Bambino Mio are offering a free MioSolo nappy with the code below. You have to pay the (rather extortionate for one item) postage fee, but even so, it amounts to less than a third of the original nappy price.

New soft cloth for the price of postage

• Discount: Free Nappy - £10.04 saving
• Valid on: MioSolo nappies
• Promotion Code: EDMIOSOLO

I love the cloth nappies my baby girls wear. They are so soft and gentle on their skins, and especially now with a newborn: I love the chemical free cloth on her little body.  My best advice and tip for parents who want to switch to cloth, however, is not to go out and buy a bunch of whatever worked best for your neighbour/sister/friend’s baby. The best thing you can do is to get a variety of different nappies and try them all out before buying those that work best for your child.

Just as we don’t all buy our trousers from the same place, our babies can’t all wear the same nappies. Some work better for some than for others.

That’s why this kind of offer (and many others like it during Real Nappy Week) is so brilliant – it gives you the chance to try before you buy loads and spend lots.

Thanks to Convie at HUKD

The Huggies Nappies Big Packs normally sell for £11.98 each at Asda. With this deal you can get two packs for £14. There are 76 nappies in these packs, so at a total of 152 nappies that works out to 9p each. Tesco is offering the same pack at £11.98 each or two for £19.

• Click here for your Huggies Big Pack at Asda

There are also deals on smaller packs, which you can find here, with 2 for £10 and rollbacks offered. The Huggies Nappies Big Pack is for sizes 4 to 7. If you're a fan of Huggies this is an excellent deal. It seems like every baby has a different 'preference'. I always found that my son reacted to any brand other than Pampers, while my neice had the same problem but with any brand except Huggies. My best mate on the other hand found that Sainsbury's own brand worked just as well as any brand name, but not the own brand from Tesco. It is definitely an odd one!

Everyday is a world of new discoveries for a baby. Whether they’re sticking their head between their legs or trying to eat their feet, they’re always exploring the exciting world as it unfolds around them. And like any explorer, it’s important that they have the right equipment.

Huggies Super-Dry nappies offer dryness for up to 12 hours protection. With a special super stretchy waistband and breathable outer layer, your little explorer can stay dry and comfortable, meaning he can concentrate on his next exciting discovery, whatever it may be.

Thanks to nick130980 at HUKD!

Asda are selling Huggies Super Dry big packs for as little as £9 each, and I've been able to find them for this price at Tesco, and slightly cheaper at Amazon. However, you can get 2 packs for £15 in the multi-buy offer, and I haven't been able to find this cheaper anywhere. It works out to (for say the Huggies Super Dry 76 big pack size 4) just 10p per nappy.

• Click here for Huggies nappies at Asda

I couldn't find an option to collect in-store. Home delivery charges start at £3, depending on what times you opt for. Keep in mind that there's a minimum spend for home delivery of £25. Also, don't book a slot too far in advance, as you're charged whatever the price is on the day, not at the time you place your order.

If you shop at Asda, it might be worth going into the store to see what they've got on the shelves. As for buying four boxes, well I remember what it was like when son was still in nappies, and it doesn't take long to get through that many!

Thanks to speaknoevil at HUKD!

If you're into planning ahead, then you can get a great deal on these nappies. They're made with organic cotton, and at £8.84 per pack from Amazon it works out to 7p a nappy.

Click here for Huggies from Amazon

For some reason, I developed a horror of all chemicals when my son was born. All my cleaning products went in the bin, and were replaced with more natural products and environmentally friendly ones. All new clothes got washed several times before I put them on my son, so afraid was of the chemicals you get in the material.

If you're that way inclined too, then organic cotton will definitely be a major plus.

According to the product description, Huggies have fluffy absorbent fibres made from wood pulp sourced only from suppliers with Sustainable Forestry Certification. HUGGIES was the first nappy clinically proven to protect against nappy rash.

One reviewer on the site, who gave the nappies four stars, comments that "my wife and I found that these nappies were great during the day for regular changes but they tend to leak during the night because they don't hold enough. This isn't too much of a problem - it just means more changes during the night or early morning."

Thanks to phillyboy at HUKD!

If you're in the market for nappies then this is a deal for you.

Asda are selling boxes of 120 Huggies nappies in size +4 for £11.00 instead of £20.98.

• Click HERE to go over to Adsa

The only way these Huggies nappies won't be of any use to you is

a) you use cotton nappies or,

b) you have a baby who's too big for size +4

Other than that, there's absolutely no reason why you can't take advantage of nappy deals when they come up and stash them away until your baby is big enough to wear them.

I dread to think how much money I've spent on nappies over the years, on both disposable and cotton ones.

It's probably not even a good idea to try and work it out, it would just break your heart; saving money on things like nappies whenever you can is a way to ease the financial burden just a little bit.

There's no limit on how many boxes of these Huggies nappies you can order; the only thing that will limit you is them going out of stock and, at this price, that might be quite fast.

Change the delivery method to 'in-store' to collect them from your local Asda store for free.

Thanks to mrsmersey at HUKD

I don't know about you, but we've gone through loads of changing bags in the last 18 months. From the super-duper massive one from a leading pharmacy, which was simply too big and too heavy for a baby-wearing mum, to a tog bag, to simply shoving a nappy and some wipes into my handbag, we've seriously gone from bag to bag as we tested them all out, and tried out new nappy bags to suit our changing needs.

Now I'm more comfortable with going out with a baby, I realise that for a trip to the shops, lunch or a play date, I do not, in fact, need one of everything and the kitchen sink, you know... in case.

We now use the ZPM junior nappy bag. A spotty bit of fabulousness.

Although, to be honest, I'm not a fan of the spots, that is its singular drawback. For the rest, this nappy bag is perfect.

It is actually meant to be a bit of a weekender, overnight or on-the-go nappy bag, and I've tried it in all three those guises, as well as simply staying at home.

When we're home, it hangs on a hook next to the changing table (i.e. bed) and from there we can access everything we need.

An excellent feature of this nappy bag is the 360 degree swivel hook, great for public rest rooms, as well as a great changing mat. There are pouches on the side, I guess for bottles or jars, and the interior holds an entire small bag of nappies, or about six to nine reuseables.

The see-through zip pockets are great for such items as keys, cards and other would-be-in-the-handbag items, such as make-up. The second pocket I use for nappy cream and other travel sized baby toiletries.

The best part of these nappy bags, in my estimation, are the two waterproof, refillable dispenser pockets for wet wipes and nappy bags. I am chronically forgetful when it comes to wet wipes and more often than not go out without them, so having them already in the bag means I now rarely end up without.

All in, I think these are the best nappy bags around, especially since they now come with a shoulder strap for easier carrying, and cost under £25.

The ZPM Junior changing bag is a definite recommend from me!

QUICK! Nip off to the Sainsbury's Baby Event, before Wednesday 30 March, and save yourself 1/3 on a ton of baby essentials; yippeee.

• Click HERE to dash over to Sainsburys

I do love these supermarket baby events, and the Sainsburys' Baby Event is no exception.

It probably doesn't even bare considering adding up just HOW much money we spend on nappies, wipes and other baby essentials paraphernalia; my children are 16, 15 and almost 5 now and we still get through a fair few packs of wipes between all of us.

Wipes are included in the Sainsbury's Baby Event - Huggies wipes, Johnsons wipes, Pampers wipes, Sainsbury's Eco Little Ones wipes and the normal Sainsbury's Little Ones wipes have ALL had 1/3 taken off their usual prices.

Nappies for newborns to toddlers, night time pants and swimming pants by Pampers and Huggies and Nature Babycare are all on the Sainsbury's Baby Event 1/3 off hit list too.

Then there are creams, lotions, potions and powders.

Big tubs of Sudocream (or Sod-u-cream as my daughter once called it years ago) are a must in this house too, not for nappy rash but teenage spots!  It's marvellous stuff and works miracles overnight on almost anything that needs some healing help. A 250g tub at the Sainbury's Baby Event will cost you £2.42 instead of £3.64.

But it doesn't end there.

Baby feeding - food and equipment.  Baby changing - mats, nappy sacks and all associated malarky. Baby healthcare - with a great deal on a digital thermometer and even stuff just for mum.

The Sainsbury's Baby Event started today and applies to orders being delivered by Wednesday 30 March; happy 1/3 saving!

Thanks to ElsieT at HUKD

Boots have some great deals running at the moment which means you can pick up a load of cheap baby products - a great time to stock up on wipes, lotions, nappies

• Click HERE to go over to the Boots Baby department

Johnsons Baby products have been in my life for as long as I can remember.  My mum used them on me and I used them on all of my children; tried, trusted and loved.

As Boots are currently offering Buy 1 Get 1 Free on lots of Johnsons Baby products, they make it into my 'Cheap Baby Products' post.

There are ton of offers on various brands and pack sizes of Johnsons Baby Wipes AND Pampers Baby Wipes - £8 for four packs of 72 wipes across both ranges can't be bad;

Continually buying nappies for your baby can be expensive, which is why Boots has some great offers on Pampers Nappies

• 2 for £17 on Pampers Economy Packs
• 2 for £20 on Pampers Jumbo Packs
• 2 for £26 on Pampers Mega Packs

If you're not a brand name person, and are happy to go with Boots own label cheap baby products, then they have a rather wallet friendly buy 2 for £2.50 offer on a range of selected items from their own range of baby toileteries.

There are lots of other baby bargains to be had over at Boots so go and bag yourself some cheap baby products; you'll also stack up Advantage points too if you're a card holder.

This offer is available for packs of Pampers Simply Dry size 5 Junior (88 nappies), 4 Maxi (100 nappies) and 3 Midi (120 nappies). The price on the deal is £9.75 for two economy packs. However, you can get a further 10% off if you sign up to Amazon's Subscribe & Save programme, reducing the overall price to £8.78. You can cancel this at anytime - so don't forget to do so! Delivery is free.

• Click here for Pampers Simply Dry Nappies at Amazon

The link above will take you to the Size 5 nappies. To choose another size, click in the drop down box, then again in the Unit Count box.

The features of these nappies, according to the manufacturer that is, include its new Dry Max technology for Pamper's driest nappy ever with 20% less bulk. Super-stretchy sides give babies more freedom to move and play. All-around softness keeps babies comfortable. Favorite Sesame Street characters on every nappy.

Millar215 at our sister site HUKD has worked out that this comes to, per nappy:

• 7p a nappy for size 3
• 8p a nappy for size 4
• 9p a nappy for size 5

Although the price of the packs remain the same for each size, the amount of nappies you get differs. Specifically:

• Size 3 come in 2 packs of 60 nappies (so 120)
• Size 4 come in 2 packs of 50 nappies (so 100)
• Size 5 come in 2 packs of 44 nappies (so 88)

Thanks to Millar215 at HUKD!

I've said before that I adore reusable nappies. The set up cost often puts people off, so the exclusive PlayPennies 10% discount voucher from Greenmums will definitely help

• Save the landfills with Greenmums

• Discount: 10%
• Media code: PLAYPENNIES
• Expiry: 31 December 2010

Greenmums has an excellent supply of birth to potty, pocket nappies, Nappuchinos, swim nappies, and pocket nappies as well as all the required accessories, including laundry supplies.

Beyond nappies, however, Greenmums also stock clothing for girls and boys, new baby gifts, and beautiful toys for ages 0 – 18+ months.

I'm also a particular fan of the Practical Products page, with things such as the bike seat, the Hippychick Hipseat (which we reviewed recently), and the Bunk Bed Buddy.

So, if you're getting ready for a new arrival, looking for something for a recent one, or simply looking for gifts, have a look at Greenmums – they're sure to have something you'll like, and 10% off can certainly not hurt either.

I'd picked up the idea that going without nappies from (almost) birth was an example of extreme parenting. You know, all those child-centric ideas that are impossible to even think about achieving for most of us. Because we have to do things like earn a living as well as be a parent, and fit in time for the rest of the family.

So as always when confronted with a conundrum, I turned to the experts and to the experiences of other parents to find out more. I expected to find this just to be a US phenomenon, but that wasn't the case at all. Two of the best sites that I found were from the UK and Australia.

Convince me!

Going nappy free is an intriguing idea. Especially the thought of not having to spend a fortune each week on nappies for three years of your life (or more depending on the number of children you have). I first thought that maybe this might not be such a far-fetched idea when a friend moved to Hong Kong. The staff at the nursery were rather surprised to find her 18 month old still in nappies. 'Don't worry', they said, 'we'll handle it'. And they did. The nappies went, messes were cleaned up, and he was held over the toilet (or other receptacles to hand) whenever needed and at key points in the day. Staff would make a 'pishing' noise whenever he urinated, and this would be used to provide a cue for him to pee.

And it worked. When I told this to a mutual friend, she was astounded. As was I. We both mentioned it to our mums. Who weren't at all surprised. Seems that back in the late sixties, that's pretty much what most mums did, or at least they both had.

What had changed? In the examples we'd come across, then, there were two things in common. Warm or hot climates, and extended families as the norm. It is probably, we reasoned, something that's possible to do when childcare is shared with the family and not outsourced to babysitters, childminders and nurseries.

Recently though, I've got more involved in environmental issues and started exploring alternative parenting options. Happily these are often also cheaper and money saving options too. And going nappy free is one of them.

Show me!

First off, this is not toilet training. You're learning when the child is going to go, and helping them learn a few cues too to go when they don't necessarily need to. But they're not going to have control over their toilet functions. That's not something they'll develop until much later.

Dr Graham Clayden of Kings’ College London and consultant paediatrician at Evelina Children’s Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’, explained in Green Parenting magazine that “When the stomach fills there is a gastro-colic reflex,which causes the lower bowel to fill and defecation is then precipitated. Lots of babies defecate within 20 minutes of filling their stomachs. If that becomes totally predictable, yes, why not catch it – save a nappy, save the planet.”

The jargon then for this parenting practice is Elimination Communication, or EC for short. Plus you don't actually do without nappies entirely. The Australian website Tribal Baby, which contains a lot of excellent tips and advice for parents wanting to give this a go, puts it this way "It is about  using nappies as a tool rather than a necessity."

Help Me!

Naturally, you don't need to join a group to learn about EC, but it always helps to have support and advice. In the UK, Nappy Free Baby provides information, resources, discussion forums and links to groups around the country.

The main 'bible' on this subject appears to be an American one (don't they all!). The terms elimination communication, as well as 'natural infant hygiene' were coined by parenting author Ingrid Baur. Both appear in her book 'Diaper Free! The Gentle Wisdom of Natural Infant Hygiene' published in 2001.

EcoBaby.co.uk summarises the main principles involved into four main components. Timing (newborns need to urinate every 10 to 20 minutes - personally that sounds like a lot of running to the potty to me!), signals (what faces, noises, body language babies use to signal that they are about to go), cueing (how we can tell the baby when it is an appropriate place to eliminate), and intuition (where you just 'know' baby needs to wee/poo).

And Finally

Are you sold on the idea? I'm not entirely but I do wish I'd had the chance to have a go. At five years old (and no chance of more) I think it is probably just a tad too late for me! What I really liked about all the advice I read on the internet is that it isn't pressurised, one-size-fits all, do it my way or the highway kind of stuff. No-one goes without nappies entirely. Everyone uses nappies as well. Sometimes just when they go out, but also at home when they're just too busy/ill/need a rest. It seems like a really good mix.

Neither does it seem to be a sure fire way to toilet train. Although from what I've read little ones have, with EC, become more toilet confident. It doesn't actually result in them learning to use the toilet independently any earlier than the development of their own bowel controls will allow them.

Post a comment - what do you think?

If nappies are one of your weekly household essentials, check out your local branch of the Co-op for Pampers Easy Up Pants, which are reduced in-store from £5.99 to £2.99 now.

• Click here to find your local Co-op store

Pampers Easy Up Pants are handy for toddlers on the move who are either embarking on potty-training or not quite ready to take that step. Persuading a busy tot to lie down for a nappy change is no fun for anyone, so these allow for swift nappy changes with minimum interruption.

There is some debate among parents as to whether this type of training nappy helps or hinders when it comes to potty-training but at £2.99 for a packet it's a good time to pick them up if you've thought about giving them a try.

This promotion runs until the 4th of May but obviously there's no guaranteeing what stock will be available in at your local store at any given time - worth popping in and out over the next few weeks if this deal appeals. While you're there, don't forget to sign up for a membership card to get even more bang for your buck, and help change the world, too. Now that's a bargain.

Thanks to lucerysmum at HUKD

Nappies - whilst not the most glamourous baby purchase you'll make, will be one of the most regular and if you've walked down the nappy aisle at the supermarket you'll already know what a bewildering array there is.

• Click HERE for your FREE sample of Huggies Newborn

So what do you choose?  One of the big names or a supermarket own brand?  Gender specific (if you already know or if the baby has already arrived)? Pull ups? Velcro tabs? Ones with stretchy sides?  Perhaps ones with Pooh bear on them (I always thought that was hilarious to have Pooh on nappies....but then I can be easily amused!)?  Or maybe ones that are shaped more like proper pants than a nappy?  And let's not even go DOWN the route of swimming nappies yet!

So here's my best advice - get hold of as many different samples of nappies as you can and then try them out.  Huggies boys nappies were great for my eldest son many moons ago, but Huggies for girls 14 years ago really didn't suit my daughter - she was more of a Pampers fit and you won't know which is which without trying them.

Thing is, you don't want to spend the best part of a tenner on a pack of nappies that might not suit you or your baby - so samples is definitely the way to go.

You don't have to register first to claim this baby freebie from the Bounty parenting club, you just need to fill in your name and addresss and they'll send your sample out in the post to you.  I do like it when things are nice and simple.

Happy Nappy choosing!

Thanks to lottysdad08 overr at HUKD!

How many nappies does a newborn baby need? The truth is way more than you'd expect. Which is why it's great news that Boots are doing a 3 for 2 deal on selected Pampers nappies right now.

• Click here to stock up on nappies now!

For some inexplicable reason it's impossible to link to all the Pampers items in the range that are part of this deal but if you follow the link above you'll see the 3 for 2 button which will take you to the deal.

Asda's Smart Price nappies are one of the best-kept secrets of toddlerhood.

• Click here to order 20 nappies (11kg - 25kg) for £1.47

£1.47 for a packet of 20 nappies is a bargain that is hard to beat. Asda only seem to do these nappies in one size - Junior - to fit children between 11kg and 25kg so they're really only fit toddlers on their way to potty training.

When my sprogs were little I tried to offset my guilt about landfill sites full of disposable nappies by using eco versions but there came a point, maybe when I had 2 little dudes in nappies at the same time, that the budget overtook my global idealism. Sad but true.

But that's where these nappies came in. They are a budget brand so don't expect the best quality nappies in the world but if you have a toddler who is not quite ready to go nappy-free these are easy on your pocket. They're actually also surprisingly good quality for the price and once I tried these out I couldn't see any reason to part with any extra cash.

Asda have a minimum order of £25 for online deliveries though - which is a lot of packets of nappies at this price -  so you'll need to spend all the money you save  on these nappies on something else if you want to get them delivered!