Reusable nappies and weaning

[Kma55]

6month old is two months into weaning and thinking we should switch from disposables to reusables.

1. His poop is pretty much like cat poop at the moment, guessing it will stay like that unless he's sick?

2. what reusable nappy system would anyone recommend. Ideally I'd like one where you can throw the liners and just put in a new one. So can they hold wee as well as catch the poop? We're off to Sri Lanka next month so dont want to bring disposables and won't be able to wash anything, so just wandered if something like that exists? Know not to flush down the loo, but would be happier with something totally biodegradable.

Thanks

Washable great at home! Would NOT take travelling

You can get disposable liners for reusable nappies (we used the liners from weaning onwards) but you still need to wash the nappies regularly as they are absorbing the wee still. So if you won't have regular (at least every other day) access to a washing machine reusables won't be suitable whilst travelling.

Regarding disposable nappies I'm not sure any are truly biodegradable although some are more environmentally friendly e.g no chlorine

Ah OK, so there aren't any liners that absorb the wee as well?

We're mainly on a beach holiday so we thought it might be easier.

Useful so thank you!

I liked Bambino Mio. I agree with pp that doing it while travelling sounds very ambitious. It’s great to lean into re-usables when you can but it doesn’t have to be all or nothing.

The liners are designed to hold the solid stuff. The reason the nappy is thick like it is, is to absorb the wee, because you need that level of absorbent material to hold wee properly. If you could get a liner that would absorb wee, then surely you could have something a thin and fitting as pants that would hold everything and would need to use bulky nappies for babies at all?!

Well that's what I thought, like an incontinence pad almost for babies. I did come across Eenee compostable pads this morning, but they are so new to the UK seems not much info out there. I have emailed them to find out more so will update.

I used reusables almost exclusively with mine. I too think that you’d be ambitious to talk them travelling, especially if you’re not used to using them already

I think an incontinence pad for babies is a disposable nappy I'm afraid. What you've done so far will have saved loads of waste. Don't feel bad about using a few disposables while travelling. Have an amazing time

A liner that holds the wee is exactly what a disposable nappy is!

I love reusable and used them from birth with all my dc but I did take disposable on holidays at times.

To be fair you can get nappy booster pads which are disposable pads made to go in a disposable nappy for children who were a lot at night to boost capacity which may work in a close fitting reusable wrap but you'll still have to wash the wraps so not sure what the point would be.

You can get systems like g-nappies (sadly no longer produced in the UK) and I think mothercare did a similar where you have a waterproof pouch. You can put either a washable pad in that (prefolds work or ones like normal washable nappy boosters), or you can put a disposable pad in it which is meant to be compostable. The pads are available on amazon or ebay eg https://www.amazon.co.uk/gDiapers-Flushable-Refills-Medium-Large/dp/B008233WQQ

but they rely on you being able to get hold of an outer system that will hold them. People are probably still sell gnappies on ebay or facebook?

We used this setup while travelling as a half way house. You do need to wash the outers though from time to time as the pouches get wee on them. I used to wipe them out at every change but they still needed washing after a few outings.