Comments on: Just When I Thought It Was Safe to Read Parents Magazine http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/parents-magazine-cloth-diapering-article/ Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:19:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Rebecca http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/parents-magazine-cloth-diapering-article/#comment-15607 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:13:47 +0000 http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/parents-magazine-cloth-diapering-article/#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-15518 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:50:45 +0000 http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/parents-magazine-cloth-diapering-article/#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-15517 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:26:29 +0000 http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/parents-magazine-cloth-diapering-article/#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-15511 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:19:48 +0000 http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/parents-magazine-cloth-diapering-article/#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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