Cloth Nappies

Well atleast you can justify buying nappies for Haleigh even if she is close to TT because you can use them for the new one... I can't believe I am still buying nappies when Han only uses them when she sleeps I just keep chanting "resale value... resale value"

And yeah, it was fun today. Loved to have your input Sarah - it's awesome to have someone who can back up how simple modern cloth is

Lovely to meet you all anyway.

And anyone else who wants to see the stuff I have... just let me know. I can come out any time after xmas... it's great to get out of the house!

yeah Im wanting the mummys touch, I jsut love them, man I so wanted to get soem to use now. Nathan working late tongiht so I will show him tomorrow hopefully, and get the nappy back to you nikki.
man i think im going to be another cloth nappy addict lmao

Excellent

Jess it depends how often you want to wash them. If you are prepared to wash & dry daily, you'll need a day's worth (maybe 5-6 at Ella's age?) plus say 2. But if you want to give yourself a bit of room get two days' worth.

I have 8 for my DD age 1. Two of them are the next size up so she only wears them at nights. She goes through 3 or 4 in a day. I wash and dry basically every day but having a few extra inserts means that even if I'm caught short, I can have a nappy washed and dried within an hour anyway.

I wash her naps everyday so far. I have brought a couple of cute embroidered pocket naps which i will use aswell. Ill probably get another 6 next year sometime.

Leish that totally sucks. Good on you for being able to keep a straight face!

I've got twins in cloth nappies and honestly if they were that much work I wouldn't bother! I just chuck the nappies out of the soak bucket into the machine, throw in the baby clothes and put them thru a wash cycle - and hey, I'd still have to do the same load even if I didn't have cloth nappies coz I've gotta wash the clothes anyway! Plus when my girls were in disposables the first couple of weeks they were going thru a box ($40 worth!) of Huggies a week!

Must admit tho that I have finally been semi-converted to modern cloth (after my SS on another site sent the girls a pocket nappy each) - yesterday I bought the girls 2 Happy Heiny pockets each, one lime and one yellow. And a friend has made them some rose pink covers with pockets as well. I figure pockets are best for us coz they make use of the flat cloths I already have.

Oh and I also bought Maya 3 of the Happy Heiny night trainer pockets - she is still a big night wetter nearly 2 years after she was day trained and those Dry Nites are blimmin expensive!

Now just waiting for the courier man!

I dont see what peoles problems are with cloth these days. I would prefer clothes to disposables, as I am useing disposables and they cost a fortune and cause extremly bad nappy rash on Haleigh.
Which is why we are switching to mummys otuch in the new year. Next bub will be in cloths full time.
When you look at how full your bin gets at the end of every week with disposables oyu know why so many mroe parents are switching to cloths, its amazing how much room they take up in your bin/ bag.

And they try to say disposables are easier. I fail to see how...MCN's are just as easy to put on, less nappy rash cases, less explosions and leaky...the only difference is an extra load of washing...and that's not exactly hard!

I think a lot of people think that cloth users will be preachy - like "look at me saving the environment as you kill it!" kinda thing, and say those things to make themslevs feel more justified in using disposables. I mean, each to their own! I was talking to my SIL in Sth Aus and they have massive water restirctions and pay a heap for the water they use - and she plans on going back to work, so for her disposables are probably a bettre option.

We looked into the cloth option after we saw the prices of the disposables (and being told by friends with kids that the cheap ones are useless). We needed to save as much money as we could for me to stay off work as long possible. We did HEAPS of research and found that the Fuzzis were the best (quality/absorbency/price). I liked them so much I became a sales rep for them