Don't Bother! (Mothercare Shaped Terries Nappies)

Member Name: traceyhand

Product:	Mothercare Shaped Terries Nappies
Date:	07/08/00 (127 review reads)
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Advantages: I'm getting my money back!

Disadvantages: see above

Did you know that 4% of all landfill is made up of disposable nappies?? Pretty frightening fact.
When our son reached 7 months, my husband and I made a conscious decision to change over to re-usable nappies, partly for reasons of cost and partly because we found we had the equivalent of one whole extra dustbin bag of rubbish each week which was just nappies.
We decided to get our first nappies from Mothercare. A pack of 12 super absorbant terry flat squares and a pack of 10 shaped nappies. I thought that the shaped ones would be sufficient, with a liner, for my son and they are a lot less bulky than folded terries.

They are also completely rubbish!!!

Firstly, the pack I bought weren't even all the same size.
They are supposed to be "one size" with no indication of a minimum or maximum age or size that they will fit. when I checked my pack some of them were a good inch or 2 different from others in size. Also, at nearly 8 months, they won't even fit my son for much longer, the smaller ones are already too small for him. Some one size!!

Secondly, if your child wees in it, it WILL get soaked through. It is not very absorbant and doesn't hold much wee at all. This means that whatever wrap your baby is wearing (gone are the days of needing plastic knickers!) will get wet also and need changing.

I'm very unimpressed with them and I've tried boosting them with allsorts but the only way I've even been able to use them at all is to use them inside another nappy. Even 2 together isn't any good.

On the up side though, I complained to Mothercare.com about the sizing and they have said if I send them back they will inspect and refund them. So there is hope!

I'll use the £20 refund to buy some decent re-usables!

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