| The Benefits of Cloth Diapers | | | | Did you know that an estimated 10,00 tons of |
| The cloth diaper has evolved over the last few | | | | disposable diapers enter landfills each day! A |
| decades. There have been many changes in the cloth | | | | disposable diaper can take almost 500 years to |
| diaper that have made them just as easy to use and | | | | decompose. Talk about taking up a lot of space! Did |
| practical as a disposable diaper. Using cloth on your | | | | you also know the over 80% of American households |
| baby has great benefits compared to using more | | | | use disposable diapers. Another benefit of cloth baby |
| modern disposable diapers. | | | | diapers is they can be saved for the next child, even |
| 1. Physical Benefits | | | | be resold, or just used as rags after their lifespan has |
| One of the benefits of CDing is they are healthier for | | | | run out. |
| your baby. Disposable diapers manufactured today | | | | 3. Cost Benefits |
| are made with chemicals and materials that have | | | | Overall cost is another one of the benefits of cloth |
| been linked to different physical problems such as | | | | baby diapers. Cloth baby diapers are expensive initially, |
| asthma. Cloth also reduce the risk of diaper rash | | | | but in the long run save you a lot of money. The |
| because there is a lack of proper air flow in disposable | | | | average child goes through 8,000 diaper changes |
| diapers and babies stay in wet disposable diapers | | | | before being potty-trained; at 25 cents a diaper, that |
| longer than they would cotton diapers. It has also been | | | | adds up to $2,000. So the money you invest in cloth |
| shown that some children will have allergic reactions to | | | | saves you quite a bit in the long run, particularly if you |
| disposable diapers due to the chemicals used to mask | | | | plan on using cloth for two or more children. |
| odor. | | | | Studies have been done comparing all the costs |
| 2. Environmental Benefits | | | | associated with using a cloth diaper like: diaper cost, |
| The environment also benefits from the use of cloth | | | | energy costs, etc. With all these factors taking into |
| diaper. This is because a CD is going to be reused. | | | | consideration, cloth is still an economical way to cover |
| The average lifespan of a quality CD is approximately | | | | your babies bottom. |
| 80 - 100 washes. | | | | |