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When it comes to safely diapering babies, I think mothers should seriously consider a return to cloth diapers. According to my recent research, on average it will cost $2000 to diaper a baby until he/she is potty trained in disposables, and only $700 (including cost of diapers and washing) for cloth. This savings can be reduced even further on sunny days if a clothesline is used instead of automatic dryer.
There are no FDA rules on the chemicals or components of a baby’s disposable diaper. Think about it. They can put whatever they want in there!
Organic cotton diapers are natural, breathable, soft, and once you learn the routine for caring for them, less smelly and nasty than disposable diapers.
I used both kinds of diapers with our children. We used cloth at home and disposables when traveling. I kept a diaper pail in the baby’s room filled with clean, soapy water. At the end of the day, I would dump the entire contents of the pail into the washing machine and run them through one cold cycle. Then, I would run them through a hot cycle to kill all germs and get them clean smelling.
All solid waste was dumped into the bathroom toilet and flushed at the time I changed the diaper, so there was no solid waste in my diaper pail. It went down the toilet, where it should go!
You never have to touch the soil. You simply hold over the toilet, shake, and then place in your nice, soapy water diaper pail.
Every once in a while I would bleach the diapers and then run them through a third cycle to make sure all the bleach was thorougly rinsed.
Also, you can buy soft flannel squares to use when you wash your baby with each change. Those disposable wipes are expensive and contain harsh chemicals and fragrances. The flannel squares are all-natural and can also be thrown into diaper pail and washed when diapers are washed. This can save hundreds of dollars off the price of those pop up wipes.
In this day of “GOING GREEN,” mothers need to take a look at cloth diapers and natural cotton wipes. There is nothing sweeter than a baby in a fresh, soft, clean, natural white cotton diaper. No chemicals. No worry.
