Benefits of Cloth Diapers

There are many benefits of cloth diapering. Here are some of the most often heard:

• Cost Savings
  Cloth diapers can cost a bit of money to get started, but in the long run cloth diaper users are often ahead of the game in expenditures. If you figure that the average newborn goes through 8-12 diapers a day, 6-8 diapers a day for an older baby, that can really add up at the cost of about $0.29 per disposable diaper, and rising.
• Better for Baby
  Cloth diaper users tend to have less issue with diaper rash, irritated bottoms and other common complaints from disposable diaper parents. Fewer chemicals touch the baby’s bottom and the less likely they are to be sensitive. If you do have a sensitive baby, you can choose very natural, even organic, materials to use for the diapers that go on your baby.
• Better for the Environment
  This one will be hotly debated for some time, but in general it is established that cloth diapers don’t take up room in landfills and take hundreds of years to break down. The reduce, reuse and recycle concept means less trash for the environment.
• Less Time in Diapers
  Many parents will tell you that they spent less time trying to potty train or educate their child about elimination communication (EC) when they used cloth diapers.
• Adorable!
  Okay, it’s also important to look at cloth diapering as a fashion statement. Cloth diapers are cute! They come in fashion colors and prints. Have fun with it!