Modern Cloth Nappies (MCNs)

I have been using Modern Cloth Nappies for three years now.  I started using them when my first child, Alex was six months old.  I was initially motivated to research cloth nappies due to the price of disposable nappies and the quantity that I was using on a weekly basis.

When Alex was six months old, my husband and I took him on our annual summer holiday to Yamba, northern New South Wales.  Instead of throwing the disposable nappies straight in the wheelie bin, we wrapped them in nappy bags and placed them in a big plastic garbage bag in the bathroom which we emptied every couple of days.  Seeing the pile of disposabl nappies grow larger every day gave us a reality check about how many nappies we were in fact using on our little boy and the toll this would have on landfill.

The world of Modern Cloth Nappies is enormous.  I was initially scarred off by the cost of the nappies but I did my calculations and realised that cloth nappies would save me money in the long run, particularly as we intended on having two children.  The world wide web is a valuable resource and I used it to research my cloth nappy options.

I initially bought ten nappies/liners/covers from a Canadian company in a large size as Alex was a very chubby baby.  I loved these nappies and found them to be very absorbent and Alex rarely experienced nappy rash.  I washed them every second day and then purchased a couple more so that I would only have to wash them every third day.

The sight of cloth nappies dancing on the clothes line is very cute!