| Did you know that some disposable nappy companies | | | | re-usable nappies, we don't have to deal with any of |
| suggest that just because parents using cloth nappies | | | | the nasty stuff, you simply just flush it away! |
| have to wash, dry and fold their nappies, that this may | | | | I am amazed at the number of parents I have spoken |
| use up quality time which many parents may prefer to | | | | to, who have not read the small print on disposables |
| save for their families? | | | | where it quite clearly states that any solids should be |
| I have to say, what is really so hard about putting | | | | disposed of down the toilet. It appears that most |
| nappies in the washing machine and turning it on? We | | | | parents just wrap up the nappy, poo and all, and |
| all wash our own underwear so what is the | | | | dispose of it into the bin to go into our landfills - just |
| difference? And it is not like parents using cloth diapers | | | | because it is a disposable nappy. |
| stand at the line waiting for them to dry and even | | | | This means there could well be tonnes of untreated |
| better, most cloth nappies today require no folding. | | | | human waste sitting in our landfills. |
| With small babies, we all use our washing machines | | | | With our economy the way it is and with the price of |
| daily! The hardest thing sometimes is to get into a | | | | disposable nappies increasing, disposables may actually |
| routine - many people simply alternate clothes washes | | | | cost your family more time than you think. Consider |
| with nappy washes and some people just throw it all in | | | | how many extra hours a parent may need to work |
| together! | | | | each week just to pay for the $50 worth of |
| Also when using disposables I certainly found myself | | | | disposable nappies their baby is likely to use per week. |
| doing far more washing than I expected because they | | | | The amount of time one parent would have to work |
| continually leaked through my newborns clothing and | | | | just to earn enough to purchase their disposable |
| bedding, essentially creating more washing. | | | | nappies would far outweigh the amount of time it |
| Modern reusable diapers are shaped to fit just like | | | | would take for mum to turn on the washing machine |
| disposables. Sometimes the wrap is separate from the | | | | 3-4 times a week and to hang out 4 loads of washing. |
| cloth nappy but most parents dress their baby in a | | | | Modern cloth nappies have become easy, low cost, |
| number of items of clothing every day, so one extra | | | | eco friendly alternatives to disposables and will not |
| item of clothing makes very little difference. | | | | cost a family any more time than what their daily |
| Another common complaint is 'having to handle the | | | | washing routine already does. |
| poo when you use cloth'. By using flushable liners in | | | | |