We simply promote the use and sale of real terry nappies.

Here's a hint for keeping terry nappies in prime condition.

Terry nappies will be just very slightly more expensive.

If you use terry nappies, wash them on the hottest cycle of the washing machine.

Sterilise terry nappies frequently, particularly if they smell of ammonia.

I had two older children, a toddler and a new baby and had always used terry nappies.

What is one of the reasons why people use disposable nappies as opposed to terry nappies?

One evening, miserably sitting with a terry nappy instead of a sanitary pad, it suddenly hit me that there had to be a better way.

Next came two thick terry nappies that Anne pinned on before adding the familiar pink rubber panties.

Try terry nappies instead of disposables.

Terry Nappies These Days Nappies have changed a lot in recent years.

So why terry nappies?

Just fold up a terry nappy (British flat) and tuck it into ElliePants.

Terry nappies were wrapped carefully around babies’ bottoms, removed when the infant had done what infants do, cleaned, washed and used again and again.

Modern reusable nappies are a lot easier to use than the old-fashioned terry nappies; they are shaped and fitted with velcro fasteners and gathered legs.

Traditional terry nappies are more environmentally-friendly than disposables, according to the latest Government figures from the Environment Agency, but only if the most energy efficient washing methods are used.

Quick drying shaped nappies are the Imse Vimse flannel and terry nappies and the Nappy Nation no fold terry.

Clever multinational corporations realised they could end the unpleasant task of, to put it delicately, preparing the Terry nappy for re-use, and the hard labour of the washing and drying.

For Terry Nappies we recommend the pull up wraps if using the folding and pinning way or for folding the ProWrap or Earthwise Contour Wrap.

We started in the days of the terry nappy which was square and were folded in the appropriate way and pinned - whilst holding down a wriggling baby, then adding a pair of thick plastic pants with tight elastic.

The most toddler proof fastening I have found on a nappy is the nappy nippa, which can be used with the Imse Vimse terry nappy, Tots Bots, Nappy Nation and basic terry squares.

Comes complete with booster Tots Bots 17 White Street Partick Glasgow G11 5RR 0141 586 7526 www.totsbots.com British manufacturer of a shaped terry nappy with either aplix or nippa fastening in various colours including unbleached.

The Women's Environmental Network (WEN) has recently disputed the results of two studies commissioned by Procter and Gamble, which compared the environmental impact of disposable and terry nappies, with terry nappies coming off worst (Chem.