A rash of savings: Get the cheapest nappies/MoneySavingExpert.com Discussion

gravitytolls

Yes the amount of soap residue in washing is amazing. Wahing machines maybe don't use enough water nowadays to rinse well.

Tea tree oil is a good bug killer, but a few drops in a load will only smell nice, and be ineffective apparently you need a substantial amount to kill stuff.

jellyhead

is it possible that the 2 in 1 is stopping them from being washed properly? leaving conditioner in the fibres etc? i could put it more intelligently but i'm tired lol! i dry pailed my nappies and washed them every 3 days or so. never any smell after washing.

a few months ago i thought my washing in general was smelling a bit manky when it came out of the machine. i ran an empty machine on a boil wahs, using washing powder but no conditioner and everything smelled fresh again afterwards. some kind of gunky buildup in the machine perhaps.

pdoff

i could only find distilled malt vinegar in tesco. where can i get the white stuff?

ds2 soaked today after 2 hours again. put soaker pad in that meant to use at night, can only just fasten vest over top!, but soaked after 3 hours!! clothes dry after 11 hours in disposable at night. really want this to work but getting fed up. any ideas?

Zziggi

OK, i'm reporting back after taking on board all your tips.

(1) ran the machine on a 90C wash but did it empty to clean out the macine.
(2) Used normal non-bio wash powder (NOT Bold 2in1) and put a good splosh of white vinegar in the conditioner drawer.
(3) put them on the line outside to dry and finished them off on the radiator inside.

The result is nappies smelling lovely and fresh.

Thanks everyone

flutterbybutterfly

:j Having an active toddler :j I am now finding all nappy changes have to be made in the upright postion making it v. difficult to remove/replace nappy. I have tried using disposable pull-ups/convertibles which make things a lot easier but my consience is struggling with the disposable thing.

I have searched around and found that most of the washable nappy companies sell trainer pants and I would like to give these a try. As my babe is not quite ready for regular pants and does still require quite absorbant, nappies/pants I think I need some which have a stuffable pocket for extra padding when required or space for added liners. Also, poppers or similar down the side would be useful incase of messy accidents.

I would be v. grateful for any recommendations or tips on which ones to go for before I splash out on the wrong ones.

1jim

why dont you visit
http://www.baby-greenhouse.co.uk/
lots of friendly people on there to help you out
Jim

wilburpig

flutterbybutterfly wrote:

:j Having an active toddler :j I am now finding all nappy changes have to be made in the upright postion making it v. difficult to remove/replace nappy. I have tried using disposable pull-ups/convertibles which make things a lot easier but my consience is struggling with the disposable thing.

I have searched around and found that most of the washable nappy companies sell trainer pants and I would like to give these a try. As my babe is not quite ready for regular pants and does still require quite absorbant, nappies/pants I think I need some which have a stuffable pocket for extra padding when required or space for added liners. Also, poppers or similar down the side would be useful incase of messy accidents.

I would be v. grateful for any recommendations or tips on which ones to go for before I splash out on the wrong ones.

http://www.naturebabies.co.uk/

I loved these Nature Babies wraps when my son was in nappies, and once he was a toddler we ended up using ordinary terry nappies, folded into a pad, held in place by the wrap. We did use flushable liners, which makes poo easier to deal with! :rotfl:

mummytofour

I like wonderoos, they are birth to potty stuffy nappies and i stuff them with terrys.

pdoff

anyone know where i can buy the white vinegar that was mentioned?

Zziggi

pdoff wrote:

anyone know where i can buy the white vinegar that was mentioned?

tesco/asda/waitrose/sainsburys/chinese supermarket.

P.S. I know i am probably stating the obvious but.. you do know that "white" vinegar is actually a clear colour and called distilled vinegar often.