Disposable nappies cost the environment BIG. The manufacturing, the shipping using carbon fuels, the landfill, and the fact that water is locked up in the nappies that should be in the water cycle.
I have used cloth since my daughter was born. These are NOT your mother’s cloth nappies-things have changed since terry squares and prefolds. We used things called fuzzi bunz amongst other things. You can see a short video about them here http://www.fuzzibunz.com/flash/moe_video.php
They are making really nice and functional cloth diapers these days. Do you know of places that have them at a more cost effective price though, the one’s I have looked into are quite expensive.
There are cheaper ones yes, and if you are interested I can point you in the direction. But basically, it is always going to be a big outlay, but the savings pay for the diaper within the first 8-10months. For one baby in full time fuzzi bunz diapers, you would have it paid for with 7 months of sposies, as long as you didn’t buy more than you would use in say, two days.
I use cloth for my little one and plan to for my 3rd baby due in May.
My little one actually prefers them to the disposables. They are easy to use and wash.
I purchase mine from a company in Canada called Kidalog. They have the best prices, as far as I am concerned.
thats great, I think we will use these too. Our baby is comming in July and I had mentioned this before, but some people say they are too inconvenient.
In my opinion they do not look that inconvenient.
It does take a bit getting used to. But it is so worth it!
We do use disposables when we are away from home for a long time or on vacation.
I would definitely recommend it !
My little one also prefers them to paper nappies. She hates the paper, and it really messes up her skin. There ARE some drawbacks-like if you use them when you go out you have to bring them home rather than trashing them, but you just buy a wetbag and that makes it easier. Plus you have to do laundry, but that’s not hard, and you have to store them somewhere. But they are so cute that mine are on top of the changing table (since little one outgrew it), in full view of everyone who cares to look
I use no disposable nappies, and my covers are not plastic. They are generally a coated polyester, or more frequently recently I use a cotton nappy with a polyester polar fleece cover. The cover is completely breathable, as you know if you own a fleece sweater, it doesn’t cut into skin, and you can even get them that are made from recycled pop bottles. The fleece is lovely and soft.
I used to use unbleached indian cotton nappies, but she outgrew them.
My daughter always used to have rashes whenever she uses diapers. So i used to wear her the cotton stuffs and the information which you have shared is really great as they are environment friendly too!
My mother used cloth diapers with me because disposable diapers were so new on the market. If you get a good diaper service, you can successfully use cloth diapers. I will be using disposable diapers happily and proudly.
I have used disaposable and probably wouldn’t change unless cloth diapers are cheaper overall than disaposable ones. There isn’t a diaper service here and I have yet to find anyone locally who even supplies cloth diapers. The ones I have seen online are not what I would consider reasonably priced. Does anyone of a cheap site to buy them from?
[quote author=“britjojo”]I don’t use a diaper service; there isn’t one around here. I wash my own. Proudly.
Good for you! To each her own. I don’t want to waste my time and it’s not something I choose to do. You, however, are wasting more water than I ever could. And contrary to what you may believe, the landfills are no where near full. Our trash is what they’re there for. :wink:
Its not just the trash that they produce, but the manufacturing processes that make the plastic diapers are not exactly “pollution free”, so by using cloth diapers you are not only keeping the production down, but you are reducing your trash amount.
