Cloth Nappy Help: free cloth nappy advice, tips and troubleshooting
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  • Getting Started
    • Cloth 101: A brief overview
    • Cloth Nappy Dictionary
    • Cloth for Newborns
    • Cloth for Infants + Toddlers
    • Cloth for children 15kg+
    • Cloth Nappy Hire
    • Buying secondhand
  • Using Cloth
    • Traditional cloth
    • Modern cloth
    • Fabric types
    • Day nappies
    • Night Nappies
    • Fitting cloth
    • Cloth Wipes
    • Rash creams
    • Cloth away from home >
      • Daycare
      • Shopping and the park
      • Camping and travelling
  • Washing nappies
    • Washing 101
    • Poop removal
    • Dry Pailing
    • Pretreating stains
    • Detergents
    • Front loader wash routine
    • Top loader wash routine
    • Washing night nappies
    • Wool covers
    • Toilet training wash routine
    • Hand washing
    • Camping wash routine
    • Cold washing
    • Drying cloth nappies
  • Common issues
    • Leaks
    • Smelly nappies
    • Stains out of the wash
    • Fit troubles
    • Mould
  • Strip and Sanitise
  • Community


Welcome to Cloth Nappy Help, where you can find free cloth nappy advice, tips and troubleshooting written in plain English.

This aim of this page is to help make using cloth nappies easy to understand. Within this collection of tried & tested methods and ideas, you can try different things and learn what truly works for your family. Although most cloth nappy wash routines are built on the same foundation, there's variations that occur within every household and that's exactly the way that it should be. Take the time to try different combinations of methods and make it your own- you'll quickly learn what does and doesn't work for you.

This page is in its infancy and content will be added over time. At the moment you can read about
  • How to wash modern cloth nappies
  • Washing in a front loader
  • Washing in a top loader
  • Washing night nappies
  • ​Dry pailing
  • Detergents and how to dose them for your nappy laundry
  • Strip & Sanitise to resolve smells or to clean secondhand nappies
  • How to fix up mouldy nappies
  • Cloth Nappy Hire for the best introduction to cloth nappies.
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Stay tuned for more updates!
- Amy


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Cloth Nappy Help is collated and managed by Amy White (environmental scientist, keen researcher and lover of all things cloth and laundry). Amy has been helping parents with their cloth nappies and laundry online since 2015 and has been fundamental in bringing science-based, effective laundry advice to the mainstream in Australia. You can get a great start in cloth by hiring a package of nappies from Amy at Cloth Nappy Hire Australia, or chat online in the #getintocloth Australia and MCN Tips & Tricks Facebook groups. 

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  • Home
  • Getting Started
    • Cloth 101: A brief overview
    • Cloth Nappy Dictionary
    • Cloth for Newborns
    • Cloth for Infants + Toddlers
    • Cloth for children 15kg+
    • Cloth Nappy Hire
    • Buying secondhand
  • Using Cloth
    • Traditional cloth
    • Modern cloth
    • Fabric types
    • Day nappies
    • Night Nappies
    • Fitting cloth
    • Cloth Wipes
    • Rash creams
    • Cloth away from home >
      • Daycare
      • Shopping and the park
      • Camping and travelling
  • Washing nappies
    • Washing 101
    • Poop removal
    • Dry Pailing
    • Pretreating stains
    • Detergents
    • Front loader wash routine
    • Top loader wash routine
    • Washing night nappies
    • Wool covers
    • Toilet training wash routine
    • Hand washing
    • Camping wash routine
    • Cold washing
    • Drying cloth nappies
  • Common issues
    • Leaks
    • Smelly nappies
    • Stains out of the wash
    • Fit troubles
    • Mould
  • Strip and Sanitise
  • Community