craft workshops for children at Greenwich Market

Every Thursday and Friday, from 11.00 am to 4 pm until the end of the summer holidays. Children can try out different crafts with participating stall holders.

how many booster pads?

Booster pads are an excellent way to increase the absorbency of your nappy. You only need to use them during the night or when baby is out and about, approximatey 4 to 6 booster pads. Or, you may want the same number of booster pads as you have for nappies. More recently, nappies have been coming with their own attached booster pads, but there are still some nappies for which you may have to buy them separately.

how many wraps per child?

You will need far less wraps than nappies as wraps dry quicker and don't get soiled so often. Wraps come in different sizes, so you will need four or five wraps in each size. For the time you are using cloth nappies, you might use maybe 16 to 20 wraps.

machine loads

An average washing machine can take up to fifteen nappies, which can be almost your entire nappy stock, so one way of ensuring you do not end up without clean and dry nappies is to use a half-load wash program which nearly all modern washing machines will have. This program will use half the water and half the soap powder, thereby avoiding unnecessary and environmental wastage. You may want to wash your nappies, with the rest of your household laundry.

how many nappies per child?

I would suggest starting with 20 nappies and then adding more if you feel there are not enough. A newborn baby uses 10 to 12 nappies a day and as baby grows it will use less, averaging at eight a day.

As one of the main reasons for using cloth nappies is to lessen the impact on the environment, we would recommend that you dry your nappies on a washing line. However, cloth nappies don't take long to dry. A manufacturer may use a deep pile terry fabric which dries as fast as a bath towel, or will incorporate a design that allows the nappy to be opened up when drying.

Having too few nappies may result in your not having a dry nappy for the next/immediate change.