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Up For A Challenge? I Am..

When I told my friends that I was going to use BB as a human guinea pig and put her in cloth nappies for Real Nappy Week I must admit the response was not overwhelmingly positive,  in fact it was so negative that I decided not to even bother waiting for Real Nappy Week to start before taking BB out of her disposable poo holder and putting her into a cloth one.

Bambino Mio offered to send me a set of nappies to trial and admittedly before they arrived I nipped out and purchased a few extras.  Twin Boy and Girl thought they were hysterical and wanted to know why I was wrapping BB in a muslin square. I tried to explain the variety of reasons as to why I was changing tack on nappies but Twin Boy got bored quickly and summarised for me by saying:

“You are changing nappies to save money so we can go on holiday again?”

Hey every penny counts so I like his thinking.

BB has now been in cloth nappies day and night for over two weeks and I feel justified in being able to respond to some of the feedback I initially received when I announced my decision to change what I dress my daughters backside in.

1. My washing will increase – I live in a house with five people, I cannot remember a day when my washing machine wasn’t shouting at me from the kitchen.  I spend more time pressing knobs on the washing machine than I do pressing any other knobs so trust me three to five little cloth nappies on top of the excessive amount of laundry I do pretty much goes unnoticed.

2. BB will smell – I am proud to report BB still smells like fresh wind with a hint of roses.  If anything the nappies disguise the smell of bodily functions  more than disposable ones and trust me she is teething at the moment so her bottom is producing some blooming awful things so anything that helps contain the stink is welcome in this house.

3. BB’s bum will look like a baboons ass – My daughters beautiful little bottom is still a beautiful little bottom; not that I am biased….

All in all I am having a pretty good experience with my Bambino Mio nappies; as usual I am a little cross with myself for not trying them with the kids, but I think my insecurities as a first time mum ensured that I never did anything against the norm.

Check out Bambino Mio’s website to see the real reasons why reusable nappies are a good idea, they can tell you all about how it takes up to 500 years for a disposable nappy to decompose and they can explain how using cloth nappies can save you up to £700 so you can take Twin Boy on his jollies.

And in the mean time check out these bloggers sites as they all try out reusable nappies for the first time as part of the Real Nappy Week trial and wish them luck.

  • Mothers Alway’s Right – a former disco queen, turned journalist, turned mum to frog (10 month old daughter) @mothersright

 

  • Whimsical Wife –  a fabulous mummy (baby boy), housewife, cook, enthusiastic eater, reader, writer, veggie grower, optimist and drinker of wine…@whimsicalwife

 

  • Edspire – proud mum to twins, Esther and William who were born 3 months premature and the reason she started blogging @estwill

 

  • Mummy Musing – first time mummy to gorgeous little girl, C, born June 2009 and wife to M who she married in January 2006.  Mummy musing also works part time as an accountant @B4kersgirl

 

  • Mummy, Daddy and me makes three! – Mrs E, happily married to Mr E since December 2009, living together in East Anglia with their little baby girl Mads, who was born on Christmas Eve 2010 @mummydaddyme

 

  • Knees up Mother Brown – lives in Durham with her wonderful husband Alex and beautiful daughter Zara whos is 16 months old and the most recent addition to her family, Oscar who is 2 months old @dawnie_brown

 

  • Mummy Mummy Mum – full time mum of 3 little children, living in Hampshire.  Also a psychology student with the Open University.  Needs more hours in a day! @mummymummymum

Comments

  1. mummymummymum says

    May 16, 2011 at 8:37 pm

    I like mine too! and also wish I had tried them earlier 🙁

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      May 16, 2011 at 8:39 pm

      Well we can always have more kids…………………………………..

      Reply
  2. Emma @ Mummy Musings says

    May 16, 2011 at 8:45 pm

    Wow, well done for going all the way and ditching the disposables!

    I must admit I’m really enjoying using them and kicking myself a little bit that I didn’t start earlier!

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      May 16, 2011 at 8:51 pm

      i know that feeling….

      Reply
  3. Liz Fielding says

    May 16, 2011 at 8:56 pm

    Have to admit that coming from the generation that was barely away of Pampers, I have always been incredibly envious of this generation. But an experience with nasty old-fashioned disposables encouraged the dd out of hers faster than lightning. She decided the potty was infinitely preferable at a very early age. Babies, these days, are just too darned comfortable!

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      May 16, 2011 at 9:12 pm

      lol! after spending four years with your dd at University I can confirm that yes she did like the potty….

      Reply
  4. mothersalwaysright says

    May 16, 2011 at 9:08 pm

    Anything that increases my wine budget has got to be a winner. Plus they’re so pretty (the nappy covers I mean, not the nappies themselves. That would just be weird).

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      May 16, 2011 at 9:13 pm

      wine, holidays, the world is our oyster now!

      Reply
  5. PoorParenting says

    May 16, 2011 at 9:37 pm

    Well done you! Lyra was a BumGenius girl until Ellie arrived. Once I had two teething, screaming babies with change management issues I was back on the Pampers. I LOVED Lyra’s big bum in real nappies though and also it was great as it meant she could wear clothes that fit as they bilked out her middle. I now have to choose between trousers that are too short but fit nicely round the middle or those that are a perfect length but you’d never know because they’re always round her ankles…

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      May 17, 2011 at 9:45 am

      i am also a big bum fan!

      Reply
  6. bloggomy says

    May 16, 2011 at 10:36 pm

    Proud of you! I have help Real Nappy week in my own way as I already use washables everyday: http://t.co/PcgHBpW

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      May 17, 2011 at 9:44 am

      thanks x

      Reply
  7. Blue sky says

    May 17, 2011 at 5:32 am

    My bin is full of nappies every week and I would love to change that. Reading this has reminded me that I must check to see if they make these nappies in larger sizes for kids with special needs.

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      May 17, 2011 at 9:44 am

      I am sure they do; i will ask for you…

      Reply
  8. Kerry says

    May 17, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    I wished I had carried on using mine, I did use them. But Mr L and his family were so anti them that I didn’t carry on I think if we have another I would push to keep going with them xx

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      May 17, 2011 at 2:52 pm

      They have come on so much, it really hasn’t made our life harder at all 🙂

      Reply
  9. Vetmum says

    May 20, 2011 at 8:19 pm

    Hi they are great nappies, we’ve used them for a year now (baby growing up way too fast) and haven’t had any problems! Our nursery use them too!

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      May 20, 2011 at 8:27 pm

      No I completely agree!

      Reply
  10. rachel pattisson says

    May 21, 2011 at 7:11 pm

    Yeah! I love my Bambino Mios too! Do you know that I have a page for The Great Nappy Debate over at Really Rachel? Please come and add your links to nappy-related posts. The more the merrier (and it’s not all pro-washables either, btw!)

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      May 21, 2011 at 9:02 pm

      Will do x

      Reply

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