Save Money With Cloth Diapers

Having a baby is very expensive and it seems like it gets more expensive every day. Some expenses are unavoidable but a good way to save money is by opting for cloth nappies instead of disposable diapers. If you are conjuring up images of the cloth nappies that grandma used with the huge safety pins, those days are long gone. Cloth nappies have evolved. When our grandmothers used cloth nappies, they made them out of whatever they could. Now you can buy nappies from companies that make very high quality cloth diapers that rival the disposable counterparts. Honestly, reusable nappies are better than the disposable ones. Check out the link to get more ideas on a swim nappy.

If a family uses cloth diapers instead of disposable ones they could trim hundreds of dollars from their family budget. And that's just for the first baby. Just like a crib can be handed down to younger siblings, so can reusable nappies. In some areas of the country people are charged for each bag that they send to the landfill and if you live in one of those areas you will also be saving a lot on disposal charges. And don't forget about reusable wipes to increase your savings.

The benefits of using cloth diapers don't stop at saving money, however. By using cloth diapers you will be doing something positive for the environment. Disposable diaper can sit in landfills for over 200 years before they completely biodegrade. As you can imagine the effect on the environment is serious. Not to mention all of the energy wasted in making them. In households where there is just one baby using disposable diapers, more than half of the waste produced in that household is dirty diapers. Now imagine all of the families that have babies; that is a lot of waste.

Babies have very sensitive skin and reusable nappies are better suited for their delicate skin. You can get reusable nappies in a variety of fabrics from bamboo to cotton. But all of the materials are natural, hypo-allergenic and free of chemicals. The same can't be said for disposable diapers because they are made with harsh chemicals and synthetic materials. While the chemicals used in disposable diapers make them so absorbent, there is a down side to that absorbency. Those chemicals could make their way into a baby's body.

Along with the potential health risks that disposable diapers present there is another problem. The chemicals in disposable diapers make it harder for babies that are potty training to realize that they are wet. A baby needs to know when they are wet in order for potty training to work. Mothers who have used both cloth diapers and disposable diapers report that potty training occurred much earlier with their children who used cloth diapers.