Quick question about the wool covers. I won’t use wool as I’m an abolitionist vegan, any other suggestions? I know the lanolin is pretty important, so acrylic knits won’t work.

Thanks for your advice

In the interest of full disclosure, I should say that I own a cloth diaper store. The top-selling diaper cover for us is the Thirsties Duo Wrap…only two sizes needed to fit babies from 6-40 pounds!

There are also other diapers and covers on the market that fit most babies from 8-35 pounds, so no need to purchase lots of different sizes as baby grows.

Diaper free is the best way and as such, should always be recommended as the right way for infant hygiene. It only seems impossible to people because we have lost the knowledge and skills that we past from generation to generation for thousands of years. We’ve gone so far down this (unnatural) route of using diapers, that most people don’t even know that there could be such thing as life without diapers.

First people need to know that this option exists, then they need to be shown the techniques for having a happy, healthy, diaper-free baby.

-Exactly! Bwahahaha!
Like the commenter above, I agree it is nice to read a man’s perspective on the issue!
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The best way is to use NO diapers. Yes, that sounds crazy, but it is totally possible.

You take the baby to toilet or potty or sink or under the tree or wherever and they pee or poop. Its easy. It does not work every time, but you get to learn your babies signs when it needs to do its business. For example, during breast feeding, if the baby stops drinking and lets go of the nipple, it probably needs to pee.

As your baby grows, their signs change. You just need to look out for the signs and you will learn. There will be a lot of “accidents” but that’s OK. Your primary goal is to catch the poop because that’s the messy one. Poop only happens 1-4 times per day and catching it is a lot easier than you think because the signs for poop are the easiest to read.

If they pee in their pants, no problem, just change their clothes and try to figure out if your baby gave you a sign that you didn’t notice.

At night time, you can use diapers because getting up all night long takes real dedication – too much for most parents.

This diaper-free method takes more effort for you as a parent than using diapers but that is the ONLY drawback. The benefits are enormous:

1. Your baby is healthier. No nappy rash, no UTI’s, no sitting in their own faeces. Just clean, perfect skin.

2. Your baby has no psychological problems about stopping to use diapers. They don’t need to be “toilet trained” because they grow up knowing that they should go to the toilet when they need to pee/poop.

3. You get to know your baby better. Because you need to be alert, you understand their patterns better and you develop a closer relationship with your baby.

4. You save a huge amount of money. No diapers in the day and a washable diaper at night. (The diaper that keeps them feeling dry).

5. You have almost no impact on the environment, whereas disposable or even washable diapers have a serious impact.

Our daughter is 14 months old. When she wants the toilet, she comes to us and gives us a hand sign. It took a lot more effort when she was younger, but now it is very easy.

Anyone can do this. You just need to be willing to put in the effort. It might sound daunting, but that’s just because we’ve forgotten how to do it. It is the natural way and it is how most of our grandparents or great-grandparents were raised.

In the US, this method is called elimination communication. Learn more about it because it is the BEST way to raise your baby.
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It’s worth it and it’s so much better for the planet!
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