Why Cotton?

The Natural Choice Cotton diapers are very comfortable for your baby. The soft, natural fibers allow the diaper to breath more freely, absorb efficiently and contain no plastics or perfumes. Cotton diapers are the natural choice for a happy baby.

The Environmental Choice Each baby uses between 6000 and 8000 diapers before being toilet trained. Diapering your baby in cotton, not only saves thousands of trees from destruction, but also conserves precious space at our dwindling landfill sites. Disposable diapers are used only once, cotton diapers are reused over 100 times. Think of your baby's future. Using cotton diapers is environmentally responsible.

The Healthy Choice There has been a significant decline in male fertility in the past 25 years. A recent study by German researchers suggests that the plastic lining of disposable diapers leads to overheating of baby boy's scrotum, interfering with normal testicular development. This in turn, hampers sperm production and increases the risk of testicular cancer in men who wore disposable diapers as babies (The Globe and Mail, Tuesday September 26, 2000 ). The study did not look at the strong chemicals used in disposable diapers.

The Convenient and Economical Choice Avoid the hassles of disposable diapers: bulky parcels to cart home; excess garbage to put out; the expense. With COMFY COTTON DIAPER SERVICE, you can have fresh clean diapers delivered weekly at a lower cost. Greater convenience for you means more time for your baby. Children in cotton diapers generally toilet train anywhere from 6 months to a year earlier than children in disposable diaper. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SAVING OF TIME AND MONEY.

Your To Compare Cotton Diaper Service* Plastic** Home Washing Convenience Each week a fresh supply of clean 100% cotton diapers is delivered to your door. There is no need to rinse them, simply drop the soiled diaper into the pail and you're done. Require you to purchase between 1 and 3 cases at the store each week. Once soiled, plastic diapers must be cleaned of solid waste in the toilet and the plastic covering needs to be disposed of in the garbage.*** Diapers that are home washed must be properly treated to ensure they're sanitary. This requires that they be rinsed in the toilet and held until washed in a pail with a solution of water and vinegar. Each week requires 3 to 4 loads of laundry. Processing Each diaper is put through an antibacterial rinse that is activated when the diaper gets soiled. It is designed to neutralize bacteria and is safe for your baby. We regularly send our diapers to be tested at independent labs to ensure that they are bacteria free, and satisfy strict standards of sanitation. Cleaning products are electonically injected to eliminate human errors, ensuring no irritation to your baby's skin. There is none, and the plastic lining doesn't allow babies skin to breathe naturally and excess heat is created inside the diaper. It's hard to always be certain that soap residue has been rinsed away in the wash. The diapers are not always pH balanced and irritations can arise in baby's skin. Variances in the size of the laundry load mean differences in the cleanliness per load; and parents washing at home should remember to adjust the quantities of soap and bleach per load to ensure proper rinsing. Cost The weekly service includes the diapers, pail liner, delivery and pick up, newsletter monthly and carbon filter to absorb odor every two months. This means savings of up to 40% over disposables Disposables cost between 25 and 40 cents per diaper and that's not including sales tax, gas, mileage on your car, and time away from other things you need to do. Remember too that overnight and toddler diapers are even more expensive. While it's possible that the washer considers the time and effort they need to take to launder the diapers free, the cost involved in the process sure adds up! Add the cost of purchasing the diapers, soap, bleach, softener, Hydro, electricity, and replacement diapers. Quality The 100% cotton diapers are soft, absorbent and allow baby's skin to breathe. They are passed through 13 stages of washing and rinsing at temperatures of up to 180F degrees what keeps them sanitized and white. Each load is checked to make sure the pH is balanced. Diaper is made in two parts: the inner core that is made with paper and chemicals, and the waterproof shell which is plastic. It is advertised to pull wetness away from the skin and it does, the problem is that many times parents can't tell the diaper has been soiled and your baby ends up in waste and bacteria instead of being changed when he/she needs to be. A cotton diaper is a cotton diaper, but because homes are not equipped with industrial machinery, home washed diapers are not always as white, antiseptically clean, and free of soap residue as those that an exceptional diaper service can provide. Ecology Service diapers are REUSED as many as 100 times before they are RECYCLED as rags, and REDUCE garbage in our landfills.   To be recycled, disposables must be taken to special recycling plants. The diapers are not 100% recyclable and do not break down in the landfills. Diapers that are home washed can be recycled as many as 75 times. *** By-laws prohibit human waste from being disposed of in garbage Source: City of Toronto, Department of Public Health.