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.