Disposable diapers vs. cloth diapers

There was a time when mothers were using cloth diapers. After some time the disposable diapers came into existence and mothers switch to disposable diapers. These diapers were quite convenient to use. When the time passes some mothers feel that there are few drawbacks of disposable diapers as well. Both the diapers (disposable and cloth) have advantages and disadvantages.

The cloth diapers provide softness to your baby’s skin. It works fabulous until you change when it gets dirty. The baby may get cold if he/she stays for long time in wet cloth diaper because there is no absorbent gel in it. It cannot protect baby’s skin from getting in contact with liquid but yes, it definitely gives soft feeling and comfort to baby’s skin until it gets wet. 

On the other hand, the disposable diapers have the capacity to deal with much amount of liquid because of the absorbent gel present in it. The baby can easily spend some hours in disposable diapers without any kind of discomfort. The disposable diapers protect your baby’s skin from liquid and keep the liquid in depth into the gel layers. It can keep the baby’s skin drier for long time. Now a day, there are breathable diapers available in the market which allows the air flow into baby’s skin. If you are using a particular brand of disposable diapers and your baby gets rashes then you should try some other brand.

Which one is better cloth diaper or disposable diaper?

The disposable diapers are safer in terms of protecting baby’s skin from liquid but some babies may get irritated because of absorbent chemicals used in it. Your baby will feel soft in cloth diapers but it enhances the risk of getting rashes if the baby spends too much time in wet diapers.

Many people think that using disposable diapers are very expensive, hence they prefer to use cloth diapers. This is not true because the costs of using both the diapers are equal. The laundering services costs you almost same as you spend on the purchase of disposable diapers. 

Today the mother prefers to use disposable diapers due to its easy to use quality and it is more convenient for them as well. Cloth diapers are very complicated due to its folds, horrible pins etc. Using disposable diapers are easy to use and easy to remove method. 

In the manufacturing of disposable diapers various types of materials get used such as trees, plastic etc. If we consider the process of washing procedure of cloth diapers (as clean water and energy to be used) then disposable diapers are best. The baby’s skin is very soft and the disposable diapers minimize the risk to infection. During travelling also the disposable diapers are far better than cloth diapers. If you use cloth diapers during travelling then there is a huge problem of laundry service every time.

However every mother has her own experience of using diapers. Some prefer to use cloth diapers due to its softness and some prefer to use disposable diapers due to its liquid absorbent quality.