Cloth lovers! What do you do when you go away for the weekend?

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I have just got going with my babmboozles on my 5 week old and its working well. For day trips I have a small drybag in my change bag for used nappies, but don't know what to do for longer trips away - specifically we have a couple of weddings to go to and a short break in Spain.

I think temporary disposable use is the practical answer, but wondered if any of the cloth gurus out there had any ingenious ideas.

I would quite like to fly the flag for cloth amongst my friends, and show of my daughter at her fat bottomed cutest so any suggestions welcome.

Also, how are nurseries about cloth nappies? Can they refuse to use them? When the time comes do I get a bigger drybag and send her off with the days supply?

Tbh, I go the disposable route.

However, for a weekend, I could probably manage. As I dry-pail anyway, there's no reason why I shouldn't stick my nappy-bucket in the back of the car along with everything else. Spose it could be a bit niffy on the way home.

Have no direct experience of nurseries, but I think they vary - some will handle your cloth nappies, some won't. Might help you choose!

(Actually, now I think about it, ds1 was still in Kooshies ultras when he first started at nursery, and once I'd shown the staff what to do they were more than happy to use them.)

i have two in cloth but we tend to go away to places with a laundry- camping.caravanning etc so i dont know what you would do in a hotel? unless you find a local laundrette? otherwise it'll be handwashing in the bath! lol

someone who has done it will be along soon im sure!
must admit it sounds daunting but i would really want to give it a go too.

Aswell as my little wet nappy bag in my change bag I also have a bigger tots bots wet nappy bag (a swimming bag would prob do?)that is big enough for a weekends worth of nappies.

You just have to make sure you take enough clean nappies away with you! I usually also take a few emergency nature babies disposables just in case (thats me tho...ever prepared!

I found a link on our council website to a list of local nurseries which gave details of which ones accepted cloth nappy wearers. I emailed them to double check aswell.

Can't do links but.....www.childcarelink.gov.uk/index.asp is where I found that list of nurseries in my area

Link!

aaaahhh thank you! however hard I try I just can't get them to work

i cloth but use disposables on days out. i am a wimp though!

Don't get me wrong, when we go away for longer than a weekend - I take the nature babies disposables with us (and sometimes some washables depending on where we are staying). Sometimes you just have enough stuff to pack without nappies taking up a lot of room!

Mine is out of nappies now but i always used disposables when we went away. Nursery were fine with cloth and have not heard of nay refusing

I don't go away... and when I have been anywhere it has been with family/friends so washing machine on hand.

If I were though it would probably be the eco disposable route

I only have 20 mappies at the moment, so would have to take the whole supply. I had thought to put the pail in the car as I also dry pail but it is the thought or carting around a bag of damp nappies that puts me off a bit, particularly as they wont be dry in time to use if they are festering in a plastic bag.

And I dont know how sleezyjet would take a bucket of baby poo at checkin!

See your point - maybe eco-disposables are the way to go then?

lol at 'sleezyjet'!!

it depends on how long you are away- if its a weekend i would consider taking the washables- but i show off my bamboozles at every opportunity! any longer than that then go for the eco disposables- especially if you are somewhere where you haven't got a washing machine readily avaliable!
good luck whichever way you go!

Went to Athens for the week last week with 5 month old dd and took my fluffles , squished up in one of these vacuum roll up bags! :-)Was self catering mind you and had a useful washing machine. No leaks on her pavlik harness she has to wear for her hips! Can't stand disposables - I end up scrubbing poo off harness with a toothbrush..

That is a genius idea - I have never thought of vacuum packing my tots for a hol [Washing hastily scribbles said tip in note book for future use]

We just bung the nappy bucket in the car if we're staying with family/friends. If you wash last thing before you head off at each end, you'll only have a couple in the bucket when travelling so pong not a prob - although have to say have never noticed a smell from our bucket at any point. Would take eco disposables if no washing facilities available ie going to PILs at end of month and they'll be in the middle of new kitchen being fitted so will take disps this time. Weekends a bit easier now dd is older coz only need to wash every other day so just take the full bucket home if not able to wash.

If any issues like disps causing nappy rash etc could just take enough washables away with you to do night time nappies so the nappy she's in longest is cloth IYSWIM. Keeps the washing to minimum and also only gives you a few dirty ones to cart home if not able to wash over course of weekend.

Trip to Spain poss a bit more tricky if not going somewhere with easy access to washing facilities - I think I'd go the disp route - to my mind exactly what they're designed for!

That is exactly what we did when we went to Spain for a week last year - we just took enough washables for DS to wear at night and eco-disposables for the rest of the trip. I totally agree that this is exactly what disposables are meant for

I think the ingenious idea is a big drawstring bag (is this what you mean by a drybag?) instead of a bucket - I've a big Swaddlebees bag to put the dirties in, they don't smell too bad.

I've done a few weekends away just by taking the entire nappy collection (to the extent of using a few disposables on Friday before packing).

Must confess I did go for disposables when we went to Center Parcs on holiday, was not sure about laundry facilities.

That reminds me, we're off tomorrow to a friend's so I'd better put some in the machine!

My giant drawstring bag is actually a JuniorJoy one (was convinced it was a Tots bots one for some reason..never mind). If we get a really stinky poo nappy we put it in a biodegradable nappy sack aswell until we get home - to keep the smells at bay.

My bag is actually a dry bag - the type of thing you put valuables in on a boat. They have a rubberish top that folds down, then rolls down and clips. My little one is a 3 litre (4 totsbots) capacity but we also have huge ones that can effectively line our rucksacks. Camping/outdoors sites sell them. Cant remember the make offhand though.

ooooh I have never heard of such marvellous bags before.....then again we don't tend to visit camping shops very often.

can you put the dirty nappies in vacuum bags when you come back though?