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Upset and peeved!

23 replies

sammysam · 05/07/2007 10:59

At swimming this morning one of the mums took great pleasure in telling me that in the newspaper there was something about the real nappy campaign being scrapped because cloth nappies are worse for the environment...

She knows how I feel about nappies (i'm the only one in our circle that uses cloth) and it really took me by shock.

Has anyone seen anything about this?
Any truth in it?

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pageturner · 05/07/2007 11:00

Hmm, yes, there was some govt report that concluded there wasn't a lot in it wrt cloth v disposables. Will go and look for link.

pageturner · 05/07/2007 11:02

There's this. But it was more recent than this...2 days ago?

ConnorTraceptive · 05/07/2007 11:02

yes i've heard that arguement too. the amount of energy used to wash and dry nappies is equally as damaging as the landfill problem

maybe she feels you are a little judgemental of her choice to use disposables?

Interested in this thread?

Then you might like threads about these subjects:

pageturner · 05/07/2007 11:03

Bum. Bloody new links thing. Try again. There's this.

tissy · 05/07/2007 11:05

heard this too- it government believed the dispo manufacturers who told them that real nappies use a lot of energy to wash and tumble dry...

...based on washing at high temperatures, using standard quantities of detergent, and tumbling every load

tis a load of bolleaux, but they've fallen for it

sammysam · 05/07/2007 11:05

No i have never said anything to her about it-she's just seen me converting a few people.....she just thinks i'm a bit far out and unconventional and always likes to tell me the benefits of doing thigs her way...

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Flamesparrow · 05/07/2007 11:06

Tell her its based on skewed "facts" and ill informed cr*p.

Then wave your fluffiness in her face and cackle loudly.

octo · 05/07/2007 11:09

LOL if they're not sending the disp waste to landfill - where will it go? Maybe people should store the disp nappies in a big hole in their garden.

WigWamBam · 05/07/2007 11:11

That report was discredited.

As Tissy says, the people who did the study assumed very much a "worst case" scenario - that washing was being done every day, that the nappies were tumble-dried, ironed, and soaked in chemicals, and that they weren't going to be used again for another child. They also assumed that disposable users used non-flushable liners and always scraped poo down the toilet.

Plus the study was of 2000 people - but only 32 of those people used real nappies.

nearlythere · 05/07/2007 11:13

anyone peed off about this can you either email nappysurvey at btinternet dot com or see the other link in this topic- i am outting together a real life report to be presented to parliament and the media!

ConnorTraceptive · 05/07/2007 11:14

oh well in that case just smile and say "oh for goodness sakes they'll be telling us not to eat five a day soon because the impact of gwowing and shipping fruit and veg is killing the earth"

sammysam · 05/07/2007 11:49

Have read the other thread and put my email for the survey.

I'm upset as she caught me in a fluster and unawares and i mumbled somthing along the lines of well landfills a major problem or something and carried on and i swear she then said well burn them but i let it go

Feel bad now-wish i'd been prepared as i'll feellike a crusading numpty if i bring it up again

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Flamesparrow · 05/07/2007 12:02

Copied from another thread:

Woollywraps are machine washable on a wool cycle (others are up to you if you wool cycle em... I do tend to though )

Soak them overnight in lanolin (you can either buy a ready made solution or I can give you very step by step instructions if you buy solid lanolin).

Let them dry, then use them each night, air them during the day in between.

If not soiled, don't wash them until they start to retain a smell after airing.

When they do start to retain a smell, bung em in the machine on a wool cycle with a squirt of baby shampoo.

Resoak in lanolin.

You resoak after each wash for the first 3-4 washes, after that just do it once a month or so.

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They work (as far as I know... could be talking gibberish) by the wetness forming a soapyness with the lanolin, hence the self cleansing thing.

The lanolin helps keep them waterproof so they absorb wetness and it doesn't pass through to the clothes whilst it evaporates away.

You need to relanolise to keep the waterproofness and the self cleansing.

Lanolin allergy is quite rare.

Dry away from direct heat.

Easy and less washing than other wraps!

sammysam · 05/07/2007 12:16

why does that sound so complicated to me?
Are there any other types of pull on wraps?

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derah · 05/07/2007 12:16

How did this thread get on to wool wraps? [confused smiley]

sammysam · 05/07/2007 12:19

i've just realised that!!! think flame and I re posting on several threads-it's all got confused !

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Flamesparrow · 05/07/2007 12:21

The magic of MN

Motherease you can popper 3 of the poppers, pull them on, and then do the last waist one

Flamesparrow · 05/07/2007 12:21

sorry!!!

sammysam · 05/07/2007 12:26

is that the airflow?
I was put off before because of the baggy look......

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Flamesparrow · 05/07/2007 12:44

They are fine under trousers

sammysam · 05/07/2007 12:51

...but not so good under skirts and dresses?

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Flamesparrow · 05/07/2007 12:52

They just have the puffy look under skirts and dresses, so its all down to if you like the big bummed look really.

DD was in them all the time

sammysam · 05/07/2007 13:01

dd has such a small bum (quite small all over really) and her bum already looks big so it could look massive!
cute though

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