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New pyjamas for Easter and Christmas. Pancakes with fruit and cream on Sundays. Endless cuddles. It is an idyllic childhood for the Bass children from Canberra. Even more so since their mum, Morgan, switched to cloth nappies when she couldn’t find a disposable option that didn’t cause severe allergies for her first child.
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For Melbourne mum Su-Ann, her own mum’s minimalist approach to life has been her biggest inspiration in pursing parenthood with sustainability in mind. Not just cloth nappies, but also reusing toys, sheets and muslin cloths from her own childhood bring much joy to her parenting journey.
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When Tanya became a mother, she set herself the goal to never buy a packet of disposables. Fifteen months on, she has not faltered from that goal. Perseverance, she says, has been key to her success. “Once you get the hang of using the nappies and sorting out your wash routine, it becomes so easy.”
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With two children under two – one a tiny, clingy newborn, Mary-Louise became a single mum. She moved into her parents’ home, going from washing whenever she felt like it to having to share a machine with four other adults. Still, she endeavoured to make cloth nappies work. And why wouldn’t she? Mary-Louise says cloth has brought her life-long friends who support each other through the best and the worst times. And, like many who catch the cloth nappy addiction, a new nappy in the post always brings a smile.
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Parenthood is chemical-free and natural all the way for 24-year-old foodie and law graduate, Sev. “I just don’t like the idea of putting chemicals into my son’s body or on his skin. His health is extremely important to me and I want to keep his body as healthy as possible.”
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For self-confessed ‘bad-ass’ mum, Shelby, cloth nappies are priceless. Environmental benefits aside, they mean she doesn’t have to ‘wrangle a baby covered head to toe in poo’, and she doesn’t have to see the ‘poop sag’, for which disposable nappies are known.
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When Camilla fell pregnant and spoke of her intended cloth journey, she faced a lot of opposition. But that just made me more determined to do it, she says. Starting part time, Camilla found cloth nappies much less effort and far more beneficial than disposables, and was soon a full time day and night cloth parent. Now, her biggest challenge is how to stop buy more nappies even though she has enough. Sometimes, a new pattern just has to join the family, she says.
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