To think reusable nappies don't actually sace any money?

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I've started on reusable nappies as I was horrified by the amount of landfill my baby was generating!

The nappies only last half as long as reusables though, and when the cost of disposable liners is factored in (3.5p each), along with electricity, water and detergent go wash them, it doesn't work out cheaper than disposables (7.8p each from Aldi). This is not considering the initial outlay.

I will continue using them for environmental reasons, but aibu to think they aren't any cheaper? Or am I missing something?

Dont use disposable liners use fleece. Buy a strip or use old fleece tops. Its much softer as well

What do you do with the soiled ones then? I like the idea of throwing the poo away.

Shake the poo down the loo, put the fleece liner in nappy bucket.

I found it a bit offputting at first but now I much prefer the fleece liners.

That seems expensive for liners. As a PP said, you can use fleece.

The real money saving comes when you can use your reuseables on your subsequent children. In my experience babies in cloth potty train much earlier as well, so you can save maybe a year of disposable nappies as well.

Is there any point of having liners if you still have to handle the poo? I thought that was what they were for.

I got these liners from Amazon, and they were well reviewed. I didn't see any much cheaper.

It was skin problem related for us. Ds2 and dd both reacted badly to disposable nappies so we used cloth.
I user fleece liners when at home and disposable when out and about. I found the fleece liners stayed in place better anyway. The disposable ones would ruck up and end up being a thin strip inside the nappy so poo all over the nappy.

We never used disposable liners. 30 nappies lasted x2 children.

I didn't use detergent either, an eco egg only. ??20 last 3 years of washing all laundry.

When I had x2 in nappies at Same time we did 6 washes a week. With only 1 nappies only 3 washes.

I used reusables. Don't know if they were cheaper as I didn't really work it out - but I believed they must have been at the time. I still use the muslins and some of the old nappies as floor cloths and painting rags.

Use fleece
Have more children :)
Or of course you can sell them on

I have some terry towel ones (that you fold) that are 15 years old and now dog towels
Also use washable wipes - that saves more

Lol San

I don't know if I will be adding further to the brood.

I think dh would be most unamused if I brought out reusable wipes (he already is against the reusable nappies)

OP, Introduce him to washable sanitary towels ;)

Reusable wipes are the best! So much more effective and efficient than packet wipes. I just used a load of cheap facecloths and washed them in with the nappies.

I figured that they were not worth it for us. We live 3000 miles away from family and any help is paid for. I also wasn't comfortable with the environmental benefits. Seemed like a lot of water and chemicals were needed to keep said reusables clean. Instead I use pampers and use a barrier cream to make them last longer.

Ahhh reusable wipes are so much better than disposables. Disposable wipes smear the shit around, reusables are like flannels, they actually clean. And if you're using reusable nappies, it seems like extra work to have to separate disposable wipes.

YY to fleece liners. And extra children!

My husband was initially unconvinced by the cheeky wipes, he has seen the light now . Amazing things they are!

Tesco disposable liners are great and only ??1.79 for 100. You can wash them a few times before they're unusable too.

Once you've bought them you can use them for future babies, so they won't cost you anything but amount to wash them.
Then sell them on to another mother thus recouping some money in the end.
Or if you use covers and prefolds, you use them as cleaning cloths forever. My friend has some she bought for her now 30 year old. I had some until my oldest was 20ish. Then they went into the garage as oily dirty rags for Dh.

Start off with second hand nappies. Not the poshest type.
No liner
Reusable wipes
Less than recommended dose of washing powder.
Have 2 more children

Celebrate at having stopped consumerism in its tracks.

Yanbu, every nappy wash I do takes a day and 3 different programmes on the washing machine. But it's quite depressing how many disposables we get through on holiday so it makes me feel better even if we are no better off!

I recommend paper liners pre 6m and fleece liners post weaning when the poo is more solid.

My colleague thinks she had spent the same as she would have done on disposables for dc1 then using them on dc2 was pure profit.

Preloved nappies at v v v cheap prices
Fleece liners
Use on more kids
Sell them when done
Wash on a schedule at low prices
Get detergent on massive sales

Don't see what's not cost effective.

Tumble drying nappies makes them more expensive and worse thsn didposables re environmental impact.
My longest wash (hotter than nappies need) with a pre wash is only 3 hours 20. Why 3 washes?

*You are supposed to scrape the nappy and flush the poo down the toilet to be dealt with by sewage.

No one does it though as far as I can tell.*

We did, it's really not that bad.

I don't think we used any 'chemicals' on our reusable nappies apart from ordinary washing powder.

Poundland/ poundstretcher and 99p stores do fleece 'face cloths' in their baby section, i found these made fab fleece liners, ultra absorbent and wash really well. Also from same shops you can get a pack of 6 'flannles' again in baby section and these make excellent wipes. Once a monthor so i'd do a 60 degree wash to get everything really clean. Costwise OP i'm not sure re saving, i bought most of my totsbots off eBay, but bamboo terrys on our council scheme. I couldnt sell on my totsbots as by the time they did dc2 they were pretty much end of life, but my bamboo terries make excellent tea and hair towels! The main thing for me was reducing landfill, as its a real problem and i drive my family mad with recycling!!!