|
Cloth nappies & accessories
LottiesBotties is a family run internet based reusable cloth nappy business. We aim to provide excellent products, We make everything ourselves with tlc on our own premises, including cloth nappies and a variety of covers and wraps in a waterproof PUL, fleece, and knitted wool covers including longies, shorties and soakers in a range of different colours and styles to suit any baby or toddler. We use both Velcro fastening and popper fastenings and you can specify exactly what you want when you order with us.
Our fantastic reusable accessory range are a must have for any cloth nappyist. Boosters, liners and cloth wipes perfectly compliment our reusable range. Eco parenting and living is the way forward and our parenting items can help, we have wrap slings and encourage baby wearing, we also design a stunning range of cozytoes and diddiecoats to keep your baby all snuggled up. We aim to make your life easier and can custom make products for you. We make personalised baby on board signs and dummy holders.
Using cloth nappies for the first time can be very confusing, even the thought of using them in the beginning boggled my mind, I had a million and one questions about them, so we want you to rest assured that you will have all the help and advice on hand to keep you sane. some helpful tips can be found here make your own cloth wipe solution & how do you put them on
when I first suggested to people that I will be using re-usable nappies I had the feedback of "gosh that’s such hard work what is the point?" well there are several points.
Using reusable nappies helps to save me money for starters, save the environment and they truly aren’t hard work at all.
Gone are the days when you had to soak them in chemicals, scrub them to get stains out etc.
The truth is the washing machine does it all for you yes you do 3 more washes per week (with half the detergent) but that’s it, you can line dry your nappies, tumble them or put them on a radiator just as you do with items of clothes its so easy. Laundry costs (detergent, electricity, water, wear and tear of washer) of £120 over your baby’s nappy career.
Did you know that disposable nappies contain lots of chemicals, have you noticed that they never smell of urine? I really didn’t like the idea of my child sitting with chemicals next to his bottom.
You probably do not realise the amount of money you will spend from birth to potty on disposables. Let’s work out an average.
NHS Paediatricians suggest that newborns babies to 6 months should be changed 10-12 times a day and older babies around 6 times, ending with just one being used at night-time.
Lets suggest an average newborn to six month old baby will need changing about every 2-3 hours (probably more if breastfed) so lets say 10 nappies in 24 hrs, and a baby six months to two and a half years will need changing 6 times a day.
So that’s 70 nappies in a week, 1820 nappies in 6 months and a grand average total of 6188 nappies in two and a half years. Now the average branded nappies are approximately 17p each so birth to potty you would spend about £1052 and in reality it’s probably more if you buy the toilet training pants etc.
For 20 Lotties Botties nappies size 1 and 20 size 2 and 5 size 1 wraps and 5 size 2 wraps you are looking to spend around £250 so that’s birth to potty. What a massive saving!
 |
