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What’s the best time to start cloth nappies? Following on from our previous posts , here’s the final post with our customers’ thoughts on what’s the best time to start cloth nappies. So what’s the best time to start cloth nappies? Newborn in August 1988, I’m not sure we had other types back then. Used them for all of my 4 babies till they went into underwear. Katrina. From birth for number 1. Had disposables in the hospital for number 2 for 2 days and number 3 had a couple of disposables for first nappies but then cloth. Janelle. It varied from 6days to around 3 months, plus 3rd child was prem and I considered buying prem cloth nappies but the midwife thought she would be newborn sized within a few weeks but she was still pretty tiny at 8weeks so I regretted not buying the prem naps. Gina. Newborn with 3 out of 5 of the kids mainly cos environment and also it worked out cheaper for us in the long run. Tania From birth, we have managed to be 100% clot...

When should I start using cloth nappies? Parents often want to know when is best. There is no right or wrong answer to this one, it really depends upon your situation and what you feel comfortable with. I recently asked some parents on our Facebook page for their experiences. This is the second post in a series. You can find the first here . So when should I start using cloth nappies? 4 weeks old ?? we want to start earlier but we were trying to figure out the first few weeks of life with a baby, so we had disposables as back up. When things became more natural we swap for cloths and elimination communication. Ma. Newborn: 30 days old, but 36 weeks 4 days corrected gestation. Couldn’t use them from birth because she was in the hospital till then. Cloth as soon as we got home, still full-time cloth at 22 months. Disposables were never desirable. Elise From newborn, I went to one of Kate Meads workshops when I was pregnant and she made it seem pretty simple so I figured I might as ...

Deciding what age to start cloth nappies can be difficult, what works for one family, might not be the best choice for another. I recently asked parents on our facebook page when they started using cloth nappies and why. We had so many responses that I’m going to split them over a number of posts. Here’s what some of them had to say. When to start First, around 4mo, would’ve liked to full time but only had a few and waited till then coz he had such a little booty lol. Second, from birth till toilet trained. Jessica 6 months old. I was feeling better after going through health complications after the birth. The weather was also better for drying. Clare.  #2 was 6 weeks old. I needed to recover from a traumatic c-section enough to be able to handle the mind shift from disposables to reusable. I’d always wanted to use cloth for environmental reasons as well as economic reasons. Sarah. about 3 weeks old with my first – mostly cos I hadn’t bought any ...

Is hemp, bamboo or cotton the best choice when it comes to cloth nappy inserts? Here’s a look at the advantages of each one to help you make your decision. Hemp Hemp has long been one of my favourite fabrics for cloth nappy inserts. It’s super absorbent and can handle a huge amount of liquid. It’s a hard-wearing fabric that will last well. Using hemp can take a little getting used to. Unlike many other fabrics, it takes a while to get it to reach full absorbency. You will hear people claim this about all nappy fabrics. Although they can get more absorbent with use over a long period of time, only hemp takes around 20 washes to remove oil residue. These are natural oils, which are left on the fibres in manufacture. Neither bamboo nor cotton has these or similar oils. Bamboo Bamboo fabric is created from the bamboo plant. Unlike the other two fabrics in this article, bamboo is more processed which means that it is in effect a manmade fibre created from natural ingredien...