I saved the best for last - cloth diapering.I could take this post from the angle that manufacturing a single disposable diaper requires 1 cup of crude oil and plenty of energy and water. And that disposable diapers are one of the top three contributors to the landfill. (read more about environmental impact here)
Or I could take this post from the angle that once our initial investment was recovered, we are saving over $300 per child per year, even after factoring in the cost of laundering. Yes, that is nearly $1,000 this year alone! (The amount of savings depends on several factors and is based on our specific diaper usage).
But I think I'd rather take this post from this angle...
I LOVE the camo diaper. If there's one thing I could go back and do all over again, it would be cloth diapering with the boys. I meant to do it when we thought we were adopting one child, and I never got around to it. Now Josiah is potty trained. If Quentin is like his brother, he only has about 8-9 more months *at the most* wearing diapers. Having had experience with cloth, do you think it would be worth going to cloth this late in the game?
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