Well after being a die hard cloth nappy type for almost 5 years, I confess I have had N in sposies for a couple of months now. It started about the time we started showing the old house and I just didn't want to have to keep on top of cloth nappies and smells emanating from the bathroom during showings!
It's easy enough to get hooked as they never seemed to leak, and I felt I could go out and about with just one trim spare in my hand bag. With the move and everything it's taken awhile for me to feel settled enough to handle an extra load or two of washing every few days so I've just kept with the disposeables. Not to mention N is a chubster and many of my naps have done four lots of bums now (have been loaned to friends etc) so even the ones that did fit were looking kind of shabby.
Enough is enough though really. Forget the money, and the little bits of gel stuck to Neeksie's hide...forget the fact that disposeable wipes don't work nearly as well as cloth ones. Nope the thing that really irked me the most was the rubbish. Honestly our rubbish output has doubled in the times I've been using disposeables, and it just feels so wrong to me to wrap up a nappy and chuck it in the bin. What a waste!
Don't get me wrong - I'm not casting judgement here. If you use paper nappies happily, more power to you but I'm ready to get back to cloth myself! So I've sorted out the shabby from the not so shabby and the ones that fit from the ones that don't...and heck if I have to buy a few hundred $$ worth of new cloth naps so be it, because I'll still be ahead of the game financially when all is said and done, and best of all our bin won't be overflowing once a day!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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I have some nappies sitting around here that I'm not using anymore - you're welcome to them :) some have been through one child already but are still in decent condition, some were used on F only but we're just not using them for various reasons. All new when purchased :)
Ooh what sort? I'm really hoping to use mostly AIOs. Having 10 different types of nappies wasn't helping the cloth love!
ah, see i love 10 different kinds of nappies - I like variety LOL, I get bored if I see the same ones day in day out LOL!
Yeah for rediscovering the cloth luv! I only have 2 "AIO's". One is an Itti Bitti size L (have had it since BDS was only about 5mths) and one is a Bum Genius with the elastic worn out on the legs LOL! I use mostly fitted with covers.
Good luck finding the perfect cloth for you! I refuse to buy more, considering BDS has been using the potty *occasionally* recently - but am up for more night nappies which will probably hang around for another year or so I would suspect (BDS is 19mths old).
ah, not many AIOs unfortunately! I've got a couple of bits for bots, cute tooshies, very baby - all fitteds though. i've got one honeyboy AIO (boyish though). I have a swaddlebees hemp pocket also. i've got a couple of medium itti bittis also - snap in. All in good condition LOL
Hey Rach,
Have some here too - I have some AI2 and some other home made AI2, and heaps of others if you would like them - No one here wants them
That's so sweet kind women. I think I'm set for the moment (have decided some of the AIOs we have actually still fit!), but I'll give a shout out if that changes.
It's so hard to offload nappies though isn't it? I have about 2 dozen, not good enough to sell, or even give away - but it feels wrong to chuck them too.
Have two minki L AI2 if I can tempt you rach??? Free to good home...... Almost new cause B was too fat for them.
Actually - most of the ones i have left are still good - just couldn't be stuffed to sell
Just yell if you want them rach
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