Are you starting a new family with baby number one on the way? If so, then you have undoubtedly started getting advice about things like which is best: the bottle or the breast? Laying baby on the back or on the tummy? Giving birth naturally or with the help of medication? And which is better, cloth or disposable diapers?
These are all things that are important considerations, but you should know that everyone has his or her own opinions and those opinions may not necessarily reflect yours. If that is the case, it is perfectly okay to do your own thing.
For example, good luck telling those who think breast feeding is better than bottle feeding that you prefer to use the bottle. You need to be ready for them to be very passionate about their opinions and you might, in extreme cases, even be called names and accused of being a horrible parent because of your preference.
However, for some women nursing is just not convenient. There are women who may not produce enough milk. It is perfectly okay to bottle feed if this is your choice, the same that that it is perfectly fine to breast feed if you choose to do so.
Naturalists and tree huggers will tell you that cloth diapers are a better choice than disposable diapers for obvious reasons. Cloth diapers are reusable and do not litter the environment.
Some may tell you that cloth is better than the disposables for baby's skin and reduces diaper rash. Maybe in the old days this was true, but the advancements in disposable diapers have come so far along that the opposite would seem to be the case now.
Disposable diapers will keep your baby dry while cloth will keep baby wet beginning as soon as baby wets in it. Wetness causes rash, so you do the math. What if you are driving and unable to pull over in a moment to change your baby?
This can be a horrible experience for both you and your baby if she is in cloth diapers because she is feeling very uncomfortable and letting you know it. You can not get mad at your baby for crying. Imagine if you were sitting in a towel full of...well, you know. You would cry, too. Disposables are very absorbent and help keep your baby dry.
Disposable diapers are also much more convenient when traveling, or even visiting friends and relatives or shopping. When your baby needs changed, you have to carry the dirty cloth diaper around with you everywhere you go. Even if you rinsed it, it is going to smell. Disposables can just be tossed in the garbage and you leave all of that smell behind.
Of course, cloth diapers are more cost effective than disposable ones, but are they really? You have to wash them in special baby detergent, and who's paying you for your time? You need to have diaper pins, rubber pants, lots of cloth diapers, petroleum jelly to keep some of the wetness off of baby, powders, rash ointments, and more trips to the pediatrician when the rashes get bad.
Disposable diapers in the short term may cost you money, but in the long run it may even out, and you and baby will be much happier using them.
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