Nov 01 2008
When We Don’t Use Cloth Diapers
Okay, it’s confession time. Sometimes, oh so rarely, we don’t cloth diaper. It probably happens, on average, once to twice per year. Typically, we go this route because Daddy is on baby duty and if I let him use the cloth I come home to used cloth diapers left in remote bathrooms with goodness-only-knows-what still in them for who-only-knows-how-long. Ech. So, we keep a spare pack of disposables around every now and then. Boy, do they last us a really long time!
When I buy disposable diapers I look for diapers that are made without a wide variety of toxins. I look for a product that hasn’t undergone the paper-bleaching process. But I also look for what is available at our local store because I need them to also be convenient. What I have found that works for us is Seventh Generation disposable diapers. My friends call them my Paper Bag Diapers due to their color. I don’t mind. The paper-bleacing process leaves behind cancer-causing chemicals that I am not willing to put on my little one.
Whew! Feels so good to be honest! I haven’t actually used a disposable diaper since February but I did buy a new pack last week. It hasn’t even been opened yet. If I had a husband who was a bit easier to train we may never buy paper diapers in the first place, but we all have our compromises. 
Happy Diapering!
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We use disposables all the way through. The financial and ecological cost of cleaning cloth nappies would have worked out similar or a little more in an electric washing machine. We do prefer to use unbleached ones that biodegrade properly - I forget the brand, but they’re actually noticeably better nappies too!