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.

Smutty - why would you have to rinse out a nappy at 4am? Only difference is that a washable goes in a lidded nappy bucket and the disposable goes in the bin. You don't need to soak or rinse. And why would it smell more just because it is in a nappy bucket insead of a bin? My nappy bucket never smells. My dustbin does though from the disposables - it is only emptied every 2 weeks and I heave everytime I put rubbish in it. My washables get washed everyday and therefore everything is gone within 24hours - not sitting around in a bin for a week or 2.

I would just like to point out again that I use both so not bashing those who use disposables, just think some of the claims as to WHY they don't want to use washables are very unrealistic.

But I don't think it is fair for people on this thread to make out that women who do use reusables have no life and are spending hours washing at a billion degrees and then tumble drying for hours etc, that their children smell and have problems walking etc.

There is no way even I manage use 8+ nappies each day on DS2 either (and he poos several times a day)

Exactly washersaurus. Not very realistic views. I am SOOO lazy and such a sladden with housework but washing the nappies really doesn't even bother me in the slightest. There are things that bug me about reusables but most of the things on this thread are not part of that and are not true.

Soon2be just because the thought of it being sat there would do my noodle in and i wouldnt sleep. ok TMI example if when you have your period you leaked onto your pants, would you leave them in a bucket or would you rinse and wash immediately?

immediately would be my guess for the majority. that is how i feel about reuseables.

I use disposables. With the stuff that came out of DS1's bottom when he was tint any reuasables i tried soaked strieght through.

You reckon you use about 8 disposables a day with ds 1 i used up to about 20 a day untill he was 2! 356 dyas x 20 nappies 7300 nappies a year!

DS2 i was going to use reuasables but the inital cost is shocking, i know its works out cheaper over the long run but i just can't afford to shell out a lot of money at once.

Im not ashamed.

Smutty - do you take the disposable nappies straight out to the dustbin in the middle of the night? If not, how is that any different? I am honestly not trying to cause and arguement or critise what you do but I really don't understand where you are coming from with this.

Well I don't use a mooncup (yet) but people DO use washable sanitary wear - I think I'd just sling it in the nappy bucket tbh, it wouldn't bother me in the slightest....

I have more important things that keep me awake at night than the contents of my sons nappy buckets

I'm a real slattern too, soontobe!

I think it is important to think about things on a broader level, get over the 'yuck' factor, and stop being so darn selfish

I would also like to add that I have yet to come across anyone who uses washable nappies that looks down or 'beats with a stick' people who choose to use disposables.

I'm afraid the tone of the thread was not at all in the spirit of a 'support thread'.

Have a look at the washable nappy support threads, I'll bet you won't find anyone slagging off people who choose to use disposables, or making false statements/claims about them.

Ok so i'm selfish, sue me

Nobody slagged anybody off??????

Smutty - do you take your disposables straight to the dustbin in the middle of the night?

No they go in a nappy bag and to the nappy bin in the kitchen by the back door.

It appears to be kicking off, ladies, in true MN style.

Justabout, I happen to agree, we are getting preached at. The whole point was to celebrate the liberation disposables bring, as well as express annoyance at being apparently browbeaten into using reusables.

and just to quote myself incase anybody has the wrong idea......

"it's all down to personal choice at the end of the day. Some re-use and some dont. each to their own. I have respect for those who re use its just not for me"

[Wow] Are reusables really so popular in the UK that people feel bad for using disposables? I get loads of stick for using reusables I don't know anyone else here (Holland) that uses cloth. 'tis strange to think of the tables being turned!

TBH for me environmental considerations were secondary in my decision to use reausbles, although I am pretty convinced they do have less impact (certainly when they are used for more than one child).

Ninja, it's partly because some women take the whole nappy thing far too seriously and turn it into a huge moral issue IMO, and try to score points.

Noone is preaching at anyone, I could not give a toss what type of nappy someone else uses. I'm objecting to the wrong statements made about washable nappies (and their owners) on this thread. Washable nappies receive enough negative press without the disposable using majority on here joining in.

Boffin do you truly believe you feel 'browbeaten' into using washables? I used disposables for dd and for about 4 months with ds and as I have said only made the change because I got a lot of washables very cheaply. I never once felt guilty about my choice. Who is the browbeating coming from? (don't say me ) I have only one friend who uses washables, and have not seen another baby at the HV in them so I am definately in a minority. Do I feel smug? No, they're only nappies fgs. But do I think people should actually maybe try the alternative before saying we are slaves to washing our nappies, causing as much environmental damage by tumble drying and ironing them (I mean, come on, wtf?!) and we have bins that reek???? YES

It only starting kicking off though because people are stating things that are not true about washables. You don't see that sort of thing on washable threads - people stating untrue info about disposables.

I agree the selfish comment was unfair though.

And I think the "sod the landfill" is what makes washable users go onto the thread. If it was just a simple "disposable nappy - general disscussion" or something, most washable users probably wouldn't have bothered to click on it.

Smutty - how is a disposable sitting in the house full of poo so much better than a washable doing the same? You seem to have the idea that washables are "dirty" which they are not at all. You don't need to touch it at all. You can line the nappy bin with a mesh bag thing that collects all the nappies and you shove the whole bag in the machine, so you don't need to see/touch them at all.

Maybe I'm rushing in where angels fear to tread & getting myself confused, but:

The thread struck me as being rather tongue-in-cheek, poking fun at the way in which it seems to be 'wrong' on MN to use disposable nappies; any 'admission' of such is usually accompanied by a '', or similar.

It's not something that I've ever come across in real life, in the same way that it has to be somehow justified on MN as to why you'd feed your baby formula milk. I don't want to start another controversial topic on that - my point is that, within the circles in which I move at least, it's always been normal to use disposable nappies & formula milk. It seems very odd to me that it's a point of such contention On The Internet (which is very serious business, don't you know?) - surely it's not worth getting personal & het up over?

Just to clarify, the 'selfish' comment was a general one, i.e. we ALL need to think of the bigger picture environmentally, not just as far as our own dustbins...and I do include myself and my family in that.

I do feel some of the more hoity toity mums I come across make a big thing about it because they see all this as part of some sort of middle class maternal identity issue. This thread was a bit of a rebellion tbh.