Toujours Wipes

I never spend a lot of money on baby wipes. Or toilet paper. I really begrudge it and why not? They're super useful, yes but there's not much to them. I usually buy the one up from basic (as I find the economy lines very thin and not very useful at all). Own-brand wipes normally come in at around 89p for around 60.

I didn't go into Lidl that day to specifically buy wipes, I went in for a mooch, I just happened to need some wipes. They had some packs of Huggies wipes at £1 each or they had their own brand 'Toujour'. I'd used the nappies before as my husband's Nan keeps packs of them in her house (she has that many great-grandchildren) and I've never had a problem with them; they fit and absorb really well and even the design is more attractive than some of the regular supermarkets.

The Toujour wipes were 79p for 80, a big, thick packet. I bought two to try (I'm not very fussy over things like this, a baby wipe is a baby wipe).

The wipes are fantastic quality, really thick and very moist (but not soaking). They're large and go and long, long way...I was certainly grateful to have them when faced with one of Bear's dreaded 'poonamis'. Nothing poos quite like a breast-fed baby, that's for sure! 

They're faintly embossed with cute little teddy bears and the packaging is bright yet simple. Here are my pros and cons:

Pros.

- Moist.

- Thick.

- Great price.

- Large quantity in package.

Cons.

- Lidl don't deliver! As a non-driver, I have to rely on my husband (who hates any kind of shopping, be it food or clothing) or my mother-in-law to hitch a lift so I can't have a continuous supply of these bargain beauties like I would prefer. That really is the only thing I can fault them on.

Seriously, if you live near a Lidl and you go through baby wipes at the speed of knots like we do in this household then get yourself there and snap up some of these, you won't be disappointed!

Clare

P.s. They also have super bargain out panettone. £3 for a massive one, 99p for an individual one. Go! Go now!

Please note that I purchased these wipes with my own money and was not compensated in any way for this review.

Cloth on a Budget - Starter Kit

I decided to create my own starter kit for my cloth nappy adventure, which I did with careful research, relentless shopping and hours of trawling the Internet for the best deals and prices. My goal was to have a variety of choices with enough nappies to not be constantly washing and for a low price. I'm happy with what I have, I hope that if you're considering cloth on a budget, that you find the following helpful.

Flat.

6x Terry Nappies - Bright Bots £18.95 for 6. Fill Your Pants.

Not the cheapest way to buy terries (though terries are the cheapest) , but I love the colours, they're a very good size and have good reviews. By buying a pack of six, also, I reduce waste should I decide that terries aren't for us.

9x Muslins - £3.50 for 3. Morrisons. £6 for 5. Sainsbury's.

Terries can be bulky on little newborns and although I had a lot of Muslins from when Moo was a baby, I decided to pick up a few more for use as nappies or to boost absorbency with some of the others.

  

Bright Bots.

Shaped.

2x TotsBots Bamboozles - £8.99 each. Fill Your Pants.

5x Little Lamb Bamboo - £25 for 5. Fill Your Pants.

5x Lollipop Bamboo - £22.50 for 5. Cloth Nappy Shop.

I bought the most of these because they are sized and I had heard good things about them all. I have bought three different brands, all bamboo, to see what I like for when they are outgrown and what is best for night times.

Left; Lollipop. Top; TotsBots Bamboozles. Bottom; Little Lamb.

Pocket.

Babyland - £2.99. eBay.

2x Baba+Boo - £9.25 each. Baba+Boo. Please note one of mine was gifted for review purposes.

CoolaBaby - £5.50. eBay.

When I first started research pocket nappies, I was convinced these were best and planned to buy 24 in total of varying different brands. After doing more research I decided to keep my options open but I wanted some 'easy to use' nappies for my husband and other relatives.

Top; CoolaBaby. Middle; BabyLand. Bottom Baba+Boo.

All in one.

Bambinex - £7.99. Zuilily.

Frugi for TotsBots - £14.44. BabiPur.

Another 'easy option' for other people more than for myself. The TotsBots Fugi is my most expensive individual nappy purchase, however it was too cute to resist and 15% off. I earnt some money through eBay and so purchased it with that.

Left; Bambinex. Right; TotsBots Frugi.

Wraps.

TotsBots Easy Fit Wrap. £8.99. eBay.

2x Smarty Pants wraps. £18 for 2. Fill Your Pants.

Little Lamb wrap. £6.50. Cloth Nappy Shop.

Lollipop wrap. Included with Lollipop shaped nappies.

 Top; Smarty Pants. Left; Little Lamb. Right; TotsBots Easy Fit.

Accessories.

Nappy Bucket - £5.99. eBay.

Nappi Nippas -  £4 aprox. eBay.

Net bags - £3 for 2. Baba+Boo.

Bamboo boosters - 5 Free with code BOOSTED. Fill your pants.

Flushable liners - £4.99 for 200. Boots.

Dry bag - Free with Lollipop shaped nappies.

Top; Nappi Nippas. Bottom; Bamboo boosters. Right; Bucket, net and flushable nappy liners.

Total spend; £182.57

I could've got this a little cheaper, however I opted to go for some more expensive brands ie TotsBots and Bright Bots, partly because they came so highly recommended.

So this is what I have to work with at the moment, twenty-four in all which apparently is enough to wash every-other day. There will be a certain degree of trial and error in regards to all of them but hopefully it won't take long to figure out what works for us and when Bear grows out of the shaped nappies at around nine months, we will sell them on as 'pre-loved' and replace either with the next size up or a different type depending on what suits us best as a family.

I'm not an expert, I don't pretend to know everything about cloth nappies, I'm still learning, but I hope that if you're looking to start cloth on a budget that this has given you an idea of what you can get for your money.

Clare

Saturday Savings - Pebble and Frugi at BabiPur

Happy Saturday!

I've recently discovered the site 'Babi Pur', a really cute shop dedicated to ethical products for young children and babies. They have some fantastic pricing, their reusable nappies are some of the best deals around and they sell some lovely, lovely products.

Currently, they've got some cracking deals on including...

50% off Pebble Baby knitted rattles using the code PEBBLE.

15% off Frugi clothing using the code FRUGI2.

15% off Frugi for Tots Bots Easyfits reusable nappies (discount already applied).

Here's my sneaky purchase, a bargain at £14.44

Have a great weekend!

Clare

Saturday Savings - Baba+Boo

Happy Saturday everyone! What's everyone up to today then? It's Airbourne here in Eastbourne, the free air show and I can see it from my living room so come five o'clock I'll be watching the red arrows drawing pretty pictures in the sky over the seafront! I hope your day will be as pleasant as mine!

Today's Saturday Savings is all about reusable/cloth nappies. I have been obsessed with putting Bear in reusables for a couple of months now, really since I started 'mummy blogging' and I was made aware of just how exciting and good they are now! When I had Moo, I thought they were still all terry squares and safety pins! To be fair, I have been researching terry squares which are by far the cheapest method of reusable nappy and it is definitely something that I would be happy with, however, I'm not a single parent and I have to take my husband into consideration. It has taken me a long time to convince him that reusable is the way forward environmentally and financially, so I've got to make it easy on him.

Enter Baba+Boo, a fantastic brand that I stumbled across through Twitter. They offer good quality birth to potty pocket nappies at a fantastic price and with beautiful, exclusive designs. Individually the nappies are a super competitive £9.25 (plus p+p) which includes two large, micro-fibre inserts and there's multi-buy options available; the more you buy, the more you save.

I have been really nervous about dipping my toe in the reusable nappy waters for awhile now and that is because of the expense; it's a lot to pay out for in one go, especially, if like myself you have no experience what-so-ever and your partner isn't 100% behind you on it. Baba+Boo have a very generous 'Try a Baba+Boo Nappy' scheme whereby you purchase one nappy at full price and you then have a two month trial period, if during which time you can return the nappy (clean, obviously) and will have 70% of the price refunded back to you. I think this is a fantastic idea, it is pretty much as low risk financially as you will get when it comes to trying reusable nappies and that is why it's made Saturday Savings this week! 

I've placed a cheeky order and am ridiculously excited for it to arrive, I didn't think it's as possible to feel this way about wee!

Clare