Why Cloth Diapers?

Many moms today are making the choice to use cloth diapers instead of disposable diapers. The numbers keep rising, and more and more new moms are asking the same question, why choose cloth diapers over the convenience of disposable diapers?

First, let’s look at the environmental issues regarding the use of disposable diapers. According to parentingweb.com, in 1990, 18 billion disposable diapers were thrown into landfills in the United States alone! This made disposables the 3rd largest source of items thrown into landfills, with only newspapers and food containers topping the diapers’ numbers. When thinking of this information along with the estimate of 500 years for diapers to decompose, I am saddened to think of what will become of our Earth for our children and grandchildren if we continue to pile on more disposables into landfills.

Of course it is going to take water and electricity to clean the cloth diapers. When you think of how much water it will take to clean your baby’s cloth diapers, we are thinking in terms of the same amount of water used for an adult to flush the toilet 5 to 6 times daily. With that in mind, it is up to you to decide which is worse, every single diaper used sitting in a landfill, or diapers being reused with the same amount of water used as an adult flushing a toilet 5 to 6 times.

Next, let’s look at our baby’s sensitive skin on why cloth diapers are more sensitive than disposables. When using organic cotton cloth diapers, there are no pesticides or chemicals used even in the growth of the cotton. Disposable diapers include the chemical sodium polyacrylate for the extra absorbency we have heard so much about in commercials. This same chemical was banned from tampons in 1985 because of the risk of toxic shock syndrome. This gel-like chemical can be left on baby’s bottom until the next diaper change, irritating baby’s sensitive skin. Not to mention the fragrances and other chemicals used in disposables. If your baby and super sensitive skin, cloth diapering may be an option you could choose to help baby’s skin from becoming irritated.

It is very convenient to have disposable diapers, but if you want to do more to aide baby’s sensitive skin, help in keeping the amount of diapers in landfills down, and have the dedication to cloth diapering, there are many wonderful choices to choose from in today’s age! No longer do mom’s have to worry with a flat cloth diaper and pin, some great choices today include pocket diapers and all-in-one diapers (also known as AIO diapers). Pocket diapers feature a great pocket feature to add more hemp or cloth inserts into the diaper to aide with absorbency. All-in-one diapers have it all, high absorbency, ease of wearing, and there are even stylish choices to choose from!

For more information on cloth diapers, specifically organic cotton and hemp cloth diapers, check out http://www.poshorganic.com. Posh Organic offers many choices in styles and brands of organic cloth diapers, and much more information on specific diapers available to buy. If you have any questions, please contact Chanda at Posh Organic at sales@poshorganic.com.