Moxie Momma
Disposable Diapers and the Return to Cloth
Local mom shares financial and environmental reasons for making the switch.
About twelve years ago, when I had my first son, I decided there was no way I was going to use cloth diapers. The idea of washing out a piece of cloth in the toilet, leaving the soiled nappies soaking in a bucket of bleach and loads of laundry was enough. After a recent excursion to the Energy Festival, my eyes were opened by a Schnecksville mother who has started a cloth diaper support group to educate and support mother’s who choose to use cloth. “I wanted to cloth diaper and I didn’t have anyone to help. I found a Meetup group and ordered from Amazon, XL’s so they would last,” said Sara Moore, founder of the Lehigh Valley Diaper Circle. “Nothing fit over these things, they were ginormous.” Moore learned from her mistakes and found the…
