Have you still used cloth nappies when you've gone away (on holidays)??

[Frangipani]

Hi,

Just curious who's continued to use cloth when you've gone away on holidays.

We're planning a trip away for about 1 week away at the end of this month and I've got a toddler and newborn in MCN's. We're driving to our destination, with a sleep over in a caravan park or hotel half way (both there and back). Then whilst there we will be staying with family, but don't know what they have in the way of line room (they have 2 children so imagine they'd always have their line full like i do) or even a clothes dryer in case it rains. So was thinking i might have to resort to disposables

Would you continue to do cloth or would you do disposables too?

[Ryatha]

We went away at christmas for 2.5 weeks and stayed at a caravan park. DH and I thought we would try the cloth while we were away and it worked really well. We took our own clothes racks and took enough nappies that I washed every 1.5-2 days. As long as we kept up with them we didn't have any dramas.

Maybe call the relatives and ask them if it would be ok for you to use their machine while you are there and see if there is anywhere to put a rack undercover somewhere? GL

[Indadhanu]

Yep we used cloth when we went away for about a week. We used disposables while travelling but once we had access to a washing machine we were using cloth. It was easy, we just had to remember to do it which wasn't too hard if we put them on first thing in the morning and took them off in the afternoon.

Why not ask them about line space or a clothes dryer so you can plan. They'll either say yes or no.

[Kazbah]

We took cloth away with a toddler for 5 days to a caravan park and it was fine. Took a large box and used that for everything. Caravan parks have washing machines and we dried them in the parcel shelf of our car while driving.

Other times we've had more trips and used bamboo sposies.

[MrsB26]

I love my boys clothy bum but i'm going to go the other way and say that when we are on holidays i use sposies. When we went away to a caravan park this year for a week it was just so much easier. We didnt have the best weather anyway and it was going to cost me $4 to use the washer and another $3 for the dryer (no way we got enough good sun to dry nappies) so i was glad we didnt do cloth. I will admit i felt guilty but i soon got over it!
We will be away for another week this june and i will be doing the same thing - spossies (which i dont even have to buy this time as i still have 3/4 of a pkt left!)

[sneakysparkle]

I haven't done cloth while away - usually because all the nappies take up too much luggage space! When flying with 2 toddlers I think theres enough gear without carting nappies too.
But I did miss it - sposies feel so gross and plastic-y after using cloth!

[Frangipani]

Thanks for the replies.

See the thing that i keep thinking is that because i have 2 in cloth, my system is that i wash every day because i have so many going (put them on in the morning, bring in at night- sometimes with a quick finish in the dryer because they are bamboo and take a little longer to dry. I'm fairly sure they don't have a dryer where we're going too.

Also we won't have much room in the car as we have to take our own bedding (well something for DH & I that is- trying to avoid having to buy a blow up mattress so maybe an old futon mattress- which will take up room in the car- unless we can come up with a better idea), sheets and doona's, as well as porta cot for DS2, lots of clothes (as it'll be rather cold there then), the usual- pram, some toys etc...wow- thinking we might need to hire a trailer at this rate-

But keep these replies coming, i can slowly be convinced it is possible to continue with cloth without too much disruption...maybe . The more i hear what others do the more i can convince myself.

Thanks again.

[Ryatha]

I just remembered that when DD2 was about 4 months old I went camping with her for a hens weekend. It had NO facilities at all, no running water, long drops, no electricity - NADA! I took her nappy bucket and enough nappies for the weekend and I just washed them when I got home. It was pretty easy. Like Gigi said, you want to be pretty organised.

[Brotherly_Love <3]

Nope I've always taken the cloth with me. I just find a laundromat and try hang them somewhere, or else I end up using a dryer!

[alioops]

We drove 5 days each way to Adelaide. We used sposies for the drive but cloth when we got there. It worked o but I do need to warn you.... Make sure the bucket comes inside. I though our bucket was empty hence DH leaving it in the garage.... It wasn't. It had a night nappy and another nappy that wasn't such a big deal. Thankfully I have managed to save the night nappy, but it is stained.