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Saturday, January 28, 2012

Happy Cloth-diapering!



Ameen is very near to his first birthday. He is now a big, smart and cute boy and currently on his most active phase, climbing and crawling even though he has not yet walking independently. I’ve always thinking of sharing my experience in cloth-diapering Ameen for the reason of sharing one good thing that I have experienced myself.

What is Cloth-diaper (CD)

In my own word; cloth-diaper is a washable diapers that is made from cloth (special fabric) with the inner part made from baby friendly material (e.g fleece, microfleece, bamboo, suede ect) and outer part made from breathable and waterproof material. It has an inner which made from highly absorbent fabrics (microfiber, bamboo, hemp, zorb ect) to absorb our baby’s pee. The CD has few types; pockets, all in one and all in two.

Why CD?

There are lots of benefits from CD that people always said:
1. Cost-saving – for the fact that it is reusable not only for the same baby but can also be used in other children.
2. Environmental friendly – it can reduce waste and prevent pollution.
3. Healthy and natural – It reduced the nappy rash and keep baby comfortable.
For me, money is not really an issue but keeping Ameen away from rashes is the most important aim and I am hoping by cloth-diapering, I can contribute to a better and healthy environment.



Initiating in Cloth-diapering

Decision to use cloth-diapers (CD) for Ameen had been made since antenatal period, considering that it is environmental friendly and cost-saving. Furthermore, my sister Borneoclothdiapers is running an online business selling CD had talk to me a lot of things about the benefits of CD. 10 CDs had been prepared before Ameen was born. Ameen was only weigh 2.8kg when he was born, making the CD quite bulky for him, so disposable diapers were used temporarily. Unfortunately, he developed nappy rashes, quite bad one. He was then changed to CD and alhamdulillah the rash resolved in few days. He gets used well with the CDs and of course wearing it made him looks super cute!

Challenges

When Ameen started to be sent to nursery, the challenge comes. The caretaker was complaining on the CD usage, they ‘claimed’ or they ‘thought’ that his sleep was disturbed because wearing CD causing discomfort to him and they have to use their disposable diapers stock for Ameen! I was quite disappointed and after some explanation given to the babysitter, about how little Ameen get a very bad rash due to disposable diapers, they luckily understood and never used disposable diapers anymore.
During raining season, sometimes I can’t avoid using disposable diapers as I only wash the CD every 2-3 days (I’m a busy mother with a big work commitment). But I will always make sure I apply rash cream on Ameen and use liners with disposable diapers. Thanks to my helpful husband who always help me to wash it alternately and make it possible for me to use CD despite my busy life as a doctor.

Myth about CD

CD is not a popular ‘thing’ among parents. Some might think that it is troublesome especially for the fact that it need to be washed (compared to disposable diapers that can just be thrown away). Some also think that the cloth-diapering parents are stingy and calculative to their own child. Some ironically think that using CD is a waste and cosy.

For me, I have experienced the benefits and I do think that CD should be the choice for every parents. Hopefully my small contribution in reducing the waste from usage of disposable diapers will be counted as a part of ibadah to Allah, Amin…

For more information about clothdiapers, visit Malaysian Clothdiapering Parents at Facebook.

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Happy Cloth-diapering!



Ameen is very near to his first birthday. He is now a big, smart and cute boy and currently on his most active phase, climbing and crawling even though he has not yet walking independently. I’ve always thinking of sharing my experience in cloth-diapering Ameen for the reason of sharing one good thing that I have experienced myself.

What is Cloth-diaper (CD)

In my own word; cloth-diaper is a washable diapers that is made from cloth (special fabric) with the inner part made from baby friendly material (e.g fleece, microfleece, bamboo, suede ect) and outer part made from breathable and waterproof material. It has an inner which made from highly absorbent fabrics (microfiber, bamboo, hemp, zorb ect) to absorb our baby’s pee. The CD has few types; pockets, all in one and all in two.

Why CD?

There are lots of benefits from CD that people always said:
1. Cost-saving – for the fact that it is reusable not only for the same baby but can also be used in other children.
2. Environmental friendly – it can reduce waste and prevent pollution.
3. Healthy and natural – It reduced the nappy rash and keep baby comfortable.
For me, money is not really an issue but keeping Ameen away from rashes is the most important aim and I am hoping by cloth-diapering, I can contribute to a better and healthy environment.



Initiating in Cloth-diapering

Decision to use cloth-diapers (CD) for Ameen had been made since antenatal period, considering that it is environmental friendly and cost-saving. Furthermore, my sister Borneoclothdiapers is running an online business selling CD had talk to me a lot of things about the benefits of CD. 10 CDs had been prepared before Ameen was born. Ameen was only weigh 2.8kg when he was born, making the CD quite bulky for him, so disposable diapers were used temporarily. Unfortunately, he developed nappy rashes, quite bad one. He was then changed to CD and alhamdulillah the rash resolved in few days. He gets used well with the CDs and of course wearing it made him looks super cute!

Challenges

When Ameen started to be sent to nursery, the challenge comes. The caretaker was complaining on the CD usage, they ‘claimed’ or they ‘thought’ that his sleep was disturbed because wearing CD causing discomfort to him and they have to use their disposable diapers stock for Ameen! I was quite disappointed and after some explanation given to the babysitter, about how little Ameen get a very bad rash due to disposable diapers, they luckily understood and never used disposable diapers anymore.
During raining season, sometimes I can’t avoid using disposable diapers as I only wash the CD every 2-3 days (I’m a busy mother with a big work commitment). But I will always make sure I apply rash cream on Ameen and use liners with disposable diapers. Thanks to my helpful husband who always help me to wash it alternately and make it possible for me to use CD despite my busy life as a doctor.

Myth about CD

CD is not a popular ‘thing’ among parents. Some might think that it is troublesome especially for the fact that it need to be washed (compared to disposable diapers that can just be thrown away). Some also think that the cloth-diapering parents are stingy and calculative to their own child. Some ironically think that using CD is a waste and cosy.

For me, I have experienced the benefits and I do think that CD should be the choice for every parents. Hopefully my small contribution in reducing the waste from usage of disposable diapers will be counted as a part of ibadah to Allah, Amin…

For more information about clothdiapers, visit Malaysian Clothdiapering Parents at Facebook.