What you need to know to get started with reusable nappies…
Feeling bamboozled by reusable nappies, but don’t know where to start? Here are my top tips on getting started with cloth: 1. Remember that all…
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Six ways to reduce your waste…
This is the second in our series on the waste reduction pyramid. Last month we looked at REFUSE, just choosing not to buy, but sometimes…
More >Do you really need to buy THAT?!
You know the feeling, you walk into the store and the brightly coloured, well lit display shouts “Buy ME!” You pop it in your basket,…
More >Don’t bleach your nappies…
When my eldest child was a baby, my mum came to stay because I was unwell. One afternoon she popped into my bedroom to bring…
More >Help! My nappies are stained…
I have lost track over the years of the number of people who return cloth nappy trial kits to me stained with breastfed baby poo….
More >Great Cloth Diaper Change 2017
What is the Great Cloth Diaper Change? Well, it’s an international event run by the Cloth Diaper Association in the USA, but with events hosted…
More >Slinging all the way!
Five years ago, whilst pregnant with my third child, I got talking to a sling librarian about cloth nappies. I told her quite cheerfully that…
More >Why we need Zero Waste Week!
Last week there was a discussion on a local business forum about the best coffee maker to get for the office. Opinion was divided between…
More >Four easy ways to reduce your plastic (or maybe five!)
In the exciting world of waste reduction, July is known as Plastic Free July. It’s not a catchy title, but the premise is to see…
More >What temperature should I wash my nappies at?
If you spend any time at all on Facebook cloth nappy forums (and for your own sanity I suggest that you don’t), you will be…
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