ermini2
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Cloth diapers versus disposable diapers, which is better for your baby's bottom?
Well what do we know about disposable diapers...? We know they are all filled with that crystal looking gel material, which is a substance called SAP (Super Absorbant Polymer) which is what soaks up and holds the urine in the diapers. Now is this exactly safe for our babies to be exposed too? Probably not! Not knowing all this with my first baby, i used disposable diapers and my daughter is fine but she always had rashes.
Cloth diapering is so much more healthier and in the end more cost efficient. My husband and i decided to cloth diaper our 2nd child. The diapers are made withwaterproof PUL fabric that soaks up everything without any chemicals to help. The downside of cloth diapering is the cost and having to wash them, BUT i will say my husband and i have never had to buy a diaper for youngest...ever AND she has never had a rash! After my positive experience with cloth diapers, i will never use disposable diapers on any of my children in the future!
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Beverly
Initially, I used Walmart cloth diapers and the pins (very old fashioned and worked for awhile). But at some point, she was so big they didn't fit well anymore and so I started making my own cloth baby diapers from absorbent materials like old blankets and towels.
Our internet went out when she was around six months old, so I had a lot of extra time in the house for home-craft projects and used my sewing machine to make custom baby diaper covers from her out-grown onesies. They were perfectly sized, just make the cut under the chest area of the onesie and fold over to sew/customize. A really good way to re-use baby clothing. I found the towels to be a very absorbent option for the cloth diaper.
I never had the filler item you were speaking of which catches the pee, but I made my own version and it worked out.
At some point, I switched to regular Walmart baby disposable diapers, closer to the time she was one year old. Not sure if it was a good or bad move for her in terms of health, but it was just easier and the time I had spent cleaning and washing baby diapers by hand was spent sleeping or caring for my baby. In the end of it, that was most important to me.
Not sure what I would do next time around if/when there is another baby.
I have seen some really fancy cloth diapers with covers online, some are $25 each but supposedly worth it.
I found these handmade hemp cotton cloth diapers for preemies at 6 for $83.
It's been awhile since I had a baby, but I think you would need a good four sets unless you wanted to do laundry every day.
Still, for any new mom that can afford such luxuries, these could be worth it as they are naturally anti-bacterial and more skin friendly than the disposable diaper option - not to mention better for the environment. I used cloth diapers for the first eight months or so with my daughter and they worked out fine, though a lot of hard work as you said. I'm not sure how others do it, but I had to hand wash them as we didn't have a washing machine and at that time, I could not get out of the house as much to find a laundro-mat. Thankfully, we had super hot scalding water coming from the tap so that helped in sanitizing without using the harsh chemicals like bleach, though my hands really took a beating from that. And again, I don't know what others use in terms of sanitizing but there are many natural (or less harmful chemicals) that you can use for sanitization. Initially, I used Walmart cloth diapers and the pins (very old fashioned and worked for awhile). But at some point, she was so big they didn't fit well anymore and so I started making my own cloth baby diapers from absorbent materials like old blankets and towels. Our internet went out when she was around six months old, so I had a lot of extra time in the house for home-craft projects and used my sewing machine to make custom baby diaper covers from her out-grown onesies. They were perfectly sized, just make the cut under the chest area of the onesie and fold over to sew/customize. A really good way to re-use baby clothing. I found the towels to be a very absorbent option for the cloth diaper. I never had the filler item you were speaking of which catches the pee, but I made my own version and it worked out. At some point, I switched to regular Walmart baby disposable diapers, closer to the time she was one year old. Not sure if it was a good or bad move for her in terms of health, but it was just easier and the time I had spent cleaning and washing baby diapers by hand was spent sleeping or caring for my baby. In the end of it, that was most important to me. Not sure what I would do next time around if/when there is another baby. I have seen some really fancy cloth diapers with covers online, some are $25 each but supposedly worth it. I found these handmade hemp cotton cloth diapers for preemies at 6 for $83. [url=https://listingdock.com/files/user/images/babydiapers.jpg][img]https://listingdock.com/files/user/images/babydiapers.jpg[/img][/url] It's been awhile since I had a baby, but I think you would need a good four sets unless you wanted to do laundry every day. Still, for any new mom that can afford such luxuries, these could be worth it as they are naturally anti-bacterial and more skin friendly than the disposable diaper option - not to mention better for the environment.
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