I really love cloth diapers. I started doing it for various reasons, but did not expect to love it as much as I do. It's become a bit of a hobby really; I love trying out new brands and adding cute colors and prints to my collection. So since I love it so much I thought I'd write a series of posts about it! (Yes, a series, because I tried to fit it all in one post and it was ridiculously long. I am apparently just that enthusiastic about cloth diapers!)
Feel free to skip these posts if you have no interest whatsoever, because that is totally OK! Probably makes you less crazy than I am haha.
My reasons to cloth diaper:
1. Less chemicals on baby's skin! Disposable diapers are made with toxic and potentially dangerous chemicals that allow them to absorb a ton of liquid and still be flat. Usually the harmful stuff stays inside the diaper and doesn't touch the baby, but there have been cases of them malfunctioning.
2. Good for the environment. A disposable diaper takes approximately 500 years to decompose, and deposits human waste in landfills, where it can run off into water sources. A cloth diaper can be used over and over again and poo gets dumped into the toilet where it belongs. As a Christian I believe in doing what I can to take care of this wonderful earth that God made.
3. More economical! This was my driving factor in cloth diapering. It costs approximately $1500-$2000 to diaper one child through potty training. The cost of cloth varies depending on what styles you choose and how many diapers you buy, but an average estimate is $500 to fully cloth diaper one child, and if you take care of them they can easily last through more than one child. That makes cloth diapering very very much cheaper than disposables!! On top of that, we pay a flat amount for our water bill (unless we go over the allotted amount) and it has not increased at all since we started cloth diapering!
4. Cloth diapers are stinkin' adorable, and so soft! If I had to pick between wearing paper underwear or cloth underwear 24/7, I'd pick the cloth for sure. Much gentler on a soft baby bottom.
Now you know why, but how do you get started? Part 2 coming soon.
2. Good for the environment. A disposable diaper takes approximately 500 years to decompose, and deposits human waste in landfills, where it can run off into water sources. A cloth diaper can be used over and over again and poo gets dumped into the toilet where it belongs. As a Christian I believe in doing what I can to take care of this wonderful earth that God made.
3. More economical! This was my driving factor in cloth diapering. It costs approximately $1500-$2000 to diaper one child through potty training. The cost of cloth varies depending on what styles you choose and how many diapers you buy, but an average estimate is $500 to fully cloth diaper one child, and if you take care of them they can easily last through more than one child. That makes cloth diapering very very much cheaper than disposables!! On top of that, we pay a flat amount for our water bill (unless we go over the allotted amount) and it has not increased at all since we started cloth diapering!
4. Cloth diapers are stinkin' adorable, and so soft! If I had to pick between wearing paper underwear or cloth underwear 24/7, I'd pick the cloth for sure. Much gentler on a soft baby bottom.
Now you know why, but how do you get started? Part 2 coming soon.
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