Is there a way to keep chemical-ridden, disposable diapers off of your baby without the hassle of cloth diapers?
If the idea of folding and safety pinning makes you cringe, never fear! The new wave of cloth diapers offers painless, eco-friendly options.
Cloth Diapering Has Come a Long Way…
Why this matters
- Keep chemicals like formaldehyde, petroleum and artificial fragrances off your baby’s bum.
- Keep over 6,000 – 8,000 disposable diapers out of the landfill.
- Save lots and lots of moola . . . about $2500 in fact!
On a personal note
I love thinking of the time I’ll save by not having to make any midnight diaper runs. But the whole notion of changing the baby is overwhelming – I must admit. Make sure to watch Part 2 of the Cloth Diapering to see if I give up and teach baby to go when we dangle him over the toilet (kidding – I wouldn’t do that. Or would I?).
Ready to try?
- Be sure to watch the episode to know what materials really go into your baby’s diapers, and get an overview of the different cloth diapering options.
- Not sure what kind you’ll want? Do a trial program. You’ll get to try out many types before investing in your “diaper stash” ($10 / trial).
- GroVia – our adorable cloth diapering system of choice due to design, great reviews, and top-of-the line certified organic materials ($17-30/ shell).
A Deeper Dig
Changing Diapers is a highly rated guide to cloth diapering in today’s world, and is written by cloth diaper crusader, Kelly Wels. You can check out her blog for tips as well.
Fresh Pick
Even though many mothers swear that without the plastic baggy barrier of disposable diapers their babies don’t have much diaper rash, having some great stuff on hand is never a bad call. We love The Honest Company Healing Balm because it’s paraben- and petroleum-free, certified organic, not tested on animals, and made in the USA.
Did You Know?
Disposable diapers are the third largest single consumer item in landfills, and represent about 4% of all solid waste?
Wow this video really opened up my eyes to all the harmful things found in my baby’s diapers. I wish I would have tried cloth diapering all along! I never knew cloth diapers came in so many playful designs and colors..so cute! As a mother of a 9month old, I want what is best for my baby and cloth diapers seem like a great start! Looking forward to hearing how they work out for baby Boulden.
If these diapering options had been available to me when I had my baby, I would have happily used them! Your site makes living green easy and fun! Thanks, JenB!
So far, so good… definitely have more tips to share now being a few weeks into this with Baby Sky! Stay tuned for Part 2, airing early July!
Great video! Next time I’m invited to a baby shower guess what I will be bringing as a gift???
Actually, there are MANY brands that offer organic cotton options 🙂
I was going to say the same thing. There are quite a few brands that offer organic options.
Hey Viviane! We only found the ones listed in the episode. Let us know if we missed any, especially if you used them and liked them!
Uh oh, several mistakes in this video. There are lots of other brands that carry organic cotton diapers. I think there was some mention of BUMP a rooz? It’s actually Rumparooz. I think I missed a few.
However, it’s great to see more and more people switching to cloth. I started 10 years ago with my third child to save some money. I used prefolds. It was pretty much the staple back then. My grandma didn’t use prefolds, she used flats. Prefolds didn’t enter the scene till I was a baby. My mom used prefolds on me.
People used to give me so much crap (lol. sorry, I had to) about using cloth. They said my baby would get horrible rashes, I’d hate it etc. I think they were forgetting I already had two children, one of which had the absolute worst bleeding, oozing diaper rashes I’ve ever seen and guess what? We were using disposables. I’ve never had one of my cloth babies have a rash anywhere near that bad.
Even with the mistakes, I think you did a great job getting the word out there that cloth is a very good alternative to the uncomfortable plastic pants that leave that nasty gel stuff on my baby’s privates. I’m actually using ‘sposies right now after a vacation just to finish up the package and I’m thinking about giving the rest away. I can’t stand that awful stuff on my poor baby and she squirms and scratches at the plastic. Poor sweetie. 🙁
Hey Julie, thanks for your feedback. And same thing happened here… we recently had to travel and so we packed the ‘sposies (as you call them, hilarious!) and he developed his first major diaper rash. I couldn’t wait to get back home to our Grovia’s. Oh and about the “several mistakes” – do share, as we want our community to have only the best, most correct information. Plus, we’d like to learn ourselves since of course no one is perfect! 🙂
GroVia’s organic cotton is the ONLY organic cotton in the cloth diaper industry that is certified by the auditing process with the strictest standards, the IMO Certification. Right on, JenBTV!
You got it, girl. 😉 Merci, mamacita.
I have triplets and a 9 month old all in cloth diapers. If I can do it with 4 kids at once anyone can!
Nicole, you are my hero. Seriously I think to myself, “how does anyone do this (baby rearing) with twins?” And you have TRIPLETS? Plus a 9 month old? And you cloth diaper? AMAZING!!!! You definitely get the award. Please send us your mailing address using the contact form, and we are going to send you a free eco prize.
Oh, my goodness…I “managed” to cloth diaper my twins (now 17 years old)! We used the diapers available at any baby store-don’t recall organic nappies then- along with velcro-fastener wraps made by Biobottoms. Soak them in water w/ baking soda in a diaper pail, wash on hottest water. Super easy, you just need to commit to making a bit of extra time available. I felt so virtuous at first, but my mother reminded me she did it without a clothes dryer! Between the twins and our older daughter, we saved a lot of money, not to mention some landfill space.