Saturday 8 June 2013

Who to choose now?

For the last 12 and a bit years (Is C really THAT old??) I have been a mum. I've loved every mintues of it. The tears, the tantrums, even the nappy changes! For those 12 and a bit years, which seems longer every time I type it, I've used Huggies nappies. Yes, every single nappy change was using a Huggies nappy. I convinced my sister to change to Huggies, all my friends in our baby group changed to Huggies after I told them how great they were! Their nappies were the best!

Then, about 4 years ago, they made my nappy-changing life complete! They brought out Huggies wet wipes with Aloe Vera. Now, anyone who knows me in real life will tell you how much I use Aloe Vera. Got sunburn? Use Aloe Vera. Got a wart / verruca? Use Aloe Vera. I use it for almost everything! So, my favourite wet wipes with it in - fantastic!

And everything was great! I had one small incident when J was a baby where a tab pulled off of the nappy. I wrote them a letter, enclosing the nappy (It was unused!) just to make them aware of it. To my surprise, I was sent a lovely apology letter and some vouchers to use! How's that for a sorry?!

But, that happy nappy-changing world started to crumble. In January 2013 I received that email. The one that said Huggies weren't selling nappies in the UK anymore (see here for more info). Being 6 months pregnant, that was sad news to me. I was looking forward for an excuse to buy the nappies again! What was I going to do?

A week later, I was lucky enough to win a £100 Boots voucher. The first thing I did was stock up on Huggies nappies! The sales assistant looked at me as though I was crazy! I managed to get enough size 1 and size 2 to last Baby B for as long as he would fit into them.

So, I'm now down to the final packet of size 2 nappies with a dilemma - which nappies do I use?

This is where you come in. I need opinions - I've never used any other brands so don't want to spend money on a pack to find I don't like them or they irritate Baby B's little bum.

Which brands do you like? Dislike?

Leave me a comment below :)



11 comments:

  1. We found Pampers to be a really good fit with our two, but that was a while ago now

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  2. My two are well past nappy age, but I have to say I was really impressed with Aldi's and we used to use huggies

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    1. Thanks, will have to try them! I noticed the other day how cheap they are!

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  3. I never got on with Huggies they just didn't seem to fit mine very well. I was a Pampers ActiveFit girl all the way. I didn't rate the Baby Dry but ActiveFit were perfect.

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  4. Funny I have exact the same problem (even thinking of although my son is already in size 5 and I hope he will be out of them for the summer I tried a lot of other brands Kiddicare tescos own etc nothing which I liked or which didn't leak (he drinks alot of water) so I discovered sainsburys little ones who might not be as soft as huggies (how I miss that!) but defiantly absorbent enough to last the night! good luck finding the right nappy!
    PS: is it bad that i look forward to go to germany in the summer where they still sell Huggies to buy some more to bring home lol. x

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    1. I've tried Sainsburys and Asdas ones but I find they don't hide the smell as good as Huggies did. As Baby B sleeps all night, you can imagine how wet his nappy is, Huggies were brilliant as they not only kept in the moisture, but also kept the smell away. I used a sainsburys one the other night and felt sick from the smell in the morning.

      Haha - no, I'd be the same! I actually did a little dance in Toys R Us last week as they were still selling Huggies :D

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  5. Honestly I always used to use huggies too because pampers never worked for me. These days I use eith tesco own or asda's little angels and the do the job just as well!!!

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  6. I use Bambo Nature biodegradable ones which you can buy online from spirit of nature. They are really good and have no chemicals in.

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  7. this is a hard one what works for some dont work for others my eldest is 2 and when she was a baby we could use anything so bought whatever was on offer but as shes got older she gets irritated by most the ones we get on with best now are boots own brand. for my youngest (8 months)I turned to cloth nappies as he has skin problems and didnt want to make them worse. I've heard that Aldi nappies are suppose to be really good but never tried them myself. good luck finding one x

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    1. I always wanted to use cloth nappies on the kids but as I was studying at the same time, I never had the time - and it upset me on my eldest. My mum used cloth nappies on my siblings and I and I used to love helping her put them on my baby sister (at the time). It's a real shame and I'm hoping when I finally finish my studying, I can try them out with Baby B.

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  8. pampers or huggies are our preferred ones

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