CLOTH DIAPERS

One of the best things about living in Portland is that it is so green. I don't just mean the scenery (though with all the rain we get here it really is lovely) but instead people being environmentally aware. Damien and I always knew we wanted to use cloth diapers but the big question was "which one?" I researched several different kinds and in the end we decided to go with gdiapers. They are the easist and most incredible diaper system. They consist of three parts- cover, liner, and insert. The covers looks just like traditional diapers however they are made from cotton. The liner is made from nylon and snaps into the cover. The inserts are made from hemp and lined with microfleece to wisk the moisture away from babies bottoms and fits inside the liner. When the diapers is dirty you simply remove the insert and replace it with a fresh one. If anything spills out onto the liner that can be replaced as needed. Gdiapers also come with disposable inserts too. However these inserts are biodegradable and breakdown within 30 days. They can even be composted or flushed down the toilet! Such a simple and easy system- no massive cloth sheets that need to be folded and held together with safety pins and rubber covers. Plus cloth diapers are way cheaper as you only have to buy them once and use them over and over and over.

Most all of my friends who have babies are using cloth diapers or used them when their children were babies. I think if I still lived in my small hometown people may look at me like "you want to use what?!" In Portland people would most likely look at you that way if you weren't using cloth diapers. The traditional disposable diaper takes on average 500 years to break down not to mention puts chemicals on precious babies bottoms. Though you use water and energy to wash the diapers the impact on the environment is insignificant compared to disposables. We use an envirnomentally safe laundry soap made from plants so it's even better for baby and the environment.

Sula is happy, mama and daddy are happy, and the earth is happy! I recommend gdiapers to everyone!