Wednesday, 9 March 2016

Why i use clothnapies a plan to envirmentalist


As I wrote earlier am I a person who think about nature and the environment we live in and the one our Children will live in when were nog longer round and our grandchildren.  Therefore, have I been using cloth nappies to both my kids a bit less on my son as we didn’t have the drying facilities in England. But with our daughter did we start pretty much as soon as we got home from the hospital and we have both saved a lot of money but also helped reduce that nappy mountain made from plastic nappies that take years for mother nature to break down.  

So why cloth nappies and aren’t they disgusting?

The answer is no. You clean of a lot of things from your babies’ clothes so why should it be any worse doing it from the nappy? you don’t throw away your children’s clothes because the plastic nappy leaked which they do a lot especially if your breastfeeding. We have never been forced to change clothes because of a nappy that’s leaked. Which is a good result considering we’ve used them for over a year with nothing else. And if you’re really sensitive why don’t you try elimination communication which we are where you learn to read your children and puts them on the potty when they are about to go which we have done with our daughter from very early on. Most parents can learn to do this and it’s not stressing the baby just communicating with your babies. I will give you a really good book at the end about this.

That brings me to question two I tend to get about cloth nappies.

But don’t they leak a lot?

No if you change then regular which you should do anyway with any nappy. Because who wants to walk round in their own pee all days? I know most plastic nappies are said to last all night and yes we have cloth nappies that does the same but me for once would never have a nappy on that long. When she was eating at night I used to change her at the same time, but now when she doesn’t eat she doesn’t pee either so she doesn’t need changing either. I think that our elimination communication has helped a lot as well as she goes for a pee before bed and when she wakes up on the potty and has done since she was really little. It’s all about getting to know your baby.

And the reason we started with cloth nappies from the start was due to financial reasons to try and save some money especially when we got our daughter as the husband didn’t have a job and we had recently moved back to Sweden from England so all extra money was welcome. And we have spent 50 pounds on second-hand nappies and now we still haven’t spent any more as we have sold old once. Plus, we’ve been lucky to test some free once to see what we thought about them plus helped other mama nappy makers by testing new nappies not yet on the market as we are really passionate about helping the small businesses thrive and develop and with my experience from nappies and also talking about them it’s been a pleasure to help other people come up with new nappies and been the test bunnies. As long as you got a healthy relationship to cloth nappies and doesn’t become a collector you will save money but I warn you they are a lot of fun and most people start collecting prints from their favourite nappy brand.

So we have a lot of fun companies with nappies and there are a few out there but what works for my baby might not work for yours so a suggestion is to try and start up with a few different and see what suits your family.

We mostly use poops, and Charlie banana I will give you the link to those below plus we love all things woolly especially in the winter.

I have not been asked to write out their names or anything but I thought I wanted to do so as because we love these brands.



www.poops.se she is an amazing woman who owns this brand and always comes up with new ideas I’ve had the pleasure to try a few things as well from her like her new cloth sanitary pads and they are fabulous so can’t wait for them to come out on the market. We love the nappy wraps from here plus her woolly pull up trousers for the summer.

www.charliebanana.co.uk this is our favourite pocket nappy brand and they have so many cute prints. Pocket nappes are a great option as you can fill them with as much as you need depending on situation plus they dry quick. Charlie banana has a fleece inner so they feel dry against the skin

IF you’re a Swedish person who wants to try Charlie banana I highly recommend www.lillemoln.se they have his and eco-friendly clothes for example and this is where I’ve bought my Charlie banana when I’m not in the UK and can order to my mother-in-law



If you have any question about cloth nappies, please feel free to comment and I’ll try to answer as well as I can.

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