Post by nicola1712 on Aug 5, 2009 15:10:33 GMT
Hi all
As you may or may not know I am expecting baby number 2 in a couple of months time and have been looking into re usable nappies.
My cousin has started using Mothercare's ones and raves about them and I have a friend who uses other ones and says they are great. The Mothercare ones look less complicated (and quite easy really....) and I have done some sums on how much we have spent on nappies for the past two years with my LO and how much we would save. The results were quite shocking, even taking into account washing bills! Plus it does actually bother me the amount we throw away and the fact they take about 200 years to degrade....
I know I am just one person in the world and prob won't make a startling amount of difference to the environment but still.....
We could even buy a set of the large ones to use for LO until I potty train her in January, which could be then re used for baby when he gets to that size.
My DH is worried about the extra work it might cause me but as far as I can see it is just more washing to do. When we go on hols and stuff I would use disposables. He was quite tempted by the savings though and the ease of using them.
Anyways so I am seriously thinking about doing it - once baby is past newborn stage that is, cos not worth getting the tiny ones in for the two months he will be in those before he gets too big - and wondered if anyone has any experience (good or bad!) of using them??
Thanks
Nicola xx
As you may or may not know I am expecting baby number 2 in a couple of months time and have been looking into re usable nappies.
My cousin has started using Mothercare's ones and raves about them and I have a friend who uses other ones and says they are great. The Mothercare ones look less complicated (and quite easy really....) and I have done some sums on how much we have spent on nappies for the past two years with my LO and how much we would save. The results were quite shocking, even taking into account washing bills! Plus it does actually bother me the amount we throw away and the fact they take about 200 years to degrade....
I know I am just one person in the world and prob won't make a startling amount of difference to the environment but still.....We could even buy a set of the large ones to use for LO until I potty train her in January, which could be then re used for baby when he gets to that size.
My DH is worried about the extra work it might cause me but as far as I can see it is just more washing to do. When we go on hols and stuff I would use disposables. He was quite tempted by the savings though and the ease of using them.
Anyways so I am seriously thinking about doing it - once baby is past newborn stage that is, cos not worth getting the tiny ones in for the two months he will be in those before he gets too big - and wondered if anyone has any experience (good or bad!) of using them??
Thanks
Nicola xx
