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Discuss everything related to paid childcare here, including childminders, nannies, nurseries and au pairs.

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Nurseries and cloth nappies

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Handy83 · 19/01/2018 08:03

Does anyone know if nurseries will use cloth nappies or if they will only use disposables. Really like the idea of cloth nappies, the savings not just financial but ecological as well

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EggsonHeads · 19/01/2018 08:05

Most nurseries provide their own disposable ones.

CheapSausagesAndSpam · 19/01/2018 08:05

Some won't and some will. Ask...it's the best way forward.

bluechameleon · 19/01/2018 08:06

I think a lot will use them, but might insist on bagging each in a plastic nappy bag. That's what my son's preschool does.

kimlo · 19/01/2018 08:06

it shouldn't be a problem, they will just bag them up and send them home for you to wash.

Some provide nappies, but it's not most.

ArbitraryName · 19/01/2018 08:07

DS2 went to a nursery where we used to live that used cloth nappies. They laundered them themselves. It was great.

bedtimestories · 19/01/2018 08:07

Both my nurseries used blotch nappies, had to explain everything but they were more than ok with it and that was over 6 yrs ago,

Isittimeforbed · 19/01/2018 08:18

My nursery does but they don't change them often enough (I've found cloth nappies need changing much more regularly than disposable) so they get a lot of leaks. I've had one childminder who did and one who said they really preferred not to. Nowhere I've used has had previous experience of cloth.

Wh0KnowsWhereTheT1meG0es · 19/01/2018 08:27

Mine were willing to do it (this was 10+ years ago), we used to send in a day's worth plus a big waterproof bag, they put them in nappy sacks inside the big bag. It was a bit of a faff for us though, especially in the spell when we had two in nappies (the parking was some way away, so a baby, a young toddler, their normal bags and the nappies got a bit much to manage) plus getting them out of their bags every evening wasn't very nice, so we gave up at that point till we were back to just one in nappies again, it was way easier to send in a pack of disposables every so often. Also, I think we had issues with them not being changed frequently enough, not being folded correctly, the staff clearly didn't have much experience, all in all it wasn't great.

GlowWine · 19/01/2018 08:38

My experience goes back 10 years too. I supplied them and got them back at the end of the day. No issues. No leaks. I also supplied a 'wet bag' for used ones so no need for endless nappy bags. The only niggle was that they did not always drop the poo in the toilet (I used disposable lining papers), but that was minor. The nursery supplied disposables so in case of emergencies my kids came home wearing one of theirs. Also quite rare iirc.

UnaOfStormhold · 19/01/2018 08:44

Our nursery used them with no difficulty. We occasionally had to remind them about frequency if someone new joined the room but that wasn't a problem. You may want to go for easy-to-put-on cloth nappies (pocket or all in one rather than two parters/terries) to reduce the risk of any problems.

ElphabaTheGreen · 19/01/2018 09:04

My 3yo has just come out of cloth nappies - his nursery was absolutely fine with it, but not all are.

They changed him at exactly the same frequency as the other children and there were no troubles with leaks, unless there was a new staff member on who didn't do the poppers tightly enough. You really shouldn't have to change cloth nappies any more frequently than disposable nappies. There's something going awry with fit or absorbency if you find you're having to do this.

I sent him in with four all-in-ones and a reusable waterproof laundry bag - he'd usually only need two a day, though, in addition to the one he'd wear in. They'd only put the really rank poo nappies into nappy sacks, otherwise they'd just put them straight into the laundry bag.

UnaOfStormhold · 19/01/2018 09:42

We rarely had leaks with cloth but I don't think the wicking is as good as with disposables so I felt 3 hourly changes were better for avoiding dampness next to the skin.

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Handy83 · 19/01/2018 19:50

Thanks for the replies. Partner is against using cloth so dunno what we will do. Hate the idea of disposables sitting on landfill.

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Frazzled2207 · 19/01/2018 21:02

We use naty disposables which are fully biodegradable.

Yogamatcat · 19/01/2018 21:08

We use them at home and Nursery with no problems. Our Nursery is a bit hippy so they’re used to them!
Have a look at ‘cloth bum Mums’ And ‘the Nappy lady’ groups on Facebook for more advice/support/info x

UnaOfStormhold · 19/01/2018 23:00

Be wary of nappies or inserts which claim to biodegrade - unfortunately they don't really biodegrade any better than standard disposables in landfill conditions. They'd be much better in the garden but I didn't really fancy putting them on the compost heap! www.thenappylady.co.uk/news/fallacies-of-eco-disposables.html

Passthecake30 · 19/01/2018 23:06

Have you shown your partner pocket nappies (like bumgenius)? Who will be doing the lion share of the washing?

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