| Flushable disposable diapers are touted as being the | | | | or more per child. Flushables will cost you $2,600 for a |
| best of both worlds. Instead, they may be the worst of | | | | start kit, 4 additonal small covers, 6 medium covers |
| both worlds. These diapers are basically a cloth diaper | | | | and 6,000 flushable liners. Add a little more if your child |
| cover with flushable inserts. You still have to wash the | | | | gets bigger than 28 pounds before potty training. |
| covers and you still have to buy new inserts regularly. | | | | You are going to need to wash the cloth diaper |
| Now, the inserts are made with the same questionable | | | | covers anyway, so using real cloth diapers makes |
| chemicals as other disposables, so there is no health | | | | sense. Real cloth is soft, washable, and easy to use. |
| benefit to using them. Flushing them is not as easy as it | | | | There are many resources online to help you with |
| looks, either. You have to handle the insert to rip it | | | | washing cloth diapers, including the articles and |
| open, then swish it in the toilet to dissolve the pulp | | | | detergent recommendations found on my site. A great |
| before you can flush. If you search the name of a | | | | system will cost you $300-500 or so and good brands |
| popular flushable option, you'll actually see plumbers | | | | will last through more than one child (depending on how |
| gloating about how much money these things are | | | | many you buy and how often each one is washed). |
| making them because they can clog older plumbing. | | | | Still not convinced? Consider purchasing just a few of |
| Buying new liners every week means many | | | | the real thing, try them for a few weeks. If you hate |
| unnecessary trips to the store over the time your child | | | | them, donate them to a family in need through Miracle |
| is wearing them. Since they are still often only found in | | | | Diapers or a similar organization and move on. My |
| specialty stores, you need to drive to get them. Or you | | | | guess is that once you try soft, easy, modern options, |
| need to order online and hope that you never run out | | | | you will be hooked on the savings and the simplicity of |
| unexpectedly. | | | | always having enough to keep your baby dry and |
| Then there is the expense of using these throw | | | | happy without having to spend more or dash to the |
| aways. Regular dispsobles will cost you about $2,000 | | | | store for more because you will never really run out. |