We all went to visit my grandmother in Brisbane for over a week, and we used disposable nappies while we were there. We learnt a few things that surprised us.
• Disposables nappies smell worse than cloth nappies. It was weird. We kept checking for poo only to find them clean.
• The boys both got a bit of thrushy nappy rash. We change our cloth nappies fairly often, but got a bit lazy with the disposables.
• Having two in cloth nappies is a lot of washing! We are lucky to have a nifty front loader which gets them clean without using heaps of water, but maaaan… you gotta be committed.
• It seems we are indeed committed. Despite the week-long flirt with an easier method, we couldn’t wait to get them back into cloth. We are also trying to catch the odd wee in the potty!
O HAI THAR! i’ve missed your blog. wow, huey is looking quite grown up! hugs to all.
Comment by nix — March 11, 2008 @ 3:02 pm
what an angelic looking darling: was he successful?
Comment by kate — March 12, 2008 @ 7:58 pm
Wow! Good for you! You have such a beautiful family. It’s good to know that cloth diaps really are better. Sometimes it seems that it’s just the idea that is appealing. Good to know it works for a real family!
Comment by mrsbluemont — March 13, 2008 @ 5:17 am