So Mummies, Real Nappy Week 2012 has officially started! As well as sharing all the fabulous offers on facebook and Twitter each day we will have a special #RNW2012 Post. Today I am honoured to host a guest post from the lovely Arabella Greatorex of
http://www.naturalnursery.co.uk/ , retailers of
cloth nappies and
baby slings.
Below she shares her Top Tips for keeping your cloth Nappies lovely and soft....
1) Use a fleece liner to reduce the amount of hard nappy touching your babies skin.
Fleece liners are cheap, colourful and they can be washed and re-used hundreds of times. They are soft against your baby’s skin and help to wick the wet away from the bottom, meaning a more comfortable baby.
2) Scrunch the nappy up and rub it hard between your hands after it has dried.
The idea here is to physically fluff up the fibres of the nappy. It is mostly the movement in a tumble dryer that helps to keep a nappy soft so anything you can do to replicate that helps.
3) Hang the nappy out on the line if possible
Grab every opportunity to give your cloth nappies a bit of line drying time as they will be softer than if they are dried on a radiator. If you really have to radiator dry try to keep the nappies away from the radiator a little - either by using an airer that hooks over the radiator or by drying on chair backs next to the radiator.
4) Tumble dry nappies now and again if possible.
A once a month tumble dry will give your nappies a boost, I used to take mine to my mum's for a nappy spa day, or I'd use a launderette once in a while.
5) Reduce the amount of washing powder you use.
Washing powders can build up on fabric, stiffening it and making it less absorbent. Once in a while try just running the nappies through on a hot wash with no powder to strip them of anything that might be making them hard.
6) Put a small cupful of white distilled vinegar into the wash.
White vinegar is great for neutralising smells and for softening hard water. You just put it in the conditioner drawer. I have used ordinary vinegar in desperation and it works just as well, just smells more vinegary than the distilled stuff.
7) Do an extra fast spin at the end of the wash.
The logic here is to remove as much water from the nappies as possible so they need less time to dry.
8) Add bicarbonate of soda to the washing powder.
This helps to soften the water, you can use it with white distilled vinegar as well to remove stains. Half a tablespoon of bicarbonate of soda is more than enough.
Some Great tips there to keep your fluffy bums nice and soft!
The Natural Nursery have some great Real Nappy Week offers starting today including 20% off SmartiPants, Pop-in Nappies, Disana organic nappies, BumGenius, Flip Nappy Covers and Gen-Y Classic covers. Check out the website for more details and don't forget to follow on facebook and Twitter.
Now we would like your Cloth nappy tips!
Comment Below with your best cloth nappy tip and one lucky winner will be chosen by Arabella to win a Citrus Spot Wonderoo nappy worth £16.49 from http://www.naturalnursery.co.uk/
T’s and C’s
· open to residents of UK only and only one entry permitted per person..
· Facebook is no way affiliated with this competition.
· If the winner does not contact me within 3 days of their name being chosen another winner will be drawn.
· Competition will close 9pm 22th April 2012 and will be announced on here shortly afterwards
· The prize is as stated and no cash alternative will be offered
