Tamworth Heritage 2010

I've just got home from a day out with Brett and Edward in Tamworth. We own Reliants (yes 3 wheelers!) which were produced in Tamworth and we were invited to take part in a rally with some friends of ours who also drive Reliants. It was a really nice day, the weather was good and we got to see some really fantastic cars - some had travelled from as far as Holland! We've been to a few Reliant meets this year, one of which was in York, where we camped for the weekend. We decided not to camp at Tamworth though as it's so close to home but after the rally we drove to the campsite where our friends were staying for a cuppa and a chat before going home.
I managed to get some cloth promotion in today too, I met a lady from Leicester who is on her 6th child (6th!!!) and she noticed Edwards nappy (a lovely Wee Notions Girraffe print number) and she asked how I got on with them, obviously I had to brag about how much I love them and then we launched into washing nappies and how easy it is when I'm out and about - I explained that the best way to wash nappies (I will be posting about this shortly) and what I do when going out (again I'll post about this later).

Once at the campsite, I was talking to a teenage girl as I changed Edwards nappy. She seemed surprised that I was changing his Leopard print nappy cover to a Cow print one when it goes over a disposable 'You're just making more washing for yourself' she said LOL!!! I pulled off his nappy and she was even more suprised to see it was an actual nappy and not a cover, her next statement was 'What's wrong with using normal nappies?' I nearly dropped Edward! I felt very belittled, and by a teenager!!
Usually, when people see my nappies they are surprised but interested by them, not appalled so I was a bit shocked to be honest. I caught my breath and talked through how disposables contain chemicals, don't break down for 300 - 500 years (so every disposable ever made is lying on a trash heap somewhere.....bleurgh!!) not to mention how much cheaper they are than disposables! She couldn't believe that I washed his dirty nappies, 'disposables are so much easier' she said.....'are they?' I replied, 'they might be easier sometimes, but I find these so much easier than running to te shops when I've run out of nappies!"

I'm not sure I changed her mind about disposables, but I hope I gave her another option to consider when she has children.
On the plus side, I took my homemade (by me!) Mei Tai sling, and carried Edward in it most of the day. It was great as I had only been to Edwards Nanna's with it and she lives 10 minutes up the road from us so it needed a good test run and I think it was a success!
My next few posts will be about nappy care and going out with a bag full of real nappies - please have a good read of these ones, especially if you are new to using cloth nappies because I hope you'll find some handy hints to help you out :)