Reusable vs disposable nappies

Disposable or reusable nappies

  • Disposable only

    Votes: 33 75.0%

  • Reusable only

    Votes: 2 4.5%

  • Reusable except for certain occasions like travel where disposable was used

    Votes: 4 9.1%

  • Tried reusable was meh ended up using disposable

    Votes: 5 11.4%

  • Other - go eco nappies

    Votes: 2 4.5%
  • Total voters
    44
The_Ogre said:
Diapers are biodegradable
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Everything is biodegradable.

Its the time its going to take thats the issue.

I'll also note that the first disposable diaper ever made has not had long enough time to decompose yet.
Those things will only decompose after we die.
 
Wow, this just made me realize that its been a long time since I've seen a laundry room in a house.

Does anyone still have one with a big sink or two? (and not just storing e.g. a washing machine/dryer)
 
animal531 said:
Wow, this just made me realize that its been a long time since I've seen a laundry room in a house.

Does anyone still have one with a big sink or two? (and not just storing e.g. a washing machine/dryer)
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Yup,2 Washing machines,a Dishwasher,double sink
 
animal531 said:
Wow, this just made me realize that its been a long time since I've seen a laundry room in a house.

Does anyone still have one with a big sink or two? (and not just storing e.g. a washing machine/dryer)
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Scullery/utility room/laundry etc

The dogs stay here in this room when we are away with a dog flap on the door too.

The room has loads of storage, plus a beer fridge (kegarator), fridge and freezer (in addition to kitchen fridge/freezer)

With big sink, top loader and tumble dryer.

My wife uses the big sink/cupboard area for her lab related activities.

Room is still a work in progress just finished off about 2 months ago, need to add shelves plants etc

There was an existing foundation when we bought the house so when we did the kitchen reno did this at the same time.

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Snyper564 said:
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Scullery/utility room/laundry etc

The dogs stay here in this room when we are away with a dog flap on the door too.

The room has loads of storage, plus a beer fridge (kegarator), fridge and freezer (in addition to kitchen fridge/freezer)

With big sink, top loader and tumble dryer.

My wife uses the big sink/cupboard area for her lab related activities.

Room is still a work in progress just finished off about 2 months ago, need to add shelves plants etc

There was an existing foundation when we bought the house so when we did the kitchen reno did this at the same time.

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Dang, that's a huge space!
 
animal531 said:
Dang, that's a huge space!
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yup couldnt let it go to waste. Well worth the effort and getting it ready. As I said it also keeps the dogs safe from the storms etc when we away.

Also connects the garage nicely to the house so you can drive in out of the storms and be covered.
 
animal531 said:
Wow, this just made me realize that its been a long time since I've seen a laundry room in a house.

Does anyone still have one with a big sink or two? (and not just storing e.g. a washing machine/dryer)
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It’s the one thing the first house before this one we made an offer on that fell through that I would really have appreciated.

One of those things not worth specially adding but if it’s already there so awesome.

Now I have a Study/Guest/Music/Everything room instead.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Yeah if you can’t do it as paternity then consider some regular leave.

Week 6-8 with both my kids and pretty much every other I know was pure chaos.

It’s just past that honeymoon phase where new parents think they got the perfect baby who sleeps almost through the night etc and then suddenly the baby is day/night aware and it all goes tits up in the transition.

Also likely when they’ll be sick for the first time or need some kind of alteration to diet or additional medication etc because of lactose intolerance or reflux and so on.

But really keep your wife first and foremost. Women get extremely in their head about doing it the “natural way” whether with the birthday itself, breast feeding or things like nappies and if any of that goes wrong they see it as a personal failure and in many cases have a complete psychotic break.

The more hippie/environmental they are the worse this is in my experience.

If she plans to breastfeed make sure you have a breast feeding clinic on call and go there the moment she struggles. The nurses are USELESS with this and there is a lot more method to it than one thinks.

If she wants to go natural birth route skip all the classes and kak now and get her a doula instead.

And as above anything that doesn’t directly relate to her…just skip it right here and now and get over it BEFORE the baby comes.
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I would say if you plan to breastfeed, arrange for someone who specialises in breastfeeding to be present with the first feed or get a consultation as early as possible after birth. The whole process with the nurses in the hospital and them telling my wife she has no milk was very traumatising for her. And she's been exclusively breastfeeding for for 7 months now, albeit by pumping.

It was also mentioned earlier, but get the little one used to room temp milk, it helps tremendously with night feeds and not having to first warm up a bottle, it also helps them to sleep easier if you can start feeding before they get fussy while you have to wait for the milk to heat up.
 
Also, on the disposable nappy side of things, we found that Clicks will replace one brand of nappies with another brand. We stocked up on Huggies and Pampers. With the size 0 and 1 nappies we used Huggies, but from Size 2 ontwards pampers had less blow-outs so we exchanged all our Huggies for Pampers. We didn't need any slips, as long as they stock the brand and there are no tape or markings on the pack, they will take it.
 
People mentioned having a nebuliser in the house. What’s the use case?
Haven’t used one growing up and Paed never mentioned one
 
Pho3nix said:
People mentioned having a nebuliser in the house. What’s the use case?
Haven’t used one growing up and Paed never mentioned one
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Breathing issues,some illnesses that affect respiration it can be a good option along with humidifier
 
Pho3nix said:
People mentioned having a nebuliser in the house. What’s the use case?
Haven’t used one growing up and Paed never mentioned one
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Phlegmy chest. With a saline solution it brings up the mucous so they can cough/blow it out. Other chest infections require treatment with repsules, so you'd need the nebuliser anyway. It's more of an issue once they start creche.

That's why I'd say get a prescription for Genemist when they start creche, and if your kid is susceptible to picking up infections easily. It lessens the frequency/severity of infections. Only discovered this when the ENT recommended a daily spray in the mornings, after he did grommets on the kid. Any paed/GP should be able to prescribe it, but best to adopt a "wait and see" approach. If your kid doesn't need it, then bonus, but the nebuliser is a must. It's one of those things that are useful for adults too...
 
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Re-usable nappies safes one a lot of money, and both me and my kid didn't know anything else. People are just too lazy these days.

Our old nappies are still used for cleaning and others tasks.
 
Stokstert said:
Re-usable nappies safes one a lot of money, and both me and my kid didn't know anything else. People are just too lazy these days.

Our old nappies are still used for cleaning and others tasks.
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There was a time when only the husband worked and the wife took care of the home. Nowadays both parents work. The last thing you want to do is wash dirty nappies. Which as you know is a constant. Yes in the 80s I wash my younger sibling nappies.

There is alot of other things time can be spent. For me buying nappies was an easy tradeoff.
 
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