Why use cloth nappies?

1. Cloth Nappies are the Healthy Choice
No wrapping baby up in plastic. No gel crystals harming their skin. No harmful chemicals used in their production and no harsh perfumes causing respiratory irritation. No fertility concerns due to overheated reproductive organs.
Cloth Nappies are the Healthy Choice

2. The Easy Option
Our patented design means no folding, no searching for liners or padding – everything is attached. Nappies go straight from the line to baby’s bottom.

Mandy Mac nappies will always give superior leak protection to a single use nappy. We use the best quality swimwear elastic available – this is always going to be better than elastic that is designed to be thrown out after a couple of hours. Less mess means more time with baby.

3. Financially Responsible.
Mandy Mac nappies will save you thousands of dollars compared to using single-use nappies. Using disposable nappies and wipes from birth to toilet training can cost the entire amount of your Baby Bonus. Using even the cheapest disposable nappies and wipes can cost nearly $3000 over the two and a half years your baby will be in nappies. If your Baby Bonus is disappearing into the rubbish bin, then it is time to act. An up-front investment of several hundred dollars will save you that many times over. The savings are even greater if you intend to have more than one child because the only extra costs will be the washing costs.

4. Environmentally Friendly
By choosing re-usable nappies you are helping to contribute towards a sustainable future. Eight hundred million, yes that's right, eight hundred million disposable nappies are thrown away every single year in Australia. They will still be there in 500 years. If you are concerned about greenhouse gases and global warming, the choice of nappy is obvious. Laundering a nappy - ie flushing solids, pre-rinsing, and washing, uses two litres less water than is needed to manufacture a disposable. Using Mandy Mac nappies will mean less water is used from Australia's reserves. Cloth is the choice for the water-conscious parent. You can be part of the solution!
By choosing re-usable nappies you are helping to contribute towards a sustainable future.

5. Against Animal Testing
Unlike disposable nappy manufacturers, Mandy Mac nappies never have and never will be involved in animal testing. We know our products are safe. In fact we believe that if it needs to be tested on animals to verify its safety/lack of then it probably shouldn’t be used on a newborn baby.

For more information - please read the article on cloth nappies and disposable nappies published by the Royal Women's Hospital. It is somewhat dated, but still very informative.