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

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BoffinMum · 17/02/2009 19:16

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.

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Helen31 · 18/02/2009 16:38

NL - you are so right. Compost-a-corpse is the way to go. Can also see the Natural Death Centre appealing to MNers.

www.bbc.co.uk/bloom/strangebuttrue.shtml

I love that "home composting" is listed as a related action!

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BoffinMum · 18/02/2009 17:18

It appears to be illegal to put yourself in the recycle bin, so I reckon I will go with the Woodland Burial thing. Still seems a bit daft to spend money on disposing of yourself though. (The idea of medical science or a body farm is just too creepy for me, btw).

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LuLuBai · 18/02/2009 18:03

There are plenty of ways you can put yourself to good use after you pop your clogs. My friend whose family fun a funeral business tells me that cadavers are very much sought after for car safety testing (yes they use crash test dummies too, but they can glean more information from RL corpses).

Profuse apologies if I have taken this thread in a dark and disturbing direction.

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BoffinMum · 18/02/2009 18:23

The idea of being a crash test dummy sounds strangely appealing - I have always wanted to do something mad like that in RL but obviously never would. Post mortem of course it would no longer matter, but maybe I could watch from above and still get the thrill.

Could I even star in an episode of Brainiac???

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BoffinMum · 18/02/2009 18:24

How the hell did we get onto this, btw???

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NorthernLurker · 18/02/2009 18:27

I think that might have been my fault - I bought up burial. I now see that was a mistake....

SpringySunshine · 18/02/2009 18:48

Haha, NL You can't trust any topic of conversation to any of the April ladies - it all becomes twisted & warped in some way

SmuttyNuttyTaff · 18/02/2009 19:05

I would so love to be a crash test dummy post death how cool is that!!! where do i sign?

LuLuBai · 18/02/2009 19:27

Tch NorthernLurker - I will happily let you take all the blame

I wanna be on Brainiac as a crash test dummy too. How cool would that be! Brilliant Boffin.

hannahsaunt · 18/02/2009 21:24

I weaned ds1 at 14 weeks - he was a fat boy, started waking at night again and once weaned that tsp of apple seemed to do the trick . Waited until 26 weeks with ds3 and it was (one of) the worst decisions I made that year - total nightmare.

Can I have a star though for not doing McDonald's, fruit shoots (can't vouch for dh though ) and eating grapes before the checkout ?

I did like the idea of that funeral of the famous green person who was buried in a cardboard coffin and was taken to the site on a bike - that's real ashes to ashes stuff and appeals much more than a traditional funeral.

LuLuBai · 19/02/2009 07:41

fruitshoots

Will I burn in hell (if not full composted first)?

justaboutindisguise · 19/02/2009 09:11

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SpringySunshine · 19/02/2009 09:34

I'm not sure that burning in hell is good for your carbon emissions...

LuLuBai · 19/02/2009 09:36

Whooops - hadn't thought of that Springy. Better lay off the fruitshoots, eh.

Helen31 · 19/02/2009 09:52

Is it only me who reacts to the use of the term real nappies by thinking the alternative must be imaginary nappies, so that any disposal issues must be in people's minds?

LOL at carbon footprint of burning in hell.

SmuttyNuttyTaff · 19/02/2009 10:00

With a real nappy you would get more at auction i guess the rest are just fakes

justaboutindisguise · 19/02/2009 13:29

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LuLuBai · 19/02/2009 14:42

he he he

I've always thought 'real' was rather daft too. I do jokingly refer to disposables as 'fake' nappies.

lollipopmother · 19/02/2009 16:15

I currently have DD in a 'fake', she's normally in reusables but she has a rash that I can't seem to get rid of and a fake just came through the post as a sample with a newsletter. I'm not too sure whether it's the right size but it's on, over the top of a hideous amount of Metanium (can't use much cream with disposables). My washing machine broke last night, most likely I'm going to need to buy some disposables (ooooh the SHAME! )

I was thinking of getting some Sainsbury's own brand, good idea?? I should hopefully need only one pack, I don't want to put much money in to it in case I only use a couple.

LuLuBai · 19/02/2009 17:23

Lollipop I'm no expert as I usually use washables too but I quite often keep some Nature Babycare in for emergencies. Couldn't get any last time I went shopping so she's in Pampers right now. Seems to have good elasticity and no leaks but she does rip them off a lot. Don't know whether they are uncomfortable or she is just going through a phase of stripping .

I think if it is only going to be a short time before you get the machine fixed just grab whatever you can - I'm sure Sainsbury's are absolutely fine. But some of the cheaper ones aren't very absorbent. My mother bought a discount brand (can't remember the name but deff not Sainsbury's - something really obscure) and they leaked quickly and definitely couldn't see DD through the night. She was so sodden through that she woke up howling and I had to change her. (She's 22 months so I haven't done night-time nappy changes in a while).

lollipopmother · 26/02/2009 17:48

Well this died a bit quickly, where are you all?!

DD has been in disposables since Sunday, DP got Pampers and they stink to high heaven, they are disgusting. Hopefully my washing machine will be installed by the weekend but if it isn't I will definitely be trying something different as I just can't stand the stench.

rusmum · 26/02/2009 21:13

Each to their own girls but the thought of 2 weks of wee and pooh going rancid in the bin turns my stomach- "sod landfill"- not very enviromentally friendly!!

My dd used despictalbes foe 2 days while away and got nappy rash!! and IMO they smell!

AccidentalMum · 26/02/2009 21:27

Disposables smell, and disposable wipes give mine nappy rash. And aren't they just another thing that it's alright for us (as modern women ) to do/ use but not for the vast majority of the world?

rusmum · 26/02/2009 21:29

i just feel that the less we can 'gink' the world up the better- i use a mooncup for the same reasons

lollipopmother · 26/02/2009 22:24

I do use wet wipes when I'm out and like their cleaning ability, but I prefer to use fleece wipes when I can because it's easier to not have to separate out nappies for washing and wipes to bin iyswim.