Real Nappy Week 2012
Well it really crept up on us this year but it nearly upon us happening on 16th and 22nd of April
For those of you who have not heard about Real Nappy Week its a fantastic week when cloth nappies are pushed to the front of the agenda. Many many people and organisations come together to spread the word about real nappies and get more people using the.
The question always is, how to really raise the profile of cloth nappies and get people realising they are not soaking buckets and folding and pinning. But that modern cloth nappies are as simple and easy to use as disposables. They are much much cheaper and in many instances much much better. I can recall countless tales of moms who reached to cloth nappies when they were fed up with the poo explosions up the back.
Here we do many things to promote cloth nappy awareness and real nappy week. One of the most fun things we do is the CAN challenge. Quite simply it challenges people to change 5 bumGenius cloth nappies as quickly as they can. The record time is about 27 seconds. I love doing the can challenge, its sooooooooooooooooooooooooo much fun. Some people become terrified of hurting the doll and take such care. For others a natural competitive instinct comes out and the poor doll is comatosed {you know who you are!!!}. The Can Challenge website will give you more details on its activities for real nappy week 2012.
So, how would you promote Real Nappies? A random comment below will win 500 fluff points, for our brand spanking new, dedicated to cloth nappies website, fluff heaven.
And the winner is....
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For those of you who have not heard about Real Nappy Week its a fantastic week when cloth nappies are pushed to the front of the agenda. Many many people and organisations come together to spread the word about real nappies and get more people using the.
The question always is, how to really raise the profile of cloth nappies and get people realising they are not soaking buckets and folding and pinning. But that modern cloth nappies are as simple and easy to use as disposables. They are much much cheaper and in many instances much much better. I can recall countless tales of moms who reached to cloth nappies when they were fed up with the poo explosions up the back.
Here we do many things to promote cloth nappy awareness and real nappy week. One of the most fun things we do is the CAN challenge. Quite simply it challenges people to change 5 bumGenius cloth nappies as quickly as they can. The record time is about 27 seconds. I love doing the can challenge, its sooooooooooooooooooooooooo much fun. Some people become terrified of hurting the doll and take such care. For others a natural competitive instinct comes out and the poor doll is comatosed {you know who you are!!!}. The Can Challenge website will give you more details on its activities for real nappy week 2012.
Flip in albertSo, how would you promote Real Nappies? A random comment below will win 500 fluff points, for our brand spanking new, dedicated to cloth nappies website, fluff heaven.
And the winner is....
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take lots of lovely bumgenius nappies to baby groups, doctors surgeries,
swimming pools etc to show mums and dads how lovely they are!
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I let my boys run trouserless whenever I can to show off their fluff!
Promoting BGs via photos, facebook, public changes etc. can show how easy they really are. Velcro/poppers and a regular washing machine and it's as easy as that!
Lee Knights
I always show off my babys fluff with pride :)
Personally I try to have Izzys cute nappies on show as often as possible, co-ordinating with outfits; and tell anyone who asks how easy it is and all the benefits! Would like to volunteer to go to pregnancy classes as our mws didnt have a clue about cloth - there are so many cloth lovers out there we could get an army of volunteer demonstraters set up surely! X
Maybe even consider putting some trial kits together that parents could hire out like they do with breast pumps, asking for a deposit and for them to pay a small fee for liners and such ?
Cloth nappies are just so 'hidden'. It feels like a secret society sometimes which is not good for debunking the myth that it's the more difficult choice.
I'd also like to see a country wide council supported charity that sees nappy advisors going round to groups with demos etc, buying schemes that allow mums to buy one at a time, and offering a buy back with second hand scheme so that old fluff can be sold back to the central organisation and then sold onto others.
By showing off my funky prints like Albert to friends and other mums - certain to ge them talking :)
Modern cloth nappies
http://www.minkiebaby.com.au/