Washable or disposable? Comparative table

900 $ to 1200$  including up to:

• - 30 daytime diapers (8-30 pounds)
• - 4 night-time diapers (10-20 pounds)
• - 4 night-time diapers (20-45 pounds)
• - liners for 2½ years
• - 2 wash loads/week for 2½ years

2000 $ to 2500 $ including up to:

• - 45-50 diapers/week for a period of 2½ years (130 weeks) at an average cost of 35¢ per unit

Some kids wear disposable diapers until the age of 3

• - Soft cotton + absorbing felt pad
• - Waterproof polyester or nylon (no breeches)
• - More frequent changes, which is better for baby's skin

Healthier skin

• - Paper + plastic + polyacrylate + perfume
• - Less changes therefore more risks of irritation

High risks of irritation

• - 38 diapers per child

• - 7000 diapers per child
• - 600 million diapers a year in Quebec
• - Takes up to 500 years to decompose
• - High risk of ground and subsoil water contamination

• - Available at home (no need to restock)
• - As easy to adjust as a disposable
• - The soiled diaper bag makes it convenient to use away from home
• - 1 size fits 90% of babies (daytime) (2 sizes for night)
• - 2 sizes for the night model
• - Very absorbent

• - Constant need to restock
• - Easy and quick to adjust
• - Convenient away from home
• - Up to 6 different sizes
• - Extra absorbent but too heavy to carry for a baby when it is very wet

Kids that wear cotton diapers are potty trained earlier. Ask your parents or grand parents (who used cotton diapers) at what age their kids were potty trained...

Quebec, Canada

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