Infographic: 8 steps to switch to cloth nappies (a guide for reluctant parents)

As Here in Singapore I can’t protest or strike because it’s forbidden, here goes my contribution to global climate strike. Because a desert is made of tiny particles of sand, and my voice will always be one of those.You should know something. Our traveling around the world is not eco-friendly. At all.Traveling by plane is one of the most carbon-intensive activities that exist, and Alex, myself and the kids are now doing it every one-two months.But truth is—and I’ll be blunt and selfish and un...

As you might know, almost two years ago I switched to cloth nappies after three years of disposables.Today, having experienced it all—the good, bad and the ugly—and knowing what I know about just how bad disposable nappies are for the environment (they generate so much trash and take forever to decompose), for the skin (have you seen how many chemicals go into producing the things that stay in contact with our Babies’s skin 24/7?) and for the wallet (thousands of euros for disposables VS a co...

I’ve never been a gift fanatic. I like birthdays, I like giving a gift if I know it’s just perfect, I like the detail of a candle to celebrate a special day together, I really like the Montessori birthday where children hold a globe and walk around a candle that represents the sun as many times as the number of their years.I like the meaning. I think that’s the real gift.After Oliver’s second birthday, when we had a simple party in the park and received so many gifts that we unwrapped package...

Thanks to Papá de G for inviting me to participate in his initiative #decaraalatierra. In this interview we talked about what we do in our home to live a more low-impact lifestyle with kids.1. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and your blog?My name is Carlotta, I am a journalist and translator, two careers and passions that I have combined in my trilingual maternity blog La Tela di Carlotta, where I write about the challenges we face daily as parents, about how to apply Montessori a...

A few weeks ago I promised a post with a comparison between nappy brands that I use, so here it is.As I said in my post “How I switched to Cloth Nappies after three years of disposables” we like using more than one brand—I say “we”, because Alex is also actively involved in this cloth nappy business, of course: each one of the brands we’re using has something that would make me choose it again (and recommend it to others).You can find a million review posts about each one of these brands: thi...

Thanks to the cloth nappy companies Charlie Banana, BambinoMio, Close Parent (and their Spanish distributor yobio.es), Juicy Bumbles and Little Lamb for supporting me during the switch, and sponsoring this blog post. I personally chose the brands I wanted to try and I wrote ONLY about the ones that I liked best and that I found the easiest to start with.A huge special thank you to my friend Ashely, to me the real nappy lady, for being my muse and a very patient advisor.In the past half a year...