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…
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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…
More >Great Cloth Diaper Change Newcastle 2016
Come help us break an international record for the most cloth nappies changed at the one time. Join a wave of parents across the world…
More >Waste Free Lent – Week 4
Another week has gone by, and the lessons I have learnt again are that if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. I really…
More >Waste Free Lent Week 3
Well, we are almost half way through, and I still feel an awfully long way from being waste free! Lots of people and blogs have…
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