Thursday 27 March 2014

Competition - Tell your friends about the voucher

Real Nappy Week 2014 is coming up, 28 April to 4 May and we need your help with promoting real nappies.  Do you have a friend, neighbour or work colleague eligible to apply for a voucher?  They need to live in Bexley, Camden, Hackney, Haringey, Islington or Tower Hamlets and have a baby under 18 months.  Or could you go along to an NCT class or Children's Centre and tell expectant and new parents about the voucher? 

Please tell them to say they heard about the voucher from you on their application.  We will give a prize to the person who has encouraged the most people to obtain vouchers,  (according to our database) by Thursday 24 April.

Also, can you come along to the Great Cloth Nappy Change at St Mary's, Upper Street?  We need your help on Saturday 26 April at 11am to break the record set last year for the most real nappies changed across the World .

For more information and to book your place click  here

Monday 17 March 2014

Real Nappy Week 2014

 28 April - 4 May


Why are more and more parents opting for washable nappies? 

  • Disposable liners help keep the nappies clean so most of the time you're just loading damp cloths into your washing machine. 
  • An increasing number of cloth nappy parents are giving their babies the opportunity to pee or poo on the pot at changing time from an early age.  This makes washing nappies even easier. It also usually means the transition from pants to nappies happens earlier, more easily with less stress for toddlers and carers!  (See the link at the bottom of this page to a wonderful blog about it, if you are interested in learning more.)
  • Parents tell us it's not that much extra work.  You're doing so much washing when you have a new baby, what's the problem with an extra wash every other day?  And it saves bringing back big bulky packages from the supermarket.
  • But there's an even bigger reason.  Parents just can't bear the idea of all those disposable nappies 4,500-6,000 per baby, sitting in landfill for hundreds of years.

Come and celebrate using real nappies on Saturday 26 April at St Mary's Centre, Upper Street.  Book your free place here and be part of the Big Cloth Nappy Change 2014.  NB You only need to book if you are participating in the Guinness nappy change at 11am.

Please arrive at 10.30am to register.  One adult per baby and baby must be changed into a cloth nappy. 

Link to Lulastic's blog post Get Started with Elimination Communication




Monday 3 March 2014

Reduce Climate Change Impacts of your baby wearing nappies


See if your baby is trying to tell you s/he wants to pee or poo on a pot.  Look up Elimination Communication – fewer nappies is the most environmentally friendly option

Use cloth nappies – washing nappies can have up to 40% lower climate change impacts than disposables if you wash a full load, air dry and don’t boil or iron them. To find out more download Environment Agency Report of 2008 (PDF)

Look for the signs that your child wants to potty train – children can be clean at one year and dry by 18 months. Even if you use disposables this can reduce the impacts considerably.  There are also positive health impacts from potty training earlier.  For more click here