11 months into my cloth nappy adventure

 

Yes, my big boy is 11 months old! Time flies when you are having fun!!

 

Summertime is here, and with it, the wind and the sunshine.

I guess cloth nappies have their ups and downs, but summertime is definitely a good time for cloth nappies. I am still using a mixture of Snugglybum nappies and a couple Steggi nappies that I bought. What a pity that Steggi nappy closed down, as their inserts are super absorbent and never retain any odour. I LOVE them! I use them as inserts inside the Snugglybums, because I prefer the cotton stuffing to the microfiber inserts from Snugglybum. The microfiber inserts still work well, however I find I need to use 2 per nappy, in order to increase absorbency. The microfiber inserts also have retained a nappy smell, not necessarily a bad smell, just one that I associate with nappies.

I prefer the Snugglybum covers over the Steggi nappy ones however, as the Snugglybum covers are much cuter, and also they don’t stain inside.

Several things I LOVE about using cloth nappies:

·        Every time I put one on my son, he looks so cute that I don’t want to cover the nappies with pants!

·        People are curious, and it is a great way of chatting to them about the impact that disposable nappies have on the environment.

·        Every time I put one on him I think to myself “I just saved R2!!” Just think about it, at 4 nappies per day, you’ll save yourself more than R2900 annually!!