AIBU to wonder why more people don’t use reusable nappies?

[KatyClaire]

I have a fairly new baby and I’m a little surprised at how few people I’ve encountered are using reusable nappies. I haven’t met anyone using them in my antenatal group / baby classes / local parents group etc. There has been such an explosion in the use of reusable products (sanitary products, straws, cups, make up wipes etc) that I had assumed it would have crossed into nappies as well.

I don’t know whether it’s a perception issue (people thinking they’re messy and hard to clean), the upfront cost, confusing information etc?

I wouldn't use them I'd be gagging.

Cloth nappies definitely aren’t commonplace round where I live, but I’m glad they are in some areas! Not really sure about sling usage - everyone in Scotland gets a sling in the baby box so I expect they’re pretty widely used.

Is this a market research stunt?

It’s not really, it’s quite accurate. OP has a new baby, her first, so her experience with cloth nappies is very limited.

And apparently her husband does all the work

Cloth nappies are definitely not 'super commonplace' nowadays, not at all. They used to be more so. Nice condescending post though @IndecentFeminist.

And apparently her husband does all the work

As he should its as much his baby as mine!

So you know sfa about the work that goes into cloth nappies as you aren't actually doing it, and your baby is only 9 weeks old. Hardly an expert on anything.

Bet it’s proper feisty in pet dog owner section over shit bags

40p bag for life your answer, just give swish in the rain water every so often.

Never see anyone arguing the toss when asking about disposable nappies do you

I’ve hardly claimed to be an expert have I? But I can see you’re determined to find fault, so I’ll just leave you to get on with that.

@Piglet89

I just did a wee eBay search for used reusable nappies (filtered, selecting only “used”)

They’re really not that much less expensive than they would be new (and many of those auctions had 3 or 4 days left to go and so the final price will probably be really quite near what they would have been new).

This is another barrier to access.

They are much cheaper on cloth nappy groups although someone would need to know about those. Nappies like Little Lambs can be picked up really cheaply, 8 here with boosters, liners and wraps currently at £8.50 on eBay www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Little-lamb-nappies-and-Bambino-Mio-wraps-size-1/174626206085?hash=item28a8887185:g:GE4AAOSwOxFgHZKO

I don’t know if it’s still a thing now as mine are out of nappies but certain prints etc can go for a lot of money, there was a nappy that came out when Prince George was born and at one point it was selling for £100 at one point.

@KatyClaire

Can we all just agree that none of us really give this much of AF about bin bags and *@willFOURbagsbeenough* can therefore save herself the effort of cultivating an air of mystery about her secret alternatives?

But I thought you cared about the plastic!

You started a thread op. Don't be so disingenuous. Pp is right, your faux naivety is ridiculous.

In my neck of the woods it’s very commonplace to use the reiseables. Not the majority but really common. It’s a bit of a poncy middle class area. My baby was teeny and poorly and the stupid cloth nappies didn’t work so size 0 Pampers it was.

And they weren’t plasticky edged, and they didn’t give him a ‘flat bum’ and they didn’t make him smell and he didn’t get a hip dysplasia or any of the other strange complaints about disposables (or ‘sposies’ as I saw on one of the appalling evangelical groups I misguidedly joined) that the ‘cloth bummers’ (or whatever) use to make themselves feel superior when talking to each other about the poor babies in disposable nappies.

@wrinklyelbows as I said - determined to find fault!

YABU.

It's a toss up between landfill and the energy making disposables and the energy required to wash reusables.

Plus, they leaked like hell and my DS always, ALWAYS had a rash.

There were no disposable nappies with my first. You used a thin disposable liner and shook that into the loo, or flushed it. Soaked the nappies in Milton or napisan,, washed then hung on line. I had no dryer either. it wasn't a disaster. And yes, I had a job. We coped.

Not at all condescending. I've done the wrap addiction, collect cloth nappy thing. I would say probably 75% of parents I know use cloth for some proportion of the time. Perhaps I have quite a 'crunchy' circle outside of school though, we used to home ed and and there is a definite crossover.

@Ileflottante unfortunately as this thread shows, that kind of judgment goes both ways. Plenty of PPs have suggested babies in reusables always ‘smell pissy’, have raw and bleeding nappy rash, must be uncomfortable due to the bulkiness, are wet all the time, etc etc.

I cloth nappied incredibly needy twins (breastfed at least every 90 min for 18 months), no tumble drier. Of course it’s possible and of course it’s more environmentally friendly than binning a load of disposables that’ll be in landfill for hundreds of years. People are just too lazy and selfish to do it because it’s a bit more hassle.

So I was a mum that got reusable nappies until I got to the winter season and nothing is dry for a week. The time it took to dry the nappies was way too long if there is no sun.

@NewCatMummy

You lost me at the verbing of “cloth nappy”.

@Shoppingwithmother

Reusable cups and straws are a bit different aren’t they? In that you don’t have to keep washing shit off them.

thank you for this comment , i actually laughed out loud its hilarious

[quote Piglet89]@NewCatMummy

You lost me at the verbing of “cloth nappy”.[/quote]
If my grammar is your main issue with the use of cloth nappies you’ve clearly projecting your own guilt issues .

If your reading comprehension is a barrier to your understanding my (myriad) other issues with cloth nappies - all of which I have explained on this thread - then that is (to quote the OP) your issue, not mine.

@NewCatMummy

I cloth nappied incredibly needy twins (breastfed at least every 90 min for 18 months), no tumble drier. Of course it’s possible and of course it’s more environmentally friendly than binning a load of disposables that’ll be in landfill for hundreds of years. People are just too lazy and selfish to do it because it’s a bit more hassle.

Ha ha but if weren’t for the lazy selfish parents then how you going to make yourself feel like best parent ever?