cloth nappies or disposables???

chickie_115 · Aug 22nd, 2009, 19:24 PM

My cousin is due her baby anyday now and she has decided to use cloth nappies, are any of u girls planning on using them? I'm not sure, it's quite expensive to buy the starter pack she got only to find a wk down the line i'd rather use disposables???

Oh dear i've lots of choices to make lol

Mariposa · Aug 22nd, 2009, 19:28 PM

Hmmmm think I'd rather disposables. Don't you re-use cloth ones???? What if it's a rather messy one???? The easier I can get rid of them the quicker the better haha.

I know my mum used terry towelling ones when I was a baby and I even had one to put on a doll. Who knows what I'd done in it previously.....

Duffy · Aug 22nd, 2009, 19:34 PM

My mom used clothe diapers for all three of us kids she said no one even knew the difference she kept up on em really well. I personally will NOT be using em, wayyyyyyyy more convient to use huggy diapers LOL.

Pyrrhic · Aug 22nd, 2009, 19:41 PM

You could always use both

I love cloth nappies. Really, really easy to use (contrary to popular belief) and really soft against your babies skin. They are all really well designed now too, so no faffing with bits of cloth and pins if you don't want too

Plus they come in loads of funky designs and colours....

chickie_115 · Aug 22nd, 2009, 19:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Mariposa

Hmmmm think I'd rather disposables. Don't you re-use cloth ones???? What if it's a rather messy one???? The easier I can get rid of them the quicker the better

thats what I was thinking, I mean what if ure out at the shops and you get a stinker?? R u supposed to run about with a big old bag of poo filled nappy???

lololol

chickie_115 · Aug 22nd, 2009, 19:43 PM

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Originally Posted by rafwife

You could always use both

I love cloth nappies. Really, really easy to use (contrary to popular belief) and really soft against your babies skin. They are all really well designed now too, so no faffing with bits of cloth and pins if you don't want too

Plus they come in loads of funky designs and colours....

Oh they're just gorgeous, not what my cousin has at all!!!

Pyrrhic · Aug 22nd, 2009, 19:47 PM

Come over to the natural parenting board and we'll convert you in no time

With poo nappies, you can use a liner which you just flush down the toilet. Then you put the nappy in a pail. I 'wet pail' my nappies, so my pail has warm water and nappy sanitiser in it. If you use a liner it catches 99% of everything and then you soak them in the pail. Every couple of days (and it never smells at all due to the sanitiser) you put them in your washing machine and it just goes on a rinse cycle! They will already have been mostly cleaned in the pail.

Then you can either tumble dry them, or hang them out depending on the brand.

I really don't notice a difference in regards to how much washing I do either. You do a lot with a new baby, and one extra load every couple of days is nothing!

Pyrrhic · Aug 22nd, 2009, 19:48 PM

You can also get cloth nappies that have disposable inner bits for when you're out, so you can just chuck them in the bin but they are still much softer than a disposable nappy

There are so many different types, and so many ways of doing things. The above post is what I find easiest though

EmmanBump · Aug 22nd, 2009, 20:00 PM

AT the nursery i work at, theyre are lots of babies that use cloth ones, there not bad at all once you get used to them, im still yet to decide xx

vineyard · Aug 22nd, 2009, 20:35 PM

I am will be using cloth diapers. With twins, disposables would cost me around $100/month. My batch of cloth diapers and toilet sprayer, etc. will cost me around $400 so I will break even in 4 months. I can't afford to do it any other way.

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Duffy Trying to conceive (TTC) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,964	My mom used clothe diapers for all three of us kids she said no one even knew the difference she kept up on em really well. I personally will NOT be using em, wayyyyyyyy more convient to use huggy diapers LOL.

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Pyrrhic Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 14,567	You could always use both I love cloth nappies. Really, really easy to use (contrary to popular belief) and really soft against your babies skin. They are all really well designed now too, so no faffing with bits of cloth and pins if you don't want too Plus they come in loads of funky designs and colours....

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Pyrrhic Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 14,567	Come over to the natural parenting board and we'll convert you in no time With poo nappies, you can use a liner which you just flush down the toilet. Then you put the nappy in a pail. I 'wet pail' my nappies, so my pail has warm water and nappy sanitiser in it. If you use a liner it catches 99% of everything and then you soak them in the pail. Every couple of days (and it never smells at all due to the sanitiser) you put them in your washing machine and it just goes on a rinse cycle! They will already have been mostly cleaned in the pail. Then you can either tumble dry them, or hang them out depending on the brand. I really don't notice a difference in regards to how much washing I do either. You do a lot with a new baby, and one extra load every couple of days is nothing!

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Pyrrhic Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 14,567	You can also get cloth nappies that have disposable inner bits for when you're out, so you can just chuck them in the bin but they are still much softer than a disposable nappy There are so many different types, and so many ways of doing things. The above post is what I find easiest though

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EmmanBump Mum (Mom) Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,317	AT the nursery i work at, theyre are lots of babies that use cloth ones, there not bad at all once you get used to them, im still yet to decide xx
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vineyard Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Boise Idaho Posts: 2,379	I am will be using cloth diapers. With twins, disposables would cost me around $100/month. My batch of cloth diapers and toilet sprayer, etc. will cost me around $400 so I will break even in 4 months. I can't afford to do it any other way.

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