Meanwhile, if you're still changing nappies rather than sheets, you might like to know that this is Real Nappy Week. Back in the old days, looking after a baby involved buckets around the house reeking of ammonia and filling up with soiled cloth nappies until it was time for yet another load of washing. Then came disposable nappies, probably the second greatest revolution in modern women's lives after the Pill. But, like the Pill, the wide use of disposable nappies has been blamed for declining male fertility rates and disruptions in sex hormones. It's the overflowing landfill sites, however, that have spurred the environmentally-minded back to terry nappies, and even this trend would never have got off the ground without an accompanying boom in commercial nappy laundering services to bypass those household buckets. For details of your nearest service, ask the National Association of Nappy Services on 020 8299 4519.
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