|  Washable Nappies: Fact or Fiction?Tuesday, 21 September 2010 Real nappies make nappy change time complicated. FICTIONCloth nappies are really simple to use – if the nappy is wet, simply take the paper liner out and put the nappy and reusable liner in your nappy bucket instead of the bin. If the nappy is dirty, flush the poo down the loo (no more smelly rubbish bins) and place the nappy in the bucket. Cloth nappies are really difficult to put on. FICTIONShaped nappies, pocket nappies or all in one nappies are very easy to put on, no more difficult than disposables and no folding required. Flat nappies do need to be folded but it only takes a few seconds and if you use a nappi nippa you don't have to worry about catching your baby with the sharp point. Real nappies will make my house smell. FICTIONOnce you have disposed of the poo in the loo (a matter of seconds), you pop the wet nappy in the bucket and put the lid on – no smell. If you want to, you can add a few drops of essential oil or nappy fresh to the bucket if you prefer to wet pail your nappies. If you used disposable nappies, you could have smelly nappies hanging around in your bin for up to 2 weeks – not much fun in August! I will have to soak my nappies. DEPENDSYou can soak nappies if you like – half fill a bucket with water, add some nappy fresh or essential oil and drop the nappies in as you use them. This is called wet pailing. I preferred to dry pail – I just put the nappies into the bucket and put the lid on – no water at all. When we had a very tiny kitchen, I just used to put the nappies straight into the washing machine and then when I was ready to wash, put the other clothes on top and turned the machine on. I will have loads of extra washing. FACT and FICTIONYes, if you use real nappies, you will have some extra washing to do. However, when you have a baby, you always have extra washing to do and if you pop a few nappies in with each load, you won't even notice the extra. I will have to do extra nappy changes. FICTIONDisposable nappy manufacturers like to imply that you can leave a baby in a nappy for hours and hours but I don't like that idea really, Guidelines suggest that nappies should be changed every 4 hours during the day time (more frequently for newborns) and a correctly fitting cloth nappy should be able to cope with this. Real nappies leak. FICTIONA well fitting real nappy that is the right shape and absorbency for your baby should not leak. Some parents report that real nappies actually fit their baby better, so they have less leaks than in disposables. My baby will get nappy rash if I use cloth nappies. FICTIONNappy rash is caused by a reaction between the bacteria in the poo and the ammonia in the wee and the best way to prevent nappy rash is to:
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