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2010-05-14T04:03:31.097-04:00

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I like the great discussion on this post (and the ...

2010-03-24T13:32:16.264-04:00

I like the great discussion on this post (and the post in the first place)! I wanted to throw in my two cents on the health and environment issues. [Full disclosure: I'm the co-owner of Diaper Lab with my wife Salina, though also studied Environmental Policy at MIT. You can decide how much of my commentary to discount as bias ;) ]

Health Issues:
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The point of the above post is not to advocate for...

2010-03-23T16:04:32.986-04:00

The point of the above post is not to advocate for disposables; rather it is to point out that cloth may not be more environmentally friendly or healthy for our children.

So if you like cloth, that's fine but you are using more water and energy as a trade-off. Further, it might actually be more irritating for children according to pediatric dermatologists interviewed by consumer

"If you're thinking about going the cloth route to...

2010-03-23T15:59:36.288-04:00

"If you're thinking about going the cloth route to be more environmentally friendly, consider this: Disposable diapers account for only 2 percent of the waste in dumps."

"And although cloth diapers don't contribute to the 2 percent of landfill refuse, you have to wash them—and that requires energy to heat the water."

"The super absorbent gel

I've been cloth diapering my 3 (23 month old son a...

2010-02-15T11:22:45.940-05:00

I've been cloth diapering my 3 (23 month old son and almost 13 month old twins) for about 6 or 7 months now and I love it. There are a few times that I use disposables for the reasons you mentioned, but I find myself longing to return to CD very quickly. I pretty much wash diapers daily and don't find it that tough. I'm really happy that I am CD and wish I had done it sooner!

Wow Shannon, you have a lot of cloth diaper giveaw...

2010-02-08T11:48:38.226-05:00

Wow Shannon, you have a lot of cloth diaper giveaways on your blog! http://couponmommyof2.blogspot.com/

-Alicia

We are loving our cloth diapers and they are great...

2010-02-06T15:53:03.070-05:00

We are loving our cloth diapers and they are great for the economy

http://couponmommyof2.blogspot.com/

Heather: Thank you for the information about diape...

2010-02-02T09:47:25.733-05:00

Heather: Thank you for the information about diaper services, I did a quick search and found http://www.changinghabits.com/ that covers the western part of MA and is environmentally friendly and has talked about expanding into other areas. You do have to factor in the fact that the diapers are being transported around, but I wonder if that balances out the fact that the diapers are used for

re: paper towels: That's really worthy of a post....

2010-02-02T09:37:51.775-05:00

re: paper towels: That's really worthy of a post. We believe strongly in using paper towels very sparingly, and using cloth whenever possible. We have a pile of thin blue dishrags that we use for most everything and a drying rack to let dishes drip dry. I'll try to get that post out soon.

re: soap nuts. I'm not really familiar with them, I know there are a number of

Great article on cloth!! I love my clot diapers. W...

2010-02-01T21:33:07.104-05:00

Great article on cloth!! I love my clot diapers. We even used them when we traveled to Ethiopia. I think that they are just as easy as disposables and the environmental and financial aspects fix any and all downsides (of, which I think there are very few).

There is so much yuck involved in disposables. Oh and really it is not any harder with two in diapers. You just do laundry a little

Liked your blog post and would be VERY interested ...

2010-02-01T21:30:33.443-05:00

Liked your blog post and would be VERY interested in seeing the research Jon comes up with. Would you please keep us in mind to share it with when you're ready? I recently saw some good research on the environmental impact of cloth diapers at www.nearta.com.
By the way, not all diaper services use harsh chemicals. There are PLENTY opening or changing their processes to be safe and

Back in the day I used cloth diapers for all the r...

2010-01-29T10:46:45.354-05:00

Back in the day I used cloth diapers for all the reasons mentioned but I have yet to hear the main reason I chose cloth over disposables:
CHEMICAL EXPOSURE- The diapers that hold 2 cups of fluid came out when I had my second child and I immediately noticed a chemical smell that wasn't in the other diapers. There were no studies done as it was new, but you can't tell me that

I loved my fuzzi bunz with my 1st child. We were a...

2010-01-27T17:03:00.660-05:00

I loved my fuzzi bunz with my 1st child. We were able to reuse them with our second, and plan to do the same with #3 this summer. When I first bought them in 2007 I felt like I was in the minority for using cloth, but lately I know more and more people going that route. Diaper Lab is awesome too.
Have you heard anything about soap nuts for a greener/cheaper laundry detergent? I've read

Great article, Alicia! I imagine the bay area has ...

2010-01-27T00:45:53.487-05:00

Great article, Alicia! I imagine the bay area has similar resources. Doesn't apply to me anymore with my 10YO, but I"m wondering could you apply your same research to paper towels vs. cloth (like shamwow).

The tradeoff, I think, is cleanliness and being more sanitary. When I wipeup w/ a cloth towel..all the stains are on it until I wash it. What do you think?