Articles Tagged: nappy

No more scary safety pins! The Parentdish guide to modern washable nappies

By Liat Hughes Joshi, Apr 4, 2012

Gone are the days when washable nappies meant folding up terry towelling squares, fixing them with giant, scary-looking safety pins and crossing your fingers that they didn't leak. Washables have moved on enormously since our own mothers' era – many of the modern cloth nappy 'systems' are much easier to use, perform better and look nice and colourful to boot.

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Mum finds six inch wood splinter in baby's nappy

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Jan 27, 2012

Claire Swinburn, 23, got the shock of her life when she was changing 13-month-old daughter Peyton's nappy, for there, in the lining was a six-inch-long WOOD CHIP.

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Are antenatal classes useful or too focused on birth?

By Carrie Dunn, Jan 11, 2012

What did you make of your antenatal classes? Invaluable guidance, preparing you thoroughly for this new stage of your life, or adequate step-by-step instruction telling you about some of the not-so-nice things that might happen in labour?

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New dad may have 'killed baby son because he couldn't find nappy wipes'

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Nov 29, 2011

A court has heard a 24-year-old new father may have killed his son in 'frustration' when he could not find any baby wipes.

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Elton John baby: 50/50 nappy change duties for Elton and David Furnish

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Jan 31, 2011

Sir Elton John and his husband David Furnish - who became dads to baby Zachary on Christmas Day - have revealed they are ...

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Dilemma of the day: I'm thinking of changing to reusable nappies but which ones are best?

By parentdish.co.uk, Dec 11, 2009

Q: With all the headlines about climate change and the environment, I am thinking of doing my bit and swapping to reusable ...

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Amy Winehouse's mum says she won't get pregnant, Anne Heche's baby is keeping her awake and Kourtney Kardashian can't change a nappy

By Jenny Cornish, Aug 25, 2009

Amy Winehouse's mum is terrified the star will get back together with Blake Fielder-Civil - but says talk of a baby is "just ...

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