Do Cloth Diapers and Nappies Make Baby's Skin Happy?

Benefits Of Cloth

In this section you'll find tips for avoiding chemicals in diapering. We'll discuss cloth, organic, eco-friendly disposable and biodegradable flushable diapers. We'll also talk about non-toxic diapering accessories such as organic diaper rash cream.

Cloth diapers are a good option for your baby's skin, because they come without the chlorine and toxic gels present in conventional diapers.

If you choose organic cotton cloth diapers, or diapers made from hemp, or wool you should also be able to avoid pesticides and other toxic chemicals.

Natural nappies also win hands down when it comes to being eco-friendly. Did you know that disposables can stay in a landfill for up to 500 years?

Cloth nappies can be reused up to 150 times before being recycled. That means you can recycle them into rags for house cleaning or pass them from one sibling to another.

A Lifestyle Choice

Cloth diapers are a wonderful choice if you are a patient and organized mom.

However, the decision to use cloth should also take your lifestyle into consideration. If you are still on the fence about whether they are for you, here are some other facts to consider.

• Organic cloth diapers are thicker and more durable than their conventional counterparts. The benefit of this is added absorbency.
  
  On the other hand, the diaper combined with the diaper covers, add more bulk underneath your baby's clothing.
  
  
• Generally, diaper services use chlorine bleach, phosphorus-based detergents and synthetic fragrance fabric softeners.
  
  Laundering the diapers at home will eliminate the unnecessary exposure of these chemicals to your baby.
  
  
• The experts say you can save about $1500 over the course of diapering by choosing this over other options.
  
  Just be prepared to spend more upfront. However, at eight to ten diapers a day, it will pay off in no time.
  
  
• Once you get started, you'll also want to avoid unnecessary chemicals in diapering with organic baby wipes, detergent and diaper rash cream.
  
  
• If you're afraid of sticking your newborn baby with diaper pins, you can now use Snappi Diaper Fasteners. They are colorful, non-toxic fasteners that secure the diapers in a cinch.
  
  If you are using a fitted diaper or diaper cover on an older baby, Snappis are unnecessary.
  
  
• A lot of parents shy away from cloth diapers because they don't like stains. However, you can try drying your baby's nappies in the sun. You won't find a more natural stain remover than that.

Other Diapering Options

Let's face it, convenience is a factor in choosing whether or not to use cloth nappies. You can choose to use cloth at home and chlorine-free disposables for overnight or outings.

Cloth diapers are not for every mom. If you have a newborn, the thought of standing at the sink rinsing soiled nappies may be overwhelming.

I avoided using them in our home for quite some time and as a result became familiar with many of the alternatives.

Furthermore, if you work outside of the home, your child's care provider may require you to use disposables.

In fact, our diapering journey began with an option that combines convenience and consideration for the environment, flushable diapers called gDiapers. These diapers have made many of our readers happy, as you can see in their gDiaper reviews.

Organic Diapering 101
As you get up to speed on the basics of organic cloth diapers, you will discover the different styles, types of organic fabrics available and where to get them.

Organic Diaper Rash Cream
Discover some ways to prevent and treat diaper rash without harsh chemicals.

gDiapers
This page contains everything you need to know about the cute, flushable and eco-friendly gDiapers.

Eco-Friendly Disposable Diapers
Do you want to know more about eco-friendly disposable diapers. This page discusses the various features of Seventh Generation diapers.

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