Friday, 28 January 2011

This time last year....

I was waiting around for my little boy to show his face! He was 2 weeks overdue in the end (born 11th February) so I was spending my time ensuring my hospital bag was ready, washing the new baby clothes and pre washing all the cloth nappies ready for use.

Pre washing is recommended for ALL nappies, dependant on which fabric is used will depend upon how many times you need to prewash. Prewashing will help build up the absorbency of the nappy - just in the same way we wash our towels before we use them so they work better.
I usually pre wash all my new nappies together if I can, but it's fine to pop them in your normal wash. You don't need to dry them in between washing - I usually put my washing machine on it's shortest cycle at 30 degrees and then just keep washing!
So for example....
Cotton terry will need about 5 or 6 washes
Bamboo terry and hemp will need about 10 - 15 washes
Micro fibre and fleece will only need 1 prewash.

I'm spending this year a lot differently, I'm planning Edwards first birthday party, discovering new nappies and thinking about all the money I've saved over the past year by using cloth nappies. This time next year I imagine I'll be looking at potty training!!

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