Thursday, October 7, 2010

To cloth diaper or not... that is the question.

When I was pregnant with the twins, I took a hard look at the health, environmental and economical advantages of cloth diapering over paper diapers.
Here's what I found....
42 million diapers go into a landfill EVERYDAY in the US. The US pays an average of $350 million YEARLY to deal with their disposal AND--> these diapers will still be in a landfill 300 years from now. (that means when your great, great, great, great, great, great grandchildren start diapering their children your STINKY diapers will still be hanging out somewhere)
The feces in landfills contaminates our water supply. (are you still drinking tap water?)
I also found out that the chemicals in paper diapers can rapidly absorb into the babies skin. I had serious concerns about dioxin. Dioxin in various forms has been shown to cause cancer, birth defects, liver damage, and skin diseases.
Paper diapers don't breath, cloth diapers DO allowing for healthier skin and less rashes.
Cloth diapered babies potty train on average an ENTIRE year earlier than paper diapered. AND the average paper diapered baby will go through 8,000-10,000 diapers before potty training.
And cloth diapering can save you 2000-5000 dollars!!!!!
Do I have your attention yet?
And let me be the first to tell you, that cloth diapering is easy! It's not gross or time-consuming like so many people think.
Even my husband is a fan! (and this is the guy who practically cried when I told him I wanted to cloth diaper)
So, when faced with cloth diapering or not, the choice was easy.... and we've never looked back!

3 comments:

  1. I love my cloth diapers! Lydia's big bottom makes me smile and reminds me I'm doing what I think is best for her and the enviroment! Go cloth diapers!

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  2. I am going to be a FTM in August, so do you have a "getting started" list of sorts on cloth diapering? I am very interested in this, and you say it is easy, but I don't know where to begin and what to buy, how much laundry is involved and just what do you do really? If you have a god website to direct me to, or any advice that would be great! Love your blog by the way!

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  3. ok i want to but how do i start? i am pregnant now and want to be ready to cloth diaper my baby my husband and i were cloth diapered in our countries and see that as normal. so where do i start, how many do i need ?

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