Cloth nappies at pre-school

Right so we made the desision to change to cloth for Lily because it's just so expensive with sposies now. Its been going really well, but shes going to pre-school 2 full days a week now, so i've had to start buying sposies again. Thomas and Lily are now in a different size nappy - they were both Toddler size for ages which was really handy, but now i'm spending $50 a week on nappies again!

So after that ramble - are there any websites or flyers or ANYTHING I can use/do to convince my pre-school that they should let parents bring in cloth nappies? Gosh, I have more issues putting on and disposing of a sposie in the bin than I do with a cloth one now! And we use real nappies - not pockets!
Help! I'm over this. It wouldnt be so bad if lazy mr3 would toilet train ><

I'm still having a battle with two potential daycares, its non-negotiable for DS to be in a sposie for me as it makes his bum sunburn red after one so a whole day would destroy him. I have been in with itti AIO which couldnt be any simpler to use and been refused. One said it was a health hazard because the nappy is sitting around in a wetbag, the other said its too much extra work and that rules are rules and they can't negotiate. Things to try though - go in and show them exactly how easy it is, offer to provide flushable liners so they can just tip poos away OR tell them its ok to just roll up the nappy poos and all. Show them the wetbag you would use and that they keep the dirty nappies secure so other kids couldnt get in and that they dont smell.
Also baby first arent the easiest nappy to use, even pockets are easier if you are sending them prestuffed. Perhaps worth taking along a few different brands, whatever you have and seeing if they will agree to use any of them. Good luck!

Oooh also might be worth asking on the cloth nappy network i've seen threads there before from people trying (and sometimes succeeding) to get their daycare to take cloth.

what are the prschools reasons for not allowing them?

I guess I'm lucky then that the ABC my daughter goes to allows me to send along cloth nappies. I asked about it when I was interviewing them and they said no problems. We use pockets, and send along a wetbag, but the type issue never came up. I find they change their policy on storing pooey ones every so often (but the staff do whatever is easy for them -so sometimes they end up in the wetbag, sometimes in a plastic bag in the laundry room which is a teeny bit of a scavenger hunt, but oh well).

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They're kept in a locked cupboard under the changing bench with a sealed lid so there's no smells.

Hehe bit far to go to yours! I wont change the kids now - thomas has been there 3 years already.

My 10month old is at daycare 3 days a week - shes in cloth there (itti bittis) shes the only one tehre in cloth and they don't seem to mind. But supply sposies as part of the 'fee' so its a bit different to your situation i guess. I have told them that if its a bad day etcetc I don't mind DD in sposies but they have to put lots of cream on her bum otherwise it looks sunburnt. One day last week I got up late so she was in sposies because i didnt have time to pack the cloth lol. To be honest i don't blame daycares for not using them i think cloth is such a personal choice and to someone who doesn't know the pros to them I is likely to be a hassle.
$50 a week on nappies?? thats crazzy?? - Doesnt your preschool not supply sposies in the cost?? Could you buy cheapies for daycare??

It would be really interesting to know what these centres policies are on the children who are toilet training and how they manage with soiled undies!!  I don't really see what the difference in terms of hygiene is and my understanding is that they have to assist with toilet training (though I'm not sure where I got that idea from).  I'm not sure what our daycare policy is on mcn.  I had been intending to ask so I think I will now.  Switching would save me a whole pile of money too.  

Our previous centre encouraged cloth.  They provided biodegradable disposables until children were 2 and a half and then encouraged any parents who weren't already using cloth to switch.  They also washed and dried cloth nappies on site.

I bring along a wet bag, and have the nappies all ready to go. I use flushable liners (an extra cost but it makes it easy for them) and showed them that the ONLY difference is that if there is poo they drop the poo into the loo from the liner (liner included) and then fold the nappy up and put it in my bag.
I had many teachers afraid to start, as they thought it would be hard, and were scared of doing them up wrong... but now - well its no hassle, and a few have mentioned they think they will use cloth when it comes time to having their own children.

Thinking to what PP have mentioned about toilet trainign children, normally its shake the poos in the loo and bag the dirty undies. So really no different to nappies!