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going to the laundry mat does not just entail the cost of the washer and dryers.
add the cost of laundry supplies and paying to get to the laundy mat. Unlike towles and underwear, diapers dont hold up till the end of the week wash. they have urine and fecal matter. having to run to the laundry mat every other day is a chore. not to mention if you have a newborn in tow.
Look past your prejudices to see all sides of an issue.
Maybe you can tell us what the "poor" are responsible for?
If you can not buy presewn diaper cloth you go to fabric store buy 20 yards of cotton cloth ( the soft one, flannel) and cut them at home in 20 equal pieces. You have the diaper cloths. rarely one uses more than 15 diapers per day - but you will have to wash them every night so they are dry by the morning.
You can use the plastic pants or other tricks to insulate the diaper from other clothes so you do not have to change everything every time.
While the baby is still neonate you may use a gauze padding as a second diaper inside, but I did not.
Most prefolds have a layer in the middle for extra absorbency. Just a flat piece of fabric would likely not hold all of the urine and leak everywhere. Many people buy prefolds because they simply work better. They run about $1.50 per piece. Then there are the water proof covers, which protect baby's clothes from leakage, and can be reused even when the cloth inside is wet. Those are usually, at their cheapest, $10 a piece. Walmart does offer a package for cloth diapers which includes 12 prefolds and 3 covers for I believe $48? But most do not carry them in store.
Cloth diapering has change immensely in recent years and many people have no idea.
Humans have been using cloth diapers for a LONG time. People with far fewer resources made it work just fine, and millions of children survived the process. Our friend decided to do cloth diapers with her second child, so for her baby shower, she asked for only inserts and diapers. Worked out great, she didn't have to spend a penny.
Clother diapers aren't easier, they are harder, but sometimes you have to take the harder road, because it's cheaper...unless the taxpayers are funding your progeny, then you have lots of spare time to whine about how terrible your life is.
And I'll bet you anything she had a washing machine at home to wash the diapers...
can anybody tell me why cloth diapers "can be dried only on low heat setting"?.
or are we speaking about pure silk diapers?
Well I'd venture to guess that you aren't aware of the different varieties of cloth diapers. I use pocket diapers, which have PUL (a waterproof material) on the outer portion of the diaper. High heat can cause the PUL to come apart and will result in a diaper that leaks everywhere. Low heat setting only for these types of diapers.
Not rocket science. Cloth diapers in the bath tub, generic Clorox, and a bit of cheapie Boraxo powder. Swish with a yard stick. Rinse. Hang dry.
But that requires hard work!
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