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Cloth diapers may be the wave of the future, although I have heard modern-day mothers say that they will never use anything but disposable diapers. They say that the cloth ones are old fashioned and that they are too much work. I listen, but I don’t agree. After all, I raised both of my babies using cotton diapers, and even though disposables were available, I never even considered using them. Cloth diapers are much less expensive to use and as a rule they get changed more often. More importantly there are far fewer cases of diaper rash when using them. Of course, they also have a few drawbacks, but those weren’t so bad that I would have considered using anything else on a regular basis.
When I was pregnant with my first, I remember hearing the president of the company I worked for comment that he and his wife only used cloth diapers, because they couldn’t afford the expense of disposables. I figured if he didn’t want to spend the money with all of his wealth, I certainly couldn’t afford them on what my husband and I made. So I went out and bought two dozen regular diapers and two dozen pre-folded ones. They lasted as long as my two children needed diapers. After we were through with the diapering stage, my husband used them as rags, so nothing was wasted. Cloth diapers aren’t designed to hold as much water as disposables do. The whole point is that diapers need to be changed more often than they are today. Because disposables are as leak-proof as they are, people think they don’t need to be changed as often. Also, because they are so expensive, everyone tries to save a little money by changing diapers as seldom as possible. When my son went to day care, he was the only baby in the nursery using cloth diapers and the only one who never had the slightest case of diaper rash. I’d see the workers changing other babies with bright red, sore bottoms and felt glad that my little one was so much more comfortable. The biggest hassle was the old plastic pants we had to use to cover the cloth diapers. They kept cracking and needing to be replaced. Today, however, this problem no longer exists. They make leak-proof diaper cover-ups that are held in place with snaps or Velcro. You also no longer have to use diaper pins to fasten the diapers, although those never presented any problems for us. A lot of time-saving features have been added to the diapers making them a snap for today’s busy mothers to use. There were two situations when we would use disposable diapers, because we felt they were a better option in those circumstances. When the children got past the age of one or two, we switched to disposables at night, because they stopped accidents a lot better than the cloth ones. Secondly, we liked disposables for traveling or visiting Grandma’s house. That way we didn’t have to deal with diapers much when we were away from home. We didn’t use very many of them, however, so that kept the cost of the disposables down to a reasonable amount. My advice for today’s parents is that they shouldn’t knock something they haven’t tried. We use far too many synthetic goods today, and we’re filling our landfills with mountains of disposable diapers. Cloth diapers are now made organically and as such, cotton diapers or hemp diapers are ideal for keeping a baby healthy and dry. Did you remember the Baby Shower Invitations? |
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