{"id":1056,"date":"2014-05-01T13:26:26","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T12:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1056"},"modified":"2014-05-01T13:26:26","modified_gmt":"2014-05-01T12:26:26","slug":"real-nappy-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/real-nappy-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Nappy Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week is Real Nappy Week, celebrating the use of cloth nappies and the savings in terms of cash and the environment they can bring.\u00a0Go Real<\/a> estimate that parents can save between \u00a3150 and \u00a31000 when using real nappies and if every child in England and Wales was in cloth there would be 355,000 tonnes of waste saved (and the \u00a332 million cost of disposing of all the disposables). But cloth is still a pretty unpopular choice \u2013 we had to search pretty hard to find nannies who used it – \u00a0and there are two big misconceptions.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unhygienic<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nappies need changing whether you use disposables or cloth and they both usually go into a sealed contained in the bathroom. Cloth nappies are usually washed at 60C to kill any germs lurking in the nappy and come out squeaky clean. Out and about you just need to take a washable, sealable wetbag and instead of binning the nappy you take it home.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was a bit worried when my new employers mentioned at interview that they used cloth nappies mostly because I was a live in and would be using the same washing machine to wash my clothes as the nappies. But then I thought about it and baby clothes are covered in poo and wee and sick half the time and they go in the machine. The nappies come out clean so it must work.\u201d Sophie<\/p>\n

It\u2019s complicated<\/strong><\/p>\n

The only complicated thing is choosing which of the many systems out there to use. You can get all in ones which are just like a disposable nappy only with poppers or velcro. The whole thing comes off and into the bucket. Then there are pocket nappies with an outer nappy part and an insert that goes in\u00a0the pocket and again you just take one and put it on like a disposable. Two part systems have a shaped nappy, a terry nappy or a square of material that is
\nprefolded into a rectangle and put in the wrap. These all need an extra waterproof wrap over the top but once you\u2019ve done it a few times you soon get the hang of it. Nappy pins are out too \u2013 nifty little T-shaped bits of plastic grip the fabric and hold it together or there are integrated poppers or velcro.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I started nannying in the late 1970s it was terry nappies and plastic pants. Cloth nappies now are much more fun and really easy to use.\u201d Julie<\/p>\n

Remember you can always compromise!<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t mind changing them but the parents do the washing. That\u2019s the deal. The pocket nappies we have are just like disposables so ir\u2019s minimal effort for me and they actually smell less.\u201d Kate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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