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

BernadetteN

The Motherease large bedwetter pants fit my 7 year old who weighs around 23kg, and I could probably fit my 9 year old in them too but haven't tried. The Motherease trainer pants are great for potty training but are unlikely to hold night time weeing. 2 bedwetter pants cost £36 for large and if you buy £36 of pull up disposables, they would last only 6 months.

Another alternative to Motherease Bedwetter pants for children over 18kg is the trainer pants made by MINKI - you can see them on https://www.kittykins.co.uk. They are trainer pants which can be stuffed with anything - muslin squares, hemp, bamboo, even teatowels! They can be made to order for any size if you contact them, even adults.

Alleycat

If anyone is any good with a needle and thread, you can make your own nappies to size. The only patterns I know of are for babies and toddlers, but I have asked on another forum if any of the fab ladies there have a pattern or know where I could find one for children.

I'll post back with any findings and depending on my success I can email or post the patterns to you.

You can make really groovy ones which would probably appeal to the older children wetting especially at school as they can look pretty much like normal pants and few kids would be able to tell the difference easily. So if your little one is yearning after Barbie or Superman pants........!!!

debsley_pig

Hi

I am planning on using re-usable nappies when my baby is born (for money saving and environmental reasons) and I am rather confused as to what I will need to buy to get started.

Can anyone advise me on this? What sort of re-usable nappies did you find best? I am planning to breast feed as well and know this can makes things a bit more fluid!! yuck!

Any advice muchly appreciated.

bylromarha

All to do with baby as different fits for different sizes. So best advise is wait until baby is born and go for a fitting. i didn't do this and bought completely the wrong thing for my lad as he has skinny legs.

Some councils do nappicinos, where they'll talk you though all things reuseable. These councils are also more likely to offer a cash incentive to get you to use reuseables (ours gave me £25).

You'll need to buy the nappies + waterproof wraps (for some nappy systems, not all), a nappy bin as essentials. I use liners in my nappies too which flush solids down the loo and napisan for washing the nappies.

Other threads on this are...

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=95314&highlight=reuseable

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=87369&highlight=reuseable

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=91867&highlight=reuseable

Happy pregnancy!

naomi123

If you go to https://www.thenappylady.co.uk there is loads of info on there about what types of nappies are available and what you do with them.
I too am expecting my first and we will be using reusable nappies but I plan to use disposables for the first 6 weeks or so then swapping as different babies suit different nappies.

randy_4

https://www.ukparents.co.uk has a reusable nappy forum too.

I have bought a few different varieties of pre loved nappies to try out when my baby arrives. You can buy them on ebay and on a few of the parenting/baby forums.

Don't buy a whole load until you have tried a few, as not all babies come in the same size!

swizzle_2

I used disposables too for first few months, and then used the allin one type, can use from 3 mths to 2 or so when they should be out of nappies.

Also used prefolds with an outside wrap for 1st child- found all in 1 type easier with a toddler aswell.

Have a look at ebay- try differant types- it`s all trial and error, as all of use are differant and so are babies.

I found bambino mio very helpful, think you can but trial nappies in the shops now- boots,toyrus, mothercare etc.

I would suggest using a disposable at night until they are sleeping through the night.

Good luck

tanith

Many years since I had to use nappies on my kids but I never found anything better than a plain old Terry Nappy Square... it can be folded in several different ways depending on baby size or your preference... nappy liners were always used and saved the worst of the soiling...... and soft plastic pants over the top....... my kids never got nappy rash...... cos the Terry nappies can be boiled each time they are washed....

Just reread this and realise that Mums nowadays probabley don't want to use great big metal Nappy pins on their child..... not sure if there is another way to fix them in place .....

Goood luck

leftieM

I found tots bots with motherease wraps great for my two daughters. They were great for containing breastfed poo - you'll be the smug one when the disposable users mutter about poo going up the baby's back!
We used disposable wipes for our older girl but this turned out to be the worst situation. We use cloth wipes for #2 so the whole lot can be dumped into the nappy bucket.
You'll be delighted at all the money you save, especially if you use the nappies for subsequent children.
I got advice from the nappy lady (someone posted the website earlier). It's a good place to start.

bylromarha

tanith wrote:

Just reread this and realise that Mums nowadays probabley don't want to use great big metal Nappy pins on their child..... not sure if there is another way to fix them in place .....

Goood luck

Nappy nippers have replaced the pins...can get them from boots and lots of places now.