Going GREEN Part 1: Cloth diapering the children

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if u've read my earlier entries, u would know by now how much i'm in to my kids lately.. dont think it's just the hormones playing with my emotions, it's a whole load of stuff..

one thing that has become a particular interest is cloth diapering (of all things.. hahaha). i'm not sure if u guys have started this for your children but i do see this as an emerging 'trend'.. a good one actually.. so after doing some research, i've decided to cloth diaper the little ones... for the following reasons:

1. it's very cost effective in the long run- i have izwan who's not toilet trained yet and he still has about 1-2 years before he is dry by day/ night. even iman is still occassionally wet at night (he just wont let go of his bottle before bed!).. and i insyaallah, have another one on the way who will be diaper-dependent for another 3-4 years! the problem is my children will not settle for anything less than mamy poko!!! they have very sensitive skin that any 'cheap' diaper will cause recurrent nappy rashes.. so that's about rm80+ per month= rm960- rm1k per year = rm3k for the rest of their growing life with diapers... and that's like for 1 child ok? so cloth diapers cost around rm30+- rm 90+ per pair (depending on the type.. if i have time, i'll blog about this later).. but accumulatively, they would cost around rm700-1000 per investment (one time buy, can use throughout diapering period, and can share among siblings as they're adjustable!).. so that's around rm2k-3k savings per child!! (can use the money for umi's SKII! hehe.. kidding la.. can use for health insurance or education)
2. their bums look so damn cute in those diapers! and they dont leak (well, so far la..)
3. they're easy to take care of... (bibik is very willing to hand wash coz we only have 5 at the moment for trial run... sayyyanggg bibik).. can also load into the washing machine once we have more to fill it up!
4. u can use them as an infant swimming trunk
5. they're environmental friendly- do u know that it takes up to 500 years to decompose a single disposable diaper? what the hell are we thinking man?
6. they're not toxic- i had no idea that disposable diapers contain a lot of toxins that could harm our children.. i'll put up a link so u guys can have a read..

so.. i hope that i have opened some minds from this post. i'm not an expert in cloth diapering yet, as i have just started it myself, but so far i'm a huge fan. i'm still trying out different types to see which my kids and i prefer.. so go go cloth diapers! let's all do something for mother nature yeahoo!
The Real Diaper Association ... creating a cultural shift

izwan's first day of cloth diapering.. he loved it! he's really camera shy so it's sooo difficult to get a nice pose from this fella...