But, I have much less garbage. As in waste. As in, less trash in the landfill. As in, greener, cleaner planet!
I found this great website with fitted, pinless cloth diapers and covers. After using the velco on diaper covers, I say "Use the pull on vinyl covers," they work better and baby's clothes wont get drenched with pee or poo.
I also found this website that teaches you how to convert a prefold cloth diaper into a fitted cloth diaper. There are step by step photos of how to do it. I've posted a photo of how mine turned out at the bottom of this page. The first time I did it, I almost chunked my sewing machine, but we've made amends since then and I'm sewing nearly every day now.
You can also go to WalMart.com and look up cloth diapers. They have the least expensive all-in-one (AIO) diapers. Five for $45, and inserts 10 for $10. An AIO diaper has the cloth inside and a protective vinyl cover all-in-one. That way, there is no need for the extra pull on diaper cover.
So, if you're going green, it makes since to cloth diaper... and while we are on the subject of babies, BREASTFEED! Less waste. Less mess. Happy baby!
As a Christian, I am embarrassed to say I've just come into all this "green living stuff." I mean, I really never thought about it until we had so many kids, then reusing clothes and diapers all makes sense. This makes having a boat load of kids so manageable... financially speaking!
No comments:
Post a Comment