Do you think their are more families using real nappies?

[caroline1361]

Hello

Do you think their are more families using real nappies?


would love to know what you think?


caroline

[Katiequiggle]

No I think that more families use disposable nappies.

Kate

[Tinkabell]

I think most use disposable nappies. I tried cloth nappies with second dd but found it was a lot more work, tricky to put on, had to change more often and having to wash and dry them, it was winter so could not put any on washing line so had extra cost of drying them. Tried for a month but then went back to disposables, they were easier, quicker and far better when you was out as you could threw them in the bin. With cloth I was always carrying a stinky nappy round until we got home.

[trai]

No i think more people use disposables as they are more convenient and most people don't have time for all of the extra washing involved. I used disposables for both of mine and i don't know anyone who hasn't used disposables.

[caroline1361]

Hello

I totally agree with you, i find that parents prefer to use disposables.

I must admit when i was out and about i used disposables on my little ones and when i was at home they were in terry squares and rubbers.
These days i do not need to worry about that, but as my daughter in law has had a little one she seems to prefer to use cloth nappies, i hope for her she can continue down that road, with the enviromental problems every one seems to go on about these days. land fil and of suc.

I do not know how you feel on this matter?

caroline

[Aquila]

Well.... we have used cloth on all 3 of our babes, not exclusively, but certainly for about 95% of the time.

The issue of extra work and washing etc I would dispute having had times where we have *had* to use sposies (latest being when our heating packed up and we were battling to do any drying at all as we dont own a tumble dryer) I found that the sposies caused more problems than they create (ie they leak loads more).

There are so many different styles available now that I find it hard to believe that there isnt something that will suit everyone, but alot of that comes down to knowing where to look and what to look for.

When I was in my teens, as a student nursery nurse, I was the one in the nappy folding lesson (yes really) who asked what the point was because nobody used terry nappies any more! By the time I was pg with Freya I had 2 friends both using cloth nappies and when they asked me what I was going to use. I asked why I would want to use cloth - the cost issue won me over initially as we didnt have a lot of ready money to chuck away. Only after buying my first lot of nappies did I read about the environment etc - which horrified me and makes it all the more important that I do use cloth where practically possible. I dont want to be leaving that sort of mess for my kids and their families to have to sort out in years to come.

I guess it depends on the sort of people you meet, but I know a lot of people using cloth - and there are enough cloth nappy businesses around and about, with a number of council incentive schemes happening all geared to increasing awareness and offering better choice than the old fashioned flat terries and rubber pants that many of us recall from our own nappy days!

In answer to the question I think that having gone to virtually no-one using terries, there is definitely a growing number of parents now who are choosing and using cloth nappies - for many reasons.

[Melt]

Hello, I am quite new to this forum but thought I would reply to this topic! I have been using cloth nappies since my baby was 6 weeks, he is now 9 months. At his nursery he is the only one using them and the staff had never come across them before. I only know one other friend who uses then and she introduced me to them. I am doing my best to try and convince my other mummy mates they are easy to use but so far nobody else will try as they are all using disposables, although they do complain about the cost and amount of rubish they produce. I have written to my local council to ask what they are doing to promote cloth nappies more but haven't had a reply yet!
Mel

[pie]

Hi Mel

Good luck with the council! I got in contact with mine and never heard back from them. Some are better then others though.

[Ravenfire]

Hi Mel

Which area are you in? There are a few WAHP's with nappy companies on here that may be able to make suggestions or help you.

Toni

[Sarah]

I am amazed how many people use cloth nappies, they are really big business. I've started recently selling them on my website and they sell really well. I have used them on my DD since she was 4 months old and she's almost two now and I love them. I don't find them anymore work. I chuck the dirty ones in a bucket with a lid and then sling em in the washer when there's a few to do. I do use dispo's too especially if we are out and about or on holiday but I've had a lovely time using cloth. There are sooo many gorgeous ones to choose from and if you get the right combination of cloth nappy, insert and wrap they are FAR more asborbant than dispo's.
I have much more room in my wheelie bin and I got £30 back from my local council for being environmentally friendly :D
By the way I'm the most disorganised person you could ever meet, so if I can successfully use them anyone can!
Sarah x

[Seren]

Over 2 years ago I swapped to Cloth and had a real battler with Dh over this, I kept with it and he is totally suportive and changes any nappies. We would like Ds to be out of nappies as he will be 3 later this year.

Dd has been in cloth nappies since birth and everyone was amazed when they saw her nappies hse is now in Fuzzis and looks great in them. I promote cloth whenever I can , but people still seem to stick to disps. I think more people will switch as bin collections change etc

[coco]

Personally I think its gone in a circle - eveyr one used terries at one time, no alternatives lol, then just about every one seemed to move to disposables and now the tide appears to be turning again whicn personally I think is great as babies botts do look so much cuter in a clothie !!!

sadly mne are all past nappies now though

[Ellie]

Hi there - I used reusables with my 2 eldest but now have 3 kids under the age of 3 so have resorted to disposies - just cant get on top of the washing otherwise - but 1st son should be potty trained by easter so fully intend to return to cotton nappies by then. Having seen how many nappies we go through in a week I am horrified!!

[Whassat]

:blusingan :blusingan i don't know anyone who uses cloth nappies :no:

[Sarah]

Whassat you know me and I use them ;)
I love them. I'm a nappy addict. We have been using dispicables at night but she's soaked every morning, so from tonight she's in cloth at night too :D

[katetinkley]

I used cloth with a nappy service til ds was about 18months. - then financial circumstances changed and we had to switch to disposables. He's now trained at 2 and 1 month, so luckily didn't have to wrestle with my conscience on the environmental issue for too long.

Have had a couple of conversations recently with people recently - strong advocates for and against cloth - mostly I think it comes down to what you're used to. I struggled to get used to disposables - they leaked all the time - but you can't treat them like a cloth nappy. Totally different beast!

It's a shame that nappy services aren't being promoted more - dh was looking after our son initially and I thought it was asking a bit much to ask him to launder them at home - I probably would have taken that option if I had looked after him from the start. DH did really well with them, and was a bit annoyed with me when I switched back - cos we hadn't bought the nappies, couldn't really afford to use the nappy service when I left my job.

I would def buy my own next time - once you get used to them, they're so easy. And I am quite proud that our wheelie bin only ever has one bin bag in it at the end of the week!! Sad...:cheesy:

[Sarah]

I don't think I'd use a nappy service. I like washing the nappies. I have a bucket with a lid and only wash a couple of times a week. I also love hanging them on the line in the summer :D Mind you I love hanging washing on the line anyway.
I don't think I could afford a nappy service and can't imagine that it would be cost effective as one of the reasons I went down the cloth route this time was to save money and I have and obviously the environmental issues.

[emma_buzz]

i couldnt be bothered using cloth nappies. ive got enough washing to do without all the nappies as well. my mam used them on me and said she had to wash around 20 a day

[Sarah]

20 a day :laugh: nappies have moved on loads since you were a baby hunni. I only wash 2 or 3 times a week and she only has about 3 or 4 nappies on a day depending on how much she wee's (or poos). I love washing nappies and I don't mind the little bit of extra washing as I've saved sooo much money and it's so much better for the environment :D

[caroline1361]

Hello

cloth verses disposables


well i think their are to many parents using disposables to compete against cloth.

I don't think it helps when you see so many adverts on tv selling cheap disposables.

I think that cloth nappies are expensive [ some sells and makers] not all.


but then when you approach councils some are not interested in trying to stop the amount of rubbish from disposables every week on collection dustbin day, they keep going on about reusables items but yet do nothing about disposable nappies.

what is the point?

if you can tell me then i would be interested.

most people in my area seem to think it is to hard to wash cloth nappies, so they would rather use disposables.

caroline

[naturalnursery]

Entering quite late into this but.....since we opened the shop last year I have to say that we have been amazed at the number of people who use or at least very seriously consider using cloth nappies.

We thought that the cloth nappy element would be a small part of our sales but it is one of the larger "departments" now.

I agree that more people use disp than cloth but that the number of clothies is certainly growing.

Axx

[fifi29]

Hello

cloth verses disposables


well i think their are to many parents using disposables to compete against cloth.

I don't think it helps when you see so many adverts on tv selling cheap disposables.

I think that cloth nappies are expensive [ some sells and makers] not all.


but then when you approach councils some are not interested in trying to stop the amount of rubbish from disposables every week on collection dustbin day, they keep going on about reusables items but yet do nothing about disposable nappies.

what is the point?

if you can tell me then i would be interested.

most people in my area seem to think it is to hard to wash cloth nappies, so they would rather use disposables.

caroline

Well councils have to cut the amount that they are landfilling, and as disposable nappies make up about 3-4% of the amount of rubbish landfilled (a huge amount for a single item) they are quite a good way to go. And as any recycling officer worth their salt will tell you, it is much better to reduce the amount of rubbish we create in the first place - it uses much fewer resources and energy to reuse something than to recycle it.
It would add a huge amount on your council tax for all councils to set up nappy recycling plants, and to fund seperate collections of nappies (assuming people would bother to separate out their sposies from the rest of their waste). Want to add to your council tax? Hmm thought not! In fact if we all cut the amount we put out for the binmen we might be able to cut our council tax!
I did use disposables on my daughter (9 years ago) and to be honest as we used Boots own nappies, it is no more effort to put on a load of washing than drag a baby/toddler into town for a shopping trip they really don't want to go on! Most people who actually give cloth nappies a fair go find them so good, and rave about them so much there must be something about them!
Hope that answers your question Caroline, and sorry to make my first post here such a rant!
Fiona

[Ellie]

Hi there - with my 1st child we used cotton nappies - when our 2nd child was born 15 months later we used disposies for a little while (found Moltex pretty good) and then went back to using cottons - our suppliers offered a laundry service which was great and not that expensive but after a while and armed with a new washing machine and tumble dryer we embarked on washing our own. However we now have a 3month old, a 1 & 1/2 year old and a 2 & 1/2 year old all still in nappies - the middle one has a food intolerance which we are still trying to decipher which results in horrendous poos!, 1st child has a tummy bug and I have resorted to disposies for the time being. However, my kids get horrible nappy rash when using them and I hope that v soon when things calm down a little, my sanity returns and my laundry pile gets smaller I can return to cottons - they certainly have been much kinder to my babies bottoms! If I only had one child atm I would certainly be using them

[Saraz]

I run a nappy laundry using fuzzi's and have found the take up rate absolutely huge for people who don't want to use disposables but then we live in an area that has wheelie bins picked up once a fortnight and people don't like the smell of disposables in a bin for that long.

we also have a lot of nurseries who use us due to the very expensive cost of wheelie bins and clinical waste. Some nurseries are now saving money ad each nappy on aversge in clinical waste costs 15-20p each to dispose of.

we chose not to use profolds but a more user friendly version and are trialling nappies for different companies all the time but still come back to the fuzzis every time.

We don't think the price is that different to a brand name dispoasable per week when you take into account people also use nappy sacks and nappy wrappers too.

As a nappy laundry we wash in such large loads that the footprint of energy used is a lot less than 50 different washing machines in peoples houses being on 2 or 3 times a week.

I agree though people are now seeking alternatives to disposables for many different reasons and believe that we may well go full circle back to washables in the next generation.

one of the biggest problems is people think terry squares and plastic pants and its not like that anymore

S

[Sarah]

I love my cloth nappies, I started off buying second hand and started with prefolds which I thought were brill. I got £30 from my council for being environmentally friendly. I don't find washing a problem at all and I try not to tumble dry as tumble driers are bad for the environment and for your leccy bill! I love hanging mine out on the line - which I did yesterday. I'm trying a new nappy on her today and a gorgeous new wrap. I put it on her before we went out to tots at 9.45 and just checked her before I put her down for a nap and it's still going strong! It's the new organic velour swaddlebees.
If your child is getting nappy rash it could be that there is some washing powder residue left on the nappy and maybe an extra rinse would do the trick. Isobel is the only one of my four children who I've seriously and long term used cloth nappies on and she's the only one who's never had nappy rash!
If you want any more info please contact me kipskabin@ntlworld.com and have a look on my website - all nappies are now free p&p.
Sarah x

[trisha72]

We used disposibles on our first child but when the others cam along and i gave up work we changed to cloth nappies. When sitting down and working out where we could save money the biggest was actually the nappies. For 1 child it worked out that we saved almost £2,000 on nappies over the whole period that they were in them. This is taking into account cost of washing, drying, washing powder. I did think that it would take up lots of time but no and there was no smell either, as they were kept in an airtight bucket, steeping in environmentally friendly nappy soak until i was ready to wash them. That turned out to be 1 load in the evening when the kids went to bed and were usually all dry by the morning. If you use teerry nappies you don't need to worry about having the right size or make of nappies in the house for when extra visitors come either !!! But the MAIN plus is that during night time if your baby pee's alot, the inside of even the most expensive nappies crystalizes, coming out onto the babies skin - this can cause urine infections and many other health issues.

Trisha

[DRWX]

Here's my 2 cents.

I think the number of people using cloth (proper) nappies is increasing. We use cloth nappies from a fantastic local laundry service who supply,wash and deliver the nappies to us. We chose the nappies for the following reasons

1. Comfort for baby ( she got real ad nappy rash v quickly with Pampers and only slightly better with Huggies etc)

2. Enviroment. That is to say our local council decided that a tiny wheely bin emptied one a fortnight would be ideal for a family of 5 with a new baby

3. Conveinience We dont need to buy nappies weekly or monthly. We get out nappies delievered and collected 3 times a week

4. Cost We are saving over £300 a year based on using the same amount of cloth nappies as disposables ( 7-8 a day )

5. Service the people come out any day of the week if we run outta nappies or think tht we might and for next to no money ( £30 a month) they supply wash dry and deliver as many nappies as we need they also supply two bins (one inside and one outside)

6. Dad factor.I am crap at disposable nappies but the cloth ones with poppers make it so much easier. If I put a disposable on and screw it up two or three time ( i used to when i first started) then i need to throw it away and start again with the cloth ones i dont a screw them up or b need to throw them away

Sounds like an advert i know but i really cant sign their praises enough.

I just read the post from Sarahz and realised that she works for the laundry we use Well done to u all Fantastic job

DRWX

[eco-mum-of-five]

I do think more people consider using cloth. In my experience I have used cloth nappies with Ben right from the word go but previous to this with my older children I used disposables:sign07: I wasn't as aware of environmental issues back then it was ten years ago! I am a converted woman:clapping: . I believe people think about it more even if they don't use them. Although I am the only one in my circle of friend who use them and I have tried to convert them but20061008 . I hope it gets to the point where people have no choice but to used cloth as the environment is suffering immensely!

Heres to our children future with more clothies 20061010

[Sarah]

There's no cuter sight than that of a cloth bottomed baby! :clapping:

[eco-mum-of-five]

i couldnt be bothered using cloth nappies. ive got enough washing to do without all the nappies as well. my mam used them on me and said she had to wash around 20 a day



:smiley-fa I for one will tell you that they are are not so much trouble. I have about 16 shaped nappies that I use regularly and wash them on average every third day!!!!!! never 20 a day! I have five children and an husband, I find the washing fine. Give it a go girl you might be surprised how you manage, buy a trial kit or just one nappy to see how you like. The Swaddlebees are great check out KipsCabin.

Trace xxx

[marinad]

I used both with my daughters.It is a lot better now daYS AS BEFORE THEY WERE ONLY TERRILYN NAPPIES AND GOT BADLY STAINED.tHERE ARE NOW NAPPY LINERS OR THEY USE TO BE AS IT IS A LONG TIME SINCE MINE WERE IN NAPPIES.IF DIPOSIBLE NAPPIES ARE HERE TO STAY SURELY THE MAKERS MUST LOOK INTO MAKING THEM ENVIORENMENTLY FRIENDLY.opps SORRY HIT THE CAPS.tHE ONLY THING I DIDNT LIKE ABOUT TERRY NAPPIES WAS THE PINS ,AS THE GIRLS GOT OLDER THE MORE THEY RIGGELED AND THE MORE CHANE THEY GOT PRICKED BY THE NAPPY PINN(OR ME AS I ALWAYS PUT MY FINGER THROUGH TO CATCH THE PIN POINT.(OUCH!!)

[mirandamayhem]

:party05: is it perverse that i actually enjoy washing nappies?:party05:

[Sarah]

I used both with my daughters.It is a lot better now daYS AS BEFORE THEY WERE ONLY TERRILYN NAPPIES AND GOT BADLY STAINED.tHERE ARE NOW NAPPY LINERS OR THEY USE TO BE AS IT IS A LONG TIME SINCE MINE WERE IN NAPPIES.IF DIPOSIBLE NAPPIES ARE HERE TO STAY SURELY THE MAKERS MUST LOOK INTO MAKING THEM ENVIORENMENTLY FRIENDLY.opps SORRY HIT THE CAPS.tHE ONLY THING I DIDNT LIKE ABOUT TERRY NAPPIES WAS THE PINS ,AS THE GIRLS GOT OLDER THE MORE THEY RIGGELED AND THE MORE CHANE THEY GOT PRICKED BY THE NAPPY PINN(OR ME AS I ALWAYS PUT MY FINGER THROUGH TO CATCH THE PIN POINT.(OUCH!!)
Pins??!!! I'd never put a pin near my beautiful nappies! I don't need to anyway they all have poppers :D

[DRWX]

Fuzzies kick ass ( well no they sorta rap around ass but they are really good)

[Seren]

I like Fuzzis too but Dd has chunky thighs so may be moving onto something else when I have more pennies

[Trinity]

:party05: is it perverse that i actually enjoy washing nappies?:party05:

Miranda, I used to stand and gaze my nappies on the washing line! I used disposables with my first daughter, the information just wasn't there to enable me to have the choice plus I didn't have the internet to drool over the real nappies!

When we had Abbie and because so many of the other mums were talking about real nappies, I looked into it in more detail and was so glad that I did.

I loved my nappies and as much as I was pleased that Abbie was fully toilet-trained just after her 2nd birthday I was gutted at giving up beloved nappies.

I found that I did get a bit of stick from the disposable brigade and they thought I was a bit of a nutter using real nappies and still b/f at 18 months but hey-ho, it takes all sorts to make the world go round.

I had a routine of washing my nappies every 2nd day or night and then I would go down 2 flights of stairs to hang them out and I never found it difficult at all.

I do think that real nappies have been given a huge boost and with the cute factor added on, more & more parents are switching over to it but there still is not enough doing it.

I have to say that since using the real nappies I have become more enviromentally friendly and recycle everything I can!

[mirandamayhem]

:happy72: :clapping:
I've currently got 2 in nappies, and with mostly squares it does get a bit dull, but I'm in the process of making some for my older one, and and buying some more for my younger one, and also started out as a nappy advisor so i reckon i'll be trying as i go now!

the picture of my latest attempt is on my website if anyone is interested

[Miranda]

Having been in the business of selling cloth nappies for almost 7 years I can say DEFINITELY more using cloth now.

And there are loads of Mirandas using cloth! Even another one in my village of about 1000 houses!

[Crinklechunk]

I was at a country fayre at the weekend and just about everybody I spoke to with a baby had tried/was using cloth:yes:
Our council has been doing an incentive to promote cloth nappies which has provided packs for around 850 families in the county **5** they are currently offering money off vouchers.
Reusables have caught on in a big way, we have more users than ever before and more local nappy sellers than ever before - I think its great!:D

[Debs123]

I am told that bamboo is the way to go. V soft and V absorbant, and v Enviromently friendly. Sounds strange but true!

[naturalnursery]

Bamboo is lovely - keeps very soft in our hard water area. We have people who are quite sceptical and just buy one, then come back 3 days later for more as they are so absorbent.

They are very eco-friendly too - bamboo grows wild virtually, so it doesn't need any chemicals.

[ktrenor]

We use cloth nappies (Popolini) with our 1 year old and they have been great for her. I wash her nappies every couple of days and dry them in the tumble dryer, so they are lovely and soft. She has had very few problems with nappy rash (she's had some recently as a result of teething but apart from that she's mostly been clear) and she's very mobile - cloth nappies pose absolutely no problem for Sofia when it comes to walking! Also in our area rubbish is collected on alternate weeks (1 week rubbish the next recycling) so we don´t have the added problem of two weeks of dirty nappies sitting in a bin in the house. I would definitely recommend them to anyone considering using cloth.

[Sarah]

Can I just point out that now we have the nice weather it's much better to dry them on the washing line. I know they are softer in the tumble dryer but it's not very environmentally friendly and if you use cloth for that reason it's kind of defeating the object. I've just had my tumble dryer put next to my washer in my new utility room, they look so smart side by side (sad I know) and I'm dying to use it.... but I haven't. I've put everything out on the washing line or the clothes airer outside the back door. It's all been drying lovely :)
If softness really is an issue for you, you could always line dry them and then just give them 5 mins in the dryer before you use them, same effect and better for the environment.
Sarah x

[ktrenor]

I probably would line dry my nappies if I had a washing line, or somewhere to put one. I understand that tumble drying is not the most environmentally friendly option but to be quite honest that was not our main reason for buying cloth nappies.

[Miranda]

They are very eco-friendly too - bamboo grows wild virtually, so it doesn't need any chemicals.

I haven't got to the bottom of the manufactuirng process for creating soft bamboo fabric from tough bamboo plants (anyone use bamboo canes in the garden or have bamboo blinds?), but am lead to believe it's somewhat chemically and water intensive along the lines of making viscose from wood pulp. Will report back more when I know more, still investigating!

[harpersmum]

I think cloth nappies are great! I know ALOT of mums who use them, and out of those who don't, they all think that they should be but just can't be arsed with the whole initial decision/time/washing thing. I still use disps sometimes, but don't find real nappies a hassle timewise (just chuck 'em in a bucket, into the machine then hang 'em up). I use quick drying nappies (fluffles) after trying out a couple of other types that to aaagggges to dry! I reckon I've saved loads of money and also am making the planet a better place for our kids in the future (will they thank us for using disposables, I don't think so!!) "Doh" Big up the cloth nappy massive!!

I think for most mums the confusion is WHAT nappy to use - there are so many types out there, and frankly when you've just had a baby your head is not really in a place to make any sort of decision!

For the lady trying to lobby her council -where in London are you? I'm part of the Hackney Real Nappy Network, we promote real nappies by doing talks, events, demos and get loads of support from the council.

-> The Real Nappy Association estimates that 15% of UK parents use real nappies.

[judithbl]

I used real nappies with dd2 which is where the real dolls nappies came from.

She wanted one for dolly too.

I used to love putting terries on her and was really quite sad when she was potty trained!!!
x

[rosey]

i used cloth nappies on all my kids.
i found them really usefull on 'quick trips out' as i roll the hot water for the bottle up inside the nappy at the foot-end of the pram to keep it warm, i tucked it under the chin as a bib, and them used it for a nappy change. no need to carry a lot of baby kit around!

and i am still using them to mop up spilt drinks, they just keep going!!!!!!

[Nics n Jeevan]

Cloth Nappies

Well i no the environmental bit,but when it comes to using them, id love to, only problem is i don't no any one who uses them n i no nothing about them"Doh"
Good that sounds so thick, but if i could get info about them eg How to tie them, varieties, n where i can buy them from, id be willing to give um a go... After all i want to do the best for my baby, n plus his always got a slite nappy rashwith disposables, n it'll save me lugging big packs of nappies, when i buy them...
Um HELP please xxx:kissykiss

[Seren]

Best place to start is the nappy trail service I think, also check with your council, do they have any trial schemes or offers, many local councils offer a cash incentive to swap.

There many companies out there that do a trial pack too, for example

www.babykind.co.uk


Feel free to pm for advice.

I mainly use Fuzzis, but have recently got braver and user Mommys Touch, Slinki Minkis, Babeco Shaped Bamboo and Swaddlebees.

[sadierhianne]

With the introduction of disposables the use of cloth became unfashionable - during the last 10 years cloth has made a slow come back and this past 5 years has seen cloth become far more popular and it's use is increasing and hopefully it will continue to increase. With fanatstic design of cloth it is now as easy to use cloth as it is disposables and the cost is considerable less than the very expensive disposable.

I also think that with the increase in need for more natural products on a babies skin, people are chosing cloth because they don't contain the nsty chemicals that are built into most disposables.

I also think that lots of people are realising the effects of disposables on the environment - it makes sense to use cloth over disposables, it just needs more people to be educated into the benefits of cloth.

Anne

[Mummy2EilidhandMollie]

Yep, cloth all the way here - I used them with DD1 for 95% of the time and I could count the amount of disposables DD2 has had on on 1 hand (she's 13 months) I love cloth, far more absorbant (even for runny breastfed baby poo) and enviromentally friendly. I am a busy SAHM with 2 young children and I have no problems with adding an extra couple of loads in the washer every week. Also, once you buy them, you can reuse them for another child (or more!) gd12

[oHeleno]

My opinion is that more and more people are using cloth nappies. However, it's still a minority by far - but a growing minority! We live in Cambridge and I would say most people I meet feel guilty that they don't use cloth nappies, and about 1 in 10 use them.

I think the guilt thing is a mix of good and bad - good that the word is out there, and bad because as parents we have enough guilt as it is!!

Helen

[caroline1361]

Hello

Do you think their are more families using real nappies?


would love to know what you think?


caroline


Great so many answers to my original question!

its just a shame that ebay have stopped parents from selling secondhand nappies on ebay:hysterica

I have no idea what you all think about it, but i think it is so unfair, especially when goverment want us all to think about the enviroment .

Oh well i could go on all day about that subject, speak to you all soon and thankyou for all the imput to my question

caroline x