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With all this talk of going "green" and "organic," I'm surprised you guys haven't brought up cloth diapering yet. I cloth-diaper my son and it don't get more "green" than that, lemme tell ya.
A lot of cloth diapers these days are made with snaps and elastic ("fitted" diapers) or even with built-in covers ("all-in-one" diapers), and many of them have cute print outers. I know of several people who make fitted diapers out of organic cotton and organic bamboo velour, which is one of THE SOFTEST fabrics I have ever felt in my life. I can't imagine putting paper against my son's butt after having him wrapped in soft, squishy, organic fabrics.
I also use hand-knit and -crochet wool soakers as diaper covers. I make my own out of Peace Fleece wool that I get in wholesale co-ops. Cheap, easy, beautiful and economical.
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we cloth diaper too. inasmuch as we do diaper. as mentioned earlier, we do that whole elimination communication thing. no diapers at all is perhaps a little more green.
i can assure you that at the least it is much less brownish yellow!
but yeah there are a lot of really cute, organic cloth diaper and underwear options out there.
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exxon23 - check out Kristin's post on cloth diapers here:
http://nursery.apartmenttherapy.com/nursery/green-ideas/store-wildflower-diapers-016804
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we have a couple of those bum geniuses. they were an instant hit.
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Maybe it would be good to talk about how people who do cloth diaper make it work, since so many of us are washer-challenged. I know there are some who are devoted enough to drag their cloth diapers to the laundromat every few days, but not me. EC cuts down on our overall number of wet diapers and trainers, and we use the WonderWash and a spin dryer to wash what we do have each day, so we have a nice clean stack every morning.
http://www.laundry-alternative.com/
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janie- i totally missed that! weird.
lb - for the first 8 months of my son's life, i hauled his dirty diapers to my mom's house 20 minutes away and washed them there (the washing machines at the apartment complex were questionable). when we bought an upstairs condo, i got burned out very quickly on carrying the diapers up and down the stairs! we waited patiently for the Equator washer-dryer combo unit that came with our appliance package, and now I wash and dry our diapers in it every day. It's the greatest! Now we are hoping to start EC as well!
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