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.

I know I shouldn't join in here but have to say that some of the things being said about reusable nappies just weren't true in my case.

They got washed in with the normal wash at 40 degrees. Dry pailed them. Used fleece nappy liners which I did sluice in the toilet, but it's not that hard. Got line dried. And I got most of them second hand and then sold them on for a similar price.

DD also potty trained at 19 months, so was nicely green at an early age

I give up but my point was, most of the negative things about washables on here are not true so was just trying to correct that incase people get the wrong idea. There are downsides, as there are to most things but there are ways round most of them (mainly by making sure you have the right nappy to suit you and your LOs).

Never mind, but if you are reading this and considering washables, please don't be put off by this thread. Most people can find a real nappy suited to them, so please ask in another thread for proper advice if that is what you would like.

Can I also say that there's lots of other things you can do for the environment... surely there's lots of mums out there using reusables who think nothing of driving to the supermarket every day, or hopping on a plane for a holiday, or not turning the heating off at night... I'll find my own way to save the planet, thank you very much.

Well, back on track. I quite like Pampers but have ordered some Moltex for the new baby. Anybody tried Moltex? Do they leak??

And I use washable sanitary protection (although getting a coil fitted seems to have put a stop to that ).

Read my posts though, I am saying that I have had problems too. I DO use disposables sometimes for various reasons. My children do suffer with sore bottoms and I have had to find ways to deal with that. Disposables aren't the only answer to that though.

I find Pampers best for the newborn stage and then Huggies... I have a problem with pull-ups though, they seem to leak all the time. Any ideas?

I found pampers leaky, am favouring Lidl's nappies at the moment, much more reliable.

Moltex are great and haven't had a problem with them leaking, although haven't tried them in the newborn period - was too busy burning my babies bottoms by trying reusables

Wiona are also fab and this is what we tend to use the most.

We use Lidl's nappies and pull-ups - they are both good and much cheaper too (very important for me)

Haven't seen Wiona. There just seem to be Pampers, Huggies, Nature and Moltex around here. We don't have a Lidl nearby either. Tried Tesco Value nappies once and they were really terrible.

My washable nappies don't leak at all.. not ever

We had a few problems with pullups but not too bad.

Boffin - I haven't tried Moltex, I hadn't heard of them when I was getting disposables, but on my newborn I found Pampers ok but Tesco's own were the best fit although they did seem to be thicker than Pampers/Huggies which is very noticeable when babies are diddy.

Wiona are available through Little Green Earthlets can vouch for their Better Botty Balm too, smells lovely!

Oh, but I think Tesco's own are not the same as Tesco's value, God I dread to think what the value ones are like, what is it, a bin bag?!

My Pampers don't leak either. They do come with sesame street characters all over them though which has nearly driven me mad though! I liked the simplicity of the nature nappies but they did leak - that was with no solid food runny poo though - now dd3 is much older perhaps I should give them another go....

Im with schulte, pampers first then huggies didnt get on with pull ups so potty trained from then on

Do you buy the pull-ups a size bigger? The Waitrose eco nappies are rubbish btw, can't soak up any newborn poo.

Wiona look nice. Good idea about using the liner - Schulte might appreciate that.

I used Tushies with DS2 for a bit but they weren't very absorbent IMO. Might have changed now though.

I'm with Schulte here - why do you have to scrape or shake poo off into toilet with disposables ( not washables)? having had 5 kids and not done this I feel as if I must have seriously missed a trick here.........?

We buy Lidl's pull ups in a size 5 which is bigger than any of the other brands I could find. Potty trained DS1 (3yo) wears them in bed. They don't leak, except for when he has been fiddling with his willy and has pushed them down.

I kind of object to all the character marketing on the other brands of nappies and pull ups.

Lisalisa - I posted back to Schulte:

"you are supposed to scrape as much poo as possible off and put it into the loo so the sewerage system can deal with it properly, because otherwise nasty stuff leaches into the water supply from the landfill or washing machine (I think)".

Wiona helped to clear up dd2's horrendous reaction to reusables,
we used pampers for the 1st week after she was born and then tried reusables but because the reaction was so severe, she even reacted to pampers, huggies, etc after this.

They are more expensive but because they helped her, was worth it.

LOL at 3 yr old fiddling with his willy... Am glad I only have girls!