Things I Love About Cloth Diapers
Recently, I ran into a blog post I wrote on March 19, 2008 on a private blog. Below is an excerpt from that post which I found interesting and wanted to share with you.
There are a few things I LOVE about cloth diapers….
- I haven’t had to empty the diaper pail for sposies in a LONG time. I must admit it was bothering me in the past that we were producing so much waste with the disposables.
- Feels amazing to know that a huge amount of chemicals is not touching Olivia’s bum.
- The selection is amazing… there’s like a million different cloth diaper designs out there! I think I have at least 9 or 10 different kinds of cloth diapers.
- Prefolds are incredibly cheap compared to sposies. Fitteds and pocket diapers are a bit more expensive, but still, in the long run you save quite a bit of money.
- They make diaper changing time more fun.
- I love how my daughter’s bum is not swimming in poo. When she’s wearing cloth diapers, her poop soaks very well into the fabric thus making clean up a lot easier. That might be one reason why she’s not getting as many rashes when wearing cloth diapers.
- My daughter’s been getting very few rashes with hemp and bamboo diapers. When she was wearing disposables, she almost constantly had rashes.
- Cloth diapers (when the fit is right and they’re put on properly) look more comfortable… no rubbing of plastic against the baby’s legs or tummy. Also, I’ve noticed that when my daughter’s wearing a comfortable cloth diaper she seems to be having better naps during the day. Not all cloth diapers are created equal though when it comes to comfort… some are less comfortable than others… but most of the ones I use look pretty comfy :-)
A lot has happened since then, but I still love cloth diapers for those reasons. I just wanted to add a couple more.
9. I can make my daughter perfect fitting diapers.
10. Cloth diapers (especially with wool covers) speed up healing of diaper rashes. With cloth diapers, my daughter rarely has diaper rashes – if she does, it’s usually thanks to my experiments with detergent :-D
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