I spoke with a group of new parents recently and one of the reasons they said they didn't chose to use cloth on their baby is because they are lazy. I wanted to shout YOU ARE NOT LAZY but didn't want to scare anyone. So I just told listened as they talked.
The takeway I had is that new parents feel like cloth diapering their little one is a lot of work—more than they can handle given the circumstances. And while the circumstances of parenting a baby is HARD as you-know-what, the thing I wanted to convey to this group was two-fold.
We're on diaper duty for new parents
1. Do Good Diapers makes cloth diapering easy. Overwhelmed parents need not put their own effort on trial or feel like cloth diapering isn't something they can do. That is what our team is here for. We deliver the diapers, we pick up the dirty ones, we wash them and provide a family with everything they need each week to diaper their kiddo in a way that aligns with their values—or, just because they want to get their child potty trained and out of diapers much sooner.
Changing diapers is changing diapers
2. The effort of exhausted parents is the exact same as if they were using store-bought disposable diapers. The diaper goes on, it gets used, it gets tossed. The only difference is Do Good Diapers get washed clean and reused each week. Disposable diapers go into an overburdened waste steam and perhaps a landfill where they sit for hundreds of years.
That is all for now. I just wanted to write a little bit about what I learned and make sure all you new or expecting parents know that you are not lazy—and choosing a better diaper doesn't need to have anything to do with free time or ambition. Do Good makes diapering easy. Changing diapers is the same motion regardless of product—but cloth are a boon for your bank account, your baby, and the environment.
