Cloth Nappies
June 4, 2012 in Blog
I would really encourage anyone who has a child in nappies, or will in the near future, to attend the workshop on Tuesday. My friend has just started using them and thinks they are brilliant.
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10 comments to 'Cloth Nappies'
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I have friends who’ve loved them & friends who’ve hated them – which is why I’ll be going to the workshop to find out more! I’m also interested in the nappy library, so that we can try several types & see what works for us.
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Hi Lucinda, hope the workshop and nappy library helped you get your head around the options available for modern cloth nappies today!
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We got a 1L weed sprayer to spray poo off the nappies – it works fantastically well compared to the low pressure of the laundry sink!
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@lucinda – that’s a great idea for those with low pressure, I’ll have to remember that to suggest to others!
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@Cinemaiden We’ve bought some & hired through the nappy library – they have a range to try. So far, I like the GloBugs newborns ones best, because they are slim fit & don’t dig in to her legs. & it’s a local Canberra company.
I like the sized ones best for daytime (fit better under clothes), & keep the OSFM for nights when she’s in her sleeping bag & not kicking around as much. I’ve also found some Facebook sites useful to discuss brands/fit/handy tips (where I found out about the weed sprayer!).-
@lucinda while GloBugs is run locally, the products are not made locally but rather imported. Just an FYI
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For any cloth users out there – Itti Bitti are having a clearance sale on all current prints! Half price ittis!
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Cloth nappies are wonderful! Personally I’ve used Baby Beehinds on our son since he was 3 weeks old and have loved them! I’m a big believer that you get what you pay for and if you commit to a single brand/ style you tend to work out any kinks quicker than if you chop and change a lot (perhaps that’s just my personal preference). As the Canberra consultant for Baby Beehinds (that’s how much I love our nappies) I can tell you that Baby Beehinds has a 6 months warranty on any manufacturing faults.
There are however other great brands out there and the nappy library is a great resource, though I have had friends who are otherwise environmentally conscious find cloth very difficult even with the use of the nappy library and I think that may be because they didn’t have the opportunity to get to know a particular brand and how to manage it well. So there I go again – pick a brand and stick to it (at least until you get the hang of the whole cloth deal)!
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I actually found the opposite!
I’ve found that having a range of brands has helped me stick with cloth. DD was in cloth since Day 3, & a range of brands have fit over time.
While GloBugs & Bambooty were best when she was newborn, itti bitti & Baby Beehinds are better now she’s 2mo. & she has a range of brands for a variety of reasons: Pikapu for quick-dry, itti bitti for fit under clothes that aren’t made for cloth users, BBH petites for medium fit with better absorbency, BBH OSFM for nights, & several WAHM nappies cos they were on sale & are cute & fit well!
But even with the one brand, different style nappies have worked with varying success! This is why I’m such an advocate of the nappy library – you can’t know what works until you try some! The ones I thought I’d like didn’t work on her, & others I thought would be too hard have been great!
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There you go @lucinda, everyone’s experience is different I guess! Glad you’re working it out as you go! I can highly recommend BBH night nappies when you get to the stage where she sleeps 4-5hr plus stretches as they’ve got a lot more absorbency & are less wet against the skin than the bamboo/hemp fitteds!
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