Parents are faced with two options on diapering their newborn child… cloth diapers and disposable diapers. How parents come to choose between them is one of personal choosing although pubic opinion weighs in on their decision
In fact, parents of today really don’t realize how easy they have it from the days of yesteryear. Not too long ago, all parents had were cloth diapers. Many times, new parents will be told about the many tales of their parents, grandparents and even great-grandparents and their hair raising experience in using cloth diapers. Although back then, that was all they had. Less than 30 years ago, disposable diapers made their debut. Now, what used to be the normal thing to use is now the exception.
However, there are three very important reasons parents choose cloth diapers over disposable ones. In order from most important first for many people… affordability, environmental concerns and modern developments.
1. Affordability – One of the most personal and popular reasons parents choose cloth diapers over disposable is the lack of funds or a way to keep the funds in the household. Cloth diapers are cheaper even if the family has hired a diaper service to take care of them. Even more cheaper if the laundry was done by the family members themselves.
As opposed to the ever-changing Huggies or Pampers disposable diapers available, the holdouts that choose cloth over disposables would go with disposables if they were cheaper.
2. Environment concerns –
Plastic disposable diapers versus cloth diapers… who wins when it is the environment being concerned? No doubt, hands down, cloth diapers do. Why? Because disposable diapers are made up of plastic surrounding a pad of absorbent cotton.
Plastic is known not to be biodegradable so the landfills are no doubt strewn with tons of disposable diapers. These are bound to stay with us for centuries to come. That is not good for the environment.
Environmentalists say when a family uses cloth diapers over disposable, it is just their way of doing their part in keeping the planet healthy. No doubt though disposable diapers are much more convenient especially when the family is on a trip or car ride.
3. Modern Developments –
Cloth diapers have changed from the way they used to be. First, they were never pre-folded as they are now. Difficult to do and time consuming, parents were ecstatic in this new development. Second, the cloth diapers used to you safety pins. Often times, resulting in parents getting their fingers pricked or worse, their baby’s stomach area. Now, the cloth diapers have Velcro fasteners or even snaps. This makes it so much easier for the parent to get the baby diapered faster. Plus some cloth diapers are flushable which means solid waste can go into toilet and not sit around for days on end, waiting for the garbage men to pick it up.
So no matter which you decide to use for your paper, cloth diapers are not gone; but merely have changed as the times progressed. They are still a much viable option for parents looking for the alternative to disposable diapers.
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Author: Abhishek Agarwal
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