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reusable or disposable?

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MummyToToby · 20/03/2006 18:19

just wondered who used what

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Nemo1977 · 21/03/2006 08:44

I used disposables for ds as the initial outlay for cloth was too much and I didnt know about ebay at the time.
With DD someone on here was selling some brand new meos so thought I would give them a go as they were quite cheap. Never looked back, I love using cloth.

Uwila · 21/03/2006 09:06

Disposable. Believe they are better (drier) for baby's skin. But that's only a side benefit. The reason I use them is because I couldn't possibly find the time to wash and dry nappies. I could make my nanny do it. But, I try not to ask her to do things I wouldn't be willing to do myself. Not to mention I'm not putting stinky pooey nappies in the same machine where I wash my own clothes -- yuck!

expatinscotland · 21/03/2006 09:09

I'd liked to have used cloth, but we live in a small, 2nd floor flat with no garden and no dryer, so it just wasn't possible.

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mcmudda · 21/03/2006 10:42

Expatcat - I've just bought a few \link{http://www.totsbots.com/ShowProduct.asp?pg=1&cartID=&productCat=CAT117\Fluffle} nappies by Totsbots - they come out almost completely dry from the washing machine, and are bone dry after no more than an hour hung up somewhere.

They're made of fleece and are soooo soft and just as absorbant as any other nappy.

So no tumble drier is no excuse anymore !!

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northender · 21/03/2006 11:22

Better for baby's skin? Yes obviously drier most of the time but all the chemicals ......no thanks. Never mind baby's skin what about what they absorb through the skin as well.

Mummyvicky · 21/03/2006 11:37

I'm a cloth convert! ds1 disposables,dd and ds2 in minki nappies,I love them to bits, and their big nappy bums are so cute!:o

Laura032004 · 21/03/2006 11:50

I find disps too dry. They seem to suck the water out of the poo and leave it welded to the skin.

mcmudda · 21/03/2006 11:53

Ah the old "dry skin is better" myth! Babies spend 9 months in a warm wet womb so they love cloth!

Disps may take the wetness away, but it still leaves the bacteria on the skin - nothing can remove that - just frequent changing. It's the bacteria, not the wet that causes nappy rash.

Uwila · 21/03/2006 11:59

Uh, wet womb does not equal wet nappy because amniotic fluid is not made of toddler urine. And surely the bacteria is extracted into the nappy with the liquid. Although of course not all of it. Some satays on the skin. But synthetic nappies do have better absortion properties than cotton.

Interesting point about them drying out the poo and making it stick to baby's bum.

Uwila · 21/03/2006 12:01

Anyway, convenience is really the reason for my choice. My hat off to all of you who go to the extra work for the sake of the environment. If I added another chore into my busy life I'd probably endup either divorcing or killing my husband. So disposable for me all the way.

Ironmaiden · 21/03/2006 13:09

Bought cloth but now use disposables.
Maybe I was doing it wrong but the smell when they were washing was unbearable, even with the stuff thats meant to make them smell fresh!
DH said it was disposables or the baby goes back inside me!!!

hana · 21/03/2006 13:48

i used to think it wasn't that much extra work, but have to admit I've been on a break for the past month or so - I hate using the dryer so much and hate even more things all over our radiators, so roll on spring!! Have been using disposables and do notice the difference in our weekly shop - I didn't use cloth for first as I didn't knkow anything about them, had no friends that had babies - but started using cloth with dd2 at about 10 weeks. Will use cloth with dd3 ( oh shouldn't assume it's a girl!) when she is born as well.
2 in cloth, may change my mind by September though........

starlover · 21/03/2006 21:01

By expatinscotland on Tuesday, 21 March, 2006 9:09:20 AM

I'd liked to have used cloth, but we live in a small, 2nd floor flat with no garden and no dryer, so it just wasn't possible.

so do i! I also have no radiators or heating of any kind except 2 oil filled heaters.

and yet I've done cloth for over a year with ds.

if you wanna do it you will.... if you don't it's easy to find excuses.
That sounds like i'm being smug but I don't mean it like that... just that people shouldn't feel they have to justify not using cloth iyswim?

starlover · 21/03/2006 21:07

and as for the environment agency thing... it was flawed...

it assumed an average purchase of over 45 nappies per baby.... unusual in many cases

it assumed that nappies were IRONED! ????

it paid NO attention to the landfill issue with disposable

it was started years ago when the average washing machine was far less environmentally friendly. It didn't take into consideration that over 90% of washing machines purchased in the last 2 yeasrs are now A rated (or better)

starlover · 21/03/2006 21:09

no pooey nappies go in my washing machine... the poo goes in the toilet...

and guess what? it makes them CLEAN!amazing that eh? so it doesn't really matter if my clothes get put in at the same time as the nappies.

btw... jsut re-read my first message and it sounds like I am having a go at expat... honestly didn't mean it to sound like that!!!!!

expatinscotland · 21/03/2006 21:10

sorry, but it does sound smug.

i really don't see how i could manage anymore, star. dd2 is not my first child. i also have a toddler whose got developmental delays. and two jobs. come autumn, i'll also have school.

i'm also looking into starting a business.

did i mention i take two different drugs to try to control my PND?

i walk 5 miles a day to and from work to save the family £400/pa i'd spend on a bus pass.

and this place is . . . VERY small. i've got two drying racks, and they're in constant use w/the four of us.

then there's the washing machine. it's meant to be a washer/dryer, but the dryer bit is broken.

so it's dinky as hell and it's all i can do to keep up w/the washing.

i don't see how i can keep up w/one more plate to spin. i'm fecking knackered as it is. i'm dreading having to go back to work, but there's no help for it. we need the money.

expatinscotland · 21/03/2006 21:11

it's a rental flat. can't afford to buy property.

starlover · 21/03/2006 21:16

i think my last 2 sentences at least should have been a separate message because they weren't aimed at you, but i realised that it seemed like they were

just pointing out that I am in similar situation housing wise but do it... but then i am pretty stubborn like that!

obv there are loads of different factors that come into it, and I honestly didn't mean to upset you or be rude or anything

expatinscotland · 21/03/2006 21:18

it'd be great to breastfeed till dd2 self-weaned, do cloth, etc.

but it's just not a financial possibility for some of us, unfortunately.

she is bf'd, but i weaned her onto bottles at 4 weeks and am glad to be able to express, b/c work is beaconing, sadly .

laundrylover · 21/03/2006 21:58

I just bought a fluffle for the imminent arrival out of curiosity and reckon they would be a good choice for people with lack of drying space etc. but will have to road test it a bit first.
Re the smell of cloth I think it is the nappy soak that smells foul. I stopped using it and just keep them in a dry bucket and they don't smell much at all (apart from with my pregnant nose!).
I also think that nappy rash varies from child to child - we had none with cloth but some friends had it bad with disposables and vice versa...

starlover · 21/03/2006 22:01

pocket nappies are quick drying too... ie fuzzi bunz

i used terry squares when ds was little.. they dry SUPER fast!

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MummyToToby · 21/03/2006 22:53

whats the difference between pocket nappies and all in ones?

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starlover · 21/03/2006 22:54

a pocket nappy you can take the middle out so it dries quicker

all-in-ones are just that.. they don;'t come apart at all, so are longer drying

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MummyToToby · 21/03/2006 23:21

how long would you say each takes to dry?

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