Say yes to the CLOTH!

Say yes to the CLOTH! 

5 Basic Reasons To Switch to Cloth Diapers

I often get asked, "why did you choose to use cloth diapers on your son?" Simple, I did use disposables for a quick minute but after a few acid type rash burns my son had we made the switch. So now the real question is why not?

1- MONEY

Plain and simple it's a real money saver. Now at first it might not seem like your saving money while you are try

building up your stash and cloth diaper accessories. I promise you are!

Let's look at the big picture shall we!

The Breakdown

The average baby are in diapers till about 2-3 years of age. Now the first year on average babies go through about 8 diapers a day, that's 2,920 diapers just in the first year alone. As the baby gets older the number of diapers a day on average drops slightly to about 6 diapers a day based on a potty trained child by 3 that another 4,380 diapers for a grand total of 7,300 diapers. Now all you have to do is take that number and figure what you spend on disposables. You will be shocked!

2- ECO-FRIENDLY

 Not sure if you heard but we all need to be proactive and save on Mother Earth. Not just for us but for our children and our children's children. Let's dig deeper into why though.. 

How about, it takes 500 years for ONE disposable diaper to breakdown in our landfills. Huh!?! For reals? 

Yes 500, so pretty much never. 

3- HORRIBLE NASTY CHEMICALS 

Yes that right chemicals. I dare you to cut open a disposable diaper and look inside better yet smell inside. Ahhh... Smell that, that's Polyacrylic acid this is the absorbent chemical used in disposables.  Moving on to dyes used to add color to disposables have been shown to cause allergic reactions resulting in rashes. Also dioxin, comes from bleaching wood chips. So just remember skin is porous and soaks up what is on it. (More chemicals listed below)

4- REUSE THEM♻️

Yup that's right if properly taken care of you can use a stash of cloth diapers again. 

"Say whaaaat!" Yes again with another future baby! So the cost will be close to nothing for the 2nd & 3rd time around! 

5- THE COUTURE FACTOR

I mean come on, how cute are those little fluffy bums you see on your news feed or Instagram. So darling right? So much fun and a bit addicting! So worth the extra load of laundry I think! 

Now don't get me wrong I understand for some, crossing over and saying yes to the cloth might not be for you and your family and that's okay but I encourage you to find disposables that are a little bit more eco-friendly and less chemicals than the typical brands. 

However, if you do decide to give it a go just know your wallet, baby's bum and Mother Earth will be happy you did! 

Thoughtfully, 

ecoCouture Baby