What a novel idea!

My niece used to run a business making them, as well as reusable sanitary towels. She did quite well, but stopped when her children went to school and she went back to work.

In these days of automatic washer dryers, why is launderng nappies so time consuming?

Why do you need to soak them? I only put nappies in a bucket of water and disinfectant for storage as I only washed nappies every other day.

M0nica

In these days of automatic washer dryers, why is launderng nappies so time consuming?

Why do you need to soak them? I only put nappies in a bucket of water and disinfectant for storage as I only washed nappies every other day.

That’s presumably what the bucket in the advert is for. Soaking them in water and disinfectant until you’re ready to wash them.

Dd tried a modern type of washable nappy with her third baby, but just didn’t find them sufficiently absorbent. IIRC she used them only for the first couple of months.
Must say they didn’t strike me as anything like as ‘capable’ as the trusty old terry nappies, folded into the good old kite shape.

My daughters used washable nappies for their babies. The local council used to support this by offering nappy-buying deals... Maybe they still do.

I don't know what's "not to like" about it.
Cheaper in the long run, better for the planet.

Go back to terry towelling and get the babies out of them early not at school age One plus is ideal as soon as they start pottering around they should be potty trained
Mine all potty trained early as soon as they were walking 10 months for two of them 12 months for my eldest. It wasn’t hard at all
The two that walked early are both athletes (even now in the fifties)
I cannot abide this ‘they ll do it when they are ready’ attitude and sending them to pre school in nappies ridiculous and lazy

It’ll never happen, going back to reusables.

Too much like hard work for the mums of today.

They might be keen environmentalists, until it means effort on their part.

No mention of the nappy liners that were normally used inside the terri nappies……..they were a god send for a particularly ‘loaded’ nappy I recall.

Astitchintime

No mention of the nappy liners that were normally used inside the terri nappies……..they were a god send for a particularly ‘loaded’ nappy I recall.

Yes, always used these.

Nappy liners! Best idea for saving on heavily soiled nappies. I don’t remember how I disposed of them at the time. I hope I didn’t flush them away!😱
My sister assures me that she used to wash the wet ones and reuse them to save money.

Mollygo

Nappy liners! Best idea for saving on heavily soiled nappies. I don’t remember how I disposed of them at the time. I hope I didn’t flush them away!😱
My sister assures me that she used to wash the wet ones and reuse them to save money.

I think my nappy liners went in a small plastic bag (“contents” went down the loo!) and into the bin but that’s probably just as bad as flushing! But maybe I did wash and reuse the wet only ones to save money, I think so. As my old friend would say, “there’s a gotcha” in everything. 😳

My nappy liners were fabric.
They were "emptied" into the loo and laundered.

My daughters had the modern (shaped) equivalent.

I used terry nappies for our first 4 children. Baby no 5 had disposable nappies from beginning to end!

I can only say thank god for disposables, as there's no way I'd have been faffing around with terry nappies or even reusable ones. I'll do my bit for the environment in other ways.

This is not a new idea - I used soft cotton (not terry) re-usables with liners and outer plastic pants with my two DC over 30 years ago. They came with a laundry service (thankfully).