Congratulations on the new arrival! Caring for your little
bundle of joy is a truly delightful experience, when you want to lavish all
your love and attention over this one unique person. Nothing is good enough for
your precious baby for whom, if possible, you would even buy the moon!
Naturally, you want the very best for your child, and with
the countless baby products flooding the market, this means you can pick and
choose to your satisfaction. Moreover, many options are available to the parent
of today, and it is up to you to make up your mind about whats best for your
child.
Is breast feeding better than the bottle, what brand of baby
food is more healthy, or, oh dear, shouldn’t the nursery be painted a mild and
soothing green instead of all this pink? Why types of swaddle blankets are best? Should you opt for cloth or disposable
diapers? Are you doing the right thing? Help!
Relax. The most important thing when raising a child is to
make sure it is healthy. Just as proper nutrition is essential for your babys
welfare, so is hygiene and cleanliness. While nutrition can be easily taken
care of with regular feedings of milk, hygiene is a different matter. With
little or no control over their bodily functions, babies expel a lot of waste,
and keeping them clean can be a daunting task. The solution? Nappies, of
course!
There are disposable nappies and cloth nappies. Disposable
nappies are easy to use; use it once and throw it away. No washing, no fuss!
However, disposable diapers are made of chemicals that can harm your baby’s
sensitive skin. Also, with its synthetic texture, disposable nappies are not
comfortable, and babies are prone to develop rashes or allergies. Diapers made
from natural fibers are a welcome change from disposable nappies as they are
soft and soothing to the skin.
Raising a child also means rising expenses! A baby will go
through up to a thousand or more diapers before his first birthday. Disposable
diapers cost more than cloth nappies, but in this case, being expensive does
not necessarily mean its better. Cloth nappies are lower-priced and are
reusable. So, one cloth nappy serves as well as many disposable ones.
To further cut expenses, using second hand cloth nappies is
a good idea, and after your baby has outgrown them, it is recommended you
donate them to other parents or reuse them for your next child, thereby
reducing waste. If one baby will use more than a thousand diapers in a year,
imagine the amount of garbage generated in a city from diapers alone! While
disposable nappies contain chemicals that do not decompose, discarded cloth
nappies are absorbed back into the environment, and are thus very eco-friendly.
In the modern nuclear family where both parents work,
washing cloth nappies may seem a tedious process. A gentle wash in the washing
machine solves this problem.
Comfort for your baby comes first, and with the
menace of harmful chemicals in disposable diapers, cloth nappies seem the only
solution. Comfortable, hygienic, eco-friendly, durable with so many merits, it
is no wonder cloth nappies are replacing disposable diapers everywhere. 