Parents choose to swaddle their little ones in cloth
rather than disposable diapers for many reasons: most would like to raise their children with the least environmental impact possible; many worry about rashes or other conditions caused by the chemicals and fragrances in disposable diapers; others have done cost - effectiveness calculations and found that cloth diapers may be more economical for their family; and many are hoping that, yes, cloth diapers would lead to earlier potty training.
Not exact matches
Cloth
diapers use absorbent fabrics
rather than chemical gels which can be found in
disposable diapers; parents can save significant money when they choose to use cloth (even part - time); and the reduction in waste is so powerful it speaks for itself.»
His thought was that now that we had
disposable diapers, we could wait until kids were more developmentally «ready» to train,
rather than train the traditional way.
This time around, I got a small package of Pampers newborn
disposable diapers to use for the first few days until baby has regular poop and I'm able to get out of bed to wash the cloth
diapers myself,
rather than having to rely on someone else to wash them properly.
That way, you can just throw both the wipes and the
diapers into your wash
rather than having a separate garbage can in your baby's nursery just to collect dirty,
disposable wipes.
«Rock star Dave Matthews's infant son, August, is getting an early lesson in environmental protection: He wears reusable cloth
diapers rather than the
disposable kind.»
I'd much
rather wash cloth
diapers than deal with the frequent
disposable diaper - induced poop blow - outs.
I'd much
rather see those families buy used or cheapie
diapers than disposables.
With any of these 5
diapers above, the only thing that makes them different from
disposables is that you put them in the wash,
rather than in the trash.
We could use 2 to 3 covers for the week, and we opted to use
disposable inserts,
rather than wash a VERY small
diaper load every 2 to 3 days
Rather than spend that $ 20 / week on
disposable diapers, you can rent 30 newborn
diapers instead.
I realize that both cloth and
disposable diapers also take a toll on the environment in their production, but
rather than delve into that, I think it's safe to say that the difference between production and disposal of twenty four
diapers and the production and disposal of 6,000
diapers is huge.
In the first few days when meconium is being excreted
rather than breast milk poo,
disposables can be better as meconium stains are very difficult to remove from cloth
diapers.
When traveling or doing outdoor activities, I recommend that you will bring
disposable diapers rather than cloth
diapers.
Reusing the same cloth
diapers (
rather than trashing
disposables) allows your family to save money and reduce your household trash.
I was and am very pleasantly relieved we chose to cloth
diaper rather than use
disposables.
Cloth
diapers rather than disposable ones.