June 28th, 2005 - Diapers
In the eternal debate over cloth versus disposable diapers, there’s another choice in the disposable option that I never heard. I had really wanted to go with cloth, but DH wasn’t too into it. When we had trouble finding ones that fit and were overwhelmed anyway with a new baby, the cloth went out the window. I was terribly disappointed. I wish I’d heard about alternative disposables, such as Seventh Generation’s line, which doesn’t use chlorine to bleach the product white: Now, these are more expensive than regular disposables, but I find it worth it. They are equal in quality to the Target diapers we have been using (with which we never had problems). (By the way, 7th Gen also makes nice wipes.) For people who wish they could use cloth but for whatever reason aren’t able to, this might be a nice alternative. I just wish it had been pointed out to me 6 months ago.
I buy them at my local natural foods store–The Red Radish; they are also available online. (My store gave me a 10% discount for ordering in quantity, which is as few as 2 packages of 38 diapers!)
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