Nic got me an electric toothbrush! (This is actually more thoughtful than it sounds because I've been having terrible pregnancy-related trouble with my gums
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I used and loved cloth diapers -- some of them now are SUPER cute! -- and washed them myself. We were living 40 minutes from town, then, and there was no service to be had. That said, I would totally use a service and cloth. But I think you're limited to prefolds and won't get to use the super fancy all in ones and fitted diapers.
I understand these services are more common in the US than here in the UK: they were extraordinarily expensive here so they were never a real option for us. But I'm told that they only let you use the old-fashioned cloth nappies, which are the easiest ones to wash and dry yourself anyway
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I was comparing the service price ($21.95 for 80 diapers per week) with the price of a pack of Pampers (96 at about $30) and pricewise there doesn't seem to be much difference here, particularly since I've already heard multiple lively arguments why one can't skimp on diapers and go generic. Even my mother, who's usually all about eco stuff, delivered a veritable paean to Pampers.
Our mother's generation loved the fact that they had the choice, and of course Pampers are the big brand. But I think they talk about dispos and use the term Pampers, like when people talk about Hoovers.
Me, I liked Huggies better than Pampers, and Superdry own brand was just as good as Huggies and cheaper (we had an emergency one day and they were the closest shop). Pampers tended to stick to E's bum, and a friend said that it did the same for her son. The reason I liked Bambo was that it had the shaping of Pampers and fit like that, but didn't stick.
A friend who did cloth for her first said she found that he mostly pooed after breakfast, so she would put him in dispos then, and go back to cloth later in the day. Much easier. She's got three now, and the younger ones got a lot less cloth nappying, but they are all under 5.
Ach du liebes Lottchen... ich hatte tatsächlich die Windeln zum Wegwerfen, weil ein Service, der sie mir wäscht, erst mit dem Auto rumfährt und die Teile einsammelt, dann werden die gekocht mit Bleiche behandelt und im Trockner getrocknet, dann mit dem Auto wieder rumgefahren, so dass es ökologisch gesehen Blödsinn ist, wenn man das als Grund für Windeln aus Stoff angibt. Zum Windeln ist es umständlicher und die Kinder sind häufiger wund. Billiger ist es auf keinen Fall und besser für den Po auch nicht. Meine Mutter hatte ein traumatisches Erlebnis, als in Argentinien, wo wir damals gelebt haben, viele Kinder gestorben waren, weil dort Bleiche mit Bleizusatz verwendet wurde. Sie hatte gerade Pampers für unseren Bruder gekauft und ist noch heute froh drum. Also, man weiß nicht wirklich, was so ein Dienst macht mit dem Stoff. Selber waschen bringt einen an den Rande des Wahnsinns. Wir hatten die Pampers und waren damit auch hochgradig zufrieden, alles von anderen Marken war sehr enttäuschend hielt nicht trocken, nicht dicht, saß nicht
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LOL. Du bist jetzt die 4. Person die mir sagt alles ausser Pampers taugt nichts! Gut zu wissen! Ich werde die verschiedenen Salben auf die Einkaufskiste meiner Eltern setzten. Wie steht's mit Penatencreme? Das war auch etwas was ich aus Deutschland in Erinnerung habe das es hier nicht gibt. Irgendweche andere essentielle Deutsche Produkte von denen ich wissen sollte?
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Me, I liked Huggies better than Pampers, and Superdry own brand was just as good as Huggies and cheaper (we had an emergency one day and they were the closest shop). Pampers tended to stick to E's bum, and a friend said that it did the same for her son. The reason I liked Bambo was that it had the shaping of Pampers and fit like that, but didn't stick.
A friend who did cloth for her first said she found that he mostly pooed after breakfast, so she would put him in dispos then, and go back to cloth later in the day. Much easier. She's got three now, and the younger ones got a lot less cloth nappying, but they are all under 5.
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