GreenMom: Down the Toilet

I never thought I’d be the mother that would consider using cloth diapers. However, now it seems like the cloth vs. disposable debate is the new mommy war. I was recently made aware of a type of hybrid diaper with a cute cloth outer layer and disposable inner layer. The whole idea behind gDiapers is that you can flush, compost, or throw away the insert and they will decompose either immediately (flushing) or within 100 days unlike the 500+ years it takes regular disposable diapers. After hearing the statistic that the average baby will use 10,000 diapers before age 2.5, and convincing my husband they wouldn’t be hard to use, I decided to give them a try.

They are actually pretty easy to use, but can create a mess at times. They are definitely not for the squeamish as you tend to get more, um, poo on your hands than you do changing a disposable. Flushing does create less trash and a less smelly diaper pail and think of how nice the lawn would look if you composted the wet inserts. Given the higher cost, they might not work for everyone, but it’s nice to know there is another option.