Reusable vs disposable nappies

[purple face]

Have you seen Babies R Us have up to 60% off on certain things this Black Friday. Remember to also buy those nappies bags to conceal the smell

 

[rh1]

I think if you want to start planning you should start buying the nappies now as I think you go through them quickly buy a whole lot on Black Friday then you will be sorted

Some nappies work better than others. What I mean is that babies are sensitive, and you may be forced to stick to one brand, in my case, it just happened to be the most expensive at the time.

So it might work out or it might be an expensive white elephant.

 

[purple face]

@RedViking If he wants to be prepared then he can at least buy the nappies early I would buy months worth of them

 

[rh1]

As someone who grew up in the 80s, I changed nappies of my younger sibling, cloth nappies was the norm.

When I became a parent, we had a few cloth nappies, but used it as burping towels. We strictly went disposable. It is more convenient, and from a time perspective, a no brainer.

 

[Went_For_Beer]

@RedViking If he wants to be prepared then he can at least buy the nappies early I would buy months worth of them

And what do you do with the mountain of nappies that gives your baby a rash. Not every nappie is the same.

 

[PsyWulf]

OMG I see a they/them in the making with all this save the planet talk.
What cars do you drive? They also saving the earth?
Will the traveling with the baby include airplanes? Then maybe skip one of the trips to counter all the disposable nappy use.
Its 2024, who still wants to wash spuitpoep nappies?

Snowflake triggered

 

[PsyWulf]

If you go disposable:
Don't pre-buy boxes of disposables,they might not even fit,get a pack of Newborn and 3m+ (We had to skip newborn) - same with clothes
Get scented poo-bags by the roll so the poop smell doesn't overwhelm the house

Other general advice:
Try to get bubs used to room-temp bottles,bottle heating for warm milk adds extra time/energy/complexity requirements
Get all the general meds you'd need ready,Bepanthen,something for Pain,something for wind and upset tummy

 

[The_MAC]

How much water will you be using/wasting washing nappies? Is that not worse for the planet

 

[SHL]

Good morning all,

My wife asked that I post this here.

Little man arrives in April next year. One of the hot topics is the nappies.

Now we are more earth friendly focused. Solar, recycling, slow fashion etc.

So the preference is reusable nappies. We will get disposable nappies for times when it makes sense to like travelling etc.

But if there is anyone that has used reusable and can vouch for a brand that would be great. Alternatively if the response is we tried it it was bad that might be how this ends as well.

Price is not the driving factor here, earth friendly is.

Thanks!

Disposable all the way (speaking from experience). Also, don't skimp on the quality/price of the nappy.

 

[SykomantiS]

Disposable all the way. Not going to bother with reusable.
Our girl turns 1 end of December.

Also don't buy too much as you don't know if the thing is allergic to anything. And the stuff is hell expensive as with most kids stuff. Some don't like certain materials.

We've discovered that Dischem will exchange nappies (so long as they stock that brand I assume- my wife handles this) for a different size if you have a pack that is too big or too small, as long as the pack is unopened.

Why even stock up before the baby comes. Just buy the stuff as you need it.

Because it gets expensive, buy when you can. Some things make more sense than others to stock up on.

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

If you go disposable:
Don't pre-buy boxes of disposables,they might not even fit,get a pack of Newborn and 3m+ (We had to skip newborn) - same with clothes
Get scented poo-bags by the roll so the poop smell doesn't overwhelm the house

The bags on its own aren't enough. We used a bin, these were the refills for it.

Pee nappies went straight into the bin. Poo nappies went into the bag, which then went into the bin. Never had any smell issues...

 

[Smokey888]

The bags on its own aren't enough. We used a bin, these were the refills for it.

Pee nappies went straight into the bin. Poo nappies went into the bag, which then went into the bin. Never had any smell issues...

Fully agree with the "Special Bin".

 

[Smokey888]

We've discovered that Dischem will exchange nappies (so long as they stock that brand I assume- my wife handles this) for a different size if you have a pack that is too big or too small, as long as the pack is unopened.

Our Dischem became full of Sh*T the last few times we wanted to exchange, and they asked for the slip.

Baby Boom, however didn't have a issue, as long as they stock the same.

Luckily my kid were off nappies by her 2nd birthday

 

[Jean Claude Vaaldamme]

Scented bags or special bin does not work great either. I put all poo nappies into a normal bag and straight to the bin outside.

 

[Went_For_Beer]

O and the

Fully agree with the "Special Bin".

And the special nappies are a great deterrent for the bin scratcher guys. We pile them on top of the bins before taking them out on Mondays

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

Scented bags or special bin does not work great either. I put all poo nappies into a normal bag and straight to the bin outside.

That's why you use both. When the nappy bin is full you cut the bag, tie it and throw it in the outside bin. Otherwise you're just moving the smell to the outside bin which will attract flies etc...

 

[SauRoNZA]

I reckon all the chemicals and water and studf stuff you need to get reusable clean again is far worse environmentally than simply using the disposables.

It’s just not worth it, we aren’t in the <80’s any more.

As was said already you’ll be swopping to disposables after all of two days so just don’t bother. Your life will suddenly be mad enough as it is, no need to add extra burden to it.

Apply that to everything else, take as much burden away as possible.

On the topic don’t take all your paternity leave in one shot if you can help it. Take the first two weeks, then take again from week 6-8 when the true chaos comes.

Get one of those fancy nappy bins if you want to spend money on something nappie related.

Top tip : Don’t buy in bulk up front, odds are your kid is the weird size when they pop out.

Second always work out the per nappie cost, the biggest packs aren’t always the cheapest.

Switch to pants soon as you can, makes life so much easier.

 

[Crowley]

Why even stock up before the baby comes. Just buy the stuff as you need it.

The stork party invites specified cloth nappies.

I can't blame my son's mother. If she was that smart she wouldn't have married me in the first place.

 

[PsyWulf]

I reckon all the chemicals and water and studf stuff you need to get reusable clean again is far worse environmentally than simply using the disposables.

It’s just not worth it, we aren’t in the <80’s any more.

Get one of those fancy nappy bins if you want to spend money on something nappie related.

There's a litany of issues with Single-use compared to re-usable,I don't think it's even doubted which one has the lower impact from a scientific standpoint. More so if you go Bio-friendly detergents,and he's already on solar. Add Grey-water/Rainwater to the mix and it'll be very low impact

 

[Snyper564]

I reckon all the chemicals and water and studf stuff you need to get reusable clean again is far worse environmentally than simply using the disposables.

It’s just not worth it, we aren’t in the <80’s any more.

As was said already you’ll be swopping to disposables after all of two days so just don’t bother. Your life will suddenly be mad enough as it is, no need to add extra burden to it.

Apply that to everything else, take as much burden away as possible.

On the topic don’t take all your paternity leave in one shot if you can help it. Take the first two weeks, then take again from week 6-8 when the true chaos comes.

Get one of those fancy nappy bins if you want to spend money on something nappie related.

Top tip : Don’t buy in bulk up front, odds are your kid is the weird size when they pop out.

Second always work out the per nappie cost, the biggest packs aren’t always the cheapest.

Switch to pants soon as you can, makes life so much easier.

Thanks this is very insightful.

Actually waiting for the outcome of this as 4 months may be on the cards as my wife is self employed and I can shift all that my way.

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