Comments on: Disposable Diapers: Environmental Time Bomb

By: Charndra at Part Time Diaper Free

Charndra at Part Time Diaper Free — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:00:07 +0000

“M” – excellent points. Even IF all those things were possible – I’ve seen people wrap their disposable and the wipes in no less than 4 plastic bags! OMG! I was stunned, especially as it was still a tiny baby!

Even a compostable diaper can’t degrade in a plastic bag!

By: Matt Schulte

Matt Schulte — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:28:41 +0000

We love cloth.
Easy, simply, cheap… we use the Bum Genious Diapers.

By: Alysha

Alysha — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:35:53 +0000

Ok I have written and deleted this comment several times. I do not want this to sound like a sales pitch because its not! But here it is anyway. I have come up with a product that works wonders on yest and rash issues and I would be happy to give it to anyone who is interested at my cost. I am sorry I cant afford to give it out. You have no idea how badly I wish I could as mothers and babies are my true passion! I wish I had a magic wand to bestow health on the world! I am bursting at the seams! But I am forced to come down to reality

My little one has had mild yeast rash since birth. At 1 I switched to cloth and his skin went bonkers. In a desperate attempt to make cloth work I tried every product claiming to work for rashes and yeast I could get my hands on. Prescriptions, organic you name it. Nothing helped. After 6 weeks his skin was literally coming off in small chunks and there were many open wounds landing us in the hospital. Out of desperation and determination to beat it I began to do major research on all ingredients organic and their varying benefits. After about 3 weeks and a couple hundred hours I came up with my diaper cream. I slapped it on not sure what to expect. After 24 hours it began to heal much to my surprise and excitment! After 72 hours (God as my witness) There were mere blemishes left!

Every day there are thousands of products pushed to us that are full of health hazard chemicals. Most of us accept it as main stream putting our trust in companies that are only out to get our money. What happens after that is no concern of theirs. I am tired of our toys being recalled, I am tired of looking at every ingredient list of common household products and seeing chemicals that are known to cause asthma,cancer, skin conditions, liver damage. The list goes on ladies. I am saying no! I am in control from this point forward. No longer will I allow these companies to sneak in their junk to my family. I am doing something about it! I have been developing products for the past 7 months that address issues that I face with my own children. I am working on offering them to you all. Autumn I have not forgotten you. I will be shipping Friday!

By: Autumn Beck

Autumn Beck — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:56:57 +0000

LesLee, when you using Thirsties Pocket AIOs I always turned them inside out to dry. That was the best way for me to insure they were completely dry without taking forever.

By: Heidi

Heidi — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:07:54 +0000

Since starting to cd, I’ve converted one friend and have another one who strongly considering using my outgrown diapers when her baby is born. Each of those people are influencing someone else to try. We are making a bigger imapact than we think = )

By: M@

M@ — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:08:06 +0000

Disposable diapers WILL NOT EVER DEGRADE in a standard US Landfill. ‘Sposie diaper manufactuers will tell you that the plastic portions of their diaper will photodegrade, and the wood pulp portions will biodegrade.

What they won’t tell you is the following, unless you ferret it out of them:

Photo degradation in this case refers to ‘photon’, ie, light. Light is most notably -absent- in a landfill.

Biodegradation requires air and water, also absent.

Therefore, disposable diapers WILL NOT EVER decompose.

Great site on this, specifically covering the ‘green’ disposable diapers: http://blog.bolandbol.com/product-reviews/green-diapers-review/

By: LesLee

LesLee — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:14:02 +0000

Hey, my son is having the same issue but I can’t do ‘sposies since I’ve blown about $600 on my stash (oops!) My son now is dealing with a yeast infection and it got me thinking that maybe my diapers aren’t really dry, they feel dry but the darn things were made to be absorbant…they are good at hiding away the wetness. Do you think I could be right? How long do you think it takes to get these diapers dry (line drying)? Specifically Thirsties AIO pockets v1, Thanks so much!

By: Autumn Beck

Autumn Beck — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:07:53 +0000

Here is the post about the laundry ball
http://allaboutclothdiapers.com/how-to-remove-buildup-from-your-cloth-diapers/

By: Autumn Beck

Autumn Beck — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:06:31 +0000

Hey, Leah. This is a preview for a post to come lol…Paisley has suffered from constant rashes and eczema like patches all her life. I have been using the Laundry Ball I wrote about weeks ago and she has NO, let me repeat that, NO rashes It’s nice to see normal skin on my baby’s parts.

By: Leah

Leah — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:50:32 +0000

I love cloth diapers, but my infant girl breaks out in a terrible rash when I put her in them.
My 3 year old has hardly any problem on his bottom.
Am I doing something wrong? I use homemade laundry detergent, and never use bleach. It seems like the more I do to keep her dry in the cloth diapers, the worse the rash gets.
I’ve had to put her in disposables to keep her tush healthy.