22 Comments

  1. This is brilliant Jenny. I have a customer looking for just this information, she will be thrilled as she is having an argument with friends over the cost savings!
    Eve

  2. Jennypaulin

    thanks – its taken me a while to compile as I wanted to make sure my maths are correct!! (baby brain not helping!)
    i hope it helps your friend 🙂 x

  3. caro_mad

    Wow, this is quite an impressive amount of money to save. Eve will tell me off again but I am still afraid of poo in my washing machine…

  4. Jennypaulin

    to be fair i haven’t had any nasty poos yet! only a bit of skid action lol !! its been ok – as i mentioned i haven’t done away completely with disposables ……yet but i may as time goes on. x

  5. caro_mad

    Would be great to find out how you get on when Jenson has an explosive nappy. I might have to give him some curry next time I see you, haha x 

  6. emsyjo

    Great comparison, and I imagine it will be a bigger difference out here due to the fact that disposables are so expensive here.  I’ll wait and see what happens I think and maybe try and get someone to buy us some,   I’m sure MIL would love the idea of us using them  🙂

  7. Jennypaulin

    Or you could what I did and put a tweet out asking if anyone has any for you to trial? You never know xx

  8. This is a really cool breakdown! I use nappies that cost £3 each or I don’t buy new, I also don’t bother with a nappy sanitiser and as I have so many nappies it’s only an extra 2 washes a week, so I reckon it would be even cheaper for us.  OH, and don’t forget there is a huge market for selling on washable nappies so you’ll make some of your money back when you’re done with them.  

    As for poo in the washing machine, when I can’t flick or shower most of it off into the loo, I remind myself that when potty training, there will definitely be times when poo in the machine is inevitable 🙂

  9. A few things though. You dont need special nappy powder, bold 2 in 1 is just as good. There are other brands apart from mio solo, some cheaper some more expensive. Check pre loved boards on facebook to get nappies second hand for cheaper. and you don’t need to use liners. Other than that nice work 🙂

  10. Reusable wipes are just bits of terry cloth, get a sheet and cut it up. Some water in a tub with lavender oil and/or CJs carcass cleaner in for moisturising and just chuck them in your nappy tub to be washed with them. Reusable wipes are the best thing ever.

    My washing machine broke down for 6 months (Sep – April) and I had to go back to using disposables and the cost of wipes, nappy bags, *nappies* was approximately £25 a month (not including petrol or delivery charges for home delivery)

    I have just gone back to using cloth again now and it is the best thing ever. I really wish I had done it with my eldest.

  11. Claire MacLean

    Reusable wipes are a HUGE moneysaver! They cost next to nothing to make: you can cut up a towel, or some fleece fabric, and just use plain water. Then they just go in the wash with the nappies. I also use washable liners, which cost £5 for 15 on Ebay, so that’s a lot cheaper too. I don’t use any special nappy powder, just Aldi Sensitive powder, I put all the nappies/wipes/liners on a 30 minute rinse cycle, then a 30° C 30 minute wash with one Aldi powder tablet and a tiny bit of ‘Vanish’ powder. They come out as good as new! Thanks for all your calculations, I think it’s great for people to see the savings they can make, and it can be even cheaper if you plan carefully!

  12. If you search UK Cloth Nappy Libraries you will find a map of every cloth trial scheme and nappy library in the UK and Ireland. Most are non-profit, some are free. All volunteer led to help you see if cloth is for you!

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