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cloth nappies - 12:48 PM
(filed under 'baby')
since i've decided to use cloth nappies (that's 'diapers' to you people with american accents. 
) i've been doing some research on the net about them. i bought some normal flat nappies (terry towelling & flanellette) when i did my big baby shop a month or so ago, but i've been looking into shaped nappies too which, although expensive compared to flat nappies, seem to offer the convenience of disposable nappies without the super high cost financially & environmentally.
so far i've purchased one of each of three different types of shaped nappies just to check them out. two, so far, have arrived. they both look good, but i guess the way to tell what's going to work best for baby & i will be once rudegere actually arrives & we get to start testing them in real live, pooey situations. while in hospital i'll give the normal cloth nappies a try, just to compare & to practise folding them, as well as making it nice & easy since they'll be doing the washing, not me.
there seem to be so many options available in regard to storing & washing the dirty nappies. okay, well there are two basic options, really. putting them in a nappy bucket to soak, or what they call dry pailing, where excess solid poo is removed & the nappies are left relatively dry until you wash them.
i really love having the internet as a resource, because there's so much information out there for both options, on websites dedicated to the use of cloth nappies, as well as in forums where real mums are putting cloth nappies into action & telling other mums about their experiences & suggestions.
I was gonna say.. you'd want to get rid of the poo, even in a wet bucket.
can you just imagine the google hits this post will get?
However did I get here? Geez,
what a thread to follow before breakfast. . . I well remember the smell of a diaper pail from 50 years ago and it still burns my nose! I
also remember taking the train 350 miles from Ubon Ratchathani to Bangkok monthly to buy disposables 30
years ago. . . Not sure which is worse.
There is a third option - use a nappy wash service. Dunno how much they cost, but a kind relative might buy it as a present
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normally hospitals give you disposables to use, to cut down on the amount of washing they have.. you might want to ask about it if you're planning to use your own cloths there.
I think I must have done a cross between those two methods you said.. we got rid of all the extra poo but we still put them into a bucket of water.