| Raising a 'Green Baby' means considering your options | | | | disposables give you great eco-karma as well - I feel |
| and making changes where you can to reduce the | | | | great when I use them! |
| environmental footprint of your baby. | | | | 3. Begin to Dabble in Baby Pottying. |
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| Make it a personal goal to use one less diaper today | | | | Elimination Communication is something you start at |
| by discovering some new ideas and making a few | | | | home. You ease into the practice part time with your |
| changes... | | | | baby leading the way, using diapers as full-time backup |
| Did you know, that in North America alone, the diaper | | | | at first. You offer a potty break at diaper changes, |
| industry is worth an estimated 7 BILLION dollars a | | | | particularly if your baby has a dry diaper when you |
| year? That's a lot of diaper changing, that's a lot of | | | | happen to check it, and then, Hooray! You 'catch' your |
| manufacturing, packaging, transportation, advertising, | | | | first wee, start skipping the odd diaper, and begin doing |
| storage and disposal - and that's a lot of waste! | | | | your little bit for the environment your baby will grow |
| 3 Ways to Raise Your Green Baby When Considering | | | | up to live in help protect in the future. You can learn to |
| Your Diaper Options: | | | | use diapers more casually by developing your |
| | | | | confidence in practicing EC, at Part Time Diaper Free. |
| 1. Use Some Modern Cloth Diapers. | | | | The Ultimate Green Baby Is The One Who Isn't 'Using' |
| | | | | The Diaper They Are Wearing! |
| They actually only take an estimated 5 minutes more | | | | Even a generation ago, the majority of toddlers were |
| to use each day, once you factor in the travel, | | | | beginning to move out of diapers at eighteen months. |
| standing in queues, racing out late at night, | | | | Now, the majority of children don't even begin this |
| transportation, storage, clean up, associated washing | | | | process until they are nearly three. Children are now in |
| and then time to wrap and dispose of the disposables. | | | | diapers longer than ever before in history in the |
| Golly! 5 minutes to invest for a greener future? Start | | | | 'developed' countries, while children in the rest of the |
| with just one green diaper. Feel good each time your | | | | world are largely out of diapers around their first |
| baby wears it, then wash it and reuse it again! | | | | birthdays, and using them in a casual way, rather than |
| 2. Favor ECO Disposables That Can Be Composted | | | | 24 hours a day! |
| or Flushed. | | | | With these 3 simple ideas your infant can be raised to |
| | | | | be a green baby, starting life with a smaller carbon |
| These environmentally friendly options can be | | | | footprint. Whether you start with a few modern cloth |
| composted, worm farmed away or simply buried to | | | | diapers, use some compostable diapers or begin |
| disappear in a couple of months. The urea and other | | | | practicing some elimination communication, you are |
| waste matter helps condition the soil (Apparently even | | | | making a difference and setting an eco-friendly |
| IMPROVING the rate of bio-degrading!) ECO | | | | example to your friends and family. |