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Sandwell Cloth Nappy Cash Back Scheme

Lisa — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 06:13:56 +0000

By the time your baby is potty trained you could have changed as many as 6,000 nappies, costing around £700 in disposables. In comparison you will only need around 25 cloth nappies, costing around £200 including the washing.

Cloth nappies are making a come back, but forget terry towelling squares and big pins. Cloth nappies now come in a variety of shapes, sizes, materials and colours, they are comfortable, easy to use and fashionable.

By using cloth nappies you can save money, help the environment and even colour co-ordinate them with your babies outfits!

Cloth nappy cash back scheme

By using cloth nappies for your baby you will be reducing the amount of rubbish you produce. To help with buying new nappies Sandwell Council would like to say thank you by offering you £30 towards the cost of buying cloth nappies.

Nappy cash back claim form

If you don’t live in Sandwell you might find a reusable nappy incentive near you on the ever growing list at the Natural Nursery.

You can buy washable nappies at The Natural Nursery who will help you out with any paper work you need to make your claim.

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£10 Cashback for Real Nappies in Sheffield

Lisa — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:23:39 +0000

Did you know that by the time your baby is potty trained you will have gone through 5,000 nappy changes? With this in mind, and the fact your baby will spend around 2 years in nappies, it is really important that you make an informed choice and choose a nappy option that is right for both you and your baby. In order to help parents make this decision, ourselves and Veolia Environmental Services have teamed up with the Sheffield Real Nappy Network to provide discounts, advice and support for parents investing in real nappies.

Real Rubbish Reduction

Disposable nappies can take up half the bin each week. For a family with just one baby, real nappies can help you manage your waste and reduce your environmental impact. Just in Sheffield each year we estimate over 15,000 tonnes of nappy waste is produced.

Real Easy to Use

By the time your baby is potty trained, you are likely to have gone through 5,000 nappy changes.
Real nappies are an easy to use, practical alternative to disposables.
With modern nappies there isn’t a pin in sight.
They come in lots of modern and funky styles that fasten easily with poppers, Velcro or nifty little plastic grips so the nappy fits your baby snugly.
A liner goes inside the nappy to keep your baby dry and to catch the solids.
To prevent leaks most real nappies are covered with a breathable waterproof cover available in colourful designs.

Real Savings

The total cost of using real nappies can be less than half that of using disposables.
Costs can be as little as £1 per week including the price of detergents and energy.
No need to soak or pre-wash, just wash at 40⁰ or 60⁰C

Real Nappy Support

Ourselves and Veolia Environmental Services are working with Sheffield Real Nappy Network, a voluntary group to provide quality advice and support to Sheffield residents investing in Real Nappies.

A £10 contribution, from oursleves is available for residents of Sheffield who purchase Real Nappies through the Sheffield Real Nappy Network, as long as you can say yes to all of the following.

You order a minimum of £30 worth of nappies before discount and not including any other sundry products
The nappies are for a child under the age of 12 months
You can only make one claim per child through the Sheffield Real Nappy Network
You live in the Sheffield area and are liable for Council Tax to us.

Contact

For more information http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/environment/waste/reducingrecycling/realnappies#support

The Natural Nursery has lots of advice about reusable nappies and a wonderful selection of cloth nappies and accessories in the Natural Nursery Shop.

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Dacorum Borough Council – Real Nappy Incentive

Arabella Greatorex — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:53:33 +0000

Dacorum Borough Council, in partnership with Hertfordshire County Council, would like to thank our residents who avoid the mountain of waste created by using disposable nappies. If you buy your own re-useable nappies or join a nappy laundering scheme we will reimburse you up to £50 towards the cost.

You can find out how to apply on the Dacorum BC website – http://www.dacorum.gov.uk/default.aspx@page=1745.html

If you buy your natural nappies from The Natural Nursery, we will be happy to provide you with the paperwork you will need to make your claim.

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Fluffy Friday Competiton – draw on 18th February 2010

Arabella Greatorex — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:30:52 +0000

The winner of the £20 voucher to spend on children’s books at The Natural Nursery is comment number 14, anna8301, as chosen using a random number generator. Well done Lucy drop me an email and we can arrange for your prize to be sent out to you.

This week we are giving away a fabby one size pocket nappy from Wonderoo. Wonderoo washable nappies are the easy way to use cloth nappies – once you have stuffed them, they go on and off just like a disposable nappy.

You can win one of these highly rated reusable nappies in your choice of colour, or if you can’t wait, we currently have a special offer of 25% off the rrp!

You can grab yourself lots of entries by:

1. Leaving a comment below answering the following question:

What is your favourite colour of Wonderoo Pocket Nappy?

This will earn you 1 entry.

2. Following us on Twitter – just post your Twitter ID as a comment below.

3. Send a Tweet saying “I’ve entered the Fluffy Friday Giveaway by @naturalnursery. You can enter too at www.naturalnurseryblog.co.uk”. You can do this once a day, just comment below every time to let us know that you have done it.

4. Becoming a fan of our Facebook page – and we do extra comps and special offers there too. Just post a comment below letting us know that you are a fan.

5. Posting “I’ve entered the Fluffy Friday Give away by @naturalnursery. You can enter too at www.naturalnurseryblog.co.uk” on your Facebook will earn you one extra entry per week – just post a comment below letting us know when you have done it.

6. Uploading a photo of you or your little one in or using any of the products that we sell at The Natural Nursery to our Facebook page – one entry per week, don’t forget to post a comment below telling us that you have done this.

7. Write a review on a product on The Natural Nursery website. Just post a comment below to let us know which product you have reviewed.

8. Spreading the word about this giveaway on other forums and blogs will give one extra entry per share – leave a comment below telling us where you have shared. Please note: we do NOT tolerate spam so any posts deemed to be spam by the forum/blog hosts or us will be disqualified.

9. Signing up to our newsletter at http://www.naturalnursery.co.uk/ and popping a comment below to let us know you are a subscriber.

You may earn as many entries as you like, just remember to make separate comments below for each one (so if you are already a newsletter subscriber, you can still enter by adding a comment below telling us).

Next Friday (18th February) we will choose a number at random from all comments left by 4pm and will post up the winner.

Happy comping!

Arabella

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No-nonsense introduction to cloth nappies

Arabella Greatorex — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:54:54 +0000

Norfolk County Council has published a simple guide to cloth nappies – Norfolk Guide.

The guide talks about the different types of reusable nappies, how to wash them, how many you need and provides links to guides on how to fold terry nappies and why you should consider using washable nappies.

Although terribly detailed, it has clear answers to many of the common questions asked by parents new to real nappies and is a great place to start your research.

You can find other information on cloth nappies on The Natural Nursery website:

Washable Nappies, Fact or Fiction?

Cloth Nappies, Why are they Best?

Save £12 per Week by Switching to Cloth Nappies

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Fluffy Friday, 14th January 2011

Arabella Greatorex — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:04:43 +0000

Welcome to the first Fluffy Friday of 2011 – I can’t believe that we are half way through January already.

We are very excited about our brand new range of cloth nappies – the Flip nappy and the bumGenius One-size v4. We haven’t actually got our hands on them yet, but Kate and I loved them when we had a demo of them and I have friends who say they are just the best washable nappy they have used. STOP PRESS – BOXES AND BOXES OF THEM HAVE ARRIVED!

To celebrate, this week’s Fluffy Friday prize will be fabby bumgenius One-size v4 nappy, in your choice of the colours we stock.

You can grab yourself lots of entries by:

1. Leaving a comment below answering the following question: Which is your favourite colour bumGenius v4 ? This will earn you 1 entry.

2. Following us on Twitter – just post your Twitter ID as a comment below.

3. Send a Tweet saying “I’ve entered the Fluffy Friday Giveaway by @naturalnursery. You can enter too at www.naturalnurseryblog.co.uk”. You can do this once a day, just comment below every time to let us know that you have done it.

4. Write a review on a product on The Natural Nursery website. Just post a comment below to let us know which product you have reviewed.

5. Spreading the word about this giveaway on other forums and blogs will give one extra entry per share – leave a comment below telling us where you have shared. Please note: we do NOT tolerate spam so any posts deemed to be spam by the forum/blog hosts or us will be disqualified.

6. Signing up to our newsletter at www.naturalnursery.co.uk and popping a comment below to let us know you are a subscriber.

You may earn as many entries as you like, just remember to make separate comments below for each one.

Next Friday (21^st January) we will choose a number at random from all comments left by 5pm and will post up the winner.

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Save £12 per Week by Switching to Washable Nappies

Arabella Greatorex — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:08:56 +0000

So, just how much could switching to reusable nappies save your family? I actually sat down and worked it out in January 2011 and even I was amazed – it could be as much as £12 per week!

The cost of disposables

I looked at one of the larger chemists at their branded nappy range and, based on a size 4 nappy, was shocked to find out that the average disposable nappy costs over 20p.

Working on an average of 8 nappy changes a day over 30 months, that works out to £1460 from birth to potty training (assuming 10-12 changes a day for newborn and the recommended minimum on 6 a day for older babies/toddlers).

Add into that the cost of 1.5 packs of baby wipes per week (around £2.40 per pack at the large chemist) that is getting close to £15 per week just on nappies that you are going to throw away – a total of £1941!

And just in case I had got my figures wrong, I did some more research and found a 2006 Guardian article* that quoted £14.50 per week on disposable nappies, wipes and sacks.

And in case anyone questions the fact that these figures are based on branded nappies, it should be noted that they account for over 90% of the UK disposable nappy market.

The cost of reusable nappies

You can buy a really simple to use and wash set of Flip Nappies for £125 or by spending around £300 you could have a set of premium Bumgenius Onesize V.4 Nappies that are just gorgeous to look at.

Either way, you will need to budget for another approx £20 on nappy accessories, such as nappy bucket, mesh and wet bag plus £24 for reusable baby wipes.

You need to add into that the cost of home laundry, which works out at £132 over the 2 ½ years, giving a total cost of reusable nappies of £297 to £420.

The savings

	Flip Washable Nappies	Bumgenius Onesize V.4 Nappies
Cost of nappies, home laundry, accessories and washable wipes	£301	£476
Cost disposable nappies and wipes	£1941	£1941
Saving	£1640	£1465

My maths

The disposable nappies come in a range of sizes and packs. Basing on size 4 nappy, the branded nappies cost:

32 nappies for £6.49

56 nappies for £9.99

42 nappies for £9.98

25 nappies for £4.99

That gave an average price per nappy of £20p, £1460 over 2 ½ years.

The wipes came in packs of 60-64 for either £2.40 or £2.54 per pack. Assuming 2 wipes per nappy change, this gave a use of slightly over 1.5 packs or £3.70 per week, or £481 over the 2 ½ years.

The washing

Most studies quote an extra 3 washes a week, or 390 washes over 2 ½ years ( I know I didn’t do that many extra washes as I generally bunged the nappies in with other washing).

A 4kg tub of premium brand washing powder costs £13.37 – this is enough for 100 nappy washes (based on using half the recommended powder as nappy manufactures advise), giving a cost of £53.48.

An average B rated washing machine uses 1.15 kw of electricity per load at 60 degrees**, at an average cost of 12p kw/h, giving 13.8p per load or £53.82 for 390 washes.

WEN calculated that the average depreciation of the washing machine caused by washing nappies is £25 – I am not going to argue with their figures but I have the calculation if anyone wants to see it.

This gives a total home laundry cost of £132.30, even with the higher electricity costs of 2011.

Sources

Prices for consumer products based on online prices at large chemists and supermarkets and energy providers, January 2011.

*Details of a report commissioned by Family Circle magazine and sponsored by Maestro. Based on potty training at 30 months. Quoted in the Guardian Newspaper, 16^th February 2006.

**http://www.appliancesonline.co.uk/blog/post/2010/08/06/How-to-calculate-your-washing-machine-running-costs.aspx

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Customer Review – Itti Bitti Nappy

Arabella Greatorex — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:33:15 +0000

Some of our lovely customer and others have been giving us feedback on our products and we thought we would share this review of the Itti Bitti reusable nappy with you:

I love my itti bitti nappies! The first thing I love about them is the velour outer and the pretty colours. They don’t look like nappies, more like plush pants and they are sooo soft and pattable. Really pretty on their own with a pair of babylegs! They are low rise and won’t stop your baby from bending, and they are so trim that they fit under clothes cut for disposables.

I use the SIOs and find the snap in inserts very useful because you can replace the insert when it’s only wet, which makes for an economical option, as well as less bulk in the changing bag.

Finally they are very absorbent and cope well with explosive breastfed poo!

You can find the Itti Bitti washable nappies in our shop and don’t forget you can use your discount code for a 10% discount – “friend” is the current code.

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