Comments on: Just When I Thought It Was Safe to Read Parents Magazine http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/parents-magazine-cloth-diapering-article/ Natural Motherhood, Breastfeeding, Baby Wearing and Green Living. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:34:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Michelle http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/parents-magazine-cloth-diapering-article/comment-page-1/#comment-16808 Michelle Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:49:58 +0000 http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/just-when-i-thought-it-was-safe-to-read-parents-magazine/#comment-16808 Wow it is so nice to hear that I am not the only one that finds the advice in "THAT" magazine ridiculous!! From suggestions about nutrition (like suggesting French Fries (not home made) as a quality source of vegetables) to giving ASPARTAME a THUMBS UP as a good sugar substitute it has some of the worse parenting advice I can think of! Thanks for taking the time to rant it is always nice to stumble across like minded individuals. If anybody is interested I have a healthy living web site that you may find interesting drop by and let me know what you think http://healthy-holistic-living.com. Wow it is so nice to hear that I am not the only one that finds the advice in “THAT” magazine ridiculous!! From suggestions about nutrition (like suggesting French Fries (not home made) as a quality source of vegetables) to giving ASPARTAME a THUMBS UP as a good sugar substitute it has some of the worse parenting advice I can think of!

Thanks for taking the time to rant it is always nice to stumble across like minded individuals. If anybody is interested I have a healthy living web site that you may find interesting drop by and let me know what you think http://healthy-holistic-living.com.

]]> By: carrie http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/parents-magazine-cloth-diapering-article/comment-page-1/#comment-15664 carrie Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:00:51 +0000 http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/just-when-i-thought-it-was-safe-to-read-parents-magazine/#comment-15664 That is a great point Joanne ... we do what we have to to get through the day sometimes. There are things like I would like to do but just can't realistically do. Thanks for sharing that example :) That is a great point Joanne … we do what we have to to get through the day sometimes. There are things like I would like to do but just can’t realistically do.

Thanks for sharing that example :)

]]> By: Joanne http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/parents-magazine-cloth-diapering-article/comment-page-1/#comment-15663 Joanne Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:38:24 +0000 http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/just-when-i-thought-it-was-safe-to-read-parents-magazine/#comment-15663 In theory I agree with cloth diapers. I have been raising children for 42 years. We have 3 homegrown-3 special needs adopted and did care for more then 20 profoundly disabled children/young adults. When the child became a teenager and still in diapers, through cognitive disabilities, I changed to disposable. The girls with menstuation/stool/etc. experienced too many infections. When I switched to disposable that ended. Also, think about chainging an adult still in diapers. Gross for most. My life has been taking care of special needs children and providing parent support. Many parents with Special Needs Kids reported they were made out to be less then "natural" in their parenting by using whatever it took to just get through the day. This is just an FYI that while most children are healthy their are so many that are not. Their parents deal with incredible situations on a daily basis. While cloth are better, disposable diaper do provide a service for a certain population. Thanks for letting me make a statement. Also, if you know of someone with a special needs child, do what Jenny McCarty (actress with autistic son) says....be a friend and offer to babysit so the parents can have a break. I couldn't have gotten through my parenting without my wonderful life long friends. In theory I agree with cloth diapers. I have been raising children for 42 years. We have 3 homegrown-3 special needs adopted and did care for more then 20 profoundly disabled children/young adults.

When the child became a teenager and still in diapers, through cognitive disabilities, I changed to disposable. The girls with menstuation/stool/etc. experienced too many infections. When I switched to disposable that ended.

Also, think about chainging an adult still in diapers. Gross for most. My life has been taking care of special needs children and providing parent support. Many parents with Special Needs Kids reported they were made out to be less then “natural” in their parenting by using whatever it took to just get through the day.

This is just an FYI that while most children are healthy their are so many that are not. Their parents deal with incredible situations on a daily basis.

While cloth are better, disposable diaper do provide a service for a certain population.

Thanks for letting me make a statement. Also, if you know of someone with a special needs child, do what Jenny McCarty (actress with autistic son) says….be a friend and offer to babysit so the parents can have a break. I couldn’t have gotten through my parenting without my wonderful life long friends.

]]> By: bethany http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/parents-magazine-cloth-diapering-article/comment-page-1/#comment-15662 bethany Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:28:07 +0000 http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/just-when-i-thought-it-was-safe-to-read-parents-magazine/#comment-15662 thanks for the reminder of why to NOT get another parenting mag ... ditto Nell, my Mothering mag rocks! And they never get thrown out either ... just kept for reference or passed on to another mom. thanks for the reminder of why to NOT get another parenting mag … ditto Nell, my Mothering mag rocks! And they never get thrown out either … just kept for reference or passed on to another mom.

]]> By: Nell Taliercio http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/parents-magazine-cloth-diapering-article/comment-page-1/#comment-15637 Nell Taliercio Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:06:44 +0000 http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/just-when-i-thought-it-was-safe-to-read-parents-magazine/#comment-15637 I didn't renew my Parents magazine sub...I, like you, never found anything good from it...except maybe a laugh or two. I love my Mothering Mag! I didn’t renew my Parents magazine sub…I, like you, never found anything good from it…except maybe a laugh or two. I love my Mothering Mag!

]]> By: Rebecca http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/parents-magazine-cloth-diapering-article/comment-page-1/#comment-15607 Rebecca Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:13:47 +0000 http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/just-when-i-thought-it-was-safe-to-read-parents-magazine/#comment-15607 That article was ridiculous. The British study you mention was flawed for a few reasons. I talked a bit about it here: http://greenbabyguide.com/2008/01/10/washable-vs-disposable%e2%80%94environmental-debates-to-ponder/. (Sorry for the huge link.) For that guy to try and fail at cloth diapering is one thing . . . but then to pass off his failure as better for the Earth and his child is laughable. That article was ridiculous. The British study you mention was flawed for a few reasons. I talked a bit about it here: http://greenbabyguide.com/2008/01/10/washable-vs-disposable%e2%80%94environmental-debates-to-ponder/. (Sorry for the huge link.) For that guy to try and fail at cloth diapering is one thing . . . but then to pass off his failure as better for the Earth and his child is laughable.

]]> By: carrie http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/parents-magazine-cloth-diapering-article/comment-page-1/#comment-15518 carrie Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:50:45 +0000 http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/just-when-i-thought-it-was-safe-to-read-parents-magazine/#comment-15518 Chele, frugality and concern for the environment overlap about 99% of the time. And yes I've used an old t shirt in a pinch. Large tea towels work too. LOL! And a plastic grocery bag can be a cover in a pinch. (When you have one of those blowouts when you're out and about and have no spares.) Annette, yep - I thought that was pretty darn funny too :) Chele, frugality and concern for the environment overlap about 99% of the time. And yes I’ve used an old t shirt in a pinch. Large tea towels work too. LOL! And a plastic grocery bag can be a cover in a pinch. (When you have one of those blowouts when you’re out and about and have no spares.)

Annette, yep – I thought that was pretty darn funny too :)

]]> By: Annette http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/parents-magazine-cloth-diapering-article/comment-page-1/#comment-15517 Annette Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:26:29 +0000 http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/just-when-i-thought-it-was-safe-to-read-parents-magazine/#comment-15517 I laughed at this quote: “Maybe, I thought, the disposable diaper is one of those inventions, like toilet paper, that the Western world just can’t live without - no matter the environmental impact. After all, if we really wanted to, we could wipe our own butts with cloth and throw the cloths into the wash every night.” Go figure - I wonder how all those people survived life so many years ago before we even heard of TP and landvill diapers. Off I go to cut up tshirts - the journey to crunchiness continues... I laughed at this quote:

“Maybe, I thought, the disposable diaper is one of those inventions, like toilet paper, that the Western world just can’t live without – no matter the environmental impact. After all, if we really wanted to, we could wipe our own butts with cloth and throw the cloths into the wash every night.”

Go figure – I wonder how all those people survived life so many years ago before we even heard of TP and landvill diapers.

Off I go to cut up tshirts – the journey to crunchiness continues…

]]> By: chele http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/parents-magazine-cloth-diapering-article/comment-page-1/#comment-15511 chele Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:19:48 +0000 http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/just-when-i-thought-it-was-safe-to-read-parents-magazine/#comment-15511 Does it surprise you that I also cloth diapered out of poorness once upon a time? Does it qualify me to be an "almost natural mom" if I cloth diapered & made my own laundry soap out of lack of money but it accidentally helped the environment? LOL By the way, that same laundry soap recipe you blogged about a few days ago that I commented worked just as well on cleaning the cloth diapers as the pee pee sheets... And, I haven't changed a diaper in quite awhile, but all three kids used the same cloth diapers and I still have them. They are great for all sorts of things. While I'm thinking about it... once I got behind on the laundry from being so sick that I didn't get the cloth diapers washed fast enough for the next diaper change. Did you know that an adult Tshirt makes an excellent diaper? Yeah... exactly. Can't afford diapers of any sort? Break out that old Tshirt that you never wear because you missed your mouth and got a spaghetti stain on, slob! LOL Does it surprise you that I also cloth diapered out of poorness once upon a time? Does it qualify me to be an “almost natural mom” if I cloth diapered & made my own laundry soap out of lack of money but it accidentally helped the environment? LOL

By the way, that same laundry soap recipe you blogged about a few days ago that I commented worked just as well on cleaning the cloth diapers as the pee pee sheets…

And, I haven’t changed a diaper in quite awhile, but all three kids used the same cloth diapers and I still have them. They are great for all sorts of things.

While I’m thinking about it… once I got behind on the laundry from being so sick that I didn’t get the cloth diapers washed fast enough for the next diaper change. Did you know that an adult Tshirt makes an excellent diaper? Yeah… exactly. Can’t afford diapers of any sort? Break out that old Tshirt that you never wear because you missed your mouth and got a spaghetti stain on, slob! LOL

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