Stinky nappy bags

It didn't seem that important when we brought a couple box of nappy bags, 3 or 4 months before the little fella was due.  Seemed a logical purchase.  We did consider reusable nappies and even had a lovely chap from the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust come around and let us give a number of different makes a 'trial run'.  These were never used during the first 4 weeks and when we did, they seemed to leak everywhere.  To ease our guilty we use nappies Nature Babycare nappies, so I purchased their nappy bags as well.  I've recently become an ambassador for these guys, so if you are interested in learning more, let me know.

So in stark contrast to our environmental ethos, we started using a Tommee Tippee Nappie Disposal system. A mass of moulded plastic, cassettes which contain miles and miles of plastic and a system that encourages you to use more, if you want to keep the stench under control. 

Jesus it's awesome!
When we ran out of the nature nappie bags, I thought we'd give it a good.  The thing efficiently wraps the nappies and seals away the smell - there's not even a hint of dirty nappies even when the bin's full. A really handy thing which I only discovered recently is that there's a cutting blade (safely protected) on the underside of the lid. I had spent ages rooting around to try to find scissors when emptying the bin, but no need - it's all built in! 


The refills are expensive (£13-ish for 3 and they last about 3 weeks) but I would thoroughly recommend this product.  I thought that it was just a given that your kids room stank of crap.  Actually this isn't the case.  If someone made a stylish (non plastic, wood would be good) version that used biodegradable plastic then I wouldn't hide it behind the little fella's draws and would probably even pay a little more for the refills.