disposable diapers

"Elana Kehoe" wrote in message
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ijustdontgetit wrote:

We all come in contact with numerous parents of young chidren that
regularly purchase disposable diapers. They are paying to much for
these diapers!!!!

You know, you're right. Cloth diapers are much, much cheaper and better
for the baby.

E

OK. My brain is gone. I have asked this a ton of times. And I *still* do not
get it. How are they better for the baby? I mean, the only thing I can
imagine is that disposables run the *risk* of being left on too long. Is
that it? I mean, if you change the diaper right away, I cannot see how
disposables are bad.

Sorry for asking again. When I see this I wonder what I am thinking wrong.

S

Stephanie S wrote:

OK. My brain is gone. I have asked this a ton of times. And I *still* do not
get it. How are they better for the baby? I mean, the only thing I can
imagine is that disposables run the *risk* of being left on too long. Is
that it? I mean, if you change the diaper right away, I cannot see how
disposables are bad.

Sorry for asking again. When I see this I wonder what I am thinking wrong.

I don't think you've asked me, so it's not repeat (unless my brain is
gone too!).

For my son, the plastic of the covers irritates his skin. Plus the
absorbiing gel/salts that are in the diapers (that make it
absorbent)...well, I wouldn't want them up against my genitals, so I
don't want them up against his either. On some disposables, when you
take off the diaper you see little clear balls of gel on the baby's
skin. That's chemicals.

The way I see it, you don't walk around in those things all the time, so
why should they? We wear cotton, so that's good enough for me.

Hope this makes sense...

Actually you may have had those chemicals up against your genitals already
if you use feminine pads. They are made in the same factory as the diapers
and use the ultrasorb powder as well. .

Joe Fugazzi

"Elana Kehoe" wrote in message
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Stephanie S wrote:

OK. My brain is gone. I have asked this a ton of times. And I *still* do
not
get it. How are they better for the baby? I mean, the only thing I can
imagine is that disposables run the *risk* of being left on too long. Is
that it? I mean, if you change the diaper right away, I cannot see how
disposables are bad.

Sorry for asking again. When I see this I wonder what I am thinking
wrong.

I don't think you've asked me, so it's not repeat (unless my brain is
gone too!).

For my son, the plastic of the covers irritates his skin. Plus the
absorbiing gel/salts that are in the diapers (that make it
absorbent)...well, I wouldn't want them up against my genitals, so I
don't want them up against his either. On some disposables, when you
take off the diaper you see little clear balls of gel on the baby's
skin. That's chemicals.

The way I see it, you don't walk around in those things all the time, so
why should they? We wear cotton, so that's good enough for me.

Hope this makes sense...

"Joe Fugazzi" wrote
Actually you may have had those chemicals up against your genitals already
if you use feminine pads. They are made in the same factory as the
diapers
and use the ultrasorb powder as well. .


Ever heard of a Keeper or a Mooncup. Or even washable san-pro?

Jean


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Joe Fugazzi wrote:

Actually you may have had those chemicals up against your genitals already
if you use feminine pads. They are made in the same factory as the diapers
and use the ultrasorb powder as well. .

Glad Rags, dah-ling.

E

G'day

Stephanie S wrote:

I mean, if you change the diaper right away, I cannot see how
disposables are bad.

In addition to some people's concern about sensitivity to the plastic or
the absorbent gel, and the fact that it is much easier to tell when
fabric is damp so you change much sooner, reducing the chance of rash, I
have also heard that cloth diaper kids potty train quicker because they
can feel immediately that they have wet or soiled their diapers.

Oh - plus the environmental arguments.

Elana Kehoe wrote:

For my son, the plastic of the covers irritates his skin. Plus the
absorbiing gel/salts that are in the diapers (that make it
absorbent)...well, I wouldn't want them up against my genitals, so I
don't want them up against his either. On some disposables, when you
take off the diaper you see little clear balls of gel on the baby's
skin. That's chemicals.

Sorry. I have to say this. "chemicals" per se are not bad. You are
surrounded by chemicals every minute of every day.

We wear cotton, so that's good enough for me.

What is cotton made of - chemicals.

I once heard a school teacher teaching her class about "chemicals" under
the sink being bad, dangerous, nasty. Yes some chemicals are poisonous,
bad dangerous and nasty. But many are not. Please try and resist tieing
the word "Chemical" to a negative connotation because we could not live,
nor even exist without chemicals.

off soapbox well I am a chemistry teacher

And I do use cloth diapers at home.

DrRuth

Ruth Shear wrote:

off soapbox well I am a chemistry teacher

Okay, been slapped down :-). And I didn't do well in chemistry (took me
a week to get my head around what a mole is :-)).

What I was trying to say is that there's no reason to add unnatural
things to the diaper area (and don't start...I'm trying my best to
explain myself!!) :-)

E

Elana Kehoe wrote:

(took me
a week to get my head around what a mole is :-)).

6.02x10^23 little furry creatures is an awful lot to have in
your head -- no wonder it took a week.

Phoebe

On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Ruth Shear wrote:


What is cotton made of - chemicals.

Is it?

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Joni Rathbun wrote:

On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Ruth Shear wrote:


What is cotton made of - chemicals.

Is it?





Of course it is.

Everything is made up of chemicals.

Everything has a chemical composition.

Air, for example, includes Oxygen (O2, mostly) and nitrogen and carbon
dioxide and lots of other stuff. Water is a chemical: two hydrogen
atoms and one oxygen atom (H2O) (unless it's heavy water, but I digress
.. . .)

I couldn't tell you the chemical composition of cotton -- but I know it
has one, because there isn't anything that doesn't have a chemical
composition. The only place where no chemicals exist is in a vacuum.

There is this wierd sentiment going around that "chemicals are bad"; I
don't quite get it, since everything is chemicals.

I'm not a chemist, so you chemists out there correct me if I'm wrong,
but I think it WOULD be fair to say that cotton diapers are made up of
organic chemicals, while disposables are non-organic, and generally
include petro-chemicals? And I might accept the premise that putting
organic chemicals (ie, natural fibers) next to your skin is maybe
healthier/safer than putting petro-chemicals next to your skin. Heck, I
know I'm more comfortable in natural fibers (silk, cotton, linen, rayon,
wool) than in those "artificial" fibers that have a petrochemical base
(nylon, polyester). Back before menopause, I used "natural" fiber
sanitary pads when I could find them, and was more comfortable than when
I used the "super absorbant" ones that had non-organics included.

However, they ALL have chemicals, by definition; it isn't possible to
have anything that doesn't have chemicals.

meh
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Children won't care how much you know until they know how much you care