56 Nappies for a fiver

sazuburns

norm_diploom wrote: »

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?

I knew a lady who had to switch to reusables, because every disposable she used brought her baby out in eczema. The amount of chemicals in disposable nappies can be a real worry, and the gel can dry out the skin too much - at least with reusables, you know what is in them and you can control what they are washed in.

I would consider looking at a nappy made of bamboo, as this needs very little in the way of pesticides when it is grown. If the 'stay dry' thing is an issue, you could try polyester fleece liners (Ikea does a very cheap fleece blanket which can be cut to size) but conversely, fleece can keep the bottom too dry, so you would have to experiment.

wastenotwantnot_2

norm_diploom wrote: »

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?

You could try using fleece lined nappies or pocket nappies that wick away moisture from skin to keep it dry or silk liners.

JMG4321

Personally, I've always found the Huggies nappies leaked on my kids. I used to use Tesco nappies during the day and Pampers at night (more absorbent then) for my first son but I think that Tesco nappies are so good now that I stick only to those and never have any problems.
I really don't like the Pampers nappies that don't have the stretchy tabs (Baby dry?), particularly in the bigger sizes, but I bought some Waitrose nappies the other day (not for cost reasons!) and the tabs were so unstretchy and the nappies were really unabsorbent (they literally dropped off my son when he woke up in the morning) that I took them back for a refund (the unused ones that is!).
But I'm sure it's all a matter of personal choice...

tq16

After some advice, used reusable nappies with dd1 who is now three, she potty trained at 18months so never used the bigger sizes (had birth to potty pack) started to use same nappies with dd2 but then lost all nappies in house fire (christmas eve!) my dd2 is now 9 months and I have been using tesco own nappies is it worth me investing in reusable?

wyrd_sister

i have been trying to unsucessfully get my son dry for ages now and in desperation to save some money i have started shopping at liddle nd their nappies are great i stocked up as they were only 3.65 for the pants and as he is nearly 5 they are better for him, and low and behold he wore them for about a week and now he is dry, iv tried every pull up training pant there is and this one worked and i dont think it was a training pant just a propper nappy that you pull up, it kept him dry all night which was good cause some of the others leaked and i would have to get up and change the bed in the middle of the night, so id recommend these nappies as they last over night when others were so full that they were either down by the knees or leaking, and also for some reason they helped get my son dry in a week, wish id tryed them years ago .emma:T :A

norm_diploom

Thanks for helpful suggestions re eczema: as mentioned, staying dry is the challenge, so will investigate using fleece or silk liners during the daytime, and see how that goes. It may be more successful now that he's bigger and the gaps between liquid and solid deposits are getting longer!

sjts307

I have used Huggies on all 3 of my girls (8,4 & 11 months). I did try Pampers on all 3 of them at different stages and found that each time they ended up with nappy rash. I have tried Sainsburys once and found they leaked too easily. After all the recommendations though I think I will try Lidls - nothing to loose!!
Earlier posts are correct though - every brand will fit every child differently & it's trial & error as to what suits you and your child.

emsaver

My little girl is now two and a half - so we buy 'pull-up' nappies, which can work out in excess of 22p a nappy if you go for Pampers or Huggies, however Morrisons have just started doing pull-ups and I find them just as good, mind you, she's potty trained and it's ony for night times, so I'm not sure how they'd cope with poo!

aitchykate

I intended to use reusable but I live in flat so can't dry things outside and I have no tumble dryer. When I was pregnant I received lots of money off or reward point vouchers for Huggies and Pampers and also looked out for special offers on them so laid in a big supply, intending to use them initially and for going out. When baby arrived I found that reusables seemed to need to be changed constantly, clothes wouldn't fit over them and after washing they took days to dry (my baby was born in December) also that I was really too busy and tired to want any more washing. So I used my disposable supply and I found that pampers were fairly good and Huggies weren't very good at all, although nothing seems able to stop occasional breastfed newborn nappy leakage. I then saw that Which tested nappies and thought pampers were best, Asda second best, I think they put Huggies third. I started buying Asda nappies and think they're really good.

auguatsmummy

We used huggies once when DD was little and they leaked, as did pampers. Asdas own left crystals on her bottom. Then we tried Tescos own and haven't looked back. Since changing we've had no leaks, no crystals and no nappyrash at all! For us they are the best choice for nappies.