Cloth Diapering

Having a baby and wondering how the whole cloth diapering thing works? 

Have a baby and heard about cloth diapers but not sure if you really want to make the change at this point? 

Want to use cloth diapers but not really into the whole washing them thing?

Learn about the conveniences of having a diaper service do it all for you.  Learn how easy it is to wash cloth diapers yourself.  Yes, it’s really possible. 

(Even without having a washing machine in your apartment.)

Meet other parents in your neighborhood and learn about cloth diapering

When:Monday, June 28 at 11:00am
Where: Indian Road Café – 600 West 218th Street (4 blocks west of B’way on the corner of Indian Road and 218th)
Cost: $25 for mom/dad/caretaker and baby
RSVP: lunch@bigcitymoms.com or 917-488-8542

Reasons to Cloth Diaper:

Cloth diaper babies are toilet trained much earlier than disposable diaper babies.

Cloth diapers are softer on little bottoms than disposable diapers.  Why put plastic on them?

Less diaper rash.  7% incidence of diaper rash for cloth diapered babies compared to 78% of babies in disposables.

No holding your nose while changing the “sausage” bag on a “Diaper Genie”. 

 Cloth Diaper Myths:

Toilet Dunking – Not a chance.  Let the service or the washing machine do the work for you.

More work – Not as much as having to dress the baby and run out the door when you realize you’re out of disposable diapers.

Diaper pins – HA!  Maybe when our grandmothers did it, but snaps or Velcro are the way to go now.

Cloth diapers are more expensive – Not even close.  $1000-$2000 over the course of a child’s diapering years vs. $150-$300 for cloth and they can be used for subsequent children. 

Environmentally:

Less garbage to haul out of the house.

Cloth diapers are gel free – no chemicals on your little ones bottom.

Americans spend nearly 300 million annually to discard disposable diapers.

It takes 286 pounds of plastic (including diaper packaging) per year to supply 1 baby in disposable diapers.