Soooo Aaron and I are choosing to cloth diaper our baby girl, when she gets here in April.
I've been so bummed out that all the cloth diapers I'd seen so far were just plain, and one colour.. bla bla..
Tonight I found the most perfect website!! this lady, Joyce hand makes all these bamboo velour cloth diapers! how fabulous. Take a look at this!...
Bamboo Diapers
Anyway, yeah. They're only 13.00 a piece!! hells yeah!
here is some info on cloth diapering...
DISPOSABLES
A baby will use 7,300 diapers total at an average of 8 a day for 2.5 years of diapering and 8,760 for 3 years of diapering.
Total Cost: About $2,482 (2.5 years) to $2,978 (3 years) of diapering for each child.
CLOTH OPTIONS
Option A: Prefolds and Covers all the way
28 Newborn-sized prefolds, 24 Infant prefolds, 20 Premium/Toddler prefolds, average of $2.25 each: $162
10 Newborn/Small covers, 8 Medium covers, 6 large covers, $12.50 each: $300
Waterproof pail liner: $17
Total Cost: About $479 for 3 years of diapering your first baby and $0 to diaper your second.
Option B: Prefolds to start, then One-Size Pockets:
30 one-size pocket diapers, average $18.95 each: $568.50
24 Newborn prefolds and 8 covers for the early stages: $142
Waterproof pail liner: $17
Total Cost: $727 to diaper your first child and as little as $0 diapering your second.
Option C: Perfect Fit Diapers all the way:
22 Small pocket/AIO diapers ($17.50 each average): $385
18 Medium pocket/AIO diapers: $315
12 Large pocket/AIO diapers: $210
Waterproof pail liner: $17
Total Cost: $927 to diaper your first child, $0 to diaper your second.
BAD JUJU-
Most disposable diapers contain about 1 cup of crude oil (each), bleached wood pulp, and the super absorbant polymer sodium polyacrylate,(banned from tampons due to link with Toxic Shock Syndrome) along with an asortment of dyes and perfumes. Dioxin, a by product of the manufacturing process which has been linked to infertility and some types of cancer, is also present..
American disposable diaper use results in roughly 2 billion tons of urine, feces, paper and plastic deposited annually in landfills. Cloth diapers can be reused, eventually composted and human waste flushed into the local sewer system for proper treatment.
I've been so bummed out that all the cloth diapers I'd seen so far were just plain, and one colour.. bla bla..
Tonight I found the most perfect website!! this lady, Joyce hand makes all these bamboo velour cloth diapers! how fabulous. Take a look at this!...
Bamboo Diapers
Anyway, yeah. They're only 13.00 a piece!! hells yeah!
here is some info on cloth diapering...
DISPOSABLES
A baby will use 7,300 diapers total at an average of 8 a day for 2.5 years of diapering and 8,760 for 3 years of diapering.
Total Cost: About $2,482 (2.5 years) to $2,978 (3 years) of diapering for each child.
CLOTH OPTIONS
Option A: Prefolds and Covers all the way
28 Newborn-sized prefolds, 24 Infant prefolds, 20 Premium/Toddler prefolds, average of $2.25 each: $162
10 Newborn/Small covers, 8 Medium covers, 6 large covers, $12.50 each: $300
Waterproof pail liner: $17
Total Cost: About $479 for 3 years of diapering your first baby and $0 to diaper your second.
Option B: Prefolds to start, then One-Size Pockets:
30 one-size pocket diapers, average $18.95 each: $568.50
24 Newborn prefolds and 8 covers for the early stages: $142
Waterproof pail liner: $17
Total Cost: $727 to diaper your first child and as little as $0 diapering your second.
Option C: Perfect Fit Diapers all the way:
22 Small pocket/AIO diapers ($17.50 each average): $385
18 Medium pocket/AIO diapers: $315
12 Large pocket/AIO diapers: $210
Waterproof pail liner: $17
Total Cost: $927 to diaper your first child, $0 to diaper your second.
BAD JUJU-
Most disposable diapers contain about 1 cup of crude oil (each), bleached wood pulp, and the super absorbant polymer sodium polyacrylate,(banned from tampons due to link with Toxic Shock Syndrome) along with an asortment of dyes and perfumes. Dioxin, a by product of the manufacturing process which has been linked to infertility and some types of cancer, is also present..
American disposable diaper use results in roughly 2 billion tons of urine, feces, paper and plastic deposited annually in landfills. Cloth diapers can be reused, eventually composted and human waste flushed into the local sewer system for proper treatment.
fadetoblack:
woah, now that is fucked up. i don't plan on having kids soon (maybe never) but i'm def going cloth of some kind, they'll take it and like it