Real Nappies Cloth Diaper and Cloth Nappy Blog

Real Nappies join Waitaki District Council to offer hugely subsidised packs to residents, this article is from NZ Herald on Tuesday September 28th: 'In what could be a first for New Zealand, the Waitaki District Council is planning to sell cloth nappies from its front desk in an effort to reduce the amount of disposable nappies being put into landfill. Council solid waste officer Gerry O'Neill said disposable nappies were responsible for five per cent of the waste that ended up at the Oamaru landfill.

Potty training – OH NO! Ok so we’ve all heard of the kid that potty trained at 1, or maybe those kids that never wore nappies at all…… Anyway let’s face it for the majority of us parents, potty training is a nightmare we would all rather avoid. Read on to find the ‘real’ solution… The potty training age is getting older and older. At Real Nappies, we often getting despondent parents calling us saying their kids are 3 or 4 and still not out of nappies.

So just what is öko-tex? Oko-Tex (sounds like echo-tex) is a process of testing that checks for over 100 harmful substances. Our cotton nappies go through a pain-staking process whereby they are tested for over 100 harmful substances. Oko-Tex is the evaluation standard for the human ecological standard of textiles.

Here is the article about Real Nappies becoming the cloth nappy company of choice at an Auckland Hospital in New Zealand. Not to brag but we are the first and only company to gain this much coveted title!

We've put together 12 of the many reasons to choose Real Nappies cloth nappies versus other available cloth nappy systems. Real Nappies is the most comprehensive pack available, it is a serious Birth to Potty Pack! When checking out competitors make sure to look at actual pack contents, our pack gives enough for 24 newborn changes for example so it means 1 machine wash every 2-3 days per child.

Hey, don't you think the designs on the new Huggies Jeans Disposable nappy are cool (and don't get me wrong they are cool)! They will certainly look amazing in your trash can, and will look great in the landfill in 75 - 500 years time. I hope its worth the extra $6! But seriously I don't get it, what is the point in a fancy looking throwaway nappy? Now great looking Cloth Diapers I do understand, and of course we especially love Real Nappies Diaper Covers, they come in amazing, bright and vibrant colours -