NEW MOTHER’S GUIDE TO GREEN PARENTING

We struggled at the start to find a sustainable way of diapering our baby without compromising hygiene and his comfort. I used clothes diapers made of pure cotton in the first 3 months exclusively. But the amount of water needed to wash these diapers made me keep thinking about better ways. While traveling or going out, I used disposable Eco-friendly diapers, but the times when I had to change diaper within a few minutes, I used to think about carbon footprint even while changing diapers.

The quick-dry sheet is a great product to use for infants along with cloth diapers. The quick-dry sheet saves repeated washing and drying of bedding materials. You can just use a quick-dry sheet as the top layer on bedding or play-mat and keep your baby on it with cloth diapers. I remember every time we used to reach home from a trip outside and I used to put on the cloth diaper on him, my son used to give me a smile. Cloth diapers are much better health-wise and comfort-wise for babies. You can avoid diaper rashes completely if you use cloth diapers. Of course, you need to change these all the time and adds hassle especially if you don’t have much help during baby care. But the tip is to invest in good quality cotton cloth diapers and buy them in bulk. Also, make sure to dry them on Sun. Sun-drying is a natural anti-bacterial treatment.

 

Another important tip is to use wash clothes to wipe babies instead of baby wipes or wet wipes whenever possible. The fragrant wet wipes concept sounds very good for us but those great smelling wipes are actually harmful to the sensitive skin of infants. The chemicals in the fragrant wet wipes may cause some skin irritation in babies. But also these single-use wet wipes do not decompose and disintegrate easily and also are not easily recycled. If the wet wipes are flushed they also clog sewerage lines. The reusable wash clothes can avoid all these inconveniences and can be washed and reused again and are healthier for your baby’s skin.