Monday, December 21, 2009
Cloth Diapers Price
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Caring of Cloth Diaper
· Machine-washing your diapers before the first use.
· Pre-wash your diapers with regular clothes for 3-4 times.
· AVOID using washing powders that contain FABRIC SOFTENER, BLEACH AND ENZYMES
· Don't use natural soap products such as pure glycerine soap.
· Don't use nappy barrier or balm cream: If you want to use cream because of severe rash, use nappy liners to prevent cream getting onto the fleece. Alternatively you can use natural starch to keep the bum dry.
- Don't wash or dry on HOT or HIGH HEAT.
- You may use laundry bag when using washing machine.
- Don't soak diaper in the water – to prolong the elastic lifespan.
- For diapers with velcro, close any Velcro laundry tabs as you remove diapers from baby before you placed the washing machine.
- Don't use Nappikleen, Dynamo.
- Avoid using liquid detergent cause most contain softener.
- Washing your diapers every second day.
- Do not leave them any longer than this as doing so may be detrimental to the lifespan of your nappies.
- When baby needs a diaper change, clean baby’s bottom as per normal. If the diaper has been soiled, rinse into a bucket and then tip bucket contents down the toilet and flush.
- Spray the mess off the diaper directly into the toilet using the shower spray at highest speed -- without you having to get your hands dirty.
- Diapers that have only been peed in do not need to be rinsed (unless you want to. It can be a good idea to rinse diapers though if baby is experiencing very strong teething pees as the ammonia in urine is quite a strong chemical and may degrade nappies if they are left too long in the bucket)
- Put diaper directly into a dry diaper bucket.
- Once the bucket is full (generally every second day) simply put the diapers into your washing machine and set your machine to do a rinse cycle. Once the rinse cycle is completed you can wash your nappies.
- Use either cold or warm water. Any temperature up to 60 degrees is fine.
- Remember to use only half a scoop to one full scoop of detergent. Using too much detergent can lead to a build up of product on your nappies and can affect the diaper’s absorbency and perhaps make them smelly. Never use fabric softener at any time as it will leave a residual coating on the fabric fibres.
- If line drying your diaper, to keep diaper elastic in best condition, try pegging your nappies on the line ‘horizontally’ (like you would a bedsheet) rather than ‘vertically’
Monday, December 14, 2009
How To Use Cloth Diaper
What you need to do before using:
· Use small amount of soap powder that is bleach free, softener free and enzyme free.
· Wash them 2 times in normal water (Go through wash-dry-wash-dry-wash-dry cycle)
· Dry your diapers. They are fine to use in tumble dryers. Please use cool or warm cycle only. The hot cycle is not recommended as it will wear out your diaper quicker. Line drying is best for our environment.
Why you need to do this?
These natural fabrics contain lots of natural oils, so it will take several washings before they reach maximum absorbency. Microfibre/Bamboo is very absorbent and will continue to get more absorbent with each washing. After the initial 2 washings, microfibre can be washed in with your other diaper laundry. Microfibre/bamboo inserts don't reach their full absorbency until their 12 wash! Obviously you can start using your inserts after just a couple of pre-washes but these inserts will get more absorbent over time.
For subsequent washing:
- use small amount soap powder or liquid that is bleach free, softener free and enzyme free..
Cloth Diapers
Monday, December 7, 2009
Cloth Diaper Article
What is Cloth Diaper?
Cloth diaper is a diaper fully material from a fabric comprised of layers of fabric such as terry toweling and can be washed and reused multiple times
WHY MODERN CLOTH DIAPER?
1. HEALTH ISSUES:
Disposable diapers contain:
- Carcinogenic Dioxin.
- gel-like beads Sodium polyacrylate: make diapers super absorbent. It ‘pulls’ natural moisture from baby’s skin, encouraging irritation. It can cause severe allergic reactions including vomiting, infections and fever.
- TRIBUTYL TIN – Highly toxic pollutant. It has hormone-like effect in smallest concentration. It harms the immune system and impairs the hormonal system.
- Cloth diapered babies have less diaper rash
- Disposables are linked to cause asthma.
- A German study found that disposable diapers raised the temperature of the scrotum far above body temperature that may have effect on fertility in the future.
2. ENVIRONMENT
- 27 billion disposable diapers are put in landfills around the world. This may contaminate the water and cause diseases.
- A single disposable diaper may take up to 500 years to decompose.
- Disposable diapers make up almost 50% of household waste in a house of 1 child.
Cloth Diapers are more environmentally friendly! Cloth diapers can be wash, reuse and recycle. With cloth diapers you are not throwing thousands of pounds of non-biodegradable waste into the landfills each year.Cloth diapers should be the Reduce, Re-use, and Recycle product of choice! It only takes 3 dozen good quality cloth diapers to diaper at least 2 children for a grand total of 4-6 years, then you can use the worn diapers as rags for another 5 years, then you can throw the scraps in the compost bin, where the natural fibers will biodegrade
3. EARLIER TOILET TRAINING.
This may not hold true in every case, but there's no denying that cloth diapers are a lot more "realistic" than disposables. A wet cloth diaper feels wet to a child, whereas a disposable diaper continues to feel dry.
4. LESS DIAPER RASHES.
No doubt, it may depend on the child, but that cloth seems to maintain a better moisture environment for my daughter's skin than disposables. You can also feel more easily when your child is wet and change her as often as necessary. And there's no increased cost if you need to change your child more often with cloth diapers, whereas with disposables it can really add up if you are changing your babe more frequently due to rash or diarrhea. One study from the Journal of Pediatrics indicates that 54% of one month olds in disposable diapers had some type of rash, 16% were severe. Rash medication can be expensive. A tube of one of the leading makers of rash medicine costs approximately $6. This is just a small expense, but multiply that expense over three years and it quickly starts to add up.
5. COST SAVING
Example: Assuming night usage 3years yrs usage
Using Rate | Disposable Diaper | Cloth Diaper |
1 day (5-6pcs to be used) | 6 x USD 0.38 =USD2.28 | 12 x USD13.50 = USD162.00 |
1 YEAR | USD 2.28 x 365 days = USD832.20 | - |
3 YEARS | USD 832.2 x 3 = USD 2496.60 | - |
The overall difference in between cloth diaper and disposable diaper, the CD (cloth diaper) saving 93%!!!!!! Cloth diaper also can be use for next baby.