Terry Nappies

When my eldest son was born 13 years ago there was not much choice in nappies and I bought 3 dozen terry squares. I used these most of the time at first and only used disposables for going out. The only nappies which were a good fit on him were Peaudouce T shape ( bet nobody remembers those!). I used to soak the wet ones in one bucket and the soiled ones in another, flushing away the disposable liners. I then washed them when I had a full load, drying them on the line and finishing them off with 10 minutes in the tumble dryer to soften them. I used to love seeing them all on the line and I'm sure I didn't spend as much on washing as I would have on ...  Read the complete review

Ere, wassis ? A man writing about nappies ? Well, and why not ? I have changed more sh***y nappies than many of yoo DooYooers have had ‘ot dinners. So if the thought of THAT hasna put you off ‘ot dinners for a little time, read on ! It was in March 1978 that the first li’l Gee popped out of Heather. Well, perhaps not ‘popped’ out as such – the labour (at Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill London SE5) took a full 18 hours ..... Marvellous hospital, with a Ward Sister of the Hattie Jacques mould, who ‘threw me out’ for using a camera with a flash .....(lovely photos though !). In those days, ...  Read the complete review

Have you ever looked at your washing line and seen a row of white squares flapping in the wind? I have often as I am one of the rare breed who still use the old fasioned squares of Terry towling on my babies nappy. Over the years I must have saved a fortune in buying nappys. I have save the council a lot in the disposal of nappys and I have saved the environment in general a lot. What I haven't saved is the washing machine and my time. It is not difficult to fold and put on a nappy and I have got quite adept at the task. There are various folds I use depending on the size of the child. I can changed a nappy nearly as quickly ...  Read the complete review

I first used terry nappies over thirteen years ago when my son was born, the simple reason being that I thought that disposables were very expensive. Back then there was really only the branded disposables to choose from, very few shops had their own brands. When I had my daughter six years ago I decided to give disposables a try but very quickly returned to terry's as my daughter always seemed to develop nappy rash with disposables. Most mothers are put off terrys because they think they will be hard work but they're not. It's very easy to learn how to fold and pin them, you can even do it different ways for boys and girls so you get extra ...  Read the complete review

If you change a babies nappy just 5 times a day and a disposable nappy costs about 25p that will cost you £8.55 a week and in a year that’s £455. Whereas Terries would cost you a one off amount of about £40 for 20 nappies and some plastic pants and pins, less than £10 for a nappy bucket with lid, and about £5 every 2/3 months for some Nappy San and disposable nappy liners. Giving the cost for a year of about £70. Yes disposable nappies are easy, but what are they doing to the environment? One child will wear at least 1820 nappies a year and if they are disposable they will just fill up landfills until there is no more room anywhere. Whereas with ...  Read the complete review