| Many moms today are making the choice to use cloth | | | | why cloth diapers are more sensitive than disposables. |
| diapers instead of disposable diapers. The numbers | | | | When using organic cotton cloth diapers, there are no |
| keep rising, and more and more new moms are asking | | | | pesticides or chemicals used even in the growth of the |
| the same question, why choose cloth diapers over the | | | | cotton. Disposable diapers include the chemical sodium |
| convenience of disposable diapers? | | | | polyacrylate for the extra absorbency we have heard |
| First, let’s look at the environmental issues regarding | | | | so much about in commercials. This same chemical |
| the use of disposable diapers. According to | | | | was banned from tampons in 1985 because of the risk |
| parentingweb.com, in 1990, 18 billion disposable diapers | | | | of toxic shock syndrome. This gel-like chemical can be |
| were thrown into landfills in the United States alone! | | | | left on baby’s bottom until the next diaper change, |
| This made disposables the 3rd largest source of items | | | | irritating baby’s sensitive skin. Not to mention the |
| thrown into landfills, with only newspapers and food | | | | fragrances and other chemicals used in disposables. If |
| containers topping the diapers’ numbers. When | | | | your baby and super sensitive skin, cloth diapering may |
| thinking of this information along with the estimate of | | | | be an option you could choose to help baby’s skin |
| 500 years for diapers to decompose, I am saddened | | | | from becoming irritated. |
| to think of what will become of our Earth for our | | | | It is very convenient to have disposable diapers, but if |
| children and grandchildren if we continue to pile on | | | | you want to do more to aide baby’s sensitive skin, |
| more disposables into landfills. | | | | help in keeping the amount of diapers in landfills down, |
| Of course it is going to take water and electricity to | | | | and have the dedication to cloth diapering, there are |
| clean the cloth diapers. When you think of how much | | | | many wonderful choices to choose from in today’s |
| water it will take to clean your baby’s cloth diapers, | | | | age! No longer do mom’s have to worry with a flat |
| we are thinking in terms of the same amount of water | | | | cloth diaper and pin, some great choices today include |
| used for an adult to flush the toilet 5 to 6 times daily. | | | | pocket diapers and all-in-one diapers (also known as |
| With that in mind, it is up to you to decide which is | | | | AIO diapers). Pocket diapers feature a great pocket |
| worse, every single diaper used sitting in a landfill, or | | | | feature to add more hemp or cloth inserts into the |
| diapers being reused with the same amount of water | | | | diaper to aide with absorbency. All-in-one diapers have |
| used as an adult flushing a toilet 5 to 6 times. | | | | it all, high absorbency, ease of wearing, and there are |
| Next, let’s look at our baby’s sensitive skin on | | | | even stylish choices to choose from! |