How Can Elimination Communication Reduce Your Nappy Cost?

How Can Elimination Communication Reduce Your Nappy Cost?

How can you reduce the impact of your baby on the environment and save money on your nappy budget?
Good News! By doing one, you are also doing the other.

Being Green Saves Money and the Earth!

Considering the Earth is high in our collective consciousness these days; it is great to know that helping the environment and saving on your spending on nappies are mutually beneficial.

Your baby wears nappies everyday, and may until they are 3 or even 4 at nights! That is a lot of waste going into landfill. By taking a broader approach to nappies, you can reduce the impact on the environment of your nappy choices at the same time as you reduce your spending.

4 Simple Strategies to Reduce the Environmental Impact of the Nappies Your Baby Uses:

1. Buy Your Disposable Nappies in Bulk - This is called 'precycling' as it prevents potential waste from even coming into your home. We know buying in bulk is cheaper price-wise, but also, less packaging, transport, trips to the shop and advertising also means reducing 'costs' to the environment. Look into 'Bulk Disposable Nappies' online, aiming to find a local supplier for least transportation needs.

2. Use Cloth Nappies - Using Modern Cloth is Cheaper - Yes, you need to buy them in the first place, but do it gradually - one nappy at a time. Each time your a baby wears a soft, waterproofed modern cloth nappy a disposable is prevented from ending up in landfill. Look into 'Pocket' nappies as they dry quickly on the clothesline, and can be easily 'stuffed' with home-made absorbency such as inserts made from old towels or flannels.

3. Give Your Baby Regular Nappy Free Time - Time outside in nature, in the shade of a tree gives your baby that free-wheeling enjoyment of kicking their legs unhindered by a bulky nappy. They can do a wee on the grass rather than in a nappy - it helps the grass grow!

4. Practice Elimination Communication (EC) - do it part time to reduce your overall use of nappies... - By offering your baby the opportunity to go on a potty at nappy changes, before a bath and when they wake up, you'll 'save' the use of some nappies. EC is really the leading edge in environmentally sustainable practices for nappy use! Each nappy that stays drier for longer, that is saved as baby uses the potty, helps the environment.

Using these strategies will help reduce waste going into the environment, and help prevent our natural resources being wasted on disposables worn a few hours before going into landfill. Think small: if you do one little thing each day, it will add up.

Think about it: even ONE less nappy a day will means 1095 fewer disposable nappies used in the next three years - that's a lot of waste prevented from ending up in landfill, our environment.

One last thing. All that experience without a nappy on will help your baby to retain their natural awareness of their body, making eventual toilet training a much smoother and natural transition.