When our first son was born, we started using huggies nappies – because you know… So many people rave about how good they are…. WRONG! I could seriously sue them for what wearing their nappies did to my poor little boys bum! For ages we couldn’t figure out what was wrong (It took like a year!) Until I started buying different brand of nappies for during the day and slowly slowly his bum started to clear up. I’m only guessing – but that’s the only reason that could be.
Now I know some of you are probably thinking “but how often were you changing him?!” With a whole heap of attitude attached… Now, I can’t stress enough that wherever he went, whoever he was with, they were always very vigilant with changing him. I mean my mother and mother-in-law have always been that bit more proactive that me!
So before bub #2 arrived I started to research things like most eco friendly nappies, world’s best disposable nappies, healthiest nappies and started to educate myself on all things nappies.
Research
Choice Australia – https://www.choice.com.au/babies-and-kids/baby-clothes-and-nappies/nappies/buying-guides/disposable-and-cloth-nappies
Healthy Mummy – https://www.healthymummy.com/choice-best-disposable-nappies/
Good baby diapers – https://goodbabydiapers.com/bambo-nature-diaper-revie
These are just some of the sites that helped make up my mind on the direction I was going to take in regards to nappies. When my second bub was a new born I used pampers premi nappies but now I use bambo nature, they are so absorbent its not funny! I forgot to change my toddler before he was put to bed, he was in the same nappy for 13 hours and his nappy was full like it was going to explode! There’s full – then there’s omg so full! I am so in love with bamboo nappies now, there is no way I will ever go back to using any other disposable nappies!
I eventually found sites like House of Nappies and The Nappy Shop and I started ordering my nappies in bulk and worked out the cost of buying bamboo nappies in bulk compared to buying Huggies from woolies. Now, I wish I could say that they cost relatively the same cost – yeah, no… Bamboo nappies DO NOT COME CHEAP! However – they are the best thing on earth!
So it turns out… Bambo nature nappies (the head honcho of bambo nappies), are $201.85 for a month of nappies, I can’t just run down to the shops and buy them, but the nappy shop has AFTERPAY! –
| Brand | Bambo Nature | Huggies |
| Pants size 5 | 0.77c ea | 0.40c ea |
| Nappies size 5 | $1.09 ea | 0.46c ea |
| Newborn size 1 | $2.02 ea | 0.31c ea |
So before you all have a fit, like my husband did – think of it like this – it has solved a problem that has been present on and off for over a year, I have tried EVERY. SINGLE. BRAND. OF. NAPPIES. OUT. THERE! My poor little boy says as he holds his bits “Sore, change, cream, goo.” – Translation: “Mummy, I’m sore af! I need to be changed, I need cream, and I think nappy goo will suffice.” It is the cutest thing ever.
I also decided to make my own wipes because nappies are expensive af! And because then we know what’s in them. So I buy Viva paper towels (don’t buy cheap, I did, they aren’t strong enough) and a jar of coconut oil (whatever is on special). I fold the paper towel in half (I fold two rolls at a time), boil the jug, mix 1 heaped tablespoon of coconut oil and 1 cup of boiling water and let the coconut oil dissolve. I use the huggies containers to put them in because I had them already, but while writing this article I decided to see what’s out there – and I didn’t find anything of interest, the huggies containers seem to be the most convenient.
EDIT:- So as I was writing this I discovered another – much more time saving – way to use the wipes. All those hours wasted folding the paper towel! What I found was if you run one end of the roll under the tap for a second and then turn the roll up the other way and set aside – the water will transfer throughout the roll making it easy to slide the cardboard cylinder out of the middle. Then squash the roll into the container, add the mixture, then just roll the sheets out and break off as needed – OMG SO MUCH EASIER!
It was now been an entire week where the only nappy that is used on both my boys is bambo nature and I have noticed a significant change. I no longer hear “mummy sore sore!” There is a massive cost difference to those brands you can but at Woolies or Coles, but you do what you have to do for your kids. The element of afterpay makes it a bit easier as well and I have become quite frugal with all my other expenses. Follow some of my other blogs to see how you can also reduce your spendings.
Aquo Xx