Meet the Founder: Bells Bumz

Sometimes it’s hard to put into words why you make a decision to start your own business. It’s also hard to talk about yourself and certain obstacles you’ve overcome but I’ll do my best as it may help you with your life obstacles. (If you just want to check out the super cute nappies - you can go straight to bellsbumz.co.uk).

I was told at the age of 28 that, even with IVF, it was highly unlikely that I would be able to carry a child of my own. This news devastated me. I have severe stage 4 endometriosis, Hypoparathyroidism and Hypocalcemia amongst other health conditions.

So when I became pregnant at 33 this then opened up a world of emotions. Excitement, and abject terror were amongst the strongest. I was classed as high risk and also told there was a chance Zachary would not make it or he could inherit some of my genetic conditions. So immediately I started researching everything.

Discovering cloth nappies

The one thing that stood out were the chemicals in disposable nappies and how these can leach into your babies skin. This horrified me so I decided to look into cloth nappies. After much research I was determined to use cloth nappies from day one. This didn’t happen perfectly we managed half and half at first, as I had a very traumatic labour.

After some trial and error, by about 3 months, we had just about mastered full time cloth. Not sure how we managed as Zachary fed 24 times a day and never slept (the naughty little sausage still doesn’t).

New life circumstances

Then when we were due to go up to the next size, me and Zachary found ourselves to be just a family of two. This obviously had a massive impact on my financial situation. I found I couldn’t afford to buy his next size up! They were just so expensive, I was devastated. I was extremely fortunate to have help from family and friends.

Affordable nappies for all

This got me thinking, I can’t be the only one in this situation. People should be able to afford to clothe their babies little bums in cloth without breaking the bank. I wanted to develop a range of cloth nappies that were affordable yet high quality. I am a great believer that everyone should be able to afford to cloth and this does not mean lowering the quality or working conditions. Why shouldn’t you be able to provide the best without paying through the roof?

Creating a future for our children

I want to try and retain this beautiful world for my son now and in the future for his very own family some day. Every single disposable nappy, wipe, whatever, that the reusable Bells Bumz products replace and therefore prevent from going to landfill is a step closer to making environmental change now and in the future. We often talk about how using reusable products saves waste (including human waste) from going to landfill, landfill sites are often located near our most vulnerable communities and disproportionately effect people of colour and from backgrounds which place them in a minority in the UK.

Did you know..

The UK is the worlds second largest exporter of plastic waste. This means that “landfill” and even “recycling” is not necessarily even in the UK. The UK sends over two thirds of its waste to developing countries. For example, in September 2020, the UK exported 6,896 metric tonnes of waste to countries such as Malaysia, Pakistan, Vietnam and Indonesia. These countries don’t have capacity or facilities to properly manage the waste, which means most of it is burned or buried. This has adverse impacts on the local communities. It is important that we make changes now to protect the planet and it’s people now and for the future.

So this has now led to Zachary’s Cloth Nappies & Accessories LTD trading as “Bells Bumz”.

Our Vision

My vision when I started Bells Bumz was to create comfortable, reliable, affordable cloth nappies and reusable products to protect the planet and its people now and for the future so no one is unable to afford reusable products for their children.

Our Mission

Bells Bumz Eco - Creating havoc against world waste for everyone.

Our Values

At Bells Bumz Eco our core values are at the heart of everything that we do

• Honesty
  
• Affordability
  
• Versatility
  
• Optimal Reliability
  
• Comfort
  

“Bells Bumz Eco Creating HAVOC against world waste for everyone”

I hope you love our products as much as we do - check them out here.

Chloe and Zachary x

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