Hire Kits

We have had a bit of a hesitant start. Everything was all set for the release, and despite the verbal enthusiasm, we haven't had much of an uptake. It's a shame, but I'm hoping that the vastly increased advertising will help a lot. The parents that have had a kit have been really keen, very positive and appreciative of our efforts.

Currently in the kits:
Two part/sized:
Little Lamb Microterry
Sandy's Bamboo
Lollipop Micro

One part/sized:
Itti Bitti D'lish snap-in-one


Two part/birth to potty:
Nature Babies Big Softie Microterry

One part/birth to potty:
Bumgenius

Flat nappies:
Bamboo terry square
prefolds

Wraps:
Nature Babies popper
Motherease Rikki
Little Lamb velcro

Laundry bag, fleece liners, flushable liners, nippas.

I'm considering adding the Cottontail nappy, which is a birth to potty nappy made of cotton velour. Partly because I noticed that we had a lot of synthetic materials (in an effort to convince washables can be quick-drying), and also because we've already been given some for displays and so we can add them at no extra cost! The only thing stopping me is that no one locally stocks them, and we said we would only have locally stocked nappies. I would welcome your comments!

Nappy Surgery

The Nappy Surgeries at Ashcombe Children's Centre will take place on a Wednesday morning between 945 am and 1115am. This new time will start from the beginning of August. If you want a hire kit, do email me beforehand to book a date in the diary!

Talk at the Youth Centre

Yesterday I was asked to go and speak to a group of Care Leavers at a Youth Centre in Weston.

It was a bit last minute, so I took Enzo with me. PLUS a bag of his favourite toys and a promise of an ice lolly when he got home if he let me talk about nappies for 20 mins! Apart from an initial proper-wobbly when we got there (THAT chair, not this chair), he was an absolute angel.

Anyway, it was such a pleasure. A group of 4 girls, one with her partner, plus two social workers. They are very young, pregnant and super-brave. We had frank discussions about poo, wee and washing! They were very enthusiastic, not just about the financial savings they could make, but about the environmental impact.

We're hoping that we can waive the deposit fee for the hire kits, so they really can try them for free. And it's reminded Lucy and I to initiate a chat with the North Somerset Credit Union to talk about setting up a similar scheme to the Cornwall Real Nappy Network. They support interest-free loans of £250. You can pay it back for the same that you would pay for disposables on a weekly basis. Great idea, huh?

It's taken me a while....!

Sorry folks, but it's taken me an age to get around to restarting this blog.

We wanted a place to record our ongoing plans, one-off events, successes and failures!

I've missed a LOAD of stuff out. So as things occur to me I'll add a new subject.

We're like a duck, we look like we're just floating along, but underneath we're paddling furiously!