The Cloth Diaper Whisperer: Being Green

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The great cloth diaper debate. We have all had it. Why do you do that? Doesn’t it cost a lot upfront? I don’t think I coud keep up with the extra laundry. That’s so gross! You have poo in your washer! You are using up water to clean them. You are going to spend money on detergent and extra water and electricity anyways! I have always given the same answers…less waste, pre-rinse, sposies use water during their production and effect water quality in landfills, detergent/water/electricity is still cheaper…blah. I just don’t understand why it is so hard for people to accept! Recently I had an experience with another disposable product that I feel almost everyone can relate to.

Following my daughters first birthday party, we had tons of paper and plastic products left over. I decided to give myself a break from the dishes for a few days and use these up. Every single time I reached for those paper plates I cringed. Such a waste! It reminded me of my diapers. And then, flash! I had the perfect response to those naysayers.

Most people use “washable” plates. There is an upfront investment to these. Sure, that pack of paper plates is so much cheaper at first, but after months of buying paper, you’re spending more! Most people acknowledge the sense of this, even after washing dishes…night, after night, after night.

Of all the chores in my house, I find dishes to be the most disgusting. I hate cleaning off old food and reaching into dirty dishwater. Since most people do not throw leftover food into the sink or dishwasher, plates need to be pre-rinsed to remove solids. Remind you of anything? Everyday, people pre-rinse the solids from the plate, and then either wash them by hand or throw them in the dishwasher. They typically use some form of utensil for scraping or wear gloves to keep their hands clean.

Did I mention that in order to wash dishes, you use water? And typically hot water, which requires electricity*. And if you have a dishwasher, that’s even more electricity used. And you need dish soap.

Some people do use paper products consistently, but most people do not. Most people have washable dishwear. They clean off the solids (ugh *shivers*) without have to touch the gross stuff. They either wash them by hand using water and soap, or put them in the dishwasher…with water and soap. Hot water and dishwashers use electricity*. And why? Because paper plates cost more over time.

Because paper plates are wasteful. Because paper plates are not as “nice” or “pretty”. Because paper plates do not hold or contain foods as well. Because overall, even though paper plates are more “convenient”, we want the “real thing” in our life!

If people buy washable dishwear without hardly a consideration, why is cloth diapering so hard to accept? Spread the word, friends. And make cloth mainstream!

*I do acknowledge that certain heating systems do not require electricity

Bio: Carrie Long - Wife and mother of two beautiful girls and one angel. Occasional speech language pathologist and animal rescue enthusiast.

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The Great Cloth Diaper Debate i.e. Paper Products, Anyone?

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Families have many different reasons for choosing to cloth diaper their kids. Many (like me) take the plunge in order to save money, some are in it to save the environment, others have no choice because of health concerns, sensitivities or allergies to disposable diapers, and still others just love the cute factor. Many of us find that beyond our initial reasons, we come to love all the many benefits that using cloth diapers have to offer, but why stop there? For our family using cloth diapers was a gateway to a whole world of "greener" living that lets us enjoy all the same benefits cloth diapers have to offer in many areas of our lives.

If you are already using cloth diapers, cloth wipes are almost a no-brainer. Saving money and the environment, while using colorful, squishy, natural fibers against baby's most sensitive area and being able to toss them into the same pail as your cloth diapers is a major win in all areas! You can wet them with one of the many wonderful wipes solutions Kelly's Closet has to offer, make your own with coconut oil and natural baby soap, or just use plain water and you're in business never having to buy disposable wipes again.

Cloth isn't just for babies either, if you want all the benefits cloth has to offer on your baby's bottom, why not give yourself the same gift? Cloth menstrual pads are made by many of the same brands that make our beloved diaper fluff. My favorite brand is Pink Daisy made by the people at Blueberry and I got to pick out some of their wonderful girly prints that I don't have as diapers for my little boy. Plus I got to pick out 2 beautiful floral Planet Wise Wet/Dry Bags that would look out of place in our little boy's room, but make me smile every time I see them in my own bathroom. If pads aren't your favorite, there are menstrual cups too! 12 hours of protection and they often reduce cramping! I have a fun pink one from Lunette, and feel great that I'm saving money, the environment, and reducing my own exposure to toxins in the process.

Going greener isn't just for the bathroom either! Our family has stopped purchasing paper towels and cleaning wipes, and instead we have a basket of bright washcloths soaking in vinegar water that we use to clean everything, and a stack of fun napkins that we use at meal time. We are also phasing out ziploc bags and plastic wrap in favor of reusable snack bags! Planet Wise has a number of different options in their wide variety of prints that make eating a sandwich or some carrot sticks more fun for kids at school or even mom or dad at work!

What are some of the ways your family has "gone green" since making the switch to cloth diapers? What are some of the benefits you have noticed in the process?

Bio: Emily is a stay at home wife to Will, and mom to 13 month old Owen, living in Houston TX. She loves Jesus, cooking, cloth diapers, and learning to live a greener life in a big city. Maybe one day she will even blog about it?

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Beyond the Diapers

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For several years before I got pregnant I worked at a conservation society. The society promotes conservation in many many ways -- from using less electricity to recycling to walking/biking to work. As part of their information they had a bit about how long it takes for disposable diapers to decompose. I saw the number of years (500+, so, not a true number but a rough estimate since disposables haven't been around 500 years) and quickly did some math and thought, "There has GOT to be a better way."

During this time several of my friends were having babies. I had a few friends who used cloth and several more who used disposables. I listened to both, the gripes and the adores, and occasionally listened to a debate between opposing sides. One thing that kept sticking out in the debates was the cost of disposables, one theme coming from both sides. I even had friends asking me if I could buy them disposable diapers in bulk at Costco since they were spending so much elsewhere. I quickly did some dollar and cents (or is it sense?) math and decided, "There definitely IS a better way."

Then I got pregnant and it was truly going to be up to me about if I wanted to use disposables or cloth. Since I'm trained as a researcher, I did research. I looked at different brands of both disposables and cloth diapers. I talked with friends who were currently diapering and friends who diapered thirty years ago. I went to every cloth diaper store I could find to play with diapers on baby dolls. Occasionally I even took my husband. He regularly just stood there going, "Honey, I don't really care." Eventually I did convince him to decide if we wanted to do flat/pre-fold with covers or pocket diapers, and he piped up that pockets were the ones he would most likely use.

During the pregnancy I was quite quiet about the fact that I was pregnant, so it was a shock to some that I was expecting. I also did not find out if I was having a boy or a girl at the 20 week ultrasound. This meant I was able to register for a lot of more practical stuff that I could use for either gender, including a ton of cloth diapers.

When one of my co-workers looked at a registry she approached me and said, "Why on earth have you registered for so many cloth diapers? I wouldn't use cloth for anything."
I gave her my "how could I work at a conservation society and not try and conserve the earth?" speech. (Yes I had one down pat as friends and family started questioning my use of cloth diapers.)
Her response was, "I don't care if they fill up a landfill the size of Hawaii with disposable diapers, you couldn't get me to use cloth. I give you just a few weeks, then you'll be wishing you had disposables."

After baby came out we used disposables in the hospital. We were being charged for them and the nurses knew how to use them. As first time parents the staff being able to help us was kind of nice. However, by the time they discharged us baby girl had a rash. My husband figured out how to make the diapers fit on her newborn bottom and take into account her umbilical cord. After a day the rash was gone. We had a doctor's appointment and I didn't want the doctor to think we were crazy hippie parents, so we put her in a random disposable we had around. She got a rash. My husband then vowed to never put another disposable on her, and we haven't to this day, 13 months later. We essentially found the better way and who knew that baby girl would be such an environmentalist at such a young age? And not only is she an environmentalist, she also helps us save money since after 8 months we essentially "stopped" paying for diapers.

Now when I ask myself, "Is there a better way?" I really can't think of any.

Bio: Carolyn conserves as much as she can by simply using less stuff. This includes using fewer diapers, just using the diapers more than once!

The Better Way

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When I first found out I was pregnant, many thoughts went racing through my head. There were so many different things that were not allowed from cleaners to medicines to jumping on trampolines (because that is something I do ALL THE TIME, I kid, I kid). As soon as morning sickness started to go away and I could stay away from the toilet for a prolonged amount of time, I started looking at Earth friendly household cleaners that were pregnant lady safe. I found a few and they seemed to work great but they were very expensive. It was at this time I started looking at cloth diapers. I was set on it from the get-go but dear hubby was not. He was very against it. I kept learning all I could about diapers while I researched other environmentally friendly household cleaners.

How many of you know vinegar and all its uses in the home? What about baking soda? I found out early on these are the only cleaners I need in my house. Vinegar is a wonderful disinfectant and it also doubles as a window cleaner. I keep a spray bottle of half water, half white vinegar under the sink and use it to spray down the counters in the kitchen, bathroom, and many other surfaces. It also cleans windows to a lovely streak-free shine. And for those of you wondering, the vinegar smell goes away after a minute or 2. What about baking soda? Shortly before my husband and I moved out of a house we were renting we began cleaning all those hard to reach places. One of them was not so hard to reach but often forgotten about: behind the knobs on the stove. Of course that area was covered in a nasty, sticky, grease. Anytime my husband would scrub it, it just smeared. I broke out some baking soda and made a paste with some water and it cut straight through the grease. Dear hubby was blown away. He told me afterwords he didn't think it would work but he figured he would let me try it. One victory for the wife :D

That was all while I was pregnant and cutting down on chemical cleaners. As we got nearer to the due date, I kept pushing cloth diapers since it would be another way to save money and hopefully would keep diaper rash far from our little man. My husband still said he would rather not. I managed to talk him into using reusable bags for groceries (at first he thought those were crazy as well) so I knew I would win with the diapers eventually. It took about 5 months after our son was born for him to crack. I just kept mentioning how much money we would save every time we bought diapers and finally! The moment I had been waiting for! I got approval to get the diapers. I think the thing that made him snap was when I showed him the diapers I wanted and had him pick out a print he liked. He found one really liked so I told him I would order 2 just for him. With that he caved. Little man is now almost 1 and in cloth diapers full time. We also plan on buying most, if not all, our produce from the local farmers market once it opens up (this weekend). We are also trying to find a nice line clothes drying rack so I don't need to use the dryer that much. I can't say my want to go greener and cut back on our carbon footprint goes back to cloth diapers because it goes back to the little bundle of joy those diapers save the butt of. Using cloth diapers full time makes me think all the other things we could do to cut back would not be that hard. If I can cloth diaper, I can do anything :)

By Jessica

Vinegar and Baking Soda, the new Mr. Clean

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When trying to get pregnant with our first child I began to research cloth diapers. While finances were a greater influence than the environment in the beginning, I was shocked to realize how much waste a child created just in disposable diapers by age two, (approximately one ton). So we agreed to use cloth diapers, cloth wipes and washable wet bags and left it at that. But within months of my daughter’s birth things around our house began to change. Money was continually tight and I became very aware of every disposable item in our home.

I resented the cost of paper towels, toilet paper, plastic snack bags and other such things. (I still hate buying kitchen trash bags given that when we put in out for garbage collection it is rarely full). Slowly, as my husband tolerated some of my strange ideas, I began moving forward with a few small changes to save money that have also led to a greener household. When my daughter began eating solid foods I decided that using papers towels or napkins to clean her up were going to be a huge waste and expense. So I used some cheap wash cloths instead. Soon after I planned to buy cloth napkins, but ended up being given some instead. We haven’t bought napkins in over a year. Then I cut up old T-shirts to wipe my daughter’s nose during cold season. We do still buy regular tissues for my husband and guests but I mostly prefer my cloth ones and I think my daughter believes that when I say “get a tissue’ I mean a pink and white striped piece of fabric.

Then, much to my husband’s horror I set my sites on my menstrual products. As someone who has used panty-liners almost daily since puberty I was horrified by how much garbage I had created and sickened by the rising cost of my preferred brand. (I had to buy Always Unscented because anything else made me itch). I did some research and bought a couple different brands, my favorite coming from a great seller on Etsy. A few months later I tried actual menstrual pads.

Again, I was pleased. Finally I bought a Lunette menstrual cup but never had a chance to try it because in the meantime I got pregnant again. I’m looking forward to trying it out once my post partum recovery is over. Other than the few I keep around for traveling or tucked into my purse for emergencies, there are virtually no traditional menstrual products to be found in our house now. I’ve even been trying to go mostly, if not completely cloth during my post partum period.

But things didn’t stop there. Cleaning cloths came next. Old wash cloths and hand towels became my bathroom and kitchen cleaners instead of paper towels. We are almost paper towel free at our house. I recently replaced my disposable Swiffer pads with mismatched or worn socks. Now that my daughter is potty training I still use cloth wipes rather than toilet paper much of the time. (I even use cloth wipes myself sometimes. They are much softer and gentler. P.S. Don’t tell my husband). This past Christmas I purchased my husband a reuse-able snack pack and a Wrap N Mat for lunch box. Ultimately I would like to get rid of all plastic bags, but for now I’ll settle for reducing our usage significantly. There will always be some disposable items in my house. I use plastic bags to freeze meat and homemade bread. But I reuse the ones for bread as much as possible. We still keep some paper towels around for messes involving raw meat or lots of grease and for cooking bacon. But we purchase a roll or two perhaps once a year. We buy very few disposable products anymore and as a result our grocery budget is surviving better than expected as the cost of food rises. But it’s still hard to believe that just three years ago, it all started with cloth diapers.

Bethany V. is the 29 year old SAHM to two and a half year old Althea and two week old Robin. She has been married for almost 9 years and loves providing cloth diaper education to friends and family. She blogs as The Laundry Lady at The Laundry List

How a Fluffy Behind Led To a Greener Household

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Five years ago, as I was preparing to have my first child, I never once considered cloth diapers. Or even being green. As a new, young, single mother, I followed what everyone told me would be the best idea. Honestly the thought that anything else as an alternative was out there never crossed my mind.

Fast forward 5 years, and as baby #2 was on his way, I was introduced to a group of woman that had me starting to think twice about some of the choices I was making and had already made.

Cloth diapering was just the first among many long hours of research. I had no idea how many different types of cloth diapers there were, how many different reasons there were for using them. It started for me as a way to save money and now, it is an addiction! (As well as very healthy and safe for my LO). As cloth diapering became my obsession, so did learning to live a greener life. I started to look at different aspects of my life and wonder what else I could change.

First was the laundry. I was already using Rockin Green detergent for the diapers, why shouldn’t I use it for all our regular clothes! (Motley Clean and Earth, Wind and Orchids are my favorites so far!) I have to tell you, I am amazed what a good soak in the Rockin Green will do to dirt, blood and other bodily stains! They even have AMAZING odor neutralizer sprays. Red Hot Apple being my favorite there I am also enjoying learning all the different ways Rockin Green can be used! (www.rockingreensoap.com to sign up for 52 weeks of clean!)

Continuing on with laundry, if I was going to be using natural detergent, I couldn’t very well be putting fabric softener on my clothes or using dryer sheets for that matter…these are not recommended with cloth diapers or even your towels, FYI. So, I ended up finding wool dryer balls. A truly natural means to drying your clothes. The wet load ends up drying faster and is actually naturally softened! (Don’t mind the picture; the balls are a bit worn!) These 3 little balls are my absolutely laundry necessity; I would be lost without them. Love that I use these and not the unnatural scents that are in the dryer sheets we used before.

Everyone knows the reports of Johnson and Johnson using chemicals in their soaps that could cause cancer. I’m not certain that it was proven and I am definitely not an expert but it is still scary so a fellow mommy introduced me to Earth Mamma Angel Baby products. Soaps, lotions, bath sachets for fussy babies, and a natural bottom balm. All natural. And WONDERFUL! These smell so good and even cleared up a patch of eczema on my newest LO. I wouldn’t use anything else!

There are so many other ways to be green, healthy and natural it’s really too hard to get it all in one blog! We have changed as much of the food we eat as possible to organics and plan on eventually raising our own chickens, hogs and cattle on our farm. This will provide us with natural meats and eggs, knowing where they came from and will be healthier for us as well. My new compost bucket is soon on its way, so I will have my own compost pile to use as fertilizer on our soon to be spring garden, which also gives us organic veggies, which we can ourselves!

And these are all just little changes! Even just the little things can make such a big difference in families and in the world.

I am a single mom to a girl and boy, 4 yrs and 5 months. I work full time, help with animals on a 100 acre farm and will soon be working towards getting a certificate to do therapeutic riding for special needs. I love all aspects of cloth diapering, green living and work towards helping as many people as possible.

Livin and Lovin GREEN!

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When I first got pregnant, I started considering using cloth diapers. And what was my main reason for doing it? The money. (Little did I know I would become so obsessed with them that I would end up spending way more than I thought I would!) Yes, I was going to cloth diaper to save money. I hadn’t really heard about the dangerous chemicals in disposables yet, and the thought of saving the environment was just a bonus.

Before I got pregnant, I didn’t really care about what I surrounded myself with, or what I put into my body. Diet Coke with aspartame? Sure. Harsh chemical cleaners? Why not. MSG, pesticides, bleach? Who cares.

Boy, have I changed my tune.

Once I became pregnant, it’s like a switch flipped. Now, I was more concerned than ever about the chemicals that could enter my body and affect my baby. I read reports about BPA, dioxin, and other things found all around us that could potentially harm my little one. So, I started down the road of becoming greener. And it all started with cloth diapers.

Since becoming involved in the cloth diapering community, here are the top 5 ways I’ve gone green:

Cleaning: Vinegar is my best friend now. I use it in the laundry, in the kitchen, in the bathrooms – pretty much everywhere. No more harsh chemicals are kept in our house, which will make it very easy for me to baby-proof the home when my little one starts walking.
Cloth Wipes: At first, I started with disposable wipes and my cloth diapers. While I still use them occasionally, I’ve found that cloth wipes are FANTASTIC. Just keep a little spray bottle of wipe solution in the changing table, and I’m all set. We’ve drastically reduced our dependence on disposable wipes (not to mention the drastic reduction on our wallets).
Eating: Yes, I’m still a junk food addict. Yes, I’ll still have an occasional piece of sugar-free gum. But when it comes to my kiddo, it’s organic, locally-sourced produce. I’m really loving making my own baby food – it comforts me to know exactly what my baby’s eating. And there’s no extra waste from jars or cans…just me and my blender.
Shopping: If you ever see me out shopping, you’ll inevitably see me with my collection of shopping totes. These things are great – they hold so much more, have nice strong straps, and best of all, they don’t end up in landfills for centuries. So long, plastic bags!
Beauty: Ok, so admittedly, you’ll pry my MAC lipstick out of my cold, dead hands. But I’ve become much more aware of how the things that make me “beautiful” can also make me sick. So, I’ve tried to reach for the natural, plant-based skincare and beauty products, like chemical-free sunscreen and earth-friendly lip balm.

Now, I’m a realist, and I know that my little steps toward a greener life aren’t going to save the planet on its own. But I like to think that the little things I do will add up over the long run, making the world a little better place for my kids. And to think, it all started with cute, fluffy cloth diapers.

Jennifer S. is a mom of a wonderful baby girl, and one of the loudest cloth diaper advocates on Facebook. She lives in Minnesota with her husband, baby, and cat, and works in Marketing.

Cloth Diapers: The Gateway to a Greener Life

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Among Colorado’s many natural blessings is an almost daily dose of high-intensity, high-altitude sunshine--over 300 days per year. The kind that can burn your skin nastily if you stay out more than just a few minutes without protection, but as well the kind that makes solar panel manufacturers slobber on themselves.

Enter Erin Kimmett, founder and owner of one of America’s largest cloth diaper manufacturing and wholesale companies, Thirsties, Inc. Long an advocate for less-impacting methods of modern living, Kimmett began Thirsties five years ago as a venture to supplement her husband’s teaching income, to find an outlet for her incessant entrepreneurial spirit, and in large part to spread the news of the wonders of cloth diapering, both as a less-expensive means of diapering and as a way to drastically cut down on the environmental consequences of the omnipresent--and in her mind dangerous--disposable diaper.

Fast-forward the five-odd years since its inception, boasting a retailer roster of over 300 stores worldwide, and through all the struggles and hardships that any small business owner witnesses, Erin is still hard at it--the all too common platitude of “being a good steward of the planet” living deeply and with resounding truth in both her life and business ethic:

100% domestic manufacturing--check
Utilizes American-made materials--check
Purchases carbon credits to offset 100% of manufacturing and transport utilities--check
Recycling of all used cardboard and paper--check
100% recycled cardboard and paper for new shipments--check

The next step is underway: to power the entire warehouse operations with solar electricity. And then some--enough to sell back to the local coal-burning utility! Thirsties is presently installing a behemoth of a solar panel array, with a configuration that at full-capacity will produce enough electricity to cover more than all of the business’ needs--11 clean, sustainable, photovoltaic Kilowatts. This equates to a total CO2 reduction of 200 tons, as if Kimmett herself is planting over 7700 trees.

Skimming past the obstacles that seemingly obstructed her path to the sun--local skepticism and regulatory hurdles, among others--Kimmett has never taken her eyes off of the prize, and is characteristically enthusiastic about steering her alternative-energy mantra to solar production. Especially relevant to Thirsties’ ability to finance the undertaking are the present federal tax credits available to anyone installing a solar energy system ¾ coupled with a special business installation credit ¾ in addition to the local utility’s own solar energy rebate program, bringing a $44,000 system down to a more small-business manageable level of roughly $7000.

The solar tour de force is only adding fuel to Kimmett’s clean energy fire, complementing an already long laundry list of green practices which dominate Thirsties’ business model. Who knows what’s next?

By Dave Kimmett January 28, 2010 CAÑON CITY, Colorado - Erin Kimmett, CEO of Thirsties, Inc., can be reached at 719-315-2333 - Dave Kimmett can be reached at 719-275-4919

Thirsties is Harnessing the Sun

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When Robin Tobin gave birth to a bouncing baby boy last year, she made two life-changing decisions: One, she would become a stay-at-home mom, reducing her family's income by half, and two, her family would strive to be more green.

Tobin, like others, is part of a trend of new families that are tightening their belts without disparaging the planet in the process.

"New moms want to do what's right for their babies without sacrificing Mother Earth or their family's finances. That's why it's important for new parents to find ways to be gree

n without breaking the family budget," says Kelly Wels, the founder of Kellys Closet, an Internet baby boutique specializing in eco-friendly products and cloth diapers.

Tobin says she uses the bumGenius brand cloth diapers on her baby because it was important to her to find a system that was good for her baby and for the planet. "While the money-saving factor wasn't our motivating factor at first, we have to admit that we were quite excited when we hit the break-even point after our son turned about 7 months."

Wels says that Tobin, like other new moms, is part of a growing number of families who are saying "no" to disposable diapers, which are known to create the third most landfill waste in the U.S., and saying "yes" to more eco-friendly options.

"Cloth diapering isn't hard to do with all the modern brands on the market. Over time, more moms have come to realize that they can not only save thousands of dollars using cloth diapers but also that they can deter thousands of pounds of landfill waste. Now that speaks volumes to a belt-tightening family," says Wels.

While most parents think reducing diaper waste is the main way they can be green and save money, there are many other ways eco-conscious moms are saving money and the planet.

Melissa Rapp, who is raising two kids under the age of 5, says that buying gently used items and reusing the old stuff she has is her main motto these days.

"I find myself looking on Craigslist more often for children's items that I might have gone to the store to purchase. I find that these items are less expensive and that it's more environmentally friendly to reuse items than to buy new," she says.

Rapp also says that while she only serves organic meats, vegetables and fruits in her home, which are notoriously more expensive, she rarely pays full price. "I won't buy organic items until they go on sale at the grocery store and then I stock-up. I also, on occasion, buy frozen organic fruits and vegetables because those tend to be less costly."

Rapp also says that being green has always been important to her and she loves the fact that some "green" things are free.

"The city where I live just implemented a program to encourage more recycling by supplementing the cost of a large trashcan-sized recycle bin. We purchased one, as our recycle pile is much larger than our trash pile each week and it doesn't cost us anything to recycle more," she says.

While many moms are looking for ways to save money and still be green, Tobin acknowledges that even some of the more expensive eco-friendly items are not off the table, such as BPA-free bottles for her baby. "I'm happy to spend a little more for my baby's health and safety. While money is on everyone's mind these days, and we are no different, we have always tried to live below our means," she says. "That said, we are also doing our best to balance our own need for convenience with the well-being of our baby and planet."

- By Jenny L.

New Moms Find that Being Green Won't Break the Bank

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