Why switch to cloth?

Peace of mind

There are so many options for products these days, and without spending hours Googling products at the supermarket, it can be tricky to find out exactly what is in a product.

With cloth, the fibres are exactly what they say they are. You get to choose what you wash your cloth products in. You know what is touching your skin, and your baby’s skin. Cloth is a great way to avoid chemicals.

If you or your family have skin conditions, or sensitive skin, or you are concerned about what your products are made of, then try cloth!

Convenience

Imagine it is 2am, and your baby is crying, and you reach for a disposable nappy with one eye open… to find you are all out. Well, that was me. In a rural town where there isn’t anything open outside of business hours, and they never have the size I need.

Now imagine always having your nappies on hand, because your nappy stash can be cleaned and reused multiple times, and can be used from birth until toilet training. That is me now.

If you would rather be in bed at 2am, rather than trying to find a 24hr chemist, or if you would love the reassurance of knowing you will never run out of nappies, then try cloth!

Reduce landfill

I am sure you have heard it before, but there is no planet B.

Acording to Sustainability Victoria, 3.75 million disposable nappies are used each day in Australia and New Zealand. It takes one cup of crude oil to make each and every disposable nappy. Conventional disposable nappies take up to 150 years to break down. Then there is also make-up wipes, nappy wipes, toothbrushes… the list goes on.

“Both disposable and cloth nappies have an impact on the environment. Millions of disposable nappies end up in landfill every day, and their manufacture uses finite resources and contributes to global warming. The impact of cloth nappies is mostly a result of the detergents, water and energy used to rinse, wash and dry them, but overall they tend to be the more environmentally friendly option if they are line dried and washed in full loads.” Sustainability Victoria, 2019.

If you are concerned about waste in your household, then try cloth!

Look the part

Cloth products look amazing! If you like dinosaurs, there’s a print for that. Unicorns? You betcha! Pug dogs in top hats? Probably exists too! With new prints being released regularly, there will always be an eyecatching cloth design to suit your tastes!

If you get tired of the same disposable designs, then try cloth!

Save some money

The average cost of a cloth nappy is around $30. A full-time stash will consist of 24 nappies to last your baby from birth to toilet training (some people choose to have more or less; I have 30). This totals to around $720 spent on a full-time cloth nappy stash.

Using some maths based on the cost of disposable nappies at the supermarket and the table below, you need around 4305 disposable nappies from birth to toilet training, and this totals around $1675.02. WOW.

So, if you are intersted in saving yourself some money, then try cloth!

Oh and don’t forget, this is just the cost to cloth one baby. Cloth nappies can, and should, be used on multiple children for maximum benefits!