Why is it when an expectant mother tells another mother that she is planning to use cloth diapers, that 95% of the time the other mother tries to discourage her? My sister recently had a baby and is obviously using cloth. I can’t believe that she has actually had people from her work e-mail to inquire if she is still using cloth diapers or if she has given up on ‘that foolishness’ yet. Why do these people care so much and why would they want her to switch to disposables? Could it be that they want to see more children in diapers 3 years old and beyond? I doubt it. Do they like the idea of thousands of s*!t filled disposable diapers heading off to our landfills to sit for 500 years? Probably not. Or is it that they want everyone to waste thousands on disposable diapers, have an extremely difficult time potty training their defiant 3 year old and ultimately take the lazy way out like they did? I think we might have our answer.
It’s funny, other parents seem to look down on those of us who make the intelligent choice to use cloth diapers, but medical professionals seem to have nothing but priase for this choice. My sister in law is expecting in a couple of months and she too is getting a lot of flack for her plans to use cloth. I get it but I don’t. It’s like trying to discourage someone from breastfeeding, eating healthily, exercising, buying a fuel efficient vehicle or anyother choice that is better for ourselves, our children and or our planet… just because they were too lazy or for lack of a better word stupid to make those choices.
