WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- It's a growing debate among parents: what diapers to use on their babies. Disposables are convenient and tend to be more absorbent. Cloth can be better for a baby's skin and an alternative for folks who want to be green. That factor in choosing cloth is creating a lot of buzz and even creating a new business opportunity.
"The average newborn goes through 70 diapers a week," said Liz Soffera, owner of Green Baby Diaper Service in Wilmington. We'll do all the washing, provide you with all the diapers for $22.50 a week for delivery, or you can bring them into the store for four dollars less a week."
Some studies, though, suggest that cloth is not as green as some may like to think.
Coming up on WWAY NewsChannel 3 at 6 p.m., we'll take a deeper look into the diaper debate to see what factors parents have to consider.
EVERY
flipping time I see a green story or someone jumps in my face about it...I go out and kill a baby rabbit and dump a gallon of oil down the storm sewer drain!...
disposables
while it's unfortunate that disposable diapers decompose at such a slow rate, realistically they are the most hygenic and convenient method. Due to recent gains in absorbancy technology, we have found that we only use about 4-5 diapers a day with our children (one when they wake up, one if they poop, one after nap, one before bed - or about every 4-5 hours.) We have had to tell babysitters "just because they pee once, you don't have to change them." So I really wonder which is truly worse on the environment, disposables or cloth?