| Cloth diapering is an excellent choice for your baby, | | | | Semi-disposable means that you use a cotton diaper |
| your wallet, as well as the environment. It is estimated | | | | with a plastic liner on the inside. You use this liner to |
| that each baby using disposable diapers contributes | | | | keep a cotton, flushable insert, much like a big sanitary |
| TWO TONS of used, non-biodegradable waste. | | | | napkin. When a baby does his business, you pull the |
| Landfills are closing at a rate of one per day, so this, in | | | | cotton insert and flush it down the toilet. I do not have |
| itself, is an excellent reason to cloth diaper. Disposable | | | | this luxury, so I use regular, cloth diapers as inserts. This |
| diapers also cost almost $3000 in a 2.5 year period, a | | | | works out great. The gdiapers are super cute, and the |
| number that is only increasing. Also, disposable diapers | | | | velcro fasteners are so easy to use. Well, what about |
| are not necessarily good for your baby. The gel used | | | | the dirty stuff? |
| to absorb urine is actually full of dioxins, a chemical | | | | By the changing table, I have a small tupperware-type |
| known to have many side effects, but has not been | | | | container. That is where I put the soiled cloth diaper |
| banned as of yet. You might be thinking, "but it is so | | | | inserts. I put the plastic liners and cute covers in the |
| inconvenient to cloth diaper." I am here to tell you it is | | | | regular laundry, as they rarely get soiled. We do a |
| not. There are so many options out there, so I would | | | | couple extra loads per week, but we do not have to |
| encourage you to take a couple minutes to read. | | | | throw away a few extra bags of garbage each |
| Cloth diapers are no longer the piece of cotton you | | | | week. We also do not have to go to the store to buy |
| have to get an engineering degree to keep on your | | | | diapers, which is one less thing to worry about. Our |
| baby without hurting him or her. "Pre-folded" diapers | | | | house does not smell, and our baby has perfect skin. |
| that basically look like regular diapers in cloth form. | | | | You may be wondering how much cloth diapering |
| Many have inserts to increase absorbency, in case | | | | costs. That is up to you and how many diapers you |
| you are concerned about night time diapering. The | | | | purchase, and then of course the price of doing |
| diapers have thick outer covers, some with plastic | | | | laundry. According to Kushies website, their cloth |
| options, so the diaper does not leak. In my experience, | | | | diapers plus washing costs $400 over 2.5 years. For |
| the disposable diapers I have used leak much more | | | | me, I think it is considerably less. I purchased the |
| than the cloth diapers. Are you worried about the | | | | gdiapers on ebay for less than $100. Cotton inserts |
| extra messy diapers that you might have to scrape | | | | cost maybe $20 total. I also bought one swimming |
| off into the toilet? Well, great news! There is a | | | | diaper from ebay for $1. I could not be happier with our |
| flushable, biodegradable liner available that you just peel | | | | decision. |
| off and throw. This is getting to sound way easier than | | | | If you have questions about cloth diapering, please do |
| you thought, isn't it? | | | | not hesitate to leave a comment. There are many |
| Let me tell you about diapering at my house, to give | | | | cloth diapering companies. Some examples are AIO, |
| you a real life scenario. I live in Iceland, so my options | | | | Kushies, Bumkins, Kidalog, Babyland, Monkey Doodlez, |
| are limited for what I can buy. I purchased 12 gdiapers, | | | | Fuzzi Bunz, and Sweatpea. |
| which are actually covers for semi-disposable diapers. | | | | |