Tag Archive: cloth diapering

Cloth Diapers vs. Disposables: The Water Issue

Over at Sierra Magazine, an article called “The Great Diaper Debate” has a question from a reader about the effect that using cloth diapers has on water usage: “Cloth diapers require both water and energy to wash—two things California has in short supply. But disposables come from plastic, cotton, and trees, and clog our landfill….

New Dads Guide to Diapering; or, the Scoop on Poop

If you’re an expecting dad, you may not know this yet, but it’s my duty to inform you: babies produce copious amounts of bodily fluids (and eventually solids). All day long. And you have to deal with it, one way or another. One of the laws of baby physics is that if it goes in,…