Gentle
on the Pocketbook
Cloth
(10 changes a day wash after 3 days)*
| Prefolds (2 dozen in 2 different
sizes) |
$78.00 |
| Covers (6 in 2 different sizes) |
$102.00 |
| Nighttime (Wool or Fuzzi Bunz) |
75.00 |
| Wipes (24 Hemp) |
25.00 |
| Approx. energy/water |
~190.00 |
| Total
First Child |
470.00 |
| Every add’l child |
~190.00 |
*prices may vary depending on brands
chosen
Disposable
(8 changes a day)* using generic diapers
| 84 diapers in a pack/8 changes day= |
10.5 days |
| Pack of diapers $15.99/10.5 days
|
$1.53 per day |
| Over 2 years (early for disposable
training) |
$1,116 |
| Wipes $5.00 for 200; 15 per day |
2yr $260 |
| Total First
Child |
1,376.00 |
| Every add’l child |
1376.00 |
Savings!
2 children= 2092.05 3 children = 3,278.25 Remember
you can always sell your used cloth. No one wants a used disposable!
*Notice that the cloth baby is also changed more often reducing the amount
of harmful bacteria that can grow close to your child's tender skin. This
estimate is also some of the highest amouts of water and electricity uses
I have seen, so most likely you can adjust those prices down. |
| Cloth
Diaper Resources
Why
Cloth?
There are many other wonderful articles on the WEN website so please
do check out the work they have been doing to restore the cloth nappy.
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Gentle
on Laundry Laundry can be a chore
to keep up with, but diapers need not add to the pile. There
are many ways to wash your cloth diapers, here is one:
Dry Pail
(out are the days of wet pails, studies find more bacteria
grows in the wet)
- Place waterproof tote in a bin (or
hang)
- Toss used diaper in bin (if soiled,
shake outwhat you can, you can also rinse or dunk, but it is not necessary)
- Dump tote contents into washer, reverse
tote, toss in the washer.
- Turn washer on with detergent either
presoak or prewash in cold.
- Start full cycle with 1/2 detergent
on hot. If you have soft water do an extra rinse and/or add vinegar.
- Put diapers in dryer or on line,
hang up covers.
- No need to fold, get a cute laundry
basket.
Compare steps 4-6 with disposable steps 4-6 which includes buckling all
kids into carseats, drive to store, wait in line, lug heavy box of diapers
into car and into house. Which would you rather do at 2am?
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| Gentle
on Health What
is in a cloth diaper?
Cotton prefolds are 100% unbleached cotton. Hemp prefolds are unbleached
hemp fleece.
What is in a disposable?
Sodium Polyacrylate
- Can absorb 100x its weight
- Can stick to baby’s genitals
there by causing irritations and oozing blood from perineum and scrotal
tissues with vomiting and staph infections.
- Injection into rats causes hemorrhage,
cardiovascular failure and death.
- Banned from Tampons in 1985 because
of Toxic Shock Syndrome
- Death in baby after as little as
5 grams ingestion
- Females in the factory experience:
organ problems, slow healing of wounds, fatigue, and weight loss
Dioxin (by product of bleaching)
- Carcinogenic chemical
- EPA lists as most toxic of cancer-linked
chemicals
- In small quantities, causes birth
defects, skin/liver disease, immune suppression.
Tributyl (TBT)
- Environmental pollutant
- Highly toxic, spreads through skins
and has a hormone-like effect
- Harms immune system and impairs hormonal
system
- Speculated that it can cause sterility
in boys (since their genitals are outside body.)
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