convince me to go cloth/mcn

yes but if you really wanted to do cloth and save water you could too. you can get disposable liners that would reduce the need to soak or rinse before hand... recycling water would help - i have heard of people collecting rain water... or soaking would prob save water cause all the nappies could go in there and then be washed. depending ont the number of nappies you had you wouldnt have to wash every day...

or maybe just forget the nappies and do EC... save water, the enviroment and no sposies in the landfill!!!

This should convince you!!!

Starting from newborn they've got to be a savings, esp with twins - ie $30 pr month for 3 years $1080.
Vs MCNs $30ea (can get them cheaper) x12 (5-6 per baby per day) = $360 per size etc.

Then when they grow out of that size you can flick them off on trade me and recoup some of your outlay.

Also if you use sposies, depending on where you live you have to pay to put them in the rubbish, and 30 nappies a week is a lot of rubbish.
Can you burn sposies safely, I'm assuming this is what you do with your rubbish living on a farm?


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mummy_becks wrote: Your not spose to burn them but I have  a number of times.

Your neighbours must love you..

Tiff wrote: I have also heards about the crystals they use in the nappies can seep through and cling to babys bum - which doesn't appeal to me either.

That normally only happnes when they have been in them for too long. but a couple of big pees and they are full of expanding crystals anyway!!!

cuppatea wrote: If they are banned from sanitary towels why are they allowed in nappies.

That's a very good question! Maybe one we should ask Mr/Ms Kimberley-Clarke?

GandT wrote: or maybe just forget the nappies and do EC... save water, the enviroment and no sposies in the landfill!!!

I like that idea- shame i might still be cleaning the accidents off the carpet
Damn getting new carpet before toilet trainning is all over

ummm where we are now they go into the skip. dfs parents throw them down the offal hole. but on the odd occasion we have burnt them.

but according to some people us dairy farmers pullote the environment when our cows fart lol.

i think i might start out with sposies and see how we go and then switch to mcns when i have got a settled routine and adjusted to life with twins and tash and once we will have settled into the new house.

thanks for all the info people...

If you are worried about water usage then there are measures you can take to reduce that. Buy a front loading washine machine (if you have the cash!) or as someone else said, recycle grey water from showers and or baths and use that for your washing.

And how the heck do you get away with paying $10-$15 per month for sposies?? (Sorry, that came out as criticism when really it's just shock!) When Han was in sposies I was spending just under $20 per WEEK!