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DISPOSABLE nappies have been hailed by parents as one of the best labour-saving inventions of the 20th century. Mums in the 1970s spent hours scraping, soaking and boiling old-fashioned terry ...

Pauline Smith has worked as a childminder in Cramlington for 24 years. She wrote to us with a question for our Green Doctor. She wrote: "I have changed a lot of nappies in my time and I've never had a ...

My other half shocked me recently when he told me that his dad had never once changed a nappy for either him or his two siblings. I was even more dismayed to hear since that some modern dads of our ...

Disposable nappies are becoming more and more of a problem, and because they take up landfill space councils are seeking to impose increasing costs on nurseries who use them. Changing to towelling ...

The most obvious reason for any mother to consider using cloth nappies is their low cost compared to disposable nappies. Even though the cost of a cloth nappy can be considerably high and you need to ...

When it comes to the big nappy debate where do you stand? Disposable nappies may be convenient and easy to use, but they are harsh on the environment. On the other hand real nappies may be green, but ...