Longevity tips for front loader seals: preventing leaks and water damage
Firsthand account of removing your front loader load to clean the seals.
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Tikanga Māori practice and Clean Cloth Nappies
Clean Cloth Nappies admin member Jes reflects on her cultural roots and how to balance them with modern science to achieve success with cloth nappies.
Why a two-wash system isn’t just for nappies
Clean Cloth Nappies admin Jes shares her love of a two-wash system and how it helps to reduce their family’s textile waste.
When repairing elastics doesn’t go to plan
Clean Cloth Nappies admin Jes and her friend embark on a mission to repair elastics and save well-worn nappies from landfill.
Using your own cloth nappies at childcare
Clean Cloth Nappies member Jes shares why she decided to use her own cloth nappies at a childcare centre that included cloth nappies in their service.
Using cloth at family day care
Experienced cloth nappy mum Renee recounts her experience using cloth nappies at a family day care centre.
Using cloth nappies in hospital
Long-time Clean Cloth Nappies member Jes, reflects on her family’s journey with cloth nappies during a hospital stay, not once but twice in under a year.
Travelling internationally with cloth nappies
Long-term Clean Cloth Nappies admin Georgina recounts using cloth on an extended holiday to the Philippines.
The death of a beloved nappy
Clean Cloth Nappies member Jes retells how her favourite nappy was brutally destroyed.
How good laundry practices support messy play
Clean Cloth Nappies member Jes recounts her change from a ’30-minute cold wash with half a scoop of plant-based detergent’ to a stain removal laundry boss.
My mum’s Eighties nappy routine
Washing cloth nappies in 1980s New Zealand involved terry-towelling squares, safety pins and wet pailing dirty nappies in a Napisan mix
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We asked experienced members of our community to share their experiences using cloth nappies. This series covers childcare, travel, returning to work and more.