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Issue 7, May 2007 Dates for your diary
Welcome to the latest issue of
Essex Cloth Nappy News. This Thursday 31 May, 9.30 - 11.45pm, Nappy
Clinic, Radwinter Road Health Visitor Clinic,
newsletter is for everyone who uses, Saffron Walden.
or is thinking about using washable
Friday 1 June, 10 - 12 noon, Nappuccino at
nappies. Our aim is to keep you up to The Quaker Meeting House, Church Street,
date with what’s going on in the Colchester. Contact Dee on 01206 751393.
world of nappies, to answer your Monday 4 June, 10 - 12 noon, Nappuccino at
questions, and to share encouraging Wickford Health Centre, Market Road,
Wickford, SS12 0AG. Contact Emma on 01268
stories. This is your newsletter, so 763712, or Jo on 01268 455043.
we want you to take part! Tuesday 5 June, 1.15 - 2.45pm, Nappuccino,
Millennium Community Centre, Recreation
Do you have a story to share? A tip Ground, Baddow Road, Gt. Baddow, CM2 9RL.
to pass on? A question to ask other Contact Shirley Gray, 0779 386 1915.
nappy users? We would love to see Thursday 7 June, 9.30 - 11.30, Nappuccino,
some more cute, cloth nappy- Chestertots, Congregational Chapel, Carmel
Street, Great Chesterford. Contact Hannah on
wearing Essex babies, so why not 01799 530272.
send me a snap of your little one
Friday 8 June, 7 - 9.30pm, Pregnancy
looking lovely in a washable? Please Information Evening, St John’s Hospital, Wood
send your comments, questions and Street, Chelmsford. Contact Nicola Leslie,
Midwife Co-ordinator, 01245 513355.
photos to Kay Beighton at
essexnappies@tiscali.co.uk Saturday 30 June, 11-3pm, Pregnancy and
Birth Fair, Wilson Marriage Centre, Barrack
Street, Colchester. NCT fair with workshops on
subjects including breast feeding, baby
massage and cloth nappies. Contact Dee on
Pretty
01206 751393.
Tuesday 3 July, 1.15 - 2.45pm, Nappuccino,
in pink Millennium Community Centre, Recreation
Ground, Baddow Road, Gt. Baddow, CM2 9RL,
Contact Shirley Gray, 0779 386 1915.
Friday 13 July, 7 - 9.30 p.m. Pregnancy
Information evening, St John’s Hospital, Wood
Street, Chelmsford. Contact Nicola Leslie,
Midwife Co-ordinator, 01245 513355.
Five-month-old Catalina Hammond came to a
recent Nappuccino in Wickford with mum
Helen. She is wearing a pink terry square
secured with a Nappi Nippa
Up and down like a Yoyo...
The disposable nappy world makes a big fuss about Lycra sides mean they are easy to pull up and down.
how pull-up nappies make changing toddlers easier The large size fits from 18 months to three years,
and help their transition into wearing pants. But while the XL fits up to age seven. Price £11.99
when it comes to cloth, the most popular two-part each, more info on www.nappiesbyminki.co.uk.
systems usually require a lying
Wickford nappy agent Jo Haward
down change and are impossible for
suggests the new Swaddlebees all-in-
most toddlers to escape unaided,
one, which has just come onto the UK
even if you wanted them to.
market. It’s a slim-fitting, poppered
I have had several requests at nappy with an added pocket for extra
roadshows recently for pull-up cloth absorbency if required. Made with
nappies, so with the help of some of PUL and velour, they come in a range
our local nappy agents, here are of plain colours. They cost around
some suggestions for those who £12 each, or Jo is able to organise a
want to try a pull-up. trial of the nappy for £4.50 for three
weeks. See www.babykind.co.uk or
Dee Tiffin, a Colchester nappy contact Jo on 07973 445043.
agent, suggests the Yoyo nappy by
Minki (pictured), which is a Finally, Sharon Heinrich, a Saffron
stuffable, meaning that as potty Walden based agent, suggests the
training progresses the amount of stuffing can be Fuzzi Bunz – another poppered pocket nappy that
reduced until it is used empty as a training pant. The can be pulled up and down. It is made from fleece
Minki Yoyo comes in standard fit or a slimmer and comes in bright colours. They cost £12 each and
fitting version called the Slinki Minki Yoyo, and all are available from www.twinkleontheweb.co.uk or
are hand-made in Scotland from funky fleece through Sharon if you are local,
fabrics. They have poppers at the side, but stretchy Sharon.heinrich@hotmail.com.
New secondhand nappy
website fills Ebay void
Despite a huge outcry from mums, and a petition
with more than 5,500 names on it, Ebay has yet to
back down over its ridiculous new policy of not
allowing secondhand nappy sales.
The good news is that in addition to the sites I
mentioned last edition, a new used nappy sales
website has gone online. Mum Sarah Bennett was
so incensed by Ebay’s policy that she has set up
www.usednappies.co.uk, which currently offers free
listings, including two photos and free buy-it-now or
reserve prices. The only fees payable are a 5% final
fee on all sales.
The website is conveniently divided into nappy
brands, from Bambino Mio through to Wonderoos,
Mums at St Peter’s Hospital in Maldon now have a new and at the time of writing there were 73 different
nappy board, showing them a terry, prefold, pocket
nappy, all-in-one, three types of two-part sized nappies auctions in progress. As the site is new there are
and two varieties of multi-fit, plus wraps and liners. some real bargains, so check it out!
Essex Cloth Nappy Network: essexnappies@tiscali.co.uk. Essex Cloth Nappy News is published on behalf of Essex County Council’s Recycling Team 01245
437318. Mention of any nappy manufacturer or retailer is for information only, and does not constitute a recommendation from Essex County Council.
