It is estimated that, per child, each family will spend over £1200 on disposable nappies over a period of two and a half years. You can buy a birth to potty nappy kit for between £100 and £300 new or I reckon for around £50 used if you know where to look (and here at Clothnappy.info, we certainly do).
Like most things in life, with nappies you pay for aesthetics. For example, you can pick up some original preloved Tots Bots Bamboozles for around £2-3 each whereas you would expect to pay over the £10 mark for a preloved Holdens Landing fitted nappy. Although if you’ve seen the artwork from Holdens Landing, I doubt you would begrudge paying it!
As for buying new, let’s have a look. You can buy a Birth to Potty Kit from Little Lambs for £300 directly from Little Lambs. Personally, that’s not an option for me, firstly, it’s a massive outgoing for quite a plain nappy, also I don’t know if it’s the one for me. This is something I would always think about when buying a kit of nappies which are all the same type, you need to be sure they are going to work for your baby. Also for £300 I could have a beautifully colourful preloved stash with a couple of custom Wee Notions…
“I don’t have the time to steep, wash and fold nappies.”
First and foremost, we need to be thinking about the future we are creating for our children. Thousands of us were sent in to panic with talks of global warming and one of the easiest steps we can take is to stop using disposable nappies and sanitary products.
I suppose there are a million and one articles like this floating about on the internet but I don’t want to make any one feel inferior or guilty. I just want to arm you with all the necessary information to empower you to make the right choice. It’s hard to bypass ignorance when it’s all around you.