Plymouth Nappy Library

01/05/2025

Tomorrow is our Reusable/Real Nappy Week event alongside our Plymouth Sling Library CIC session. As well as a bargain 50% off kit hire offer, we are also going to have buy 1 get 1 free on all our second hand nappy stock! Prices start at £2 per nappy with liners and inserts, etc, starting at 50p!

01/05/2025

We've noticed a decrease in reusable nappy interest over the last couple of years.... so we would love to hear from people who don't use them what's stopping you from giving them a go and people who do use them what you love about them. Is there anything you'd love to see us do this reusable nappy week? Let us know in the comments!

30/04/2025

To celebrate Reusable Nappy Week 2025 we are hosting a Nappy sale during our next Plymouth Sling Library CIC session (2nd May)

We will be running some offers during this week and the first is 50% off Cloth Nappy kit hires. Making them £10 for 3 months hire!

Our Nappy kits come with everything to cloth nappy full time so whether you want to try different brands, try cloth nappies part time or try out full time use, it's a great offer! We have newborn and birth to potty kits available.

We only have limited numbers of kits so please message us to hire so we can arrange collection and sign one out to you. First come first served.

16/01/2025

Tomorrow’s session!

*SESSION*

We are back this Friday (17th) 9:30-11:30
Crownhill Family Centre

No need to book- just pop along!

We can support you with your own carrier or you can try one of ours and hire them if you would like ❤️

Hires are £15 for a months hire, please use the link below to sign up and make checkout easier at the session 😊

https://plymouthslinglibrary.myturn.com/library/createUser/create?requestedFormat=

We can’t wait to see you on our first session of 2025!

Please share the word so we can help as many of our local families as possible xx

16/06/2024

Today is Fathers Day, and we want to send all our love and support to the Dads out there today (and of course all the carers and anyone who is doing that important caring fatherly role)! ❤️ 💙

Our wonderful and talented PANDAS colleague, Laura, drew this beautiful and poignant image, and we think it depicts so well what so many men go through in their journey to becoming a Dad.

Sadly, we know that men do suffer with perinatal mental health issues, yet there is still such a lack of awareness and stigma around this. Men too experience hormonal changes when becoming Dads that can affect their mood, and we know that at least 1 in 10 will go on to develop some kind of perinatal mental health condition, such as postnatal depression.

Many Dads simply do not know this, making their struggles harder to comprehend. Adding to this, we know that men are often less forthcoming in talking about mental health struggles, making reaching out for support even harder. Many are also doing their best to support their partners, and don't feel it's appropriate to reach out for support themselves...especially if their partner has experienced a traumatic birth, for example.

It is PANDAS's mission to break these stigmas and to spread the word that our services are for Dads and men too! Dads - please know we exist for you and you are worthy of mental health support. If you are struggling please don't hesitate in getting in touch 💌

To use the WhatsApp service simply message 07903 508334 and you will be connected to one of our trained PANDAS volunteers.
It is free and confidential for users of this service and will be open from 8am – 10pm daily.

Our FREE helpline is open Monday – Friday (excluding bank holidays) between 10am and 5pm.

📲 0808 1961 776 📲

We also have a free bookable call back service over on our website at pandasfoundation.org.uk

For our email service write to
[email protected]…feel free write all your thoughts & feelings & we will get back to you within 72 hours, often sooner. You will be assigned with one of our amazing volunteers who will write back & forth with you as long as you need.

We have a peer to peer support group for Dads too, just search for "PANDAS Closed Dads Group" on facebook to find it.

Sending love, from team PANDAS!

[ID Drawing sketch of a Dad leaving hospital with a baby carrier. The mum is following behind taking a picture of the scene. Inside the baby carrier are the words *fear *worry *rage *guilt *who am I now? *emotion *exhausted *depressed *guilt *responsibility *identity]

15/05/2024

Plymouth Sling Library CIC session is this Friday 17th May, 9:30-11:30 at Crownhill family centre! If you think you'd like to hire a newborn or birth to potty nappy kit drop us a message before so we can bring one with us for you.

03/05/2024

Congratulations to Goodwin you're the winner of the kit hire competition and have won a brand new Close Popin nappy. Message us to arrange collection of your prize!

03/05/2024

Congratulations to Genna Clark you are the winner of our "comment your best tips and tricks" competition and the winner of a brand new Little Lovebum Nappy. Pop us a message and we can sort out when you can collect ☺️

02/05/2024

We are open tomorrow between 9:30-11:30 at crownhill family centre. Come along for nappy advice or to buy new or pre loved nappies. If you want to hire a kit during tomorrow's session you'll need to let us know before the end of today so we can bring one with us.

30/04/2024

Did you know we have brand new, as well as second hand reusable nappies and accessories available to buy at every Plymouth Sling Library CIC session? Our second hand prices start from as little as 50p. These second hand nappies (pictured) are in amazing condition and will be available to buy at our next session (Friday 3rd May) pop along and grab some bargains, we've got lots available!

28/04/2024

CLOSED
Today is the final day of the official reusable nappy week 2024. What better way to help people discover cloth nappies than hearing from real people who have used them. Comment on this post with your favourite tips and tricks to be in with a chance to win a brand new littlelovebums nappy. Don't forget we have 10% off our our hire fees for our nappy kits until our next session.

T&C's
*One entry per person
*Winner will be chosen at random by 3rd May

28/04/2024

Anyone need nappy buckets??

After an overhaul of the kits we have some ex demo buckets going- £5 each for the totsbots and £3 for the unbranded 😊

All have lids and a liner!

Drop is a dm!