Assuming your child potty trains around the age of 3, you will change more than 7, diapers in that time. Even if you save a bit by buying your disposables in bulk, such as from Amazon.
This is a widely debated issue, but I consider cloth diapering to be more healthy for babies for one primary reason:.
Natural fibers and even the synthetic fabrics allow more airflow than plastic-woven disposables. Strictly from a health point of view, this is important because it regulates heat for boys, which can affect scrotal temperatures, and it keeps yeast from growing in girls, which can cause urinary tract infections, thrush, and a host of other yeast-related issues.
In this case, the sustainability is both financial and environmental. Any good cloth diaper that's cared for well can be reused on a second child. And prefolds will easily last through children, so the financial savings can be significant and the environmental impact absolutely minimized , even when considering there is extra water and power usage associated with washing and maintaining diapers.
Now, admittedly, your environmental impact will be determined according to where you live. If you live in the desert, water is likely at a premium, so washing diapers every two days may be an irresponsible use of resources. If you live in an area where your power comes from coal, using the dryer regularly to dry your nappies may likewise be irresponsible. If you live in an area that creates energy by incinerating waste instead of using a landfill, the waste impact will differ.
Too often we only calculate our environmental impact according to what ends up in the landfill. Cloth diapering can still be an option for you, but you may need to choose your types of diapers or decide how often you can wash accordingly.
When any diaper gets wet or soiled, the skin gets hot and sticky due to the combination of body heat, moisture, and uric acid. Cloth diapers allow for better airflow, which helps the moisture that's sitting on the baby's skin to evaporate, leaving your baby drier and less prone to diaper rash. Many parents I've talked to have also cured their baby's already existing diaper rash by switching to cloth, once again due to the increased airflow.
Granted, this could also be due to the fact that the moisture isn't wicked away with cloth and the baby feels wet and likely cries, thus urging the parents to change more often than with disposables. And have you felt some of the diapers on the market today? Many diapers are made of absolutely luxuriously soft fabrics! And even those that aren't — say the old-fashioned standbys, cotton prefolds — tend to soften and quilt up the more they are washed.
The engineering involved in a standard disposable diaper is amazing — it truly is a feat of engineering. When it comes to potty training, this is a wonderful thing. As you're teaching your child, there is already an instinctive knowledge of what being wet and being dry is like and subsequently, many cloth diapering parents potty are able to train their children earlier and more quickly.
This list would be incomplete with making mention of the fact that modern cloth diapers are downright fashionable. I think it's especially fun when little girls are able to wear their cloth diapers as bloomers or when a just-learned-to-walk toddler is cruising around in nothing but a diaper — now that's the definition of cute! A few years ago, one cloth diaper company started putting elastic not just around the leg gathers, but in the back too. Within a short time, this became standard on a number of cloth diapers and covers and because of it, cloth diapers win hands-down over disposables due to their ability to keep poo right where it should be that is, not up the back!
And even if you use prefolds like I do, which have no elastic whatsoever, you can still get a snug fit in the back, which is usually coupled with a cover that has the elastic all the way around and thus you're doubly covered.
One of my favorite reasons to promote cloth diapering is because it gets partners talking. Ultimately, your partnership, your family, and your household will be the better for it. It's not uncommon when you're changing your baby in a public washroom and another mom sees that you're using cloth, for her to come up and either start asking questions or to share about her experience with cloth. Ultimately, though, this isn't just about chatting and connecting with other moms which is wonderful , but it's about bringing to light sustainable living options that ultimately are good for the community as a whole.
As more and more parents hear and see other parents cloth diapering, there is more and more conversation about how to make it work and new parents become equipped to decide what will work best for their family.
This applies on a larger scale, as well. Plus, using fabric nappies encourages early potty training. Happy days! Cloth nappies have zoomed into the 21st century with a super-soft fluffy landing.
Our award-winning reusable nappies are ultra-absorbent with leak-proof seams for a soft, snug fit. They're easy to use, easy to wash, and there's a liner to dispose of the poo. Use cloth nappies and save yourself some money! Babies can be expensive, so reusable nappies are worth the investment in the long run. And why Tidy Tots reusable cloth diapers are the best choice for you and your baby.
The average baby goes through about 6, disposables from birth until potty-training. About 4. If each of those babies wears disposables, we're talking about 25 Billion diapers being tossed into the trash!
And let's not forget that those diapers contains untreated waste that really doesn't belong in the trash because it potentially threatens our water supplies. So there's no question that cloth diapers, being reusable, are less wasteful and they spare our landfills.
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