Advantages of using reusable nappies

One Size Bamboo Nappy

Here are just some adavantages for using reusable nappies:

• Very eco friendly compared to disposables  (I’m not talking about eco disposables as they are ok – as long as they fully degrade – be careful as not all of them do!)
• Baby is less prone to skin rash and allergies – disposables have chemicals so if your baby has sentive skin, or any skin ailment, disposables will not help matters.
• Reusable nappies keeps baby cooler. It is common to think that because they are chunkier or bulkier, that they are hotter. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Disposables will keep the babies area hotter than any reusable nappy. There is a study by a University in Denmark that found a link between infertility in men related to disposable nappies.  (I will find this article and post a link to it).
• More natural, what I mean by this is that your are exposing your child to very little chemicals if not none (depending how you wash and what you use on your baby’s skin)
• More economical. I can’t emphasize this enough. Our full time packs at the moment cost 307 euro (that is everything you need – you will only need to keep on buying the rolls of liners – which will not cost you more than 60 euro a year). That is a whopping saving of about 1500 per child.
• It is estimated that a child uses anywhere between 5,000 and 6,000 nappies from birth to potty training.
• You can reuse the nappies on your other children if you were to have more, or you can pass them on to someone that is having a child. Hence saving even more.
• It has been proven by a report (I will update this post with the link to it) that the usage of reusable nappies is 40% better for the environment than using disposable nappies.

If you use reusable nappies and you think of other advantages, feel free to post!

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