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

Does my son sneak out to the pub and drink beer all night, or do all toddlers wee about five pints at night? If your toddler is the same and you find disposables totally useless as they leak, try Terries. Whenever I use disposables, because he is being baby-sat, or we are on holiday or whatever, I find him laying in pee every morning. Not only is it yucky for him, poor little pickle, it also means I have to spend half an hour sorting out his bed. I don't know how you disposables mums cope, it would drive me mad if it happened all the time. I have tried every single brand, (and Pampers were one of the worst!) and although some, such as Huggies were ok, with only .  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

When somebody suggested to me that I use terry nappies when my baby was born, I was a little apprehensive, all that washing and trying to fold them, what about the pins, won't I spike the baby? Anyway, the idea grew on me so when my daughter was born, I tried to use them, unfortunately, whichever way I tried to fold them, they didn't seem to fit and trying to get the pins through them was terrible. I did persevere though and from 5 weeks old, my daughter has worn terry nappies. We don't use pins though as I was terrified of me slipping and accidentally spiking her, we use nappy grippers which are rubber grips (they have an advert in the back of most ...  Read the complete review

Nappies are big business these days. Warring brands battle for your custom - and woe betide the mother who changes brand. Interesting information is that a baby becomes used to one sort of nappy - and if they have sensitive skin, switching brands can irritate. And terries? Well, its universally recognised that they are frighteningly cheaper than disposables - but also cause more work in terms of soaking, washing, folding, pinning etc. Yes, this doesn't actually take that long to do - but then apart from Mrs Tiggy-winkle ( and possibly my grandmother) - who actually enjoys that sort of thing..... And they are environmentally much, much ...  Read the complete review