"Ooh, you're brave!" is the number one response Vanessa and I have received thus far when we let people know that we have elected cloth diapers. Is this so...are we really all that brave? I guess so, because that is what everyone keeps telling us. Let's quickly discuss the benefits though.
First, two words: Carbon Footprint? Lots of folks are going green these days, and it is not because St. Paddy's day is just around the corner. Environment is important, kinda like life...we only get one. So tell me what Huggies is doing to help that? Perhaps they are researching the course of folding a diaper that degrades quickly. Super. My Mom (and millions of moms before) had it right. One word: Cloth.
Next Argument: Cost. Estimated investment in cloth diapers and related equipment (good for 3-4 kids): $400-$475. Estimated cost of raising a kid in disposable diapers until the age of 2: $2,000! Need I say more?
But isn't it harder to use Cloth than disposable diapers?
Another myth busted. I have been timing myself (because I can) and have found that I can disengage the diaper, wipe, clean, powder or cream, and strap a clean linen on in less than 3 minutes. I have only been a Dad for 13 days at this point...just imagine where we can go with that.
But you have to wash them...
So what? You explain to your kid why you chose to use environmentally unfriendly butt wraps, when someday their kid's new school building couldn't be built because the construction company sucked up a bag of huggies while drilling for it's underground water source.
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