Embrace Your Inner Hippie and Go For Cloth (nappies that is)
When it comes to nappies, no one can ever really say they are overjoyed at the prospect of changing them. But the very real fact of having a baby is that there will be lots of wet and dirty nappies so you'd better just get used to it! I prefer cloth myself personally, mostly because I just don't like the idea of contributing so much crap (pardon the pun) to landfill. I used traditional terry squares and pilchers with The Eldest One and The Social One for quite a decent amount of time, before switching to disposables. But oh the pain of paying for that box of nappies, and the irritation when you suddenly realise at dinner time with toddlers running around being cranky that you are just about out of nappies and have to run (with them!) to the supermarket! Then there is also the allergy factor. The Boy turned out to be allergic to a few of the brands of disposables, so I ended up having to buy THE most expensive nappies out there for the duration of his toddler pre-...