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i went to the baby show yesterday with the main purpose of getting zach in reusable nappies...i only had 50 pound surplus cash to spend but managed with my powers of blagging to get a whole day starter kit for him....i ,ove them...but any tips most appreciated...also i have put an ad in swap shop for more of these if anyone can help ..i would love to get him in these at night to but need more before i can

Huggles by minkie are the only reusables that have worked at night for us, they are too bulky to use by day, but last all night no probs.

You´ll find them popping up on ebay, you may have to fork out for them but you´ll only need 4 or 5 I reckon if you´re line drying in the UK (we managed fine on 3 during the summer here in the south of Spain).

Look at Babykind.co.uk, I bought mine there and I seem to remember they were advertising to set up a secondhand site.

BTW can´t you get a grant or rebate from the council for this?

I'm fairly sure we can only get the grant if the baby is under 6 months old... and teaser honey, i tried checking my freecycle and the basildon branch don't allow re-usable nappies to be listed.

Clara wrote:Huggles by minkie are the only reusables that have worked at night for us, they are too bulky to use by day, but last all night no probs.

You´ll find them popping up on ebay, you may have to fork out for them but you´ll only need 4 or 5 I reckon if you´re line drying in the UK (we managed fine on 3 during the summer here in the south of Spain).

Look at Babykind.co.uk, I bought mine there and I seem to remember they were advertising to set up a secondhand site.

BTW can´t you get a grant or rebate from the council for this?

the grant is only for certain criteria

mrs f..the words poobum come to mind

I found that anything fleece is good for overnight (fleece wrap is good over tots bots for example)
I use prefolds with prowraps very basic, but very good. Stuffable ones good, depends on the shape of your baby (I kid you not... )

I invested (too much BTW) in a few reusables and can't get into using them at all. I find them too bulky, they look uncomfortable on E and she can't move around as much as she can in disposabes - We use the nature babycare ones.

I have bought tots-bots and some terrys but I find that she is cranky while wearing them and they always seem to get her trousers wet (which hardley fit with a re-usable)

Am I doing something completely wrong?

tea, thurrock council will give £10 towards your purchase...
"For more information on the Real Nappy Campaign please contact Thurrock Council's Waste Management Team on 01375 413943 or email waste@thurrock.gov.uk."

but don't follow thurrock council's advice on contacting "natural nappies"; the lady who runs it is a nappy nazi. I'll show you the Echo article me and soph took part in next time i sees ya.

sorry guys but this is all wierd to me - my boys had terry nappies which I washed and re-used (I have a couple still in the rag bag)

I'm wondering why the nappy can't be folded to allow better movement for baby - have nappy pins been outlawed?

I've started using reusables. I have some old prefolds that my mum used on me (so they've been through 4 kids not counting dd). I've got some new bamboo prefolds and some new bamboo fitteds on the way. Also have three nappy covers and its the cheap one made by a friend that the most leak proof.

I have a bucket with wter and 1/2 cup of white vinegar in it that the nappies and wipes go into until I wash. For washing powder I use 1/4 cup of baking soda and 1/2 scoop of Ecostore Laundry Whitener and sometimes 1/4 scoop of Ecostore Laundry Powder. No stains so far

mrsflibble wrote:tea, thurrock council will give £10 towards your purchase...
"For more information on the Real Nappy Campaign please contact Thurrock Council's Waste Management Team on 01375 413943 or email waste@thurrock.gov.uk."

but don't follow thurrock council's advice on contacting "natural nappies"; the lady who runs it is a nappy nazi. I'll show you the Echo article me and soph took part in next time i sees ya.

Is there any chance you can scan/link the article here? (with your real names taken out if you want to). That'd be really great - especially if you could give us your opinion on what they wrote. It might help others thinking aout using reusable nappies.

I don't think it would... I hated them. they made me use a laundry service and my flat stank of nappies for a week 'cos i had to shove them in this "deodorising bin"- deodorising my big chubby bum...

but I will scan and post a copy after I've moved- scanner is currently in a box

Some modern shaped nappies really do require your child to be a certain shape because of the way they are cut. Even the prefolds leak if child having a growth spurt or something. Terry folds are good, but I realised this afterpurchasing the prrefolds.

circlecross wrote:Some modern shaped nappies really do require your child to be a certain shape because of the way they are cut....

It seemed to me the child should have a shape something like John Wayne, or maybe just have legs coming out horizontally at each side E's legs have a tendancy to sit side by side, and there is just no room for 6 inches of bunched up bamboo fibre.

I have bought some good old fashioned terrys and, even if I never get round to using them as nappys (as I forgot to get pins) they are great for a multitude of other uses.

my mum learnt a fab way of folding terries when watching neighbours when my brother was tiny. before this she'd only ever learnt the kite method but the other method was beter at keeping in wee.
but it only fits tiny, male bums.


fold nappy in half, then place finger about a third of the way across the long end. imagine a line where that finger is. take the bottom corner of that long bit and pull up to this imaginary line. you should now have a 2ply triangle and a flappy extra bit. turn whole thing over, fold flappy bit in half and lay in middle of triangle. place baby on this, bring up the corners and bob's yer uncle.

if this doesnt make sense i will take photos of a bit of paper to show the method.

When I, in desperation, asked my mum to show me - I should learn, but I never do, she is one of the least helpful people on the planet. Anyway this is what she told me to do...

Fold the square in half and then half again, and secure at both sides with nappy pins??? as the baby gets bigger you just fold less on the second fold...

Needless to say this was useless, she had 6 of us in Terrys.