What's the difference?

I have many people ask me why cloth and not disposable which is easier. My answer to that is who said parenting was easy? Maybe disposable is a tad more convenient but realistically speaking cloth isn't as hard as one may think. Once you have your stash the rotation kind of just happens. Now I'm not a green mama by far but the statistics behind disposables are alarming. So I figured I'd post a few factoids and give a good reason to at least consider the option of cloth diapering.


* You can expect to spend an average of $2500 Or maybe quite more on disposables by the time your child is ready for potty training. With cloth start up cost are minimal, especially if you make your own.

* Americans alone dispose of over 5 billion pounds of diapers in landfills each year. It takes over 500 years for a disposable diaper to decompose.

*It takes Over 200,000 trees and 75,000 pounds of plastic to make all the diapers Americans use.

* With disposables, the risk of diaper rash is higher because of the absorbent materials used.

I am in no way saying one is better than the other. What it comes down to is what works best for you and your family. This is just my viewpoint and a little info that I've read that helped me make my choice for cloth. I used disposables for T & A. That is what worked for me then. Now that I've found a new option I am happy to spread the word..