Environmentally friendly disposable nappies

[mamabrownbear]

Hello, has anyone got experience of any environmentally friendly but disposable nappies? I'm not really interested in reusables as I know I will get caught out and don't want to spend me life washing poopy pants! So are there any brands which as good and easy to get hold of? Advice welcome!

Your best bet is the Nature Baby ones which are available in most supermarkets. But they are a bit if a greenwash to be honest. There are better and more sustainably produced ones but they are v expensive and hard to get hold of. Though you can buy them in bulk from various places which would save money and mean you didn;t run out.

Moltex Oko are 'greener' for example but only usually stocked in independent health food shops.

Beaming baby,available from their own website or even eBay or amazon.
Very good nappies I find.

Mothercare do these Nature Babycare

I got them for DD for nighttime, and use washable nappies during the day.

They're decent enough, worth a try.

I've only really used nature baby for my 2 dc. Now and then I end up with pampers and I hate them they leak and last about 5 minutes. The nature nappies are stiffer but more robust I love them. You can but them in boots I get them delivered in bulk

Great, thanks everyone. My local wholefoods place stocks some of those so that's encouraging as is the mothercare tip! Excellent! Now I just need to know what size my dd will be!

I use Naty ones from boots. The only leaks have been from rookie me not doing them up tight enough.
I made the mistake of buying LOADS of first size ones and then gave birth to a whopper and have two packets left that are too small. I recommend getting a couple of size one packets and size twos. You can always save the size twos for later if you have a tiddler.

I was determined to be eco-friendly, but like you didn't want the hassle of re-usables. I thought eco-disposables were the answer. However..... after doing some research, it seems that as they go in the lnadfill with everything else, they don't actually get enough oxygen to bio-degrade. So they are not eco-friendly in practice.....

As someone who uses re-useables during the day and disposables at night, I really think that there isn't as much hassle as some people think, wishfulearthmum

Once you decide what sort of re-useables you like and try them out it's great. Took me ages to get used to the jargon on some of the websites, but I'm very happy I stuck with it :) Didn't use re-useables on my PFB until he was 2 years old, as the thought just hadn't occurred to me earlier... but I'm now on DC2, who has used them since birth.

I only do 1, maybe 2 extra loads of washing a week. God bless the person who invented washing machines!

i considered using a nappy recycling service who collect your used nappies and recycle them into useable material - none of it goes to landfill which is brilliant imo.

BUT i went the cheaper option of washables,- therefore i have no personal experience of the companies that provide this service. Googling 'nappy recycling' brings up the ones i looked at.

unfortunately, wishfulearthmum is right about eco disposables and landfill :(

Which washables do you recommend needlescuties and catchthefox?

Have used disposables with first, but think I could do better and really ought to try re-usables this time round!

agree- washables aren't as 'hard' as people think. i remember mil saying she wishes theyd been as easy in her day!

on the rare occassion i used disposables it was moltex. you might be about to get sample from website still so you can try!

Dreamy, i swear by Bumgenius Flips which are brilliant for daytime. I use disposables for night time on my 2 year old and a two part nappy like Tots Bots Stretch snd Motherease wrap for night time on my 1 year old.

Flips are perhaps not the best choice for a newborn, but great from 3/4 months onwards.

Flips are quite a good choice if you aren't 100% on reusables as you can also get disposable inserts for them (they just fit into the reusable waterproof cover) which cuts down massivley on the plastic thrown away.

6wo ds is in full time cloth, and dp had a stroke 10 days agoso it can be done. I wash every 2-3 days and most of my nappies are dry overnight on the airer. It's nowhere near as much hassle as our parents had to put up with, and modern fabrics are far more efficient than terry :)

I use the two part nappies - the nappy itself is a flat bit of very absorbant fabric folded then put inside a waterproof nappy cover (sometimes called a nappy wrap).

Usually I use Bambino Mio nappies (although I'm not keen on their nappy covers).

Then I use a liner to catch poo - the Tots Bots ones are good, as are Mothercare own brand!

The nappy covers I really like are Bummis ones.

Bamboo boosters are great if I need a bit of further absorbency, or if we're going somewhere.

Fill Your Pants Is a great website for buying from.

Go Real is full of info.

I use those overnight, Needless, then use the flat nappies (cottonbottoms prefolds) to stuff pocket nappies during the day for speed. Totsbots Easyfits are the most like disposables IMO.

Agreed, Mio wraps are a bit duff! Motherease Rikkis are fab, as are Nature Babies (not the stuffables though)

Used BumGenius pocket nappies since LO was about 2 mo - plus we have "emergency" disposables in the change bag. Once we got used to them she's had cloth nappies on day and night, and they are much better at containing her poo-splosions than disposable nappies. Washes are every 2-3 days and they dry over-night usually.

Our local council has a lady who promotes re-usable nappies and she has some loan kits with a huge variety of the types and brands to try out. We found that really worthwhile.

We also use washable baby wipes at home - if you're doing the laundry anyway it makes sence.

Nature care nappies are often on 2 for £10 in sainsburys and sometimes waitrose do 1/3 off so I always keep an eye out and stock up then which makes them about the same price as 'normal' nappies, which I think stink of chemicals especially pampers.