We’re all guilty of it: We say we’re going to do something, but never actually follow through with it. Deciding to make a change or trying something new can be difficult and somewhat scary at times. Especially when it comes to using cloth diapers. At first, some parents can be intimidated by cloth, and as a result, they steer clear.
Using cloth diapers should be just as easy to use as disposables. Really, there’s no reason not to even try cloth diapers because they’re better for your baby, budget and planet.
For this week’s giveaway, we want to help you get going with cloth. Don’t be nervous. Don’t try and talk yourself out of it. Just make it happen. Four people will win a bumGenius, Flip or Econobum diaper.
To enter, tell us why you want to use cloth diapers.
Eligible entries must be posted no later than midnight Eastern time, Wednesday, August 12. U.S. residents only. Void where prohibited by law. No purchase necessary to win. Winners will be drawn after the close of the contest and notified via email. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. We hereby release Facebook of any liability. All prizes must be claimed within 30 days of end of giveaway. Solid colors only.
About the Author
Brittney is a social media coordinator for Cotton Babies. She has three sisters, loves pizza and enjoys listening to obscure bands no one has heard of. Outside of posting on the Cotton Babies Facebook and Instagram pages, she babysits a few cloth diaper-wearing kids and likes playing with her dogs.
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Our primary reason for choosing cloth is to lessen the impact on the environment. When I read how long it took for diapers to break down in landfills, and how many would end up there per child, it made me sick to my stomach. I couldn’t imagine telling my baby girl that I so heavily impacted her world because I was too lazy to wash diapers!
We cloth diaper because cloth diapers are better a preventing leaks and blowout than those ‘paper’ disposable diapers. The cost savings, environmental benefits and cuteness are all great perks too!
I’m all about saving money and cute prints!
they are better for my son’s bottom, the earth, and my wallet!
To save money!
My first little guy is 10 weeks old. One of my best friends uses cloth and gave a couple pocket diapers to try and I loved them instantly. I hate creating so much trash with disposables and I hope to bring down the overall cost of diapering. I’m amazed that diapers can last trough multiple children. On top of it all, they are so darn cute! I hope to spread the word and convince another mom that thinks it’d be too much work!
I love the convenience and comfort of cloth diapers for my babe!
we use cloth because we LOVE IT! its cheaper in the long run, its more economical, its softer on my babies bum !!
I love that cloth diapers can “grow” with your babies and they are reusable, so the cost and impact on the environment over time tends to be less than many many many disposable diapers per day. 🙂
We’re looking forward to cloth diapering our little one (due in February!) for the money savings, the health benefits and for not having so much waste!
I choose to use cloth because of cost and my little fella’s sensitive skin. It is certainly an huge added bonus to be living a little greener and the super cuteness of fun prints and a fluffy bum.
Two major reasons for cloth diapering for us. First is cost over time, not having to always budget packs of diapers. And both myself and my husband have extremely sensitive skin so we’d rather not take the chances with our son’s bottom.
Initially, producing less waste was the major driver. Now- it’s the cuteness factor!
I’m so appalled by the amount of disposables in our trash every week! It’s time to commit to cloth.
I want to use cloth diapers because they’re cheaper, healthier, and more environmentally friendly than disposables.
I use cloth because my baby is allergic to mainstream disposables
We cloth diaper to save money.
Reducing waste. No blowouts. Fun diapers.
I plan to use cloth for baby # 2 due in February so that my family can save money. We all know diapers aren’t cheap. I am excited to be able to save money. I also love all of the CUTE prints. 🙂
Huge money saver and soo cute!
We started cloth diapering to save money, and now continue because I actually prefer cloth to disposables. So much cheaper and never need to worry if I have enough diapers until payday. 😀
I use cloth diapers because of my little guy’s sensitive skin.
I want to try cloth diapers because they are better for baby and to save on the budget. I also want to prove everyone else wrong that says we are crazy for wanting to use cloth diapers. Help us prove them wrong!
We use cloth because it is better for our baby because there are no harmful chemicals.
To save money, save the environment, and have a healthy baby bottom!!
I want to use cloth diapers because they are safer for babies than disposable and for the environment. I am big into recycling and would hate to add to landfills for the next couple of years.
We use cloth diapers for a variety of reason, but the biggest reason is keeping my LO happy and healthy! Her skin is very sensitive and can’t handle disposables!
I cloth diaper because it is more cost effective for my family.
I want to use them because they save money, are better for baby, and look so cute on!
Initially it was just for curiosity’s sake, and now it’s to save me money and not have to breathe in the smell of disposables. I can’t explain it, but I absolutely hate the way they smell. I’m excited to use cloth.
Less blowouts!!!
I love the softness of cloth, and knowing that my son is enveloped in that softness. We’re just getting started and finding our way with cloth, but so far so good.
So i have been wanting to cloth diaper for awhile now but i was always to intimidated now i have a 3 month old and 2 year old and i think we are ready to take the plunge in to cloth im so excited to safe money and the planet one diaper change at a time
I want to use cloth diapers to save money and avoid more trash in our landfills.
I want to use cloth diapers to save money.
I love using cloth diapering. Its a great money saver and I love all the cute prints.
With cloth diapers, we can control what chemicals come in contact with baby’s skin, save money in the long run, and have less waste.
TO SAVE MONEY!!! Less blowouts also helped!
We’re about to cloth diaper our third baby and love all of the benefits! Mainly saving money, and less chemicals.
My reasons for cloth have changed over time, but currently it’s for the cuteness factor!
My LO gets rashes with disposables so cloth is much more gentle on his skin. Plus they are super cute!
Love cloth diapering for the money savings and less waste.
I want to use them because they are more eco-friendly and save you money over time!
I want to use cloth diapers because when I was a kid I saw a landfill, in person, it was horrifying.
I was interested in using cloth diapers for my first child, but I went into preterm labor and really had no friends or acquaintances that could advise me on what to buy and how to do it so I used regular diapers. This time I am determined to at least try cloth diapers to do my part and reduce my family’s environmental footprint. I have consulted cloth diapering moms and have been reading blogs online to try to prep myself. I think I want to use the flip hybrids, but I have never physically seen one yet. I am honestly a little nervous about taking the leap to cloth but I think I’ll be okay once I start and get into it. I just found this website through Parents magazine and I’m impressed with what you guys are doing in terms of advertising and raising awareness about cloth diapering!
I choose to use cloth diapers because, let’s face it, it makes my three babies even that much cuter!!!!!
I choose to use cloth because they are cheaper & because they are just so darn cute!
i want to use them to save money
Saves money. Feels much less wasteful.
I use cloth to save money. After using it for a while I realized there were other benefits, like saving my baby’s bottom and reproductive organs from really awful chemicals and helping to keep the earth a little cleaner.
My favorite reason is because they are so cute!! But the environmental factor is huge for us.
I use cloth diapers to save money!
Cloth saves us money and is ecofriendly. Plus, the design are very cute too!
I want to use cloth diapers because I want yo help the planet, limit chemicals against my baby’s skin and save money.
We use cloth diapers because it saves us money. We also feel like this is a neat way to take care of our little ones!
Seven years ago we witnessed horror when disposable diapers began literally eating our middle child’s skin, so we turned to cloth and never looked back. Now with our 20 month-old, we wouldn’t even try disposables.
Started cloth diapering to save money about 2 months ago. We will have 2 in diapers soon! Stuck with cloth diapers because of the fluff butt! Nothing cuter than a baby walking around in cloth diapers! In all seriousness though, we are on a budget and I’m super concerned about my children’s health, so I chose cloth because it fit into both parameters. I hope I win! My stash is not big enough to cloth diaper two babies yet
love cloth because i hate having my kids sit in chemicals all day!
I chose to cloth diaper to save money!
I want to save money, and look cute doing it!
I want to cloth diaper because of my and my daughters allergies. As a child I was allergic to many diapers that my mom tried. From the moment I was pregnant I knew that I would cloth diaper. The bonus is that they help save you money and the environment.
I just now decided to get on the cloth band wagon. I am a stay at home mom of 3 and my newest addition is 8months old. I decided to try cd to save money because all of my babies have sensitive skin and buying all these high end disposable diapers are expensive for something l am just going to toss when done. Plus these CDs are way cuter!!!
You never run out of diapers when you’re in cloth! 🙂
Twofold: saving money and to be more green! We are about to have our second and will have two in diapers. I can’t imagine the waste we would be producing to buy disposables for both!
We cloth because it saves us money, it’s better for my babe’s skin, and we love how cute the diapers are!
I want to use cloth to save money and do less damage to the environment!
We use cloth diapers to save money, reduce waste & to keep tons of chemicals off our daughters bum!
We use cloth and love it because it is eco friends, cute, and so easy
I use cloth diapers because I don’t want to reduce the amount of waste my family produces.
We use cloth diapers due to our babies allergy to disposible diapers. But the bonus is it also saves money.
I want to use cloth diapers because it’s economical for me and the environment.
Cloth: Cheaper, better for the environment, and so much cuter!
I love to cloth diaper- saves money, great for my girls’ bums, and cute diapers!
I use cloth diapers because I can save enough money for….more cloth diapers, haha!
I use cloth diapers because they’re better at containing messes.
We want to use cloth diapers so that we aren’t producing as much trash by diapering our baby. They are also so much cuter!
I want to use cloth because it is cheaper, better for the environment, and healthier for baby’s skin.
So much cuter, cheaper, and eco-friendly!
We choose to use cloth because I stay at home, and my husband at the time had just started a new job, we have come to LOVE cloth. It has been amazing choice for my family. The more more I learn the more there is to love. I have used flip covers and love them!
We used disposables with our first two. We will be making the switch to cloth in October when #3 arrives (!) because we want to save money and be a little gentler on the environment.
I chose cloth diapers because it saves my family money and saves the environment too!!
to save money, no chemicals, it’s cute, it’s easy, and it’s fun!
I want to use cloth diapers bc both of my boys have super sensitive skin and break out to disposable diapers and prepackaged wipes. It also saves a ton of money yearly. Environmentally, it is safer and thus reducing my carbon footprint.
I use cloth because it saves us $25 a month.
I chose to use cloth diapers to save money.
With 2 in diapers I needed to find something.
No chemicals on my baby butt~
My honest reason is because they save a lot of money but also because the cloth is really cute. ha! Thanks.
I want to use cloth diapers because it is better for the baby and it saves money.
CD is fun, environmentally friendly, adorable, and we love the community and conversation it starts up too!
I love saving money and how cute my baby looks in them!
I want to use cloth diapers for a few reasons – 1. It’s better for my baby. 2. I’m not contributing diapers to landfills. 3. Not spending money on a one time use product.
I plan to cloth diaper my baby due in October because I want to be a stay at home mom. The only way for us to afford this is by being as smart with our money as possible. Plus why not cloth!?
I want to use cloth diapers because they save money, and are better for the environment and baby.
I want to use cloth diapers because we cannot afford to buy disposable diapers.
To save money and reduce waste!
I like to reduce what I put into the landfill .
Because they’re so darn cute!
It is less money and for the super cute colors and prints!
Because waste sucks!
Cloth diapers save money and preserve the environment for our children, rather then adding to the millions of disposables sitting in dumps.
Saves money, healthier, better for everyone and all around.
I want to create less trash! 🙂
Cloth diapers are healthier for baby and the environment!
I am wanting to try cloth diapers so I can save money and better our environment
love the ease of using cloth – and saving money helps, too!
We just recently started using cloth diapers with our younger son 2 months ago when he was 4 months old. We were very much non-believers in the “that’s gross” crowd prior to this. Part of our reasoning for switching came with the realization in April that our older son is allergic to corn and it is in EVERYTHING, including most disposable diapers which left us buying more expensive ones. Since the switch we have noticed a world of change, no more diaper cream or rashes and Bumgenius diapers have truly been amazing. They never fail me, I have some cheaper brands and I always end up with leaks at some point and that never happens with my 4.0’s. I love your products and really hope I win!
I use cloth diapers to keep nasty chemicals off my daughter’s skin and to keep our monthly expenses down.
My kiddos have sensitive skin so cloth is the only way to go!!!
I want to use cloth because it is better for my baby’s bum, and fluffy bums are SO stinking cute 🙂 The environment is an added bonus!
I want to use cloth because the fluff butt is the cutest thing ever! I also want to save money, know what is being used on my child, and I’ve heard it helps with potty training too!
I love to save money!
To save money. And they’re adorable. 🙂
We use cloth diapers because they are better for baby, to save money and they are better for the environment. Also, they’re pretty cute too!
I absolutely love bg diapers! This is awesome! You’re awesome!!
I want to use cloth diapers to save money and help the environment 🙂
Cloth diapers are better for the environment, better for the baby, and better for saving money. Plus they are much cuter than disposables imo. I have tried to convince a few friends to try cloth because with AIOs they are just as easy to use as disposables.
We use cloth diapers because they are a cost savings for our family.
I use cloth diapers for many reasons.
*better for my baby’s bottom
*cost effective
*pretty
*better for the environment
I love cloth diapers because they keep my kids rash free!
I already use cloth for my toddler. Soon we will have 2 in cloth – that intimidates me! But I want to make it happen! I know it will save us sooooo much money.
They save money, good for the environment and very cute!
I decided to use cloth diapers to save money on diapering. I like not having to worry if I’m going to run out of disposables and have to scrounge up money and drag the kids through the store to get diapers. I feel good that I’m not adding to that landfill.
I use cloth diapers not only because they’re adorable but because they’ve helped me save money and the environment!
We use cloth to save money!
I have a small starter stash, but would love to add to it! Clothing diapering so far has been super easy and fun!
I just ordered out first Econobums! I think they should be here today! I hope I like them as much as I like flips 🙂 We use cloth because I can’t justify filling landfills with 2+ years worth of disposable diapers that will sit for 500 years, when there is an option like cloth, that is much safer for our daughter and much more affordable! We couldn’t do it without you cottonbabies!
I want to use cloth diapers because they are better for baby, the environment and I never have to worry about needing to go buy more diapers in the middle of the night.
I wanted to use cloth diapers because it saves so much money, I hated the idea of just throwing away money, and to be one less family throwing thousands of disposable diapers into our landfills.
I want to save money! Plus they are great for sensitive babies skin!
We love flips!
Would love to win the giveaway 🙂
I want to use cloth diapers to save money.
I want to use cloth to save major money! When I learned how much cheaper it is than disposables, it was a no brainer!! I’m definitely going with cloth wipes, too!
I would love to use these diapers as they are so much better for my baby than disposables!
I want to have a full stash of newer diapers before this baby is born. I’ve used cloth before but so many of them are falling apart!
I want to use cloth diapers to save money that can be spent on family activities and wholesome food. I’m also trying to make baby steps to becoming more eco-friendly.
Cloth diapers are a huge money saver. Plus, they are simply better for the earth! You can’t be that. 🙂