| Cloth diapers are making a huge comeback. Why | | | | your first child. This cost is determined by the type of |
| would parents use a cloth diaper instead of the more | | | | cloth diaper that you are going to use. But spending the |
| convenient disposable diaper? Below are the 3 big | | | | money upfront saves tons later. You will save even |
| advantages of using cloth diapers. | | | | more if do the laundry yourself. |
| 1. Helps the Environment | | | | 3. Potty Train Earlier |
| Parents are more conscious of the impact they have | | | | A disposable diaper hides the wetness your child feels, |
| on their environment now more than ever before. It is | | | | but cloth diapers do not. Your child gets to know the |
| estimated that one child will go through 5,000 diapers | | | | feeling of when she goes potty at an earlier age; |
| changes during their diaper wearing years. These can | | | | therefore making it possible to start potty training them |
| last up to 500 years in the landfills. And according to | | | | younger. |
| the Environment al Protection Agency diapers made | | | | If you think these are not good enough reasons to |
| up 3.2 million tons of waste in the landfills in 1998; which | | | | switch from disposable to cloth there are methods that |
| is the last year they collected the data. So using cloth | | | | make the process a little easier. You can buy either a |
| diapers definitely helps the environment! | | | | toilet sprayer for the soiled diapers or you can |
| 2. Cost | | | | purchase biodegradable disposable cloth diaper liners. |
| You can save up to $1,500 or more by switching from | | | | Some of these liners will even allow you to use them |
| disposable to cloth. Who doesn't like to save money? | | | | more than once. How great is that! |
| There is more of an upfront cost for cloth diapers on | | | | |