I've been told that I should be getting nappies provided for Jack now that he is 4 (his birthday was in September).

Is it right that I ask my Health Visitor about this and she arranges it? Are they any good? I've found that Pampers nappies are the only ones that don't give Jack a nappy rash (I've tried branded nappies and supermarket own brand). We're toilet training with some success and are gradually moving into pull ups so I'm wondering it this would cause a problem in that we use pull ups during the day and nappies at night.

Any advice is much appreciated. Thanks.

Hiya.We were the same and our health visitor sorted it for us no probs.Our little un is nearly 6 and we are allocated 5nappies a day.We have it 3pull ups and 2nappies.The pull ups seem a little bigger than the nappies but you should get a few samples first.We find them quite good.To get your next lot all you do is phone a number every 12wks+they get delievered.We in Derbyshire area.Hope you can make sense of my waffling:o)

(01-11-2012 12:00 AM)MumtoJess Wrote:  Hiya.We were the same and our health visitor sorted it for us no probs.Our little un is nearly 6 and we are allocated 5nappies a day.We have it 3pull ups and 2nappies.The pull ups seem a little bigger than the nappies but you should get a few samples first.We find them quite good.To get your next lot all you do is phone a number every 12wks+they get delievered.We in Derbyshire area.Hope you can make sense of my waffling:o)

Thanks for the info. I'm going to give our Health visitor a ring - she's always been very good helping us sort things out. What happens if you think you're going to run out before the end of 12 weeks - say if they have an upset tum and need lots of changes (I once had to change Jack 15 times in a day). I'll still have a supply of our usual nappies I guess but was just wondering if they helped out or understood that sometimes we use more than 5 a day - though I guess they have to estimate it somehow or we'd have a nappy mountain to store wouldn't we!! I'm longing for the day when Jack wears 'big boy pants' though it'll probably be a long way off from now.

we only get 4 nappies in 24 hours and they are the Tena ones which are a plastic type so during summer he gets horrible nappy rash. I do like the Euron ones as they are a proper nappy but a lot of health pct don't use them

Hi this post has some helpful information, I think you get an assessment of how many you need on a normal week, I don't think they would give extras for just in case but depends on council
http://www.parentsofdisabledchildren.co....-5033.html