Where can I go and SEE & TOUCH some cloth nappies?

[Roahum]

We'll make it happen; I can assure you our attitudes will change (hopefully sooner rather than latter).. disposables are a relatively new invention and as a society we are learning to use and dispose of them. And I have to say the disposable plates analogy is quite true.. specially because I haven't met the first person proud of their disposable plates..;-)

[mamamia]

Let us know how you find the expo and if it was helpful.

[Roahum]

I sure will.... stay tuned :-)

[~daisy~]

Thanks so much JohT for the link to oz cloth nappies, I am a Melbournian and visited a couple of places on the link today as I also wanted to see real life cloth and got myself a great starter pack organised. It was just so much easier to see and feel them in real life, I was finding all the different sites a bit confusing especially as I am a bit of an indecisive person.

Thanks again, and for anyone that wants to go and look before buying I highly recommend it

[Kat-Pati]

Originally Posted by Beanie

I think the main issue is that disposables have been seen to be the default and proper product to use for a baby's toilet needs. I really feel that this is a wrong attitude that has developed in our culture - disposables are a fantastic invention, if they are kept in their place as a specialty item, when you really do have a genuine need for the convenience or sterility of a disposable.

The analogy has been made many times, that disposable nappies should be seen like disposable plates and cutlery. You use those when you really have to, on a picnic, or at a party or for Christmas dinner in a hospital room as we did once!! But you would think it terribly wasteful and unnecessary (and ugly) to use plastic plates and forks for every meal.

I think of disposable nappies in the same way, and I really wish that our culture could start to swing towards that attitude as well.

that was what we were like in the 80s sposies were hardly used...

but with fh products they were seen as a speciality item during the 40s (i mean pads and tampons)

of course if you choose to use ec or cloth or disposies then you are the one making the choice

don't forget in '93 only 40% of australian bambini were in a disposable

yes i know guys my 'lazy' typewriting