How Cute are Modern Cloth Nappies?

[Mor]

if you know, or want to know, have a look at the TV community service announcement that has been put together to promote Real Nappy Week. It's just gorgeous. Hoping to get it on channel 9 and 7 at this stage... how exciting! There are links to it here: via the News Page at www.modernclothnappies.org (http://www.modernclothnappies.org). There are 2 AVIs, for compatibility/size, but both links are to the same 30 second spot.

Keep your eyes peeled on the TV for it to go to air, but in the meantime - some of you can feel even more smug now that the rest of Australia is about to see how cute cloth really is!!! ;)

[the_queen]

oh YAY about time there was some publicity for cloth nappys!!

I'll be looking out for the ads!!!!

[reAllytee]

OoooooOOooooh !!!
i look forward to the ads !!!
:smiliedance: :smiliedance: :smiliedance:

[veve]

it is an AWESOME ad..:smiliedance: . well put together by a daddy with imagination!!! :D

- I love the last line ... very clever :)

xx

[WeloveHarriet]

Hi, I am only new to Bub Hubs and these forums. I have a 9mth old daughter and am beginning to look into using cloth nappies for the first time. I am a little bit of a geek so have been searching the internet night and day for information. :detective:

The thing that puzzles me is why has no-one thought of opening an actual shop where you could go and look at all the different styles of nappies available? I am sure that it would make things a heck of a lot easier for newbies such as me.:confused:

I live in Newcastle which is such a large city and so amazed that this option has not been thought of by someone. I am seriously considering doing it myself. My poor husband keeps saying to me "Is there really a market for cloth nappies?" I must admit that I am unsure of this as well. All of my friends with babies use disposables but I don't know whether this is just because they don't know what options are out there.

What does everyone else think?

[~Chick79~]

The thing that puzzles me is why has no-one thought of opening an actual shop where you could go and look at all the different styles of nappies available? I am sure that it would make things a heck of a lot easier for newbies such as me.:confused:

Totally agree that an actual shopfront, where you can touch and see the nappies (not just in a photo) is a fantastic idea! I have some bamboo nappies (Baby Beehinds) on layby and I just can't wait to see them for real!

But I think the method behind most of the WAHM selling these nappies is so they can sell to the public, without leaving their home plus keeping the costs down for us consumers....

JMO

[Seekrit]

I love the ad :D

"Think Outside the Square" is perfect.

And yeah, I agree with the needs to see and touch the nappies, I'm still a wee cautious about jumping right in since i have no idea, but hey, until I can...

[sopolicha]

Love the look of them, but are fairly pricey!


But you are going to pay at least fifteen dollars a week for the next 2 - 2 and half years.

[Seekrit]

that works for you then, mandy.

We're using the baby bonus to stock up on green kids pockets which should fit from 5kg - toilet training. Pricey yes, but a worthy investment for us in the long run.

[Seekrit]

ALSO how the heck do you get your grandparents to pay for the nappies :eek:
Not that mine are in the state, nor country, as I'm in.. but I'm just curious.

Awesome grandparents you have. :thumbsup:

[waawa]

The thing that puzzles me is why has no-one thought of opening an actual shop where you could go and look at all the different styles of nappies available? I am sure that it would make things a heck of a lot easier for newbies such as me.:confused:

Plenty of people have thought of it, Harriet :) There are about three bricks 'n' mortar shops around the country that do stock some modern cloth nappies, but their range is very limited. The problem is (apart from getting hold of wholesale quantities, which would cut your possible range down dramatically) - you'd have to charge a retail markup. If WAHM-made quality modern cloth nappies were priced at what they're worth at a retail level (compared to other similar goods), and WAHMs paid minimum wage, I think you'd be looking at forty dollars plus per nappy. (Possibly a fair bit more, for hemp/bamboo/embroidered/etc nappies.)

Instead, we have our own gatherings, which cost nothing. At a medium sized napypycino, you can see and handle and ask about a much larger range of nappies than you can in any store, and often talk to a couple of the actual designers and makers in the process. You're in Newcastle - the NovaCloth scene is jumping! I'm sure they'd welcome you to their next gathering.

I think it's great to get some cloth into stores too, but personally I like this system. Keeps big business out of it - unless you count Australia Post.

Lara

[sopolicha]

To be honest I am always surprised when someone says they use cloth. I wish I knew about the newer cloth nappies when I had my first baby. The money I could have saved..........anyway.

Just out of curiosity, Mandy if your grandparents bought you the cloth nappies instead of paying endlessly for disposables, honestly would you use them or still stick to disposables?

[Mor]

There are a couple of stores stocking cloth nappies and the sorts of baby products you want to see and play with before buying... Natures Cradle in Adelaide is one. But bricks and mortar stores cost a fortune to set up and are hard work. I would like to see more stores selling good quality cloth nappies, even if just boutique cloth, not wholesale/retail, but the mark up is likely to be so minimal that the profit margin wouldn't cover business costs in a shop.

As Lara mentioned, there are some fantastic meets regularly held around Australia, nappycinos we call them, where we bring our stashes and chat with other cloth using parents and have a great old chat and compare. It is a fantastic way to see & play before you buy. It is also one of the main components of Real Nappy Week, we are having nappycinos around Australia to give people like you the opportunity to see modern cloth and ask question about it. www.modernclothnappies.org Pretty sure there is going to be a Newcastle meet, so you should go along.

With regard to there being no point buying cloth after 4-6 months of disposables... rubbish! ;) LOL... excuse the punn! There is, lots of point to changing at any stage of a baby's nappy life! In fact, lots of people only discover cloth after a few months using disposables and it's not uncommon for people to change over at about 6 months. The cost savings alone are amazing, and there are lots of other reasons to do it too! Have a read of this discussion, I have linked to my post there so I don't need to type it all again, but it's pretty much the same now as 3 months ago. http://www.bubhub.com.au/community/forums/showthread.php?p=116631#post116631
Even if you change the cost of the disposable nappies to 30c each, you still save a FORTUNE using cloth. And if you use terry squares even more savings!

Back to topic... how cute are modern cloth nappies?! Did you know there is going to be a fashion show in Sydney during Real Nappy Week - to show off some of the gorgeous nappies and covers you can get...? ;D

[WeloveHarriet]

Thanks for the feedback about the meetings where you can see some nappies in the flesh.

I am still seriously considering the option of opening a bricks and mortar shop. As I said previously I have been researching the Australian market and have decided that I am probably going to give AIOs a try. The cost of these nappies seem to be fairly high from all the sites I have seen. I have contacted a number of international companies regarding stocking their products and it will be interesting to see how the prices stack up. Of course, if it is too cost inhibitive then it would be silly to even entertain the idea of a shop. This however won't stop me from starting to use cloth.

I started researching cloth due to the fact that okay with only one child it doesn't seem overly expensive to use disposables but we are currently trying for another baby and the thought of two in nappies fills me with horror of the money we would be forking out each week. Even if you can get them on sale, the cost of disposables is sooooooo expensive for something that you are going to end up using once then throwing into the bin.

I am so amazed that cloth nappies are so popular and yet at the same time such a big secret to the general public. Whenever you mention cloth nappies everyone always presumes you mean the old fashioned squares. Hopefully these TV ads will bring it more into the public and make it easier to source quality items.

[veve]

Its a pitty I hadn't of found bubhub earlier before we got all of these gianormous boxes of disposables!!!

I returned the sposies bought for Jack... Big W gave me money :smiliedance:

we were given lots at the baby shower...we smiled- said thank you .. and exchanged them for money - which we spent on fitted nappies :D

having said that... lots of mums use sposies in the first few weeks (while your head is still spinning)...

xx