Cloth Gift

I can remember as a young girl in the early 1950's in the then Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) attempting to make mud cloth using cotton yarns given to me by local villages on my fathers farm. There is something about home craft that goes deep into most of us with the need to get your hands dirty mixing mud for dyes or clay for pottery or weaving yarns. Learn more about how mud cloth is made. "Going green" seems to be the mantra of today's society. We are being more frugal with energy, cutting down on waste, and reusing whatever we can. When you add a new baby to your life, you suddenly realize that being "green" is not going to be as easy as you might wish. Babies come with lots of "stuff," and that stuff creates lots of waste. If you want to be a green parent, one thing you might be considering is cloth diapering.

Cloth diapers aren't as difficult as many people remember, you don't have to have pins and plastic pants like you did 20 years ago. However, many cloth diapering systems require multiple pieces and/or steps and can be very intimidating for caregivers other than Mom, who changes dozens of diapers each week. But let's face it – Mom deserves a break too. Whether it's a free moment for a hot bath, a trip to the grocery, or the ultimate pampering of a spa day, someone other than Mom needs to be able to diaper Baby. That's why all-in-one cloth diapers are so very popular with caregivers other than Mom.

When baby is born, we all have these good intentions of going with Cloth Nappies/diapers. They are great for the environment, even better for the wallet and we are told that they are much more healthy for bub. Then comes the time to purchase the nappies we will use. Wow. there are so many on the market and the terminology can get so confusing. What is an AIO, an AI2 or a regular diaper? What style to buy, what material to choose? Here are a few tips for all you mums who like me, were confused to start with!!