Hello and welcome to The Nappy Lady site.
Our site has three main sections:
Advice...which covers both general information about cloth nappies and specific cloth nappy advice about which cloth nappies will be right for your own circumstances. Browse the site or - better still - use our free tailored advice service, and get 5% off our prices for doing so.
Shopping... where you can actually whip out your card (or Paypal account) and Buy Stuff! But wait, hold on there - don't buy until you've had some advice. And feel free to window shop if you like.
Other Stuff... which includes anything non-nappy related that I feel like adding in.
Every page of the site has a link at the bottom to the Site Map if you get lost at all.
Let me just stress that our job at The Nappy Lady is not to persuade you to use cloth nappies. You won't find emotive arguments to that effect on this site.
Our job, once you have already decided to use cloth nappies, is to help you make the best choice for your situation. That's why we encourage you to make use of our free tailored advice service, by following the links above. To get to grips with the jargon, you might find this page especially useful.
You'll either like the tone of the site or you won't. I'm afraid I'm a bit bossy and prone to wordiness, but I also like a bit of a laugh.
As for finding your way around, there are buttons on every page, there's a search facility and - if all else fails - you can use the back button on your browser. If you really must (*sigh*), I guess you can also contact us... How easy do you want me to make it?
Now this is the serious bit, explaining why this site and our advice service exist...
Most people know something about the environmental cost of using disposable nappies, or at least about the landfill problems associated with throwing them away. But then they think that real nappies are old fashioned terry squares, with complicated terryfolds and pins. It's enough to put anyone off.
A few determined ones dig through the parenting magazines and the internet to find out that modern cloth nappies are nothing like the terries our mothers used. They are often shaped like disposables and fasten with velcro, poppers or nifty little grips. There are so many different brands as well.
That's when it all becomes a bit of a minefield. With so much choice of fundamentally different types of nappy, where do you start? It's an expensive decision to get wrong, and who do you ask for help? The chances are, all your friends have used disposable nappies, and think you're mad even to consider using cloth nappies.
Put it this way, no-one loves disposable nappies. They may or may not feel guilty about using them, but disposable nappies are a necessary evil rather than something you want your child to wear. On the other hand, I could introduce you to hundreds of families who really love their cotton nappies. All I can suggest is that you find out why by trying them for yourself.
It’s not just the fact that you can save a lot of money, or help protect the environment, or the fact that your child is wearing something reliable at last. They just love them. I can’t explain it, it’s just true!
Anyway, that's where this site comes in, so click on the links to find out more.....