why doesnt everyone use cloth nappies?

[misdee]

sort of carry on from the breastfeeding thread.

pros and cons of cloth nappies to be discussed lol.

hehe, this was meant to be a jokey type thead btw. its all about different parenting choices we make, and choices in everyday life really. using cloth doesnt make anyone better than anyone else, its a personal choice, same as breastfeeding, uing a car, driving a 4x4, walking insetad of driving, recycling etc etc.

My question to tuting environmental pro washable nappy mothers would be: Do you use washable sanitary towels for those days of the month? they exist but I doubt many mothers use them. Without any intention to offend, how can we put our babies through that to protect the environment but take the easy non environmental friendly option for ourselves?

PS And don't want to hear about mooncups, there's no such efficient device for baby "drainage" management

Forgot to add a at the end of my last post! It looks like I'm ready to flounce.

chandra, no beause i am not having periods. but have looked into them. i cant use sanitry pads as the glue irratates me and leaves me feeling very soer, so use tampax (urgh). have looked at mooncup etc as well. its on my to-do list!

yes, I do, Chandra!

I do have a mooncup, but for nighttime and light days I have a selection of pads from Ella's House. They get rinsed in clod water and washed with whatever load is going in. As I have around 10 years till the menopause I will save myself a fortune in sanitary products, and will prevent a few tress being felled, I hope.

Because we don't care about the planet. It will need sorting out long after we are dead and gone. Let the kids sort it out. Give them something to do!

tbh before my days on mumsnet i didnt even know you vould get reusable sanitry products.

btw, I am not "putting my baby through that", I am happy to prevent her having to wear disposables- I would far rather have soft fluffy cotton next to my delicate skin than rough, papery synthetic material and highly absorbent gel, which is why I practice what I preach.

I resent the implication that cloth nappy users are somehow torturing our babies for the good of the environment. We believe, for a variety of perfectly valid reasons that they are better.

I reckon this planets been fully drained. Its time to move on. There are loads of new planets out there, I remember from school. Must be another one we can go and rape.

when we made the switch, dd1 was telling dd2 'these nappies were nice and soft for you bum' as dd2 kept running away lol.

perhaps we can start a new thread "why isn't everyone as smug as us?"

am very fond of my mooncup btw

are mooncups hard to use? do they ever fall out? what do u do if you misplace one and cant find it at the time of the month? has any of your kids asked if its a mini egg cup?

Oooh someone must have read my mind - I was just wondering about sanitary products

does not fall out. I find it works better than tampons as it can hold more. so it can be more convenient.

you can use tampons if you lose it.

misdee, they aren't hard to use, but take a little pratice to get comfortable (just like tampons).Mine has never fallen out. I haven't misplaced mine, but would resort to a cloth apd, if I couldn't find it. Dd has so far not filched it for an egg-cup!

Perhaps I can get a lift on one of your mooncups?

Can't be sensible today - will go now. Its too rainy to think straight.

kids prefer to play with tampons ("mice")

how soon after childbirth can u use them? should i wait till periods have settled back down and would a prolaspe affect me being able to use one?

am about to cycle 5 miles to work in rain. does that earn me green points? have to admit to being a 2 car household though thereby negating all the good effects of washable nappies.

i dont have any green points apart from the nappies, must phone council for recycling boxes.

What's so environmentally unfriendly about tampax? It's fully biodegradable 100% cotton. How does that rape the planet? Yes, I know it's bleached, but how does that compare to the chemicals used every moment of the day - perfume, cleaning materials, dyes and bleaches for clothes, et al?

just ordered my boxes, cheers for the reminder.

Tissy, I never intended to imply anything I was talking about options not of child abuse, Though I have been walloped in the past by reusable nappy mothers, I tend to take this situation with a bit of good humour. Specially as I have seen so many soon-to-be-mothers giving discourses about the environment just to see them turn to disposables after a couple of months.

PS. By the way, DS had very severe eczema, no chance to try reusables...

chamdra, both my dd's have ezcema, i found that with dd1 i didnt have enough info to try reusuable properly and gave up pretty quick. her skin everywhere was red raw, even nappy area at tiems. with dd2 she reacts to disposables, so keeping her cloth is easier and getter for her skin.