where can I buy the dry pailing buckets and mesh bag liner things?

[paprika]

Sorry I have probably got the lingo wrong!

I'm just transferring to cloth nappies. Got the nappies, inserts etc. and would like to dry pail but can't find them to buy on the web!

Anyone? Thanks in advance x

You can get a nappy pail at Mothcare - they're about a fiver. Not sure about the meshes though - I'm using an old one I had from Lakeland ( I think) years ago.

Bucket and mesh on this site here - other MNers might know where to get them cheaper or better though!

if you are gonna dry pail, just get a few big cloth nappy wet bags-easier to store as you can hang them up, go to HMs link and see half way down the page "Polyester Drawstring Nappy Bag" or buy some PUL, cord and toggles and make yourself a huge one (which I did, and got the denim patchwork one from twinkle for out and about)

and if you get a messy one, soak it in an empty icecream carton (2litre one is perfect for most nappies)

Get as big a bucket as you can. Any lidded bucket will do. Mine (mothercare) wasn't big enough and I used to frequently wash nappies just coz I couldn't get any more in the bucket. The nappy lady sells them.

i bought a mesh thing and never really used it. You get chilled out about handling soggy nappies!

I got a big plastic dustbin-shaped bin, with a snug lid, from Do-It-All, I think. It's not as big as a real dustbin, IWSWIM, but bigger than the nappy bucket I got from John Lewis's. I didn't use a mesh. TBH, you don't need it if you're dry-pailing. Just put the nappies in with the pooey bit folded inwards and you won't have to touch it when transferring into the washing machine.

How many nappies do you want to store, at the most? I have 20 nappies and wait until I have a full load to put the washing machine on, which means that I need to store most of them dirty but the end of the 'round'. I found that the usual buckets you can buy were way too small, so I bought a kitchen-type bin with a lid. I cost about a fiver from a cheapy hardware store, and it works a treat. I dry pail, but put half an inch of water in the bottom with a few drops of lavender oil and it doesn't smell at all. For dirty nappies I have a smaller bin in the bathroom so that I can easily rinse them in the toilet then store them next to the loo, so that I'm not walking back into the nursery with a dripping nappy. I find that rinsing them under the flush minimises stains after the nappies are washed, beause they aren't necessarily washed on the day.

Also I don't use the big mesh bags because I found it really hard to get into the washing machine without smearing the sides of the bag all over the front of the washing machine, the floor... I just put them in individually, and wash my hands well afterwards. I could wear gloves, but to be honest, I can't be bothered. The other advantage to this is that I can make sure that the dirty nappies are properly inside out, which also helps with getting the stains out.

Anyway, that wasn't what you actually asked! so here goes: I get all my stuff from Babykind . They are the cheapest place I have found for nappy stuff - the bags and buckets are in the Nappy Accessories page. The bucket they sell actually has a flat edge so that you can push it right up to the side of the washing machine, which would help prevent drips, but they still only take a day's worth of nappies, so you might want ore than one of these.

Sorry to go on... I could talk for England about cloth nappies! Hope this helps.

I can't get the link to work - sorry. Try www.babykind.co.uk

Wow, what fab advice! Thanks for the quick response. I've got 13 nappies at the moment. I realise I may need more- we'll see how it goes. Does anyone manage on this number?

I need to read through properly again and check out babykind. The bags look good Lmc but I'd like the option of storing more than 8 nappies at a time. They look like a good idea for out and about.

Where does everyone store their buckets/ bags of dirty nappies? Is it OK in baby's room or a bit stinky. Our disposable nappy system got too smelly in the Summer so moved it out of DS' room. Didn't like the thought of him breathing that in!

Hi Paprika,
I find them less smelly than disposables, because I rinse the worst off the dirty ones before putting them in the bin. Apparently they are more smelly if you wet pail rather than dry pail.

I managed fine with 14 nappies, but I didn't make the switch until ds was about 16 months, so I gueww you might need more if baby's younger.

I stored nappy bin in the bathroom so I could rinse off poo in the toilet.

lidded ones shouldnt smell when the lid is on..some wet nappy bags dont close over completely at the top, and the smell does leak out a bit. I had a nappy bucket, (mothercare one) but preferred the big nappy bags that I made - just opened the toggle at the top and they all fell out of the bag in the wash - I made them big enough for 10 nappies each (roughly a day and a halfs nappies), and then used the denim one when out and about. I hung them in bathroom cause thats where I changed dds nappies.

in the UK - used to store nappy bucket in bathroom - had en-suite for dh and I so dd2 had her own bathroom. IN Aus store the nappy bucket in the laundry/utility room. Mesh bag - just bought one from tesco or wilkinsons or someone like that - used the lingerie wash bags - much cheaper.

I have two nappy bins. One is the Mothercare little one, and one is just a big open bucket/bin that I got free from the Supermarket (I think they use it for rice or something they sell at the deli counter). I put dirty nappies in the Mothercare one, rinse them off at night, and then they go into the big one until they get washed.

I don't prewash in the washing machine, because I figure I do the prewash by hand.

No smell at all (IMO - visitors might say otherwise, I think you get immune to the smell of your own house! )

Thanks for the continued help

I have been shopping and have ordered a nappy bucket and mesh bag from babykind. Also large and small nappy bags from twinkle! Sml for out and about. Lge for if the bucket gets a bit full or for a weekend trip...

Have decided the bucket can stay in DS' room. Naps will be there an absolute max of 2 days whereas disp. thing is only emptied every 5-6 days!

Now, I don't rinse the nappies before putting them in the bucket, unless really messy! Do I therefore have to put the nappies on a rinse cycle before the proper 60 degree wash?

Sorry, I have digressed a little from the original title!!!

Are you using liners which you take out and flush away (so no poo in nappy when they go in the machine)?

I would rinse wash before the main wash, because the wee is rinsed out better in cold water than hot (so I read somewhere?). I just rinse them under running water in the sink - 5 minutes a day max.

I have ordered some liners too. I hope I won't need them all the time but my DS is refusing solids at the moment and I want to use them while he's only drinking milk!!

I guess I could rinse them all in the sink. Is that what everyone does or do others put them in the washing machine for the rinse?

I found things got 'worse' once DS started on solids in terms of needing to rinse the nappy off. Disposable liners work better on solid food poo than milk poo IMO.

Interesting! I was just envisaging flicking the solids poo into the toilet and much less mess! Certainly the case when he was in disposables.

I think it's easier with a disp because so much of the liquid is sucked into the core that the poo flicks a lot easier!

Having said all that, my DS has numerous food intolerances, and suffers from mild to bad diahorrea a lot of the time, so it is probably easier with normal baby poo!

Can you imagine talking to somebody without a baby like this

LOL I thought than when reading back my post!!

You could be right re: disposables...I guess I'll soon find out

Good luck with them! After a while they become so easy you won't even think about it!