Cloth Diapers
The cloth diaper journey has been a great one. The other day I noticed a nasty smell in our kitchen. I thought “wow” “where is that coming from? It’s really gross!” Two days earlier a friend had been here, and had put a poopy diaper in the garbage bin. It had made our whole kitchen reek! We have never, in 3 years of diapering had to deal with such a smell.
We love cloth diapering. First of all it is better for the environment, no waste. And it is cheaper. Also, companies won’t even disclose what they put in their paper diapers to make them « super absorbent. » With cloth diapers and water & washcloths we know our babies bums aren’t being bombarded by chemicals.
We have really liked Motherease www.motherease.com cloth diapers because they are organic cotton (they also have regular cotton) one size fits all- newborn to 3 years old toddler! And are canadian made (St Catharines, ON)! For the first 6 months it is super easy, we’ve found even the poop (breastmilk poo) diapers can be thrown in the pail with all the rest and washed. Once solids come along we have a smaller pail for the poopy diapers that need a rinse before going in with all the rest. If I had a laundry sink, I’d work on it there. But I don’t so I put some water in the pail in the bathtub and scrub, I then dump the water in the toilet.
When we first started with diapers we found after a while cloth diapers were just as convenient when we were out, we’d just put the dirty diapers in a bag (a plastic bag before we bought the wet bag) and wash them at home. We found this to be great: we saved money and it was better for the environment. The other thing about disposable is that technically it is illegal to put human waste in the trash. With cloth all the poo goes in the toilet where it belongs! For wipes at home we just use cloths, but sometimes when we are out we use disposable ones because hot water is not always ready to wet the cloths. I have found 2 companies that make biodegradable wipes (and disposables). Brody chick & Mamazone. Both include natural products - agains, no harsh chemicals. The cloth diapers we bought for Josué are starting to get holes (but are still working). They’ve had 3 1⁄2 years of use (Josué still has a diaper at night.) and have seen a year of Benjamin’s infancy and 2 years of Josué in full time diapers. Not bad! We bought 24 for Josué and added 12 new when Benjamin was born.
If you want to save even more energy you can consider cold water washing and line drying. Hanging them out in the sun is a natural bleaching and disinfectant.
We love cloth diapering. First of all it is better for the environment, no waste. And it is cheaper. Also, companies won’t even disclose what they put in their paper diapers to make them « super absorbent. » With cloth diapers and water & washcloths we know our babies bums aren’t being bombarded by chemicals.
We have really liked Motherease www.motherease.com cloth diapers because they are organic cotton (they also have regular cotton) one size fits all- newborn to 3 years old toddler! And are canadian made (St Catharines, ON)! For the first 6 months it is super easy, we’ve found even the poop (breastmilk poo) diapers can be thrown in the pail with all the rest and washed. Once solids come along we have a smaller pail for the poopy diapers that need a rinse before going in with all the rest. If I had a laundry sink, I’d work on it there. But I don’t so I put some water in the pail in the bathtub and scrub, I then dump the water in the toilet.
When we first started with diapers we found after a while cloth diapers were just as convenient when we were out, we’d just put the dirty diapers in a bag (a plastic bag before we bought the wet bag) and wash them at home. We found this to be great: we saved money and it was better for the environment. The other thing about disposable is that technically it is illegal to put human waste in the trash. With cloth all the poo goes in the toilet where it belongs! For wipes at home we just use cloths, but sometimes when we are out we use disposable ones because hot water is not always ready to wet the cloths. I have found 2 companies that make biodegradable wipes (and disposables). Brody chick & Mamazone. Both include natural products - agains, no harsh chemicals. The cloth diapers we bought for Josué are starting to get holes (but are still working). They’ve had 3 1⁄2 years of use (Josué still has a diaper at night.) and have seen a year of Benjamin’s infancy and 2 years of Josué in full time diapers. Not bad! We bought 24 for Josué and added 12 new when Benjamin was born.
If you want to save even more energy you can consider cold water washing and line drying. Hanging them out in the sun is a natural bleaching and disinfectant.
Très intéressant! J'aime toujours lire ce que les gens pensent des couches réutilisables. Je ne savais pas qu'elles pouvaient être lavées à la main!
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