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4.58 (Highly recommend) from 14 votes (1492 Visits)

Nappy Options

by mcm

(August 2006) (rank 5th)

Nappy Options (Diapers)

What will you need to put on your baby's bottom? I think you have a few options. Go into any supermarket and you will discover an aisle wall of nappies. These are disposable, meaning that they are thrown away after baby dirties them. These are the

most costly yet convenient way.

Modern cloth is another option. They work out about 3 times cheaper in the long run. Modern cloth relates usually to fitted nappies. These are very easy to use and wash. Standard terry napies can also be used and are much cheaper still. You will also need covers - made from PUL or wool is best.

Another option is to go nappy free. This means you allow baby to go without a nappy and read signs for when they eliminate. This was common practice before the invention of nappies and still some parents all around the world practice elimination communication for their babies from birth.

You will need more nappies in the first 6 weeks but then you will need less as your baby gets older. I don't use any nappy creams and never powder. A nappy cream may be necessary if nappy rash appears. If using cloth, disposable liners can be useful and less messy. A nappy bucket with well fitting lid is helpful. Soaking and bleach are not necessary. Dry - pailing allows you to put nappies in a bucket til wash day. Then put nappies in the machine with half your usual detergent and line dry. Sunlight is a great natural bleach.

In an average day a baby will go through 6-12 nappy changes. So its best to be prepared for this. It does allow you to get much practice!

We used to buy a box of Huggies and that would last 2-4 weeks at $30 (on special RRP $42 -eeek!)
We now have enough cloth nappies to last a few days without washing. I think 20 is the minimum you will need with 4-6 covers. We have about 30 nappies and 15 covers, which is plenty, more than enough.

I hope this has helped those thinking about nappies.

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	5.00 (Excellent) \| January 2007 \| MumKim

Love the MotherEase air flow breathable cover

We are now 16 days into using cloth nappies. We are using a mix of fitted and flats. The one thing that really stands out on performance is the MotherEase airflow breathable cover. We are finding it really good. I highly recommend it to anyone considering cloth. I got mine from nurture nappies website. They cost about $20 each. We are going to buy more.

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	5.00 (Excellent) \| January 2007 \| mcm

MotherEase air flow breathable cover

The best PUL cover I have tried for sure. I haven't used ours for a while. We are a little woolly mad here but I recommend this cover too as far as PUL goes.

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	5.00 (Excellent) \| January 2007 \| samantha

modern cloth are excelent

i have modern cloth nappies and they are excelent (i use the brand "green kids" as they are by fare the best) they are the cuitest and easiest things i have ever used, they last just as long a a huggies nappies (the one nappie fits from newborn right up until your child is toilet trained) and all you do is throw them in the wash if the are soiled just shake in the toilet and give a little scrub with some soap then straight in the wash you do not need to soak or bleach them they are awsume, you do not need pins as itthey have velcro, they have hemp insirts which are super absorbant, i would recomend them to everyone

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	January 2007 \| MumKim

modern cloth are excelent

Do you use flats as well?
We have just started with the nappies, I have a couple of fitted nappies but am mainly using terry toweling flats. We have had a few blowouts with the fitted nappies (and also with the fitted). Haydon is not that keen on the fitted nappies.Is it just because she is so small now (16 days old)?
I only plan on having the one child and am wondering if I should be buying more flats (terry toweling) or getting more modern cloth fitted nappies.
What do you suggest?

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	5.00 (Excellent) \| January 2007 \| mcm

modern cloth are excelent

I would love to hear what Samantha has to say but hope you don't mind me adding my thoughts. I haven't used cloth on a newborn (but will next baby from birth) so just asking a few questions. How do the nappies fit? Especially around the legs? How are the covers you are using? I think the cover (well fitting) is much more important than the actually nappy.

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	January 2007 \| MumKim

modern cloth are excelent

Please feel free to comment. You are the one that got me onto cloth in the first place!
I am experimenting with different folds. Am a little concerned about the thickness between her legs - for hip development etc.
SamandMatts mum mentioned that they were part of a study at KEMH (major Perth Maternity hospital) experimenting with nappy folds for hips. She said they used the Chinese fold, but that the study was not conclusive. I am now using that fold. I don't find it terrific around the legs but the Motherease cover I got in my Nurture Nappies Intro to Modern Cloth pack solves that problem most of the time.
Haydon is not very keen on the modern cloth nappies (thought the bamboo flat was a laundry cleaning cloth, luckily I rescued it in time. Easy mistake to make though it does look like one).

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	4.00 (Good) \| October 2006 \| JadieLady

Nappy options

It is great to know there are other options- When Liam was born i wasn't aware peopel were still using cloth! My sister is using cloth though and she thinks its great. im not sure i really have the patience- i can barely keep on top of my own laundry!

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	January 2007 \| exquisite-flower

Nappy options

I hear ya. In the UK there is a company that collects and drops off the cloth to your home, so you can be 'environmentally friendly without the hassle'. Or something similar. I am not sure of the name of the company name - I just remember seeing it and thinking that it was more expensive than the disposable nappies, so I washed my own...lol. But if you have the spare cash it is a worthwhile opportunity to look into.
Peace
EF.x

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	5.00 (Excellent) \| September 2006 \| mcm

Nappy Options

Just wanted to let people know of the options. I think its important to realise you don't need to soak nappies and I suggest not using bleach or nappy solutions as they are not safe in my view. A cover is essential on fitteds and terry flats and I recommend PUL or wool covers rather than plastic pilchers which do not breathe.
I think it takes only 10 more minutes a week using cloth as compared to disposables. Most people have to wash clothes anyway so one more load every few days makes little difference to me. It also has made a difference to our bins. Instead of having a bin full of nappies every day, now we have less rubbish. A great benefit when you have limits on your rubbish bin space.

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	5.00 (Excellent) \| September 2006 \| mewannaboy

disposable convert

I once only used cloth and the pre-folded type nappies. but i have four children and the tedious task of getting poopy mess off cloth and the stinging eyes i would have from the nappy sanitising solution has got me using dispoable ones. I buy the brand that may be cheaper or on special. but i feel its more hygenic to have that type that gets thrown out and never returns.In the begginning for maybe the first months i will use cloth at home.Some brands like " huggies" or "snugglers" are the dearer brand but weighing up the option of having a baby that wets right through the cheap cheap one and has to have their clothing forvever changed really you are saving money and time by first off investing in a better quality brand. My opinion only you can use the local newspaper if thats your way.

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	5.00 (Excellent) \| September 2006 \| samantha

disposable convert

more hygenic?????? do you know how many years it takes for a disposable nappie to break down 1000 years, also if you do your nappies up right and use a plastic piltchure, they don't get wet, also you are supose to change your baby reguarly, how gross to leave your baby in a disposable after they have done half a days worth of wee's, the enviroment is fare more important to me than sheer convenience, i have 5 children and i've never had a problem with cloth, plus i've saved alot of money disposables are never cheaper

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	4.00 (Good) \| September 2006 \| mewannaboy

disposable convert

I once only used cloth and the pre-folded type nappies. but i have four children and the tedious task of getting poopy mess off cloth and the stinging eyes i would have from the nappy sanitising solution has got me using dispoable ones. I buy the brand that may be cheaper or on special. but i feel its more hygenic to have that type that gets thrown out and never returns.In the begginning for maybe the first months i will use cloth at home.Some brands like " huggies" or "snugglers" are the dearer brand but weighing up the option of having a baby that wets right through the cheap cheap one and has to have their clothing forvever changed really you are saving money and time by first off investing in a better quality brand. My opinion only you can use the local newspaper if thats your way.

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	4.00 (Good) \| September 2006 \| mewannaboy

disposable convert

I once only used cloth and the pre-folded type nappies. but i have four children and the tedious task of getting poopy mess off cloth and the stinging eyes i would have from the nappy sanitising solution has got me using dispoable ones. I buy the brand that may be cheaper or on special. but i feel its more hygenic to have that type that gets thrown out and never returns.In the begginning for maybe the first months i will use cloth at home.Some brands like " huggies" or "snugglers" are the dearer brand but weighing up the option of having a baby that wets right through the cheap cheap one and has to have their clothing forvever changed really you are saving money and time by first off investing in a better quality brand. My opinion only you can use the local newspaper if thats your way.

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	July 2007 \| MummaBear

Re: disposable convert

Sorry but I gotta tell you that it only took a couple of minutes to get the poo off the nappy, and not once did i get stinging eyes from nappy sanitising solution, also modern cloth are not ones you soak, they're wash and wear ones. I also used liners which meant that I would empty it into the toilet if possible or just wash it off the liner without it even having touched the nappy. There was nothing tedious about it at all, and I found them to be just as easy as disposables and far better for the environment, for baby's bum, and for the pocket. The fitted nappies, you simply take them off baby and throw them in the wash, no dirty nappies hanging around until bin collection day.

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	5.00 (Excellent) \| September 2006 \| samantha

cloth

i've alway's used regular cloths nappies from when mine were newborns till they were toilet trained, its alot cheaper and you never run out as you just keep washing them, modern cloth are an even better more convenient idea, even though useing regular cloth never bothered me anyhow, when new bub is born i will be useing my regular cloth nappies i have stored away in the shed, i spent about $200 dollars if that,( as some i got second hand as well) on all the cloth nappies i have and they have lasted me 7 years

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