Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Mighty Mommy, Mighty Mommy's, QDnow, and Quick and Dirty Tips are all trademarks of Macmillan Holdings, LLC. I have changed a great many diapers throughout my life. Kate parenting I can see few comments about cloth nappies. My friend was using them for her daughter and she believes they actually helped her potty training. She started using them as she wanted to use something more environmentally friendly, but discovered other benefits. She concluded that it is easier to get babies potty train as they feel better. In disposables they feel drier and don’t realize what is happening, while in cloth nappies they feel wet and make a connection. She raised two of her children in disposables and her third in cloth nappies and she recons they were the best. I believe that she was washing them herself, but soon turned to some sort of service. In any case her clever daughter was potty trained just before her first birthday. http://mightymommy.quickanddirtytips.com/diaper-tips.aspx?commentid=17061#Comments http://mightymommy.quickanddirtytips.com/diaper-tips.aspx?commentid=17061#Comments Tue, 19 May 2009 22:49:23 GMT Mighty Mommy parenting Kate, Thank you for your comment. There are many studies about antibacterial gels right now that are producing negative results. I 100% agree with you that washing your hands with regular soap and water is absolutely the number one best method of washing. Anti-bacterial gels if used at all, should be used sparingly and should be kept completely out of the reach of children. http://mightymommy.quickanddirtytips.com/diaper-tips.aspx?commentid=11075#Comments http://mightymommy.quickanddirtytips.com/diaper-tips.aspx?commentid=11075#Comments Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:26:56 GMT Kate parenting I hate to say this, Mighty Mommy, but you made a huge error in your diaper tips. I commend the fact you urge parents to clean their hands both before and after changing diapers, but antibacterial gels should never be used except in extreme cases. Hands get just as clean using normal, non-antibacterial soaps as it does using antibacterial soaps, and using any antibacterial product around babies actually increases their chances of getting sick. All the bacteria the babies are exposed to in homes with antibacterial soaps and gels actually develop immunity to the antibiotics, meaning the antibiotics no longer kill the bacteria. If any babies in antibacterial-using homes then get bacterial infections, the doctors have a shorter list of antibiotics that may be able to kill the bad bacteria harming your children. I know I've used the word "bacteria" a few too many times to be truly helpful here, but the moral of the story is to wash your hands with normal, old-fashioned, non-antibacterial soaps to keep your babies at their healthiest. http://mightymommy.quickanddirtytips.com/diaper-tips.aspx?commentid=10949#Comments http://mightymommy.quickanddirtytips.com/diaper-tips.aspx?commentid=10949#Comments Sun, 23 Dec 2007 06:04:38 GMT Emily parenting ITA!! We use cloth and we LOVE it! How many people can say that about disposables?? It's worth looking into. Thanks! Emily http://mightymommy.quickanddirtytips.com/diaper-tips.aspx?commentid=10537#Comments http://mightymommy.quickanddirtytips.com/diaper-tips.aspx?commentid=10537#Comments Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:27:53 GMT Sean parenting Hello,I was wondering if you would also do a podcast on cloth diapers. They've come a long way since the fold-and-pin days. They're clean, convenient, and good for the environment.We use them almost exclusively, saving disposables for when we might be out for an extended period of time. While most people think you need to go one way or the other, the fact is that for every cloth diaper you use, that's one less disposable in a landfill.Thanks,Sean http://mightymommy.quickanddirtytips.com/diaper-tips.aspx?commentid=1478#Comments http://mightymommy.quickanddirtytips.com/diaper-tips.aspx?commentid=1478#Comments Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:14:16 GMT Tue, 19 May 2009 22:49:23 GMT http://mightymommy.quickanddirtytips.com/diaper-tips.aspx feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Managing Editor) feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Webmaster) en-us