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@nanette64 (20363)
Fairfield, Texas
July 27, 2019 10:41am CST
A lady in Richardson, Texas is raising money for the local Food Pantry to provide Disposable Diapers since they cost a fortune for those who can't afford them. Whereas I appreciate her intentions, what happened to Clothe Diapers?
A baby goes through 7,000 Disposable Diapers in it's lifetime, whereas Clothe Diapers? Your child only needs 24 of them. Not to mention the environmental effect 7,000 Disposable Diapers have and that's only for one family. Can you imagine the Land Fills for just one city??????
I realize that some babysitters and Day Care Centers REFUSE to change a Clothe Diaper but when it comes down to convenience versus cost? Are you kidding me???? Personally I'm not going to cough up a years worth of mortgage payments to buy Disposable Diapers.
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Richardson-Woman's-Mission-to-Provide-Diapers-to-Needy-Families_Dallas-F.....
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@Spontaneo (14699)
• United States
27 Jul 19
I still would use disposal. The thought of poo on a cloth diaper being thrown in the wash gags me.
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Yucky poo!
@cperry2 (5608)
• Newport, Oregon
27 Jul 19
I tend to agree with you but having had children before the advent of the "disposable diaper" I can absolutely see the allure of take it off and toss it in the trash vs. storing the dirty thing until it can be washed. You have the right of it though, what are we doing to our world with all the plastics and human waste being dumped into land fills. Or like I see in the parks all to often, tossed into the shrubs.
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@nanette64 (20363)
• Fairfield, Texas
27 Jul 19
I know; it disgusts me too @cperry2 . I don't think most of society today could handle things if they were suddenly in our passed eras of time. Imagine a total electric blackout on this planet that goes permanent. How many people could survive with no microwaves, stoves, lights, refrigerators, cars, phones etc.? Not too dang many. Fortunately for me, I was raised having to cook outdoors, outside toilets, baths in a water tub, pumping water from a well for drinking, washing clothes by hand, etc.
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@cperry2 (5608)
• Newport, Oregon
27 Jul 19
@nanette64 I was raised that way too. I've talked to a couple of people down in Venezuela in the past few weeks, they are experiencing just what you are talking about, they are having to deal with six and eight hour blackouts. They are struggling from it. The worst is that industry is also being affected.
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@nanette64 (20363)
• Fairfield, Texas
29 Jul 19
@cperry2 At least a lot of the industries have back-up generators. I wish I could afford solar panels; cause you can bet that's exactly how I'd get my electric.
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@nanette64 (20363)
• Fairfield, Texas
29 Jul 19
And when you realize that there is a garbage island the size of Texas off the East Coast @rebelann , it's ridiculous.
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@rebelann (117193)
• El Paso, Texas
30 Jul 19
It's disgusting isn't it @nanette64
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@nanette64 (20363)
• Fairfield, Texas
30 Jul 19
@rebelann Yes it is and it makes me mad.
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
31 Jul 19
@nanette64 We grew up without them and our moms did not own modern and great washing machines as we have in our days.
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@nanette64 (20363)
• Fairfield, Texas
31 Jul 19
@LadyDuck Yup; that's how i grew up and it didn't kill me.
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@CookieMonster46 (13453)
• United States
29 Jul 19
think in my baby years I was in cloth, but as with everything else, times change and improve on what is easier, and with my kids, I did not use cloth. It is just a choice of the parent, I am glad to be living in a time where things are improved.
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@CookieMonster46 (13453)
• United States
30 Jul 19
@nanette64 There are a lot of things that end up in the ocean, it will always be. May not be right, but it is the way it is.
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@nanette64 (20363)
• Fairfield, Texas
30 Jul 19
@CookieMonster46 Some day when it becomes a massive disaster, everybody will be scratching their heads and saying, "What happened?" I guess we'll have to wait until there is no marine life left. Then all of a sudden fisherman and owners of restaurants will be going, "Where are the fish?"
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@nanette64 (20363)
• Fairfield, Texas
30 Jul 19
Well they need to figure out how to recycle them instead of throwing them in the ocean @CookieMonster46 .
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@nanette64 (20363)
• Fairfield, Texas
29 Jul 19
That's exactly how I did my daughters diapers @paigea .
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@paigea (36143)
• Canada
29 Jul 19
@nanette64 Lots of work. I had a washer and dryer. I did use diaper liners too. So really that was less work than constantly picking them up at the store.
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@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
28 Jul 19
My babies were all cloth diapered and most people thought I was nuts. Not nuts, just frugal and environmentally conscious.
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