To ask what you think of family's that use reusable nappies?

[Poseypops]

Just that really. I've used them for two children and am really happy but wondering what other people think. My children go to nursery so I'm also keen to know what nursery nurses think too.

[PurplePidjin]

I think Yay, someone to chat about fluff with :o

Then we get over ourselves, let the kids bash each other over the head a bit play and talk about interesting things...

[maddening]

I take my hat off to them

[JohnFarleysRuskin]

I would think, excellent, more room in the landfill for my shit.

I always feel guilty when someone says it actually, because we started off with them and then gave up. :(

[Xcountry]

I like them, and they're cheaper, we have 4 kids, two of whom are still in nappies and we do have a tumbledryer and I tumbledry everything never found ones any good for swimming though so I use swim disposables and I cant tell you about nurseries because we never sent the kids to one before age 4.

[Fortheloveofralph]

Half my friends including myself use reusable nappies. Wouldn't think anything.

[mindthegap79]

I too would think that they must have a child. If not, and the nappies are for adult bottoms, then I would think sympathetic thoughts instead.

[Iswallowedawatermelon]

I would think they were very organised.

I would also think that they had a particular interest in environmental issues.

That is all.

[MrsMook]

That their babies have funky bottoms.

I'm not organised, and actually, need less organisation as it's easy to wash a load of nappies if I run out, compared to going to shop Y for their own brand nappies,

They are brilliantly poo proof. All poonamis have been contained, my only poo leaks are in disposables where it just blasts up the back. This balances out the washing,

[MrsMook]

Their wheelie bin must be much more pleasant than a family reliant on disposables.

[TillyTellTale]

I wouldn't really think anything. If I still had nappy-age children, I might want to witter to you about Little Lambs/Itti Bittis and the poo-catching thereof.

But come on, if you have used them twice, you must have definite feelings about how hard/easy it was?

If everyone said 'YABU to use evil cloth' would you say, 'y'know, you're totally right. I regret my decisions with my previous two children, and I'm going to bin my perfectly useable stash and buy Pampers if I have a third child'?

[differentnameforthis]

Not a lot.

My friend used to use reusables, and I must say that aside from refusing to scrape the crap off when I babysat & changed them (I left them bagged for her to do), I didn't really have any thoughts on them.

[bragmatic]

I couldn't possibly say. I've never met them all.

[PrincessBabyCat]

I'd have to wonder if they kept the poo from exploding out of it like it does in the disposable ones. No matter what brand we buy. Honestly, I don't understand how something so small can excrete that much shit in one go. In a way, it's kind of impressive.

I'd also wonder about the washing machine and if it was really clean after having all that poo bacteria swirling around in there.

[Cheepypeepy]

I think it's nice that people care about the environment

But i hope for their sake that they are doing other things first - no foreign holidays, car, recycling and charity clothes before reusable nappies which have questionable or small environmental credentials and make life a lot more hard work -usually for the mum!

I feel the same about being made to feel guilty for using tampons when the mooncup isn't always practical enough : There are huge environmental catastrophies out there and it seems mean to focus on the much smaller impact ones that really make women's lives easier

[CrohnicallyExhausted]

princess DD also leaked out of every disposable we bought. We even double nappies her for her hips- and she still leaked. I can count on one hand the number of leaks she's had in cloth!

[CrohnicallyExhausted]

cheepy I don't do it for the environment. I use cloth nappies and a mooncup simply because I prefer them!

[Delphiniumsblue]

I wouldn't think anything at all- I suppose that if I really had to go back to tninking of nappies I would just think'Good, a few less for landfill'.

[Hotbot]

We saved a fortune using real nappies, so I would think clever you

[treaclesoda]

cheepy I'm with chronically , I used washable nappies and I use a mooncup, not through some sort of environmental martyrdom, but because I think they are superior, more hygienic, more convenient products. It baffles me when people refer to cloth nappies being lots of added work. Nappy off, into net bag stored in bucket, then approximately every 48 hours bag goes into washing machine, you don't even have to touch them. It's considerably more convenient than suddenly noticing you're low on nappies and having to dash to the shop to buy some, getting there and discovering they don't stock the right size etc. Cloth nappies are hassle free - I've done both and much preferred the convenience of cloth.

They would, of course, be very inconvenient if you don't have adequate drying facilities.

[MotherOfInsomniacToddlers]

I'd think, someone to talk nappies to!i used them on dd full time and now on ds,I had 18 months of two in cloth. I use them because my dd had really really bad skin due to chemicals in nappies, switched and it all cleared up. I have always wondered if people think I'm a bit of a hippy though! 3 friends have asked for advice and are now using cloth BUT I don't actually care what other people want to use on their child and wouldn't try and convince anyone to join me!

[halfdrunktea]

I would think that they were either concerned about the environment, wanted to save money or both.
We use reusable nappies most of the time.

[noneofyours]

Never really thought anything of it. Hearing it, knowing that my mum did, my only thought is that I hope now that they've got something better then those god-awful hard plastic crinkly pants to go over the top. Apparently I hated those!

[DurhamDurham]

I would think they were saving the planet one nappy at a time

Seriously, I wouldn't think anything at all, it's a nappy and it does the job.

[jeee]

I used them (with disposable for when we went out.... if I changed nappies when out I had a tendency to chuck the nappy in the nappy bin, which was kind of expensive when it was a reusable!) for four DC - by the time DC4 was out of nappies they were rags.

And I did used to feel very smug when I pinned them on the clothes line. I have no idea who I thought was going to be impressed by this .

So I guess I'd probably assume that you feel a bit smug too.