The clothesline

What a beautiful sight - a line full of nappies gently drying in the breeze. Everytime I see this sight I feel like I am doing a good work. Just another "chore" in being a homemaker.

When JJ was born I bought one box of disposable nappies to give my self time to adjust to it all before I added to my work with washing nappies (not sure where this misguided thinking came from, as I was already washing a load of nappies a day from Monkey!). I didn't even finish the box. After washing a wet singlet, suit, wrap and sheet's at almost every nappy change, I decided that it would be less to wash one nappy each time and it has been. So far I have never had a nappy leak.

I got 6 newborn covers from Green Peaches but probably wasn't worth it as by 5 weeks he was well and truly out of them. I also had some prefolds that I was going to use but so far they have only been used as burp cloths. It just seemed like too much hard work.

My favourite nappies -

#No1 is Green Peaches made by a WAHM. These are a hemp nappy with 2 snap in boosters. I used these for Monkey when she out grew the Baby Behinds nappies. They dry so fast. I know Monkey is a small 3 year old but they still fit her comfortably. I am using them with the front folder down in the baby position and they have fitted JJ very well from 1 week old. He is a large baby - very solid and was 9 pound when born. I love her covers too.

#No2 are my Baby Behinds nappies I have mainly bamboo with a few hemp. I am using these are night with a BB wool cover and these go all night. I am a little disappointed with lasting of these nappies. I used them for Monkey (not from the beginning) and found that at the end of 12 months they were beginning to wear in some spots - mainly around the snaps and along the seam lines. I had expected that they would do more than one child - they will but will be had it by the end of no2. I was very careful with my nappies - rotated them, washed as per instructions, dried them mainly on the airer rather than in full sun and hardly ever put them in the dryer so disappointed in the way they have worn. Plus they did not fit Monkey until Toilet training time even though she is a small child, at 2 1/2 they were too small.

#3 Pea Pods - these are no 3 only because I have less of them. 3 in fact, 2 medium and 1 large that I am currently using as a night nappy for Monkey as she is dry most night so doesn't need her Sandman nappy anymore. I used these nappies when I was going out with Monkey as they didn't need a cover and were very trim fitting. A friend bought them and didn't use them and that is how I got them. Until I used them I didn't like the idea of only 1 layer of defense and also having to have different sizes. To my way of thinking one nappy that last right through is better value for money. If I can get them cheap I will add more of these in for JJ.

#Also in my stash is a Sandman night nappy large - this was great for Monkey though I did have trouble getting a cover to fit over it so ended up with the odd leak as it really was too big for her.

A mandy mac nappy - used this a couple of times but don't like it possibly because I have to mess around with clips for it - like snaps best on my nappies.

#I do have some Zappy nappies that I used in the first few weeks with JJ when I ran out of the others but there are heaps better nappies out there now. These are the first fitted nappies I came across 4 years ago.

Not a huge collection but I think it gets too confusing to remember what goes where otherwise :)

6 weeks old

JJ in Green Peaches nappy cover & JJ with Monkey in Green Peaches hemp nappy.

Isn't Monkey just cute - she is always happy to pose for a photo! She loves her little brother and I have a feeling that most of his baby shots are going to have her somewhere in the picture!

At 6 weeks he is now 5.5kg and some of my Baby behinds nappies fit in the baby position but most don't. Green Peaches still fit in the baby position.