Why should Kamloops Parents use cloth diapers?

The Diapers we sell are 100% re-usable and will vastly minimize your carbon footprint, as well as save you money within the first 6 months. Currently in Canada, approximately 90% of babies use disposable diapers. That accounts for the over 1.6 billion disposable diapers that we are dumping into our landfills every year! Even if those diapers decomposed in optimal conditions (which layers and layers of trash prevent) it would still take about 250 - 500 years for a single disposable diaper to decompose. Over the course of their first two to three years, each baby uses approximately 6000 diapers, which creates two and a half tonnes of waste per child. This accounts for approximately 2.5% of all residential waste going to landfill. Water is a renewable resource. If you have a low-water high-efficiency washer and a clothes line the impact is very minor compared to using and tossing disposables!

When you chose to go with cloth diapers you are not only keeping vast amounts of waste out of landfills, you are also helping to minimize the massive amount of resources disposable diaper production consumes. In Canada alone, disposable diaper production consumes approximately 65,500 tonnes of pulp, 8,800 tonnes of plastic and 9,800 tonnes of packing material.

Also, the new cloth diapers are not like the ones our mother’s used. There is no soaking, no hand washing and no safety pins! You simply keep the diapers in a dry bucket until wash time and then a cold rinse and hot wash cycle keeps them clean and sanitary. Snaps or Velcro make changing just as easy, if not easier, than disposables. Pocket diapers are fully adjustable around the legs and waist and can accommodate babies of every shape and size. Pocket diapers incorporate technology found in outdoor all-weather gear to keep babies comfortable and dry. A water-proof breathable outer layer keeps the wetness off clothing, while the micro-fleece inner wicks moisture away from babies skin. Because baby’s skin is kept so dry you don’t even need diaper creams! Many parents found that diaper rash was totally eliminated because the diapers keep their babies so dry. Microfiber or hemp liners absorb the wetness and lock it away, and you can stuff extra liners in for those who need a little extra leak-protection!

Lastly, you will save hundreds of dollars over the time your baby is wearing cloth diapers. A baby will need about 24 cloth diapers if you do a load every other day. With a cost of $22.85 (when you buy more than 12 in one order) that comes to $502.80 + tax. If you are using disposables over that same time frame you will go through between 6000-8000 diapers! (depending on how often you need to change their diapers.) If you pay $0.40 per diaper you could spend between $2,400-$3,200 per child! Also, you don’t need expensive diaper-rash creams, diaper-disposal units and you could also save by using cloth diaper-wipes instead of disposables! Not only are you helping to create a greener future for our children, you are saving money doing it!