DISPOSABLE NAPPY APPRECIATION THREAD - Sod the landfill! Come here to sing their praises!

[BoffinMum]

There are some of us who think reusable nappies are an eco-conspiracy con designed to get mothers firmly back at the kitchen sink feeling guilty.

There are others of us who have stopped using reusables because our children developed dread diseases of the bottom area.

Some of us even gag at the thought of dealing with all the poo manually, instead of just cursorarily flinging a bit down the loo and then bunging the whole affair in a nice scented nappy sack.

Come join with us if you too are heartily grateful for disposable nappies and the liberation they bring.

The manufacturers need to do some research and come up with a disposable nappy and nappy sack that can take all the wee/poo and be composted or recycled.

Personally, I don't mind manually dealing with poo and I don't mind washing washable nappies as the washing machine and tumble dryer do the work. I do mind, however, the sore bum that my DS got. I now will only use disposables for DS and DD.

Yay for disposable nappies!!
I truely wouldn't have survived ds with out them.
Can highly recommend: Nature nappies which are biodegradable!

'There are some of us who think reusable nappies are an eco-conspiracy con designed to get mothers firmly back at the kitchen sink feeling guilty.' I know I may have temporarily lost my sense of humour but come on! And 'sod the landfill?????'

Crokky look at these they are biodegradable/compostable and do biodegradable bags and wipes too

I love my disposable nappies! I've used pampers for all three girls and always been entirely satisfied. Yes I have prioritised my own sanity above the the welfare of the planet - so shoot me!

I knew one child in 'real' nappies when I had dd2 and he smelt. Sorry but it's true. In fairness I will say that I know more 'real' nappy children now and they don't smell - they do need huge trousers though!

Boffinmum - may I recommend the nature baby nappy sacks - they are compostable and they don't smell vomit-inducingly sweet! The nature baby nappies weren't as good as Pampers though so we ditched them!

But all you disposable people, did you know that you're supposed to dispose of the poo before throwing into the rubbish?

I didn't either until recently....

x posted oddeyes - that's them - sold in Tesco and Boots.

Littlelamb - I agree with the sentiment behind 'sod the landfill' - it's not actually a stoning offence to use disposable nappies you know!

Tis true about the trousers. Ds goes to a real nappy nursey and we have to put him in a size bigger trousers so that they can fit!

Ilove - I knew that - and always do - why wouldn't you?

I LOVE DISPOSABLES >

OddEyes - so those nappies, are you supposed to put them in with your landfil rubbish? Or must they go in a different place?

ilovemydogandMrObama - perhaps they should print that on nappy packets. On my tescos nappies, it just says to put the nappy in the nappy sack and dispose of in household waste. And on a more disgusting note, some babies have runnier poo than others - I easily scrape the solids from my DD's nappies, but my DS's poo was very runny.

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With you on this BoffinMum. We only need to talk to our own mothers and grandmothers to realise how lucky we are to have the choice to use disposables if we so wish. My mum says she spent hours as a young mum in the 70s washing shit out of nappies when she could have been doing something, anything, more interesting.

And the eco thing is slightly over-emphasised in my opinion - you do need to use a lot of detergent and boiling hot water to get reusables clean don't you?

Littlelamb. You rose to the bait. I will be condemning recycling in a minute.

Why not come over to the dark side!!

Disposable nappies - 3 per day

Reusable nappies - 8+ per day

Plus your baby has to do the splits because of the ridiculous gusset width

Oddeyes, I've never been 100% comfortable with disposables but convenience has always won me over (and with 4 I do my fair share of washing, but have created more than our fair share of landfill).

So, I am going to give those naturebaby ones a shot. Might be a bit late in the day (DC4 is 18 months old) but may yet be converted Thanks.

I use disposables for both my ds's, I had no idea that you were meant to dispose of the poo seperatly, but I do use bio wipes sacks and nappys and it is so much easier than the washing and scank of dealing with it not to mention having all that lovely excrement swirling around the washing machine before I put my clothes in!

My children are Pampered and proud, justabout!!!

(Don't tell, but I did try a nappy laundry service once, but ended up with a flat stinking of poo and DS1 needing steroid cream slathering all over his blameless little botty because of the nasty wet eczema).

Justabout - DO NOT hang your head - there is nothing shameful about disposable nappies - they are not an indicator of lazy parenting, moral decay or a liking for toturing otters and teasing pandas!

'torturing' that should be - and no disposable nappies do not destroy your spelling!

Justabout - Head up young lady!!! Pamper and Huggie with pride

I watch a programme a few years ago about a company in Holland who are/were experimenting on recycling and cleaning the gel in nappies and reusing in it putting out fires. Because of the amount of liquid the gel can hold they were looking to use it in fire prevention and stopping fires spreading.

lol no you use minimum, if any, detergent with cloth nappies, and they certainly don't need boiling.

also the eco-disposable thing is really a con. nothing with degrade in landfill because it's anearobic.

moltex oko nappies can be put in a wormery, but you'd need a giant one to cope with all the nappies.