Your advice re: cloth vs disposable?
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Topic: Your advice re: cloth vs disposable?
Posted By: Glag2
Subject: Your advice re: cloth vs disposable?
Date Posted: 07 August 2009 at 4:43pm
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Hi I have a 15month old DD who has always worn disposable nappies, I never pay full price for them and use a few different brands. We are hoping to have another Baby soon, DD hopefully will be toliet trained by the time another babe comes.
I would like to try using Cloth nappies[the white ones], but have had several people tell me that it doesnt end up cheaper, and we would find it hard without a dryer to dry them. Is there anyone out there is could telll me what they think reguarding the price compared to disposable after washing, soakling, liners.. And how hard they are to get dry in winter. Thanks ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: SquishysMum
Date Posted: 07 August 2009 at 5:29pm
| if by white ones you mean flats, they are easy! Dry overnight on a clothes rack (folded in half to fit). Plus, you use them for so many other things (drop cloths, spill cloths etc) that they really are worth having. I combine my flats with yoyo nappy covers, OSFA which is great. |
Posted By: febbabe
Date Posted: 07 August 2009 at 5:35pm
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We use cloth nappies and don't have a dryer. I dry them outside if its sunny enough or at night in front of the heater.
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Posted By: Mamma2N
Date Posted: 07 August 2009 at 5:35pm
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Hi LovelyOne,
Good on you for thinking of using cloth.. Firstly, I would suggest you have a wee squiz at this site - there lots of great info and heaps of lovely ladies happy to answer a myriad of questions http://www.thenappynetwork.org.nz - nappynetwork 
Secondly, it definetly does not cost you more money using cloth than sposies.. (unless you were buying cute new cloth nappies every week  ) My DD is 4.5mths and we have been using cloth exclusively for around 12 weeks.. in that time I calculated I would have spent roughly $350 on sposies and sposie wipes.. now that is nearly half of my stash of cloth nappies paid for.. i don't use alot of powder when washing and there is heaps of ways of getting round using the dryer.. (I dry in front of the fire or in front of the heatpump during the day)
So in terms of how hard they are to dry it really depends on what type of nappy you get as there are lots of options. As I said before why not pop over to TNN to have a look, I use pockets, which dry in a jiffy.. inserts are microfibre and cotton flat nappies ( flats dry super quick) HTH in the meantime - I'm sure another awesome lady here will be able to give you more info, I just gotta go tend to a hungry baby ATM
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Posted By: flakesitchyfeet
Date Posted: 07 August 2009 at 6:45pm
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LovelyOne I was never ever going to use cloth and I had all the excuses in the book, but then I was sucked in by just how much nicer cloth must be against a tooshie (and how cute they are!)
I have pocket mcns however, not the flat whites (coffee anyone?), but I don't use the drier on any of the nappy stuff, instead I just biff 'em up over the clothes rack and hey presto! I get up in the morning to dry nappies :) -------------  http://lilypie.com"> |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 07 August 2009 at 6:48pm
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nappies dont require soaking and if you want liners there are cheaper alternatives... i dont think that cloth is more expensive, some trying saying that by the time you wash etc... but cloth and how they are washed has changed a lot. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: Glag2
Date Posted: 09 August 2009 at 8:39pm
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Awesome thanks very much everyone,My mind is made up. Flat whites it is.
Just got to have another bub now ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: whitewave
Date Posted: 10 August 2009 at 10:48pm
| Another cost involved with disposables that no one ever thinks of is the increased number of expensive council rubbish bags you have to buy! Cloth definitely works out cheaper in the long run. |
Posted By: kiwivic
Date Posted: 11 August 2009 at 1:47pm
Just wanted to add that there are MANY alternatives to flat whites when it comes to cloth nappies! You could make it easier on yourself and STILL save money over disposables if you went for modern cloth nappy. I don't think I would have even tried cloth nappies if flat whites had been my only choice but my youngest baby has been in cloth since birth (a combination of pocket nappies, fitteds & all-in-ones) and I love them 
The point about rubbish collection is a good one. We switched to cloth when our second baby was 5mths old and downgraded our wheelie bin from 240 litres per week to 120 litres per week without disposables! 
Vic xx ------------- 
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LovelyOne wrote:Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 11 August 2009 at 2:40pm
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A friend of mine uses flat whites folded up i Ecobots covers and loves it . We have used Ecobots from days one and got some fitteds as DD started walking.
Def check out the websites recommended. |
Posted By: angel4
Date Posted: 11 August 2009 at 4:34pm
| we use ecobots as they reminded me of flat whites that my mother used to use and we love them!!!! The inserts that come with ecobots do however take a wee bit longer to dry than flat whites. But ive been known to stuff the covers with flatwhites too. We have never had leakage (after newborn poos that is) and now for us cloth work better than disposables as disposables often leak at night but cloth never do. Soon we will have two in cloth and im thinking i may just get a few more covers and inserts etc since i have more than saved the money. I tried convincing dh to pay me all the money i have saved my using cloth and by breastfeeding so that i could spend it on something for me. Sadly he was not convinced |
Posted By: jano1
Date Posted: 16 August 2009 at 1:08pm
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I'm not sure where you live but lots of councils (and Yoyo nappies I see) offer trial kits. These come with a range of different nappy types so you can try before buying. From memory I think you get a kit (with everything you need) for about 6 weeks and the cost is really reasonable. ------------- http://www.thebump.com/?utm_source=ticker&utm_medium=UBB&utm_campaign=tickers"> |
Posted By: Chickoin
Date Posted: 27 August 2009 at 12:10am
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This is kinda an old post put I just thought I'd add my 2 cents
MIL gave me a lovely pile of flats. I made pocket nappies, got everything I need from www.greenbeans.co.nz., and a pattern from the nappy network site. You need basic sewing skills (or someone who will sew them for you). They ended up costing about $5 each from memory, I started with 10 and eventually made 2 more. I use the flats to go in the pocket as an insert. When Jody was teeny we used the flats in the normal way and used the pocket nappies as a cover. She fit them in the normal way from 6 weeks and she still fits them now. I'm with the others, the flats dry overnight on a rack, I used to put the covers in the hot water cupboard, they dry super fast anyway. So for just $60ish, I have my bubba's bottom covered for over 9 months so far. I do use one disposable over night because she piddles like a firehose in her sleep. But still, a packet of nappies lasts a loooong time! -------------   
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