Cloth Diapers get an article in Times!!!
Here's the link
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1702357,00.html?imw=Y
But the new cloth diapers are different from the ones that your grandma struggled to get around her baby's bottom. While approximately half of cloth users still rely on fold-and-pin diapers provided by laundry services, new designs with cutesy names like Fuzzi Bunz, bumGenius, Kissaluvs and Happy Heinys that are made to be washed at home have developed cult followings. Velcro, buttons and snaps have replaced pins, and the diapers are fitted with elastic around the openings to hold tight around flailing legs. In place of old-fashioned rubber panties, the new cloths use water-resistant covers made of merino wool, nylon or polyurethane laminate. "They don't leak or sag or get stinky," says Jenn Labit, founder of Cotton Babies, a popular retailer. And though cloth diapers cost from $6 to $18 each, parents can take care of their baby's needs straight through toilet training for a total cost of less than $300, whereas disposables may run up to $3,000.
If I ever have children I plan on the cloth diaper route. My mom used them on my twin and I (cutting them in half to make them fit) along with the plastic over panties. I'm sure if I ask her she's still got some of those plastic pants around. :smile:
I also think that if I ever have children I will do the cloth diaper thing because it is better for the environment.
I already get my coffee in a glass mug, though I have to ask for it everytime I go to the coffee shop. They automatically give your coffee in paper mugs unless you specifically ask for a glass/reusable mugs. I am not sure why.
I already get my coffee in a glass mug, though I have to ask for it everytime I go to the coffee shop. They automatically give your coffee in paper mugs unless you specifically ask for a glass/reusable mugs. I am not sure why.
Less dishes to clean ;)
I am already planning for this! We will probably use disposables for 2 weeks while that gross first poo poo comes out that starts with an M and then make the switch. I am trying to figure out which ones will be best-there are so many kinds to choose from!
...2 weeks while that gross first poo poo comes out that starts with an M and then make the switch...
meconium? i love that i know this.. stupid maternal and child nutrition classes ::)
also, this thread remind me of an advertisement i saw on myspace that said "attention mommies" and was a diaper ad.
i emailed the company and told them it was offensive and a huge generalization that only mothers cared about diapers, as a consequence i was almost late for work.
god i hate myself sometimes :err:
Very true Hespedal!! I actually sent this link to my guy friend, who's doing the co-parenting thing come June (when the baby's due). He wants to be a stay at home Dad!! I'm SOOO proud of him!
...2 weeks while that gross first poo poo comes out that starts with an M and then make the switch...
meconium? i love that i know this.. stupid maternal and child nutrition classes ::)
Oh, sick :P I totally know nothing about infants and their workings, but I just looked that up and yuck :boooo: