| New parents have heard the argument time and again | | | | that plastic doesn't biodegrade very well at all, which |
| from their own parents or grandparents. "You young | | | | means that our landfills are stacked with diapers that |
| people don't know how good you have it with those | | | | are going to be with us for centuries to come. While |
| disposable diapers for your babies! When you were a | | | | many people believe that the convenience offered by |
| baby I had to use cloth diapers on you and they | | | | disposable diapers outweighs this fact, |
| smelled terribly, I had tons of laundry to do, I stuck | | | | environmentalists believe that by using cloth diapers |
| myself with pins, and I walked uphill in the snow both | | | | they are just doing one more thing to "do their part" to |
| ways to get to the diaper service..." and so on. The | | | | protect and preserve the Earth for future generations. |
| fact is that, less than thirty years ago, disposable | | | | Modern Developments |
| diapers were considered something of a luxury while | | | | Those argumentative parents and grandparents may |
| today they are the norm and people using cloth | | | | still have a thing or two to say to the modern parents |
| diapers for their babies are considered to be strange. | | | | who do choose to use cloth diapers because the cloth |
| There are several reasons that modern parents may | | | | diapers of today are very different from the ones that |
| choose to utilize cloth diapers instead of disposables, | | | | they were using on their kids and grandkids way back |
| however, and in some circles cloth diapers are making | | | | when. Gone are the days of complicated folding |
| a bit of a comeback. | | | | methods and misplaced safety pins. Today's cloth |
| Affordability | | | | diapers are pre cut and shaped to cover baby's |
| The biggest personal reason that a parent may | | | | nether regions quickly and easily. They also come with |
| choose to clothe her baby's bottom in cloth diapers as | | | | Velcro fasteners or snaps for ease in fastening. Best |
| opposed to Pampers or Huggies is financial. Cloth | | | | of all, many now have available a flushable, |
| diapers are simply cheaper than disposables, even if | | | | biodegradable paper lining that will catch solid waste, |
| the parents are paying a diaper service to haul away | | | | allowing it to be easily disposed of in the toilet so soiled |
| the soiled nappies and bring fresh ones each week. In | | | | and smelly diapers don't sit around and there is no |
| most cases the makers of disposables would win | | | | messy job of rinsing the solids away. |
| over a number of holdout customers if they could | | | | Cloth diapers are, in many ways, a thing of the past, |
| figure out a way to make their products cheaper. | | | | but they are by no means gone forever. For the |
| Environmental Concerns | | | | parent with financial or environmental concerns they |
| Disposable diapers are made primarily of plastic | | | | are still a very viable option for clothing the bottoms of |
| surrounding a pad of absorbent cotton. It is well known | | | | their babies. |