To want dd's nursery to use my cloth nappies?

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I really want to know if I am.

DD is just turned 2. At home, she is practising her own little baby-led-version of potty training but basically is still in nappies. She has recently started a lovely little nursery and she is happy and thriving.

At least 50% of the time she comes home changed into her spare clothes because she has become wet. I know that cloth needs changing more often and can therefore be a pain, I talked to them about this at the beginning and they said they were happy to do it. But, the washing is becoming huge! And I am tempted to say, ok, I'll use (ecological) disposables because it's not fair for DD to be wet more days than she's not.

How to handle it? Keep trying? Or just give in gracefully? She has been there a month and it's no better. I work full time and use a communal washing machine in the flats we live in, so washing is quite a big deal.

YANBU I work in a nursey and we have to go along with parent's wishes. But in the nursery's defence, not many people use cloth nappies so they might not have got the hang of them yet. Tell them your concerns, you are paying them after all! BTW are you sure the wetness is the result of leakage and not from playing in the water tray? We have the water tray out all day, every day and lots of our children do get v. wet

My Ds (1yo) until very recently was in full time nursery. He is in cloth nappies too. It has never been a problem! They change him 3-4 times a day, following the standard procedures they use for all babies, so I don't think he is being changed more frequently than the babies in sposies.
There has been the odd occasion when he has had a nappy leak but it very rare. What nappies are you using? Are you sure the nursery staff are putting them on propely? Have you got the right level of absorbancy in them?

My childminder refused to use them, I was gutted, so I have to fork out for sposies!

They do need changing more often and if they agreed to use them from the beginning then they need to get their act together!

Have you tried to boost them with something, not sure which ones you have, I have Bumgenius and put the main fleece insert and another thinner booster, that does the trick!

My nursery has happily (not too happily at first!) used them for both my ds. I found that they weren't putting them on right to begin with.

Have you been through a change with your dds keyworker? Mine found this very useful - she didn't understand about wicking and making sure that all the nappy and all the liner has to be within the wrap. I always run my finger around the legs and the back to make sure its all in - told them about this and haven't had any leaks since (none at all with ds2!).

They aren't changed any more frequently than any other child - 3/4 times in 7 hours (which I think is over kill anyway!). Since ds1 used cloth the nursery has had a few children in cloth and in fact one of the carers has her dd in them.

My advice is to keep going - someone has to be first. Doesn't sound like you'll be getting much more use from the nappies anyway!

My nursery does my DD cloth nappies no problems at all. The exception is the lady who ?comes in for an hour for lunch cover. I'm told she uses disposables, but I guess she is not confident with the washables and I can't show her. Not sure why no-one else shows her, but in the big scheme of things it doesn't bother me too much.

I think your nursery should be more supportive. Have you spoken to your DD keyperson?

Poss the extra boosting might work, and I would maybe speak to the nursery manager and say that they need changing more often and offer to show them if you are using wraps etc? A gentle prod might do the trick?

Poss the extra boosting might work, and I would maybe speak to the nursery manager and say that they need changing more often and offer to show them if you are using wraps etc? A gentle prod might do the trick?

Thank you for all the well thought out replies. She is there for 9-10 hours and often only changed 2-3 times, so I think maybe I just need to explain that's not enough. And maybe make some extra boosters. I use pockets, mostly Happy Heiny birth to potty ones with both the stuffers in. I have noticed they are sometimes leaking at night though, so maybe she is just wetting more lately. Am glad others have had success with nurseries, I will keep trying for a bit.

When I looked round local nurseries prior to the arrival of ds1 most said they could not deal with cloth nappies or would not. As I worked full-time I thought I'd just use cloth nappies at home, evenings and weekends.

I then found out that most of the cloth nappy users I knew either warned me to expect leakage at night or confessed that they used a disposable for night times. Ds1 is a very heavy sleeper and is still not out of night time nappies at the age of 5.

Dh was not supportive of using cloth nappies at weekends so my green credentials ended up rock bottom and I've used disposables for both children.

The more people ask nurseries perhaps the more will change their ideas of what is reasonable to provide, service wise, but I suspect a government initiative with training and incentives is required for commercial nurseries to get fully on board with using real nappies.