I love my cloth nappies and can not imagine using disposables however i never pressurise people to do the same. All my friends know what i use and what my job is but if cloth nappies don’t interest them, then that’s fine with me and i respect their choice. If friends have disposable nappy problems i will always suggest a cloth alternative but again if that’s not for them no problem.
I made one friend at Antenatal classes when we were both expecting our first children six years ago. She’s always hated the disposable nappy waste but can’t face the thought of dealing with cloth nappies and poo. She hated the disposable breast pad waste and changed to washable ones but washable nappies just haven’t been for her. That was until now.
Just before Christmas she asked me for help. Her youngest Son is approx 18months old and was wetting through his disposables every night. She even tried a late night change but she still ended up changing wet PJ’s and bedding every morning. She was thinking of trying cloth for night time but knowing my friend i felt this would be too much for her to start with. Instead I got her to try one of the fabulous XL super boosters and showed her how to put fold this and put it inside a disposable. These hold almost 600ml on their own so this would really up the capacity of the disposable. I also gave her a fleece liner to go on top so that her Son would still feel almost as dry as he did in his disposables. In case she needed the back up of another layer i also gave her a Motherease Airflow as well. I saw her yesterday and I was very pleased to hear the leaks have stopped and she wants more super boosters so she doesn’t have to wash them every morning.
She might still be using disposables but at least she’s not having to do an extra night time change so that’s seven nappies a week i’ve saved her plus an awful lot of wet bedding to be washed.
