Is Cloth better for my Baby? Once you have found out the wonderful news you are expecting, everything changes and a lot of questions start going through your mind; what do we need to care for our baby? Do we want to use cloth or disposable nappies? Where do we start? Most people straight away think of disposable newborn nappies, especially if it’s your first. If you haven’t had friends or family with babies you don’t know all the options out there until you start looking. Cloth is always the best option for your baby. Your baby will be in nappies for at least 18month to 2 years until you start toilet training. So thinking about all the nappy changes and cost for disposable nappies over this time before you start. Obviously the cheapest way to cloth nappy your baby is with terry squares (the old fashion square nappies). If you’re open to that option, you’ll save a stack of cash. However, if terry square nappies don’t appeal to you, then modern cloth nappies are the best way to go. Having a good quality modern cloth nappy system is an excellent investment for your family. By paying a little extra per nappy, you are getting products that are more effective and absorbent, and durable enough to last over the time.
PLUS, you have additional costs such as wipes to consider as well. If you have 2 or more babies in disposable nappies, these costs will double even triple! You’ll save thousands with Funki Bums Modern Cloth Nappies! People look at the cleaning side of cloth nappies and it puts them off straight away, but there are great options out there from flushable liners that are bio-gradable as well. Also people keep saying that you use more water to wash the nappies, BUT “disposable nappies require more water, more energy, more raw materials and more land to produce and use than cloth nappies, and they generate 60 times more waste.” Every family is different and has different situations, you might have your children in day care, but most day cares these days accept cloth nappies, you may not have the time to use cloth 24 hrs but just to use them at home will save you money as well. So before you go and buy those disposable nappies, just think about the future of your little one. Cloth nappies are so much softer, cuter and better for the environment and your pocket.
So let’s have a closer look at the figures and see how they compare to disposable nappies. For the sake of this comparison, we have used a price-point of 50 cents per disposable nappy. Obviously cheaper disposable nappies are available, but generally need more frequent changing than we have estimated in our comparison
Written by Tamika Broun
On those figures above, consider the following costs:
Age newborn to undies From 6months From 12months From 18months From 24 Months
Nappy change 7600+ 5500+ 3900+ 2700+ 1500+
Cost
$3850 $2750 $2000 $1400 $ 800
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