This post is part of the Real Diaper Facts carnival hosted by Real Diaper Events, the official blog of the Real Diaper Association, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to cloth diaper education. Participants were asked to write about diaper lies and real diaper facts. See the list at the bottom of this post to read the rest of the carnival entries.
We as moms and dads who use cloth diapers have to stand together - we are coming under fire from one of the biggest disposable diaper makers out there!
So let's address these issues, half truths and bold face lies right now!
"Cloth Diapers are better for my baby" - Pampers says that this is a myth - which it is NOT!
Thank you Pampers for stating the obvious - although your response is a total lie - your initial line from this myth is true. Cloth diapers are better for your baby and here's why:
- You WILL have less diaper rash (if any)
- You will NOT get any sort of chemical burn on your baby from your cloth diapers
- You will have a natural fabric against your baby's skin
- You will have less poop all over the place (including all over your baby's skin - it will stay in the diaper!
Let's see which is better for the environment - something that you can reuse over and over and over again (roughly 300 times or much more!) before end up throwing it out (and then it will decompose) or something you use one time and WON'T decompose (they don't know it will decompose in 500 years that's just a guess they haven't been able to decompose one yet!)
Also along with all of those disposable diapers in the landfill is all of the poop that no one realizes that they are suppose to dump into the toilet prior to throwing out the diaper either! YES EVEN WHEN YOU USE DISPOSABLE DIAPERS YOU ARE SUPPOSE TO PUT THE HUMAN WASTE INTO THE TOILET JUST LIKE WITH CLOTH DIAPERS!
"Disposable diapers are harmful to the environment." - Pampers says that this a myth - which HELLO it's totally true!!
What a bold face lie! See above where we talked about reusable versus NOT - and decomposing versus NOT.
Let's see which would you rather - more laundry (disposables) or less (yes I had less laundry switching to cloth diapers from disposable diapers as I didn't have poop all over my son's clothing, or my clothing, or his bedding!!!!!).
I choose less (score 1 for CLOTH DIAPERING)
Would you rather have possible chemical burns on your baby's bum or NOT!
I like we'd all choose NOT so score 2 for CLOTH.
Yes 1 cloth diaper will cost you more than 1 disposable diaper BUT you can use it say 300 times so let's say you bought the most expensive diaper I sell which is $31.95 and that's not counting any of the discounts I offer. So for 300 uses this diaper will cost you about $0.10 per use. I just saw "cheap" disposables for $0.17 each at Costco - so you do the match :)
Score again for CLOTH.
Realistically I think that the disposable diaper companies are starting to finally take notice that cloth diapers are coming back and they are coming back with a vengeance! So watch out Disposable Diaper Companies - you're betting against Mom - who has her baby's interest at heart and not your pocket book! Not such a great idea!
Use Cloth Diapers - be proud that what you're doing is better for your baby!
I love this: "So watch out Disposable Diaper Companies - you're betting against Mom - who has her baby's interest at heart and not your pocket book! Not such a great idea!" Great post! Keep up the great work!!
ReplyDeleteI stumbled into cd'ing mainly because of the economical factor. However, once I learned just how many toxic chemicals are present in disposables and making the connection that my son's little red, sometimes raw, bum was caused by the chemical burn, I became more committed to cd'ing, come heck or high water...I do not want my baby to suffer anymore!
ReplyDeleteI totally hear you Jennifer - when I had my first son years ago we didn't really think much about diapers - we bought disposables and off we went, well when he starting pooping out of EVERYTHING I went in search of cloth diapers - I figured how could that be any worse - and YEAH it was soooo much better! Then I learned about the chemicals that were causing lower sperm in men later in life due to the disposables and with me and my boys I never even thought to look back!
ReplyDeleteI had my first child in 1969 and was using real diapers. While visiting a cousin, I offered to change their baby's diaper (a pamper). That poor little girl had such big sores all over her little bottom. I felt so bad for her. Later our cousin offered me a pamper when I stayed too long and ran out of diapers. I said no thank you, it's time to go home.
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