~My Beautiful Little Ones~

Cloth Diaper "myths" corrected!!!

This post is part of the Real Diaper Facts carnival hosted by Real Diaper Events, the official blog of the Real Diaper Association, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to cloth diaper education. Participants were asked to write about diaper lies & real diaper facts. See the list at the bottom of this post to read the rest of the carnival entries.-------The Real Diaper Association asked bloggers to write about cloth diapers lies vs. facts. They sited a page on Pampers website (http://www.pampers.com/en_US/diapers-myths-and-facts) that is a list of "Myths & Facts" about cloth diapers vs. disposables.

I've decided to take part, I have a big problem with these lies!

Starting with the "Myths" that Pampers used #1-#4

#5-#8 are some other common Myths to be addressed.

These are what Pampers calls"Myths":

#1 Cloth diapers are better for my baby.

Actually, they are. They don't contain the chemicals (such as Dioxin, a carcinogenic chemical listed by the EPA as the most toxic of all cancer-linked chemicals) that disposables do. Personal experiences shows little to no rashes even eliminated - by using cloth diapers, however disposables, that's a different story...Rash,rash,rash. They leak less, for us almost never! The child feel wetness, that helps in potty training, my son was younger 18 months when he started using the potty!!

#2 Cloth diapers are better for the environment than disposables.

Pampers says that Cloth & Disposables are equal. That is a flat out lie. A disposable diaper your child wears today will still be in a landfill 200-500 years from now...YUCK. 1 or 2 more loads laundry a week does not equal 200-500 years in a landfill. What about the bio hazard aspect that is human feces causes by just sitting around in landfills. 99% of the disposable-diapering population doesn't toss solids in the toilet like you are supposed to. Again..YUCK!!

#3 Disposable diapers are harmful to the environment.

Hmmm, lets think about all of the manufacturing processes & the shipping from the manufacturer to the distribution center to the store to your home. The environmental impact is huge, and horrible for out environment. Cloth diapers are manufactured once, shipped once, then reused for several years, sometimes for all your children and you can pass them on to another family!! I have some cloth dipes for my twins that were used by my 5 year old son when he was in dipes.

#4 The materials that make up Pampers diapers are depleting our forests.

Pampers is saying their source is from sustainable forests in North America. Yeah, ok ummm, but they are Still cutting down trees. & they will continue to cut down trees, because there will be a constant demand for more disposable diapers. Cloth diapers are made once, and used over & over & over & over....you get the point:)

Some more "myths"

#5 Cloth diapers are expensive!

We have twins in cloth!!! The start up cost is a larger single cost, rather than spending $15+ every week (We have TWINS) but that start up cost is only ONCE. You can purchase 12-36 diapers (depending on how often you want to wash) per child from birth through potty learning. & you get to sell those diapers or you can keep them & use them if you have another baby! Try doing that with disposables! YUCK!! I'd rather spend that money at once rather $1000's more through the years!

#6 Cloth diapers are so much more work!

Cloth diapers are no more work than disposables. I have twins and a 5yo BOY!!! We do MAYBE 2 more loads a week then we did before we had our twins, then again our son was younger also. A 5yo boy produces A LOT of laundry..every day last week my son came in from playing covered in mud from head to toe, should I put him in a paper bag when he plays so that we don't have to do more laundry, I could just throw it away when it's dirty, it would be less to deal with? I wouldn't put my kids in paper clothes, why would I put them in paper diapers!

#7 I don't want to use pins & rubber pants on my child!
Do your baby a favor & check out some of today's modern cloth diapers at a site like KellysCloset

#8 Cloth diapers have too many options!

Check out the above website & checkout a post I did a while ago "CLOTH DIAPERS"
　
　

My Little Prince in his

Moonbeam BumGenius 3.0

My Little Princess in her

Zinna BumGenius 3.0

HAPPY CLOTH DIAPERING!!!

Go Cloth you won't regret it!!!

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I had a VERY WONDERFUL Mother's Day with my Beautiful Children

and Fantastic Husband!!!

XOXOBrit

5 months old!!

38.1 Weeks
At home before their birth (over 58inches)

Happy Birth Day! Finally with my Babies for the 1st time

1 month old! They were so tiny!

2 months old! Napping together...like always!


3 months old! Their 1st Christmas picture!

4 months old! Celebrating Big brother 5th b-day!

5 months! Having fun with each other, laughing at Mama!

Wow!! I can’t believe my twins are 5 months old today! It’s so crazy how fast time goes by!
They have changed so much in these 5 months…
Before…wondering if they knew who I was, now they know that they know I am Mama!
Before…sleeping ALL day, now they are napping 2-3 times a day and always ready to play!
Before…all they could was just lay the, now they roll, try to crawl and laugh at everything!
They are even reaching for us when they want to be picked up, it is so adorable! They are always trying to get Big brother to play with them, they reach for the toys they want & throw the toys they don’t want down! They “talk” all day long with Mommy & Daddy, big bother…but mostly with each other, they defiantly have the “twin” connection! They always are wanting to eat “our” food but still enjoying their baby food! When I hear that they are awake and I go to get them, it is so funny, when they hear me & all I hear are little giggles because they know Mama is coming to get them! I has been a fantastic 5 months and I look forward to all the new changes to come, with my little handsome Prince & my little beautiful Princess!!

Cute little Bugs!

Four Adorable tiny feet!

My little Prince & Princess!!

My Adorable little Knight!!

My 3 Precious little gift from the Lord!!

Just a few pictures of my cuties!! I just can't resist taking picture of these 3 little ones!

I love my MOBY!

Since the twins were about 6days old we (Abe & I each have one) have carried the twins in Moby wraps when we go out! They are the single most wonderful baby item we have! I can’t tell you how much easier it makes shopping, going for walks, going to church, and just about any task around the house!! Abe even took down our deck canopy with Si in the Moby! I have carried both in one when they have both been extra fussy and it calmed them so quickly! We didn’t have anything like this with Elias and I can’t tell you how difficult it was to do thing around the house when he was tired or not feeling good or just wanted me! The twins love them and more often then not they fall asleep after just minute in them! We were even able to go shopping on Black Friday with no worries! Now that the babies have gotten bigger they are able to face outward instead of inward, in fact last Sunday we walked into Starbucks and within about 30 seconds we had 3 people stop us to ask us about what we think of them, one girl who worked there even said when she got off work she was going to buy one! Today Gabbi is a little fussy so…its Moby time.

My little Prince & Princess

Simon and Gabriella are getting big Simon is 46 % for weight and 67% for height! Gabbi is 31% for weight and 62% for height! They are on their way to being little crawlers! They roll everywhere that they wan to go! They have been eating all kinds of food! Simon Loves corn & applesauce , Gabbi Loves peas & applesauce. This week I am going to try butternut Squash.
We have been waiting the whole month for Si’s bottom 2 teeth to break through…they still haven’t …it has been quite the event! Si is a watcher, he likes to take it all in and then respond…normally with a giggle! He also wants to crawl, but he is my little cuddler and is happy just to snuggle mama! He his a very happy little man!
Gabbi is a little giggler, she laughs at everything and everyone, she is happy all the time! She so badly wants to crawl and do what she wants to do!! However she does have bossy side and has no problem making her wants be known! He loves her own voice, I have been woke up many a night to her & Si singing and talking to each other!