| Life with a newborn baby in the house, particularly if it | | | | lifestyle choice. It is a good direction to go in, but there |
| is your first, can be chaotic and difficult. Everything | | | | are a few things that you should be aware of if you |
| rotates around the baby - you feed it, change it, put it | | | | have not considered them already. |
| to bed, feed it again...not easy! If you are planning to | | | | Be prepared to absolutely exhausted when you first |
| use natural cloth terry nappies then beware, you are in | | | | bring your baby home. Some people have dream run |
| for extra work. Terry nappies (diapers) are much | | | | and feel great - but chances are you will be tired at |
| better for the environment and also for baby's skin. | | | | least. If you have never used cloth nappies before, |
| Because disposable nappies are made of paper and | | | | then just keep in mind this is NOT the best time to |
| paper pulp fillers, not to mention various odor and | | | | practice, and try to perfect the art. My advice is to |
| moisture absorbing chemical gels they carry a heavy | | | | have a few packs of disposable nappies on standby, |
| environmental cost with them. Since they are obviously | | | | and use those if you are too tired. Then start slow. |
| non recyclable they end up in land fill and waste a lot | | | | Use say one or two cloth nappies a day at first, and |
| of water and raw materials in manufacture. There is | | | | work your way up from there. It is better to start this |
| also evidence to suggest that the chemicals put in | | | | way, rather than try to go the whole way immediately, |
| them increase the incidence of nappy rash and other | | | | losing your patience and then losing you motivation and |
| illnesses in babies. So using old fashioned cloth nappies | | | | giving up as many people do. |
| is a good environmental and health choice - but also a | | | | |