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Kate Meads

Cloth Nappies Expert

Over the past five years, Kate Meads' knowledge of cloth nappies has become so extensive that she was given the title of "The Nappy Lady".

Kate set up www.thenappylady.co.nz because she saw a need to provide unbiased information and advice for parents considering cloth nappies.

She runs regular nappy workshops for different organisations, has been a guest speaker at parent and child conferences, and has been on TV programmes such as Good Morning, Breakfast, and tvCentral.

Nappy leakage

I have just purchased reusable nappies for my 3 month old son. On first use, there was considerable leakage out the sides. I thought I had put the nappy on as snuggly as possible. Are there any ...

Is it too late?

My son is 2 years & 2 months old. I have always used disposable nappies on him, because I had this misconception that cloth nappies were too hard to wash etc. I now find myself pregnant again,...

Bunching nappy

I'm new to cloth nappies and am using pockets. The problem I have is that the inserts have started bunching in between my boy's legs. This makes a space where there is no insert and so the nappies...

OSFA Nappies

I recently purchased OSFA reusable nappies, and have heard both great and bad stuff about them! How does everybody have such different experiences with them? Are they really that bad?

nappy sizes

This may sound a bit silly, but this is my first pregnancy and I have no idea what size nappies go up in starting from newborn. I'm currently 20 weeks pregnant and I want to start stocking up on n...

How many cloth nappies do I need?

As a mum-to-be, I'm a little confused with how many cloth nappies I should buy for my newborn. How many is an appropriate number?

Leaky nappies

I have a 14 month old who has just started walking and I have discovered her nappy is leaking during the day now quite badly, even though the nappy itself is not soaked. We are using Ecobots pref...

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Nappy Expert

Kate Meads

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