Cloth Diapers

“Regular” disposables cost 20-25 cents each. Higher if using eco-friendly brands. Typical baby uses 7,000 disposables… worth $2,000 or more. Cloth start-up can easily be less than $500. Cost of laundry in addition to this, but still a bargain (particularly when line-drying).

No chemicals or fragrance touching baby. Comfortable. Breathable. Designed as a GARMENT, not as a pair of “plastic underpants.” Again mental pictures can help here…how would they like to wear plastic underwear for the next 2.5 years of their life? Earlier potty training. Studies show that cloth wearers learn up to 6 months earlier.

US consumers trash 50 million diapers every day. That’s 20 BILLION per year. It’s the third-largest source of waste. Sometimes helps to create a mental picture of the above statistics: All of that waste would bury a football field under 3 MILES every year-- or fill the Empire State Building more than 30 times! Major user of petroleum, chemicals, bleach, wood pulp – toxic to environment.