Cloth nappy and posture in toddlers

bollocks. I had a few comments when my daughter was starting to walk that she had the 'cowboy' bowed legs because of her cloth nappies. What really made no sense was that many of these comments came from women my mum's age who would only ever have used cloth nappies.

And that's all you need to remember - over a certain age, we all grew up in cloth nappies.   

They may well be right that your son sits differently when in sposies; but I don't see what that has to do with longterm posture or development nor should it be a reason for you to give up your cloth nappies if that's what you've decided to use. Tell them that when he does learn to walk he'll benefit from having the soft squishy crash landing pad. ;-)

or find a new daycare.

ETA: she is now 19 months and runs around like mad with no lingering sign whatsoever of the 'cowboy' posture - which I've seen since on many many toddlers that wear sposies.

Edited by lisame

I'm sure the MCN critics would have been in the media by now if there was even a shred of evidence to suggest they might cause some kind of issue with posture or walking etc.

My MIL also made a comment about how my girls would end up bowlegged from wearing their Itti Bitti's! She conceded defeat pretty quickly when I commented that DH and his brothers turned out ok (with no bow legs) and she would have put them in much bulkier cloth nappies.

Edited by Danda08

Ohhh what utter bull! It might adjust their sitting but definitely doesn't do anything thing bad for their posture. My boy has awesome posture, coordination etc.

My boy walked like he just got off his horse for ages, and several times I got told it was because of his cloth nappies. I chose to ignore it and now he stands straight legged just fine. He is still in cloth nappies and always has been. He probably took 6 months for him to straighten up

I wouldn't believe it. As above, over a certain age we were ALL cloth nappies only. And not these modern fiber slimline jobbies, but full on bulky flat nappies.

I am assuming your boy is in MCN? All good.

(saying that, my kids were both disposies as I'm too lazy/busy to use cloth working full time)

yeah it's annoying that clothes are generally cut for disposables these days. There are some brands which are brilliant for cloth nappies, and others that are dreadful.