The best choice for baby and the planet

Financial: Substantial Long-Term Savings:

• Over the 2.5 to 3 years a child typically wears diapers, the cost of disposables averages between $3,000 to $4,000 dollars. These amounts are increasing as the price of diapers continues to rise.

• Additionally, because cloth allows a child to feel the sensation of wetness rather than being kept artificially dry by chemical gels, cloth-diapered children often potty train 6 to 12 months earlier than those using disposables.

Environmental: Massive Waste Reduction:

• Disposable diapers are the third-largest single consumer item in landfills. A single baby generates roughly 2,000 pounds of diaper trash before potty training, which can take up to 500 years to decompose.

• While cloth requires washing, the industrial manufacturing of disposables is actually more resource-intensive, using 2.3 times more water and significantly more wood pulp and petroleum than the lifecycle of a cloth diaper.

Health and Development: Natural Materials and Potty Training:

• Cloth diapers made from organic cotton avoid the dioxins, phthalates, and super-absorbent polymers found in many disposable brands.

• These natural fibers provide better breathability, which helps maintain the skin barrier and reduces the frequency of diaper rash.