Capable Child

Seven years ago the cloth nappies we used on Little Lady were extremely hard work. The shaped terry nappies were very bulky and difficult to put on her. The terry nappy had to be wrestled inside a water proof wrap. We used cloth at home but I never felt confident enough to use them out and about. We saved plenty of nappies from land fill but this time, with my second baby, I was determined to do more. When Littlest Lady, born in March this year, got to a couple of months old we tried again with the bulky terry nappies. The big pail of water reappeared by the washing machine. My husband was convinced that Littlest Lady was unhappy in the bulky nappies. They were so big. She was so little. They came half way down her thighs. Around the same time, I met another ‘Cloth Bum Mum.’ Her little girl was in cloth full time- I had a lot of questions! “It looks like cloth nappies have come on a lot in 7 years,” I told my husband one evening after a detailed cloth nap