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Over the last ten years, The Nappy Gurus have created an online support system for those interested in reusable nappies, as well as a real-life network of experts across the UK. In celebration of Real Nappy Week we catch up with founder, Laura Davies.

Unsure how many nappies you'll need to get started, or whether they'll really be right for you? Don't know whether you'll really be able to save money by choosing cloth over disposables? Check out these Frequently Asked Questions and the answers to all your nappy based queries.

Did you know that you can reduce your family’s carbon footprint by 40% using washable nappies? Here are 10 more scientific explanations to debunk the myths about cloth nappies

Christine Gross-Loh tells Hannah Hiles why you don’t need to resign yourself to years of changing nappies

Continuing our #plasticfreejuly coverage, one mum shares how she reduced plastic after having a baby. After watching the BBC series ‘The War On Plastics’, Hattie Jacobs and husband Ollie decided to reduce the waste produced during their son’s early years.

Go cloudspotting, forage and cook watercress, celebrate St George's Day, try cloth nappies, have a legendary day out!

This #ThrowbackThursday, Rebecca Card-Hyatt writes about how to embrace real nappies without drama or a big financial outlay and offers five easy, affordable ways to get started on the washable journey.

Hannah McIntyre didn't expect to become so passionate about washable nappies; here she shares her journey to cloth lover! This article is a Runner Up in our 2020 Writing Competition.

This starter guide to real nappies provides some of the information you need to know to get you started in using cloth for your baby. Do I need to be a master of origami with 12 free hours every day to use washable nappies? No! Sophia Gill offers a simple, guilt-free guide to using cloth nappies. Pregnant and keen to learn about natural parenting, I felt totally overwhelmed by all the information on real nappies. There were so many to choose from, and the terminology was baffling. Fast forward a year and my husband and I are full-time cloth users with our daughter, Willow, and I cannot recommend them enough.

Claire Giles writes about Elimination Communication and how it works for her and her daughter. Runner Up in our 2019 Writing Competition.

Happy nappying, demand sparkling water for wild swimming, make an edible camera! Plus free science festival, find out how migrants have built Britain and how to embrace a multi-generational household!

Do real nappies the easy way, tie-dye onesies, shirts and dungarees naturally, forage for magickal hawthorn! Plus explore ethics and battle dragons on St George's Day, share your veg with the community and discover why lazy parenting is great for kids!

Plastic! Cheap, lightweight, ubiquitous. The most popular material on the planet, used for everything from packaging to phones. But most of the plastics we use everyday take hundreds of years to break down.

Plastic! Cheap, lightweight, ubiquitous. The most popular material on the planet, used for everything from packaging to phones. But most of the plastics we use everyday take hundreds of years to break down.

Having a baby is often the catalyst for people thinking more carefully about their immediate environment. Recent studies have found the air inside our homes to be ten times more polluted than outside. So how can we create a natural environment at home?

Christina Moss is co-founder of Bloom and Blossom. She lives in Herts with her husband and their two young daughters.

These are the products that I have chosen from this year’s awards - some of my favourites across all the categories from the Green Parent Natural Beauty Awards 2016.