Why did you go cloth? (if you have)
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Topic: Why did you go cloth? (if you have)
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Subject: Why did you go cloth? (if you have)
Date Posted: 18 March 2007 at 9:14am
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I'm just curious on this as I've had a few conversations over the past few months and each has been different
We started to use cloth nappies to basically save money, now I think it's more of an excuse to SPEND money  and they look so gorgie too! The environmental issue is a given as we are doing our bit to reduce waste but I'm honest enough to say that was just an added bonus for us------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 18 March 2007 at 9:31am
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I have never liked disposables...and even though im not a greenie i dont like knowing that i am contributing to the problem as such...in saying that ...Rhiannon is in disposables at the moment as this new forumla has given her really bad nappy rash...and as i am in the new cloth nappies...and want to lather on nappy cream...disposables seemed the best option.
Also cloth was a lot cheaper...and they can be reused over and over. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 18 March 2007 at 10:08am
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we are using disposables on haleigh but that was jsut because we didnt know much about cloth then. number 2 will be in cloth we will be using old fashioned but will get some MCN for when hes not so newborn and for when we are out and at nights.
I have to say we are making the switch 1: the cost, 2: to save our waste we make in a week, 3: the smell (I hate the smell of rubbish with nappies in them). ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 18 March 2007 at 11:21am
| We are going cloth because of the $$ savings. And also that Palmy has just had it's landfill closed down so getting rid of rubbish is only going to cost more and more here. Plus they are far more nicer looking than disposables! |
Posted By: Brenna
Date Posted: 18 March 2007 at 11:27am
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I think they're cute!! Plus it will save $$ in the long run. I also like the idea of not having such a full rubbish bag -------------  My beautiful 2 girls...nearly 4 and 13 months
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 18 March 2007 at 12:05pm
We are going to use MCN with this bubs mainly because everyone is raving on about how great they are and i wanna get in on the action!  plus they look soooooo cute!!
Im sure il love all the other benefits once we start using them 
I never used them for Bay because i didnt know about MCN only the old styles ones and they really wernt my 'thing'  if i had known about them with Bay i wouldve used them then also
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Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 18 March 2007 at 12:57pm
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cost - to save money since we r down to one wage for now. ------------- Ann 
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 18 March 2007 at 1:32pm
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It was right when I was getting REALLY over my smelly rubbish and then just seeing them sealed the deal. The costs savings were also a big one.
I saw cute little small fuzzis and was able to feel how damn soft they were! And the snaps! Perfect timing as Han has just started to open the tabs on sposies and she couldn't work the snaps. All in all, a choice I don't regret
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 18 March 2007 at 1:42pm
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Price was a major for us too, and considering we still want more children, we expect to be able to reuse them a lot! Now I'm glad that we don't have messy nappies sitting around any longer than a day, and the FB look really cute!! ------------- |
Posted By: SMoody
Date Posted: 18 March 2007 at 2:14pm
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Okay first dont want to sound rude or anything. Just really curious as I did all the sums ect.
We did look into cloth when I was pregnant and ran the numbers and it just didnt add up. Even worst case scenario disposables will work me out cheaper. It was only going to start saving money on the second kid. So have to buy unisex ones. And again when we got over here and I hear all the people say it is saving money I ran the numbers again and it just doesnt add up to me. So what is your girls calculations? Maybe I am missing something. We are ooming about some cloth with the next one but that is more to do with environment than anything else to be quite honest with you. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 18 March 2007 at 2:30pm
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We started looking into MCN because I dont like all the rubbish with diaposables. Then we discovered we would be saving money (in the long run) so that made us decide MCN were for us. We also love how soft they are, how dry they keep Isla, and that they have no chemicals like the gel in disposables.And of course they look fab,...great in summer with just a t-shirt!
We got mostly unisex colours so we can use again with next baby (if we have a boy he will be wearing bubblegum pink fuzzi's at night!!) We almost got put off using MCN by all the choice! I did so much research into all the types and brands it was driving me nuts trying to decide! |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 18 March 2007 at 2:36pm
Tee hee same here!
I just remembered the other reason that helped convince me... FB look so easy to use, and I was going to be doing washing every day anyway with three kids, already. ------------- |
Kellz wrote:Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 18 March 2007 at 2:58pm
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Toni am I correct in saying you are a FB agent?? I did not make it to the MCN thingy at the council out West last weekend but would like to know if you could perhaps meet with me and go through your product, find out costs, how many to get etc? I am quite keen to go with MCN as I hate the fact disposables destroy our environment! Thinking about it, I probably should have PM'd you! TIA! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 18 March 2007 at 3:54pm
| Smoody - it's not just the overall cost of cloths but then later on the resale value of nappies like fuzzi's are amazing so you get back a heck of a lot of the money you put in. |
Posted By: rug_nz
Date Posted: 18 March 2007 at 4:49pm
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I just did some quick sums and got this:
1 child for 2 years in fuzzi(24 fuzzi, 2 sizes, 12 each) Per week we spend about $10.43 2 kids for 2 years each in fuzzi, Per week over both kids $6.59. Thats cost of buying naps, water, power, powder and whitner. we don't have a dryer. Then after all that they can be sold on TM. ------------- Look out! It's a man. SAHD 
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 18 March 2007 at 5:09pm
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Thanks for all of your replies ladies and gents, this was just a bit of personal research after the weekends expos
A lot of people "assume" you only go cloth with your nappies if you're a staunch greenie which apparently isn't the case
Thanks again  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 18 March 2007 at 5:54pm
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we went cloth with xanthe purely for the cost factor, and i had seen my sil doing it and she managed fine, so thought i would have no problems. I used cloth flats and scuzzy covers but managed fine with them, and saved a LOT of money! i just discovered mcns toward the end of nappy use with xanthe, and started getting a couple to trial.
With jordis i am using them about 90% of the time so far, hope to go to 100% soon, but need a few more to have enough to take into account washing and drying time. they arent quite as cheap as the cloth flats, but it is definately saving on our weekly grocery shop. and the resale factor is good too. All in all i love using them, they are no extra hassle to use and i have fun showing people what is available now. ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe - my big 4 year old 
and Jordis - 1 year old 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 18 March 2007 at 7:52pm
Obviously! I am the worlds biggest consumer (yes, Gsmum was horrified when she was here the other day and I threw an empty Palmolive bottle into the bin instead of the recycling  . It's not that I don't care about the environment - I'm just essentially lazy!
So why cloth for us? I used flats, pins and covers with Maya during the day and disposables at night and they were fine, did the job and saved heaps considering the initial outlay was $90 for the flats and the only recurring cost was a few $$$ for covers as she grew and for liners and washing powder etc. Stubbornly resisted MCN with the gremlins, started off planning to use flats from 6 weeks till I realised they were getting thru a $50 box of Huggies a week between them  So started with the flats at 2 weeks, and started hunting for better covers. At the same time went hunting for cloth trainers for Maya, Gsmum pointed me towards Snazzipants and the rest is history!
The ironic thing is if I started using cloth to save money, I certainly haven't - I have 50+ nappies of different styles/colors/prints etc. which has cost me way more than disposables would have short term, but long term factoring in resale will actually save me heaps. Plus as I keep telling Willie at least if we go bankrupt I can always sell some nappies to keep us afloat - they're like an asset almost ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 18 March 2007 at 9:28pm
i started using cloth with charli to save $$ mostly. jack's still in nappies and the thought of having them both in disposables made me 
i've spent about $450 on nappies for BOTH kids and i wash every 2nd day. jack was going through $35 worth of disposables every fortnight and charli was going through $25 a fortnight. we've been full time cloth for 3mths now i'm definately alot better off. i also use cloth wipes so i'm no longer spending $7/wk on them
the best thing about MCN is the resale value. i've got most of my nappies on TM or from WAHM's, i don't pay much more than $20 for a nappy as there is no need to. i have some on TM at the moment for sale and i'm not going to lose much on them. now all i need to do is STOP BUYING MORE!!!  ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 18 March 2007 at 10:09pm
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The cost of 2 babies in disposables scared me enough to look into cloth again. (I'd tried it briefly with Ella in flats with pins and was way too lazy to maintain it)
After reading about the MCN's you guys were using on here it seemed like an easy enough switch, and I'm glad to say it was! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: Anna
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 6:45am
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I started cause of the grotty rubbish bin factor and also the propspect of two babes in disposables was daunting! The cost factor was how I sold it to Andy but he has realised that this is bollocks, you can only save if you stop buying nappies! Now I just don't tell him when I buy more, and by the time he reaslises it is too late!! ------------- Anna http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 8:13am
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Willie is at the point where he is making me sell stuff to buy nappies Not that he is worried about the $$$, since it's MY $$$ I'm spending, he's more worried about the babies ending up buried in nappies ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 9:13am
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I was set to use cloth, the old standard one as I have no idea about any of the other fancy ones I keep reading about. My mum brought all the cloth and pins, but I was so ill when Tyrell was born the idea went out the door with my sanity...literally!
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Posted By: Nic01
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 10:05am
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I started using them because of the cost & because I thought it would be better for the environment. Now I am totally addicted - they are just so much cuter than disposables! And just as easy to use. (In fact I reckon they are easier than sposies for getting solids off into the loo afterwards) Plus I love the fact that I don't have stinky nappies sitting in the bin for a week! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 1:48pm
| I'm researching at the moment too and I think I want swaddlebees but the small size looks soooooooo small. anyone used these on newbies? I'm wondering if I should use flats for the first few months until bubs fit the next size up |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 1:57pm
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SMoody - when Hannah was 2 months old I spent $250 on 6 Fuzzis and inserts. These fit for around 10 months - so less than $7 a week. Even when I add in the washing powder and a load of washing (cold) and line dried, its still way cheaper than disposables plus rubbish.
I was spending $15-20 a week on disposables so I figured after 4 months, the Fuzzis were saving me money. So when she was one I bought 6 larges which she will fit until toilet training - so these ones have already paid for themselves, plus I can reuse them all for any other kids. Oh and Toni to answer your question, I started because of the cost and also environmental conscience. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 2:39pm
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I started using them to save money, then when I went back to work, I had to buy sposies for day care, and he was still using huggies at night as he is a real heavy wetter, so I found I was still spending loads of $ on sposies anyhow, so kinda gave up on the cloth. However, now I have 2 in sposies, and will be staying at home till at least december, I think I will go cloth again for a bit, and get JJ back into them ready for TT. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 2:42pm
| nzpiper - Swaddlebees are always going to look small as they are a super trim nap. In saying that, I barely ever advise anyone to get a small size as they are in them for such a short amount of time that the cost of buying a set of naps is barely worth it... but that's just my opinion. |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 3:15pm
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Nikki I agree. Disposables vs FB smalls for 4 months was equal by my calculations but I did end up buying them because I'm planning on more children (and cause I'm already washing daily for Briona's FB) ------------- |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 8:38pm
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Definitely the cost factor and also loving all the different funky patterned naps avail now ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 11:33pm
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nzpiper...charli is still wearing her sz sml swaddlebee at 5mths she's also still in sml fuzzi's ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com">
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Posted By: Nikki
Date Posted: 20 March 2007 at 10:12am
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I have bought them mainly cos they look cute!! And for the cost savings, especially over 2-3 kids but also becuase we can spend all the money up front now while I'm working, so if money is tight later on down the track at least its one less thing we will need to purchase each week. I'm not a greenie, but I do feel like it is the "right" thing to do.
And stinkie rubbish doesn't appeal either! ------------- DS (5yrs) and DD (3yrs) |
Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 20 March 2007 at 12:26pm
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I'm investigating it because, with 2 in nappies, its getting expensive each month! Plus, with more children planned, we should get value for money ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 24 March 2007 at 7:58pm
| We got medium for taine at three months, still using those. mainly got them to save money. wasn't planning on getting any for Jake until we realised if we bought 6Ls and spread the payment over 3 months it would cost $60, we were spending $65 a month on disposables. easy peasy! Also, lovely not to have to look through the cupboard and go "oh dear...whose running out to the service station to buy some more nappies at 3am" |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 24 March 2007 at 10:19pm
We tried to get into them for the whole cost thing but I am the slackest with washing so we gave up on them. although I went down to mums and bubs the other day and was converted until ben reminded me I would have to wash and dry them so its not for us  although I might buy one or 2 cos they are so cute.
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