Articles tagged “Solve The Diaper Dilemma”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

DIY Cloth Diapers By Cara Smusiak, NaturallySavvy.com IN Home & Garden Mar 4 2009 So you're thinking about cloth diapers.You can find directions for making an old sweater into a wool soaker (we love this uber-green DIY project!), or find patterns for basic cloth diapers or prefold diapers. + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Diaper Dilemma By Mickey Z. IN Home & Garden Feb 18 2009 As you read this, some 95 percent of babies in America are doing their baby thing while wearing disposable diapers. 18 billion dirty disposable diapers tossed out each year— comprises 5 percent of landfill waste in the US. According the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a standard gel-filled disposable diaper takes roughly 500 years to decompose. In other words: Diaper Dilemma. + READ MORE

Get Your Kids on the Toilet Early By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 10 2008 Maybe it's 'cause I don't have a kid yet, but this recent story from one of my closest friends and a new mom cracked me up. In the 1950s when nearly all kids used cloth diapers, 95 percent were potty trained by 18 months, but now that nearly 95 percent of kids are in disposables, only about 10 percent train by 18 months... + READ MORE

Solve the Diaper Dilemma: Elimination Communication and the Diaper-Free Movement By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Mar 26 2008 This is the last in a series of diapering options for babies (read the earlier posts on Safer Disposables and gDiapers, the Hybrid Solution), and it is by far the cheapest option: Using no diapers at all. Take Nicole, for instance, a mom from Mississippi who started out using conventional disposable diapers, but has... + READ MORE

Solve the Diaper Dilemma: Safer Disposables By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Mar 17 2008 This post is part of a series on choosing the best diapering option for your baby. Of course, this problem is goes away with frequent changing and a little fresh air on tiny tushies...but super absorbents work so well that often baby doesn't cry when wet, and hey, it can be a little tempting to let 'em sleep with it... + READ MORE

Solve the Diaper Dilemma: The Cloth Option By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Mar 11 2008 This post is part of a series on choosing the best diapering option for your baby. First let's look at the environmental impact of that choice: Disposable diapers make up 5 percent of landfill waste in the United States.About 18 billion disposable diapers were discarded in America last year, and the average American... + READ MORE