), they are manufactured using fewer non-renewable resources; they use maize starch instead of plastic for the waterproofing, and they have more paper filling and less of the superabsorbent gel than most disposable nappies.

snoopkat

Since my daughter was born 19months ago I have tried most brands and the only supermarket brand i have been happy with is Tesco.

I found that Boots changed their nappies at some point and they were RUBBISH!

Tesco pull ups are excellent too - EXACTLY like pampers ones.

Haven't tried Lidl and Aldi but might just have to!

twirlypen

Hey there

I am an eco disposable user. I either use Nature care available from most leading supermarkets, boots and mothercare and competitively priced and often included in offers at Sainsbury's. They are currently on offer at Waitrose/Ocado when bulk buying. I have never had a problem with them leaking except may be at night when my baby was still night feeding. She is now 11 months. The other eco nappy I use is Molotex and I buy in bulk from little green earthlets on line and this brings the cost down by a lot.

There are other brands around like Tushies which I have tried and are ok try so organic or green baby.

I also use eco wipes and waitrose do their own brand of fragrence free, paraben free, biodegradable wipes. In a 4 pack of 80 wipes for around £4.50 which I don't think is to bad.

I also use nature care's nappy bags and try and fit a wholes days worth of nappies into one bag making the pack last longer and reducing the amount going to landfill.

I do one day a week ish in washables to help.

The basic thing about eco disposable nappies is they still rot in landfill for a long time but they contain less chemicals which is better for baby and planet. The average nappy will swell to the size of a football. and Those crystal's are chemicals leeching from the nappy on to your babies skin. Having said that early on I used pampers at night to prevent leaks.

Hope this helps.
Pen

charlieebel86

When my son was newborn (now 18mths) we used pampers, which we carried on using up until about 6 mths ago. with the mortgage going up i had to cut down so started using sainsburys own brand. i think they are brilliant and havnt looked back.
when we were using pampers he always has a tendencey to get nappy rash but he hardly gets it at all with sainsburys.:T

bug_bloke

We tried Tescos Nappies as a cheaper alternative to Pampers. How wrong we were!

We had to change them more often and they left our daughter with bad nappy rash for the first time.:mad:

However, after complaining to Tescos we received a full refund and went straight back to Pampers. The nappy rash went away within a couple of days.

norm_diploom

Another vote here for Lidl nappies. Also the Costco own brand, Kirkland signature - although as already posted if you can catch the Costco passport offers on branded napppies they are pretty much impossible to beat.

I do already have some washable nappies, which I combined fairly successfully with disposables last time around, but my youngest has pretty bad eczema and I'm worried about exacerbating this with reusables. Does anyone have any helpful experience of this?

Sarahsaver

My son's eczema was no worse from having used washable nappies. any nappy can cause a rash, better off keeping the gels etc. in disposables away from their skin. The long tern effects are not known.

tracey-bubbles

Arquest (manufacture of nappies) in Greenfield, Flintshire are selling their nappies for £1 for size 2 (22 per bag). I was also able to pick up size 3 for £2 a bag of 38. The factory is up for sale so not sure how long they will have stock left. I used their nappies with my first child and will use them for my 2nd due soon. Otherwise Tesco we found were the best for pull ups for little boys.