Here is my question: Why not?
People look at me and think I am crazy for using cloth.....I look at you and think your crazy for using disposables! :) Here is why:
Cloth Diapering is one of the greatest things I have done. I would love to "convert" everyone to them...hence why I started this blog!
Here are my reasons:
Economical:
Cloth diapering is way cheaper than disposables. Depending on the system you chose you can save between $500-$2000 from birth to potty training.
And no...my power bill and water bill are not sky high from using cloth. They are sky high because Florida's utilities are expensive! haha
Comfy:
Think about it...would you rather have plastic chemical paper on your butt or soft cloth?
'Nough said! I think we can all agree on that!
Environment:
Disposable diapers take hundreds of years to decompose in the landfill. Bet you didn't know it takes that long, huh?
The US Census Bureau says there are about 309,633,416 people in America. Let's take a wild guess and say 25% of them are in diapers. (I am probably low balling that big time but for arguments sake...). That would total: 77,408,354 babies.
Okay now let's say each baby uses 6 diapers a day. (another low ball) That would total: 464,450,124 diapers a day in America.
All of that is going into our landfill and taking YEARS AND YEARS to decompose. Where is all that supposed to go exactly? We are going to eventually run out of space! Then we would really be screwed!
Health:
As some of you may have heard recently, Pampers released their new Stay Dry diapers. Well these lovely things were giving babies horrible rashes AND.....chemical burns! CHEMICAL BURNS PEOPLE! On poor little babies butts! I don't know about you but I would be pissed if I had a chemical burn on my butt!
Ever changed a diaper and seen little clear gel things on the baby's butt? That is a chemical! And we are putting it on our babies most delicate skin!!!!
Other random points:
-Most people assume cloth diapers leak leak leak! Well, yes sometimes they do but guess what...so do disposables! It happens on occasion! Though not as much as you would think.
All it takes is some trial and error to find the perfect absorbency for YOUR baby and changing the diaper every couple hours as you should be doing anyways.
-Ever dealt with a blow-out? I'm sure you have! How fun was that? Not fun at all huh? Well, cloth doesn't have that problem! Bryson has had some real chaos go on in his diaper.....but no blow-out! Yay! This point alone has switched many people to cloth!
Last but certainly not least....cloth diapers are C-U-T-E! I get compliments on them all the time! :)
5 comments:
Can you post a picture of Bryson with his cloth diaper? I have never seen one lol.
wow they are cute! and i didnt know all this either! where do you buy them? bcz i know i never see them at the store. do they velcro on or how do they stay? -Marissa
Marissa- I will be posting more and more about it soon! There is so much to write! Stand by...(hehe)
Which cloth diaper do you use? I have G diapers and they aren't this cute lol - Ashley
I have a bunch! The bottom picture is actually a fitted diaper that a mom from a cloth diapering group made. I can't remember what brand the top diaper is. But we usually use Fuzzi Bunz for pocket diapers.
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