Disposable Nappies

[HelenHaHa]

I’m not a mum but we are doing another project at school on doom and gloom sorry I mean global warming

This ones on household disposables and I’ve picked iDisposable Nappies

Just a quick intro theres other 410,000,000 .... YES 410 million plastic filled nappies going into landfill each year in the U.K. how many of you eco mums are really saving the planet and using cotton ones , according to figures from GW sites the average time for degrading is 500 years

So who’s HONESTLY using cotton nappies ! please please be honest !

Don’t need any long replies just YES / NO

Thanks in advance x

Yes

No for first baby, yes for second.

Yes. I bought a lot second hand, then a friend gave me a bundle for free. They were all just terry Tots Bots with hone made fleece liners and waterproof outers. It was dead easy (but we live in a warm country so drying wasn’t an issue).

And I sold them on once ds was potty trained so made back all the money I spent on them.

Yes, they’re being used on their second baby. Some of them weren’t new either. Cotton and bamboo. Sadly I do need to tumble dry them in the winter months though.

Yes, got almost all second hand, used on two babies BTP and then when we went on holiday to Kenya I donated them all to an orphanage where they are apparently still going strong 4 years on. We used disposables only where luggage space was limited, so on a long flight or train journey.

Saved us a fortune too in retrospect, I have just had my nephew to stay even from Aldi the cost of disposables 24-7 was eye watering!!

No.

I used cloth about 75% of the time when DS was between 3 and 7 months.

After that napping changing became a nightmare and the struggle to pin him down has been real and we had to start using pull ups. He is now 12 months and calmer but I would have to invest in new cloth nappies due to sizing and with both husband and I now working, I'm just taking the easier and cheaper option.

I feel guilty and know that I should do better, but this is a battle I've decided is not worth fighting for me.

DS is now nearly 15, but yes I did from day 1 and loved them! Mostly tots bots. Washing was easy and much nicer than stinky disposable hanging around. Also switched to disposable san pro at the same time. HTH.

Yes most of the time but use disposables when away / when he was really small

Used them for all 3 of my dc. Wasn't difficult to do and I then passed them on to a friend who used them for 2 children. They were so easy that I used them if on a cottage type holiday as well. Used eco-disposables when no washing machine available.

No regrets!

Only ever terry, plus lining of a less absorbent cloth. Admittedly with a plastic pants outer layer. Would have preferred rubber. But that isn't thrown away. There's no particular reason for towels to wear out, so as others say, one set will go on and on, as in that Kenyan orphanage, for four years and still going strong.

I use a mix (sorry not yes/no)

Probably about 80% cloth with first, but with 2nd more like 50/50

Obliged to live without washing machine, so used the old fashioned method of soaking then boiling in a metal bucket on the hob. Discovered sun helps to bleach, but frost helps to soften.