| As you waited, mostly patiently, for baby's arrival, you | | | | than a little maladroit, you neither need nor want the |
| may have become embroiled in The Great Diaper | | | | extra aggravation of earth-friendly, hard-to-fasten |
| Debate, attempting to reconcile your budget and | | | | diapers. |
| convenience with your dedication to saving the planet. | | | | "Green" diaper designers have made their products as |
| After much conscientious struggle and a great deal of | | | | manageable as possible, but nothing beats the ease of |
| research, you may have found the diaper that satisfies | | | | those two little tapes and one quick toss into the big |
| all your concerns. For the first month after baby's | | | | trash can. |
| arrival, suspend your conscience, put-off your choice, | | | | Yes, you can order earth-friendly disposable diapers |
| forget about Mother Earth, and focus on your | | | | online, receiving them via UPS in about forty eight |
| convenience. | | | | hours. A number of trustworthy, reliable, helpful internet |
| You need not feel guilty about focusing on your own | | | | vendors will hook you up with flushable, compostable, |
| convenience as you choose disposable newborn | | | | chlorine- and VOC-free diapers, soothing your |
| diapers. This decision turns on exactly the same | | | | conscience and reassuring you that "green" diapers |
| principle as airlines' oxygen-mask instruction: You know | | | | feel every bit as comfortable against your baby's |
| the one that tells you to secure your own mask first | | | | tender parts as those evil old-fashioned models do. |
| and then struggle to secure your child's. Great wisdom | | | | You will have to discover their extortionate prices for |
| informs that instruction. You cannot effectively assist | | | | yourself. Then, in the spirit of "convenience," which |
| your child if you cannot breathe. Keep yourself | | | | includes financial peace of mind as a precondition of |
| together so that you have the oomph to save the kid. | | | | the little sleep you get, you probably will take the |
| Adjusted for newborn babies, this same principle | | | | earth-friendly nappies out of the cart, returning |
| establishes a syllogism for new parents: Because your | | | | ever-so-conveniently to Wal-Mart or Target for |
| newborn baby requires feeding and care every two | | | | Huggies. |
| hours, you constantly will suffer sleep deprivation. If you | | | | When you and your baby sleep restfully all the way |
| suffer sleep deprivation, you become cranky, irritable, | | | | through the night, you will have strength and stamina |
| and somewhat clumsy. Therefore, if you already feel | | | | equal to the task of settling The Great Diaper Debate. |
| exhausted and irritable, vaguely disoriented and more | | | | |