10 things I wish I knew when starting cloth nappies | cloth nappy tips for beginners

When I was starting cloth nappies I didn't know many people using cloth nappies and it was hard to find cloth nappy tips for beginners! I found myself scrabbling around for information and lots of things I had to work out on my own. Today I'm sharing some of the things I've learnt in 4 years of using cloth nappies, so that you can have a much easier start than I did!

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[awtawt]

Surfing the net, I stumbled onto the subject of food and then baby banks and was dismayed to see the amounts of disposable nappies in demand with the associated cost and disposal of same. I harked back to the old days when my wife and I were bringing up our sons, now all three in their 40's. It was heartening to see some of you are now resorting to reusable nappies. If it is of interest to anyone, we used Terry Towels, we didn't have a washing machine in those days, we soaked the dirty nappies in a bucket of Napisan (If my memory serves me right) the next day we would scrub them by hand then, my wife thinks we may have used something called Dreft at this stage then rinsed them out and hung them out to dry. My wife was always chuffed as the midwife who called used to say we had the cleanest nappies on her round. Buying disposable nappies seems to me environmentally wrong and such a waste of money in these cash strapped days.

[letsuseourbrains]

Ive been watching all the cloth diapers for beginner videos on YT and you so far are my favorite! Your voice is SO SOOTHING and you can tell just tell what a kind soul you are. Thank you for your help!❤

[heartcentredbeings]

Oh I feel so touched by your calmness and grace...its like a feeling of coming home 💖

[tabiwatermelon]

Here for info, subscribing because you’re the sweetest voice and vibe ever 🥰♥️♥️

[desertqueenaz]

Love your channel and pages and you have a relaxing soothing voice .Zen vibes .

[JF-gytt]

Never heard of a nappie library.
Im in the USA and have cloth diapered for 7 years.

[plantedbywater]

This is so helpful! Thank you for sharing. My first is due in July, so I'm trying to do as much research as possible ahead of time.

[katiepemble]

I've just started my cloth bum journey with my 6 week old and partially with my 2 year old (but he's going to potty soon)! Great video 👍☺️

[ourevergreenhome]

Another very helpful and informative video beautiful Innes, love these points you made and lessons learned, so true indeed and they are all good and valid and by creating more awareness (like you are in this very video) it will make the same experiencing less polarising for others who run into the same “issues” too :-). Flats truly are a wonder too!!!
Love this dress you are wearing too by the way!

[beebylando]

Lovely, calming video on this. Thank you 🌼😊

[ishka]

Thank you so much for this very informative video. 💞💞 i will take on every advice you have given

[birthel.]

This is such a useful video. Thank you ❤️

[mariocartel]

I think being able to use disposable while also using cloth back and forth was the biggest problem i had with my first just thinking i had to stick with one or the other for some reason. With my second its been more if i have the energy and washing ability(weve moved and im also pregnant again) so it was impossible to do full time as we didnt always have access to a washer and pregnancy drained my energy that first trimester, though the disposable smell brought me back to the cloth anyways because they dont smell anything near as bad and dont linger smells like when id take the disposables out and still need to air the room out for an hour after, if i wash the cloth the smell leaves when they leave the room and its not as strong anyways since i rinse every one off immediately after changing anyways. I think also a big help for me was to rinse out the pee diapers too because i think they sit and become harder to wash and more smelly so everything gets rinsed out in a bucket at least a couple times before even washing and nothing will smell much of anything while waiting to launder. Also another was buying the disposable liners, i thought if im throwing that away i might as well use a throwaway diaper but the liner is so thin compared to an entire diaper and makes dealing with cleaning so much easier. If you rent and cant install a sprayer, you can also use your kitchen sink sprayer into a bucket and transfer the dirty bucket of water to the toilet if you dont have a long shower sprayer and if you use a liner too there isnt much to spray. Or use a disposable and a fleece liner together helps too(i do this) if one bunches up the other should still catch some of it and its easier than cleaning the whole diaper. Ive used rinsed off and dried out packs of water wipes as liners too and they are slightly cheaper and easy to access in a pinch if your waiting for a delivery and run out. I used two for bigger babies since wipes are kind of small and fold over anything that hangs over the diaper. Some people use paper towels but that doesnt seem like it would be as sturdy to me, id worry it would shred when it gets wet.

[abispear]

Always love your videos, Innes 🥰 thanks so much for sharing! I’m currently battling through working out a sustainable system for dealing with weaning poo 😅 - oh how i miss breastfed poo! …we have terrible water pressure in our flat so I’m sceptical about a bidet working (particularly when I can’t deal with the nappy immediately!) …but maybe I should give it a go 🤷‍♀️

[hannahbuciu]

Thank you for this! My cloth nappies always come out with a stain that looks like a shadow where they've been weed on or soiled.
I follow all your washing tips (though I'll have to check the detergent) and I live in Australia and line dry so the nappies get lots of sun!
Do you have any other suggestions of how to remove stains?

[piashrahman]

Can i use flannel cloth as my stay dry liner?

[Alex-hudm]

FYI it looks like the link you added to 'find your local nappy library' takes you to a dodgy looking gambling website. I think that maybe the original website was hacked. Probably best to remove the link. Thanks for the useful video!

[claireesikalam]

Super super helpful. Wish I knew about nappy libraries before! Thank you for including that info.

[tildatea]

I too use to think terry nappies were some kind of origami that only our grandparents and parents could magically create. But it isn't so tricky. I also suggest flushable liners, I have lived in rented places most of my life so couldn't install anything to my toilets in the past, but flushable liners are pretty simple, break up very quickly when flushed and means no mess too. I've not used cloth nappies in 9 years, but I'm about to give them a try again!

[isabellaschneider]

I was wondering if you know why what i done wrong, by reusable nappies was leaking?