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DIY Cloth Diapers 6 Mar 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN \| COMMENTS 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 20 Feb 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN \| COMMENTS 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...+ READ MORE	{ }
Get Your Kids on the Toilet Early 10 Jun 2008 IN HOME & GARDEN \| COMMENTS 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...+ READ MORE	{ }
Solve Diaper Rash, Choose Calendula 2 May 2008 IN FOOD & HEALTH \| COMMENTS A friend called me this morning with the exciting news she's about to become a mom! Since she's adopting from Vietnam--and kids from Southeast Asia have a high propensity for eczema--she asked me for advice. + READ MORE	{ }
Solve the Diaper Dilemma: The Cloth Option 23 Mar 2008 IN HOME & GARDEN \| COMMENTS 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...+ READ MORE	{ }
Solve the Diaper Dilemma: Elimination Communication and the Diaper-Free Movement 23 Mar 2008 IN HOME & GARDEN \| COMMENTS 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...+ READ MORE	{ }
Solve the Diaper Dilemma: Safer Disposables 23 Mar 2008 IN HOME & GARDEN \| COMMENTS 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...+ READ MORE	{ }

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