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Sucks to be you, Great Britain. You blokes appear to be entering the throes of a debate we parents in the states have been having - uselessly, I might add - for years: whether to put disposable or cloth diapers on your precious baby’s behind. It seems that “environmentally conscious” thing is spreading east of the Atlantic Ocean, prompting some parents to give up the convenience of disposables for the perceived save-the-Earth benefits of cloth. As usual in Europe, the government provides a little extra incentive to make the socially responsible choice: in the London Bureau of Camden, parents can receive a 51 pound/month stipend to offset the cost of external laundering. Even so, the article says, there are a fraction of cloth acolytes compared to disposable apostates, and disciples of the cloth have an uphill battle in convincing their friends to accept cloth nappies as their Lord and savior.

Here is the article that prompted this hilarious post!

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Reviewed by Dasha:

Now that gDiapers has a working online store, I bought a starter kit. They shipped it out the same day I ordered from their drop shipment warehouse in Ohio. So far I was impressed.

I tried our first diaper for night time. When Tommy woke up for his first feeding at 12am, I ended up wet from the diaper not absorbing, right, or being on wrong, or whatever reason. I did the tear and flush and it worked great. Then we had out first poopy diaper in the morning. this time the rip and dump didn’t work very well… at all… everything was stuck and after about 5 minutes of trying to empty the contents I gave up and threw the whole thing in. After it becoming very wet it fell apart after being lifted again with the stick.

The white plastic liner that comes out got stained and still has not come out. I will try to wash it in the washing machine and see if that make a difference. After I was washing the diaper I noticed that everything is made in China. In this house, we are anti china products… so this was a big disappointment as I was still hoping these could work out for us.

Over all the quality seems good, but knowing that it’s a china made product I know its days are numbered. I will be writing the company about my experience and will post any interesting results. I was the 377th customer for their online store and they asked for my feedback.

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The Great Flushable Diaper Experiment:

I had big plans to use cloth diapers before the kids were born. But then I bought an emergency pack of Huggies, and then I got overwhelmed with parenting and just kept buying the Huggies. But I’ve been feeling quite guilty about it. We started out using 16 or so diapers a day, and now use about 8 a day. Lots of tonnage of diapers go out to landfills every week in the trash around here.

So a friend from church convinced me to try gDiapers, a flushable diaper product. It has a washable cloth cover and snap-in plastic liner which is similar to what you would use with cloth. Then it has a flushable insert to absorb everything.

Read the rest here.

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What is a WAHM Congo or Comglomerate? It is generally a group of WAHMs that band together and sell their products from one location or online storefront. Usually there is a monthly membership fee that covers web site maintenance, web hosting, and advertising. For some WAHMs this may represent their only presence on the web. For others, it may just be one of many and they may belong to one or more WAHM Congos in addition to having a central web site or store of their own.

WAHM Congos are popular for consumers because they get to see a showcase of different products all in one place. Since so many potential customers would rather shop for their needs in one place only this often makes it a profitable endeavor for WAHMs as well. Congos may have weekly or monthly themes, and very specific stocking times, so each Congo is unique and special.

Here is a listing of WAHM Congos. If you know of one not shown here, simply leave us a comment with the link to the Congo we missed!

WAHM Congos:

Diaper Congo - Monday Noon CST

Universal Mama - Monday 9 PM CST

Midday Faire - Tuesday Noon CST

HonuGear - Wednesdays at 7AM

The Mommy Marketplace - Wednesdays

Mom’s Boardwalk - Wednesday 11 AM CST

Lily Pad Landing - Thursday 8 PM CST

The Melting Pot Shops - Friday at 10 AM CST

Knitteds&Fitteds - Friday 11 AM CST

Seasons Originals - Every Friday

Wahmtropolis - Stocks everyday

Random Eclipse

Necessitae - Stocks on the 15th and the 30th

WahmIsland

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If you don’t follow the latest news in regards to diapering you may have easily missed the recent announcement that an Israeli man, Arie Axlerad, has made the first “green” disposable diaper. His promotion of the product is so compelling that he actually eats a spoonful of the super absorbent polymer developed by his company, Exotech Bio Solutions. This polymer is the main component of his “green” diaper. His company is quick to point out all of the harmful effects of the disposable diapers available on the market today.

Of course these findings are not a surprise to The Diaper Jungle - See our Disposable Diapers Exposed article

Axlerad says interest in this product is high. “In many countries, people are so desperate to find an environmentally better solution that they are returning to cloth diapers. It’s not that people want to go back to cloth. If they have a real alternative they will switch to it.”

While I have my reservations about the authenticity of this “green” disposable diaper, I do staunchly disagree with the comment above. There are numerous reasons to cloth diaper besides the obvious environmental factor, such as baby’s comfort and allergic reactions to chemicals found in disposable diapers. This cloth diapering mom at least, will not stop using cloth if and when Axlerad’s “green” diaper becomes available on the market.

Here is the article about this diaper.

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