Sustainable parenting is on the rise with reusable nappies in demand, but should parents spend all their time cleaning used nappies? Dr Ashleigh Logan-McFarlane (Edinburgh Napier University) questions how eco- (and parent) friendly cloth nappies are. From shackling up to the washing machine in a sordid all-consuming affair to impulsively buying pretty-patterned nappy pants at 3am, are reusable nappies all theyre cracked up to be? Are there more effective, and less unpleasant, ways to be a green parent?