If you do need to wash the nappy (if it has been soiled) then wash at 30 Celsius with a weakened detergent For little dreamers everywhere, stories of rainbows, balloons and painting pictures with the clouds. These gentle and pretty colour combinations are perfect to brighten up any gloomy day.

With reusable swim nappies, soft nappy liners are available and specially designed to complete the double nappy system. After swimming, in the event of any little accidents, the nappy liner makes changing and cleaning much simpler. Simply remove the neoprene over nappy, undo the nappy wrap and flush away the soiled liner or if unsoiled just place in the bin. The fully biodegradable liner saves you money and saves the environment at the same time Our double nappy system helps to ensure we avoid leaks, which in turn helps to prevent the spread of various bugs, and also helps spare your blushes should your little one have an accident! Should you spot a nappy leak, please let your teacher know immediately. Not because we’re going to tell you off 🙂 but we need to know for everybody’s health and safety. An accident does typically mean the swimming pool will have to be closed for a few hours, and typically your class will be cancelled as well as the classes that follow you. Swimming Nappies Explained Choosing your under swim nappy The main purpose of the neoprene nappy that goes over the top of the swim nappy is to form a tight seal around your child’s midriff and thighs to ensure any leaks are contained! So when you are choosing sizes, make sure you buy the right size and not a larger one so they grow into it! Reusable swim nappies cause about 1.5-2.5 less CO2 production during manufacturing, use and waste processing compared to disposable swim nappies. This includes the washing of the reusable swim nappies A correctly fitting neoprene nappy may feel like a bit of a struggle to get on the very first time but it is essential that it is a snug fit – the Lycra band must sit tight against the skin on both the legs and the waist, with no gaping. You should be able to fit a finger comfortably against your baby’s thigh in the leg opening, but no more. The neoprene nappy should be pulled right up to the top of your baby’s legs before you attempt to pull it up over the under-nappy and up to the waist.

Other Swim Nappy Considerations

The waist and thigh ribs of the Happy Nappy are designed to fit snugly to form a seal that will hold in solids, whilst the upper body coverage helps to keep babies warm in water for longer. Manufactured to meet UPF 50+ sun protection standard, Happy Nappy Wetsuits are also perfect for outdoor use! It can be worn for garden play, paddling pools, and beaches. Whilst on the face of it reusable swim nappies look more expensive, they typically work out about 4 times cheaper over the lifetime of usage Swim nappies are not designed to hold in urine. They are designed to hold solids only, hence if your child is suffering from diarrhoea (or has been suffering from diarrhoea in the last 48 hours) you must not let your child enter the swimming pool. Other Swim Nappy Considerations

verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{ If correctly cared for your neoprene nappy should last until your little one outgrows it, they are pretty good quality bits of kit It goes without saying, disposable swim nappies are highly convenient and have their place, but with the focus on environmental issues, we highly recommend using a reusable swim nappy.The Happy Nappy Wetsuit is a 2 in 1 product, including a fully approved integrated reusable Happy Nappy*, built into the body of the wetsuit. The perfect starter product for your Water Babies swimming class. The most recent update to a government study on the Life Cycle of Nappies, published by the UK’s Department for Environment, highlights that reusable swim nappies are circa 40% per cent better for the environment. And that doesn’t even take into account, the impact of landfill and soil contamination from disposable nappies When it comes to choosing the under swim nappy (widely known as Happy Nappy) you have two basic choices. Either a disposable swim nappy or a reusable swim nappy. Below we bullet out the main considerations. Whatever you do, don’t put your baby in a normal everyday nappy! It will get full of water, make your baby weigh a ton and in all likelihood split open releasing all the contents with it! There are a number of leading manufacturers of swim nappies in the UK. We recommend using Konfidence, we have partnered with them to be able to offer Konfidence voucher code on all their products. Follow the link for an exclusive 10% discount. Other leading swim nappies are Splashabout’s Happy Nappy, Zoggs Swim Sure Nappy and Speedo have launched a range too.

A typical disposable swim nappy weighs about 30g vs a reusable one at about 80g. When you compare this over the lifetime of usage, assuming an average of 50 “swims”, the amount of waste produced by paper disposable swim nappy will be about 20 times more! Always remember to have a spare under nappy available when going for a swim. If you are using a reusable nappy, then you still need to remember a spare nappy line Please remember to always take all your used nappies away with you, unless a clearly marked nappy bin has been provided by the pool venue. Please, never leaveanynappies in an open-topped bin

The verdict: Reusable nappies

We all know that babies poo whenever they want to, not when convenient to you! Even toddlers that have been successfully potty trained for months or even years can ignore the warning signs when they’re enjoying themselves! Baby swimming nappies come in all shapes and sizes so we’ve debunked some myths, laid out some facts, and explained everything you need to know about the baby swim nappy below.