Heating, funnily enough, isn't on in the summer. Nor on any more than normal in the winter.

WTF? Is your igloo situated on Mars in the summer then?

 

F**k it get a goldfish.

I can hear the voices again!!!!

Mummy! Mummy! Want wee wee.

 

anyone can change a nappy !! its the followthrough..

dizzys in the bag .. in the bin...

yours... strip out part one part two in the pot .. clean pot clean nappy dry nappy..

its almost as bad as the scooby oil change!!!

i detect a lewisism inthis somewhere!!!


LOL


M

 

The problem is keeping your / her sanity. Its not a walk in the park during the 1st 3 months for first time parents, seems we've all been there, its a 24 hour job that the main carer sees most of, hence sees most nappies. There's never enough spare time, hence considering the enviornmental and cost differences aren't as polar once you look into it, its a no brainer AFAIC.

Its not as if its a choice between watching Trisha or washing nappies is it? (I can't decide which is worse, mind)

Fair play to those that do it - if money isn't a factor then there is a service you can subscribe to that provides washed nappies in return for cash and the dirty ones.

 

Yes, but you don't do that everytime do you.

Putting the nappy in the bin is hardly an effort. You'd be going to the toilet to wash your hands anyway, disposable or no disposable, wouldn't you? Wouldn't you?

 

Oh, look - adult ones ! I will remember this site for when I become incontinent

 

I really do have to strongly counter that opinion to be fair. As outlined above, the time really is NOT a huge issue. Are you telling me that 7 minutes every 2.5 days is time that just is not available? Don't believe it for a minute (or 7!). If lucky enough to have a partner, then they DEFINTELY do have 7 minutes available every 2 days to do a load.

In reality, it's psychology at play. For some, if you've convinced yourself that reuseables have a 2 hour impact on your daily lives, then it'll never happen for you.....but the reality is that the impact is minimal.

 

It may take 7 mins to pop on a load but what about drying them? Not everyone has a tumble dryer - if you do then you are being just as wasteful (if not more) than if you had used disposables. What if you run out because baby has the squits? There are lots of fore and against thoughts but a lot of mums work too so ease (not lazyness) is more important them

 

its called progress but the tree huggin luddites wont admit it


M

 

Read the thread for the breakdown of the 7 minutes - it includes washing & drying.

Don't use one.

 

so imlach perfected a way of drying wet cloths in record times..

or back to my original argument..

you need 3 times the amount you really need...

thats no cost effective, and who wants a house full of wet nappys!!!


M

 

Tree hugging? Try a more original response
Progress it may be, but doesn't mean it is right. It may be, it may not.

Good grief. How easy do you want it these days? How would some of you have coped before automatic washing machines (for all baby's clothes), microwaves, tumble dryers, disposable nappies, cars, etc etc.

Have your mothers said "you've never had it so easy" yet?

Tsk tsk, "not enough time in the day" indeed......

 

Err....course you need more than one days worth. They dry ok overnight.

How is it not cost effective? I need 15 nappies in 1 year, you need about 1500-2000. Hmm....

 

Stick an Always Ultra in the bottom of a Pampers and 'hey presto' a reuseable disposable

 

...and an Always Ultra has the same non-biodegradeable chemical wicking gel as a nappy doesn't it?

 

imlach sounds like my dad, bet he's 50 + going on 80, silly old fart

 

Let's campaign for all women to let it all flow free in the interests of conservation.

 

Constructive non-personal contributions always add to the debate I feel......

Nowt wrong with being aware of the issues we all face.

 

ok dad

 

PMFSL

 

Cheeky ****** my lad. Get back in your cot.

Posting on here at 10 months old. I'll deal with you when I get home m'lad......

 

on yer bike old man

 

What a funny debate!! Never thought I would laugh so much about nappies!


Seems as though the majority on SN are for disposables; at home the debate goes on. He is all for disposables now after you lot put him orf



Still LOLing at marts Igloo on Mars

 

I'm sorry but how do 15 nappies airdry in under 5 minutes without a little electric help if you can't pop them on a line. Nappies are made of towelline so are absorbant, like towels, so are a bugger to dry.

I think you should video your nappy routine for us so that we might have a better idea with visuals LOL

 

I'm not a pretty sight in my nappies, but whatever floats your boat......

 

I used the real thing Although it was so long ago I cannot tell you what they were like to wear

Thank god I do not have to take this debate seriously yet

 

I considered using eco-friendly nappies. I did the research, got phone numbers/website addys and thought that it was a great idea.

However, I had a very difficult labourer and ended up having an emergency c-section. Thankfully, hubby was around for the first 2 weeks, but he had to go back to work and I was on my own with the baby (I'm a first time mummy!!!) C-sections are often dismissed as something that sometimes happens during labour and the fact that this is major surgery is somewhat dismissed by those who have need had one. Then I became very unwell for a while.

I would never have managed with eco-friendly nappies. I could hardly move and I couldn't do normal things properly, let alone dealing with pooey nappies . So, I used Pampers and there are great!!!!!

Whether these so called eco-friendly nappies are actually eco-friendly, then I guess this is down to individual interpretation. Using washing machines and tumbler dryers may use more fossil fuel which is slowly being depleted. Puting liners down the loo to be flushed away, may not be treated in the correct procedures and may end up floating on our beaches. Using baby friendly powders may harm the environment in which the water ends up - the sea. It has already been proven that detergents are harming our seas.

I try to be green when and where I can, but I wouldn't change from disposable nappies. I know they take about 10 years to fully degrade, but is that any worse from harming our enviroment with mod-cons and detergents.

Who knows???

 

We use about 1 pack a week, which is £5, so £250 a year. Not exactly breaking the bank, the extra electricity you'd use with the washer/dryer would push that up.

 

LOL that reminds me when as an expectant father, I looked into how much nappies would cost - 50 for £5

"Hmm, £5 a month, not as bad as I thought"

**** do you learn fast

 

LOL @ £5 a month


Disposables are sounding good at the moment