GreenGal's Green Baby

That's right - I had a baby 4 weeks ago which is why I haven't kept up on my blog lately.  However, I want to share with you how I'm staying "green" as a parent.

Cloth Diapers - Don't let anyone fool you.  These aren't any harder to deal with than disposables these days and clean up can be a breeze. 

When we first started with the cloth diapers we were rinsing them by hand in the toilet. Needless to say, it was a bit messy and gross.  I also used a lot more water because I washed my hands for a lot longer after each toilet dunking.  However, we now have a sprayer attachment to the toiilet and we can easily spray, um, deposits off of the diapers quickly before sticking diapers in the pail.  Voila!  Messy situation resolved. 

FYI - we purchased our diapers at www.greenmountaindiapers.com if anyone is interested.  There are lots of places out there to purchase cloth, fitted diapers.  In the future we're likely to continue using Green Mountain diapers unless I can find used ones for sale or donation.  Since our son came slightly earlier than expected, we had to hurry and get some into our house after he was born.

There are numerous studies out there (feel free to Google them)  that show that over the course of a child's diapered life, using cloth diapers is cheaper (by up to a few thousand bucks!) than disposables, even including water usage, than disposables.  Also, the environment is significantly less harmed in the making of and disposing of the diapers.  Think about it - when we're done with the diapers we can re-sell them to other new parents or give them away through Freecycle.

I'll continue to share my green parenting...please ask questions!