Real nappies are better for baby and toddler bums, easier for already stressed parents and more hygienic.
Reusables result in massive energy and water waste, they are a health hazard if not washed properly (many manufacturers washing instructions are very inadequate. They must be washed at a minimum of 60°C whatever your manufacturer said), release loads of microplastics and are a lot more work.
Do people use synthetic reusable diapers? Why would you do that?
I'm not speaking in the abstract. We tried reusables.
The argument for and against reusable is pretty much undecided. There also services which do the washing for you. And they are probably way more efficient than people washing at home in terms of energy used.
Anyhow, real eco-parents go diaper-less as most parents in the world. Google split-pants, elimination communication! Compared to this letting children sitting in their own feces in reusable or not-reusable nappies is pretty unhygienic.
Downvotes? I know it is a big leap for the western mind, that most human ever lived have never seen a nappy. There is a lot of problems with diapers e.g. rash etc.
Because shit on the floor is also not really hygienic.
... and I know the technic and I know it requires more time. And the people I know applying it .. were only partly succesfull. With the result of shit around. And pee.
About accidents: And then what is more unhygienic?
Feces, urine on the floor or feces, urine all around your bottom? For the first you can use almost any cleaning liquid you want, for the second even to much soap is not good.
But peeing he just do without warning. I would have to pay attention to him 100% the whole time - and this is not what I want or can afford.
It’s not all that big a leap either, there are plenty of gifs of Chinese parents utilizing split-pants to great effect.
So why is this not a problem to the Chinese but you make sound like one?
It evidently is a problem though considering the entire Chinese middle class seem to have switched en masse to disposables, turning China into the largest diaper market in the world over the past decade or so.
How is this post allowed to stand? How do I flag it?
As they don't huddle in caves without tools, the Amish use lots of technology.
They actually use fair amounts of modern technology, it's just that the things they reject are pretty central to modern mainstream lifestyle.