Its more cheap (financially speaking) but you have to make sure that it is washed properly to avoid skin irritation.
That's what makes me nervous about trying them I will stick to using the regular ones
I'm a ftm. I'm going with cloth diapers. Environmental.
Plus in my city they have cloth diaper service were they will pick up the dirty ones for you and clean them
I have a friend whose daughter is 9mo old and she's been using cloth diapers and loves them. My parents used them with me and I'm thinking if using them too. They are very cost effective and even traditional diapers have allergic reaction risk with all the different materials and chemicals they use.
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