Hi Maureen, It's interesting to read of your 'evolution' from squeamishness to finding using real nappies is actually straight forward! I too used a nappy service for the first 5 months of my first son's life. May I add the concept of elimination communication to the discussion of sustainable baby care? A bit of learning curve is there of course, like with anything related to a baby, but we have nappies as backup. I use eco-disposables with my 2nd son at night (as he wears a brace we can't get the hang of nudie-bum at night as I did with my first, which is really disappointing for me) I figure that one nappy a day is pretty good. They are great, I empty them into the garden by cutting the top open, shaking out the 'guts' (good for the soil) and burying the lot to biodegrade, as of course they won't biodegrade in the landfill due to the conditions being not suitable. I cringe every time I have to put one in a regular bin! We use cloth training pants and I have one recycled demin nappy from a WAHM shop called Flannel Fings in Australia: http://www.flannelfings.com.au/ I simply no longer understand people's fussing about cloth nappies - don't they have to wash spewy clothes, grubby clothes and the clothes soiled by nappy blowouts from disposables? Babies aren't that riddled with disease, LOL. Charndra