Trend, or revolution? If you ask two different people, you'll get two different answers, but make no mistake about it: cloth diapering is back, and it's better than ever.
Modern parents know that there is some nasty chemical crap, both in disposable diapers and our ever-growing landfills, and are moving away from them, thanks to readily available cloth alternatives. Type "cloth diapers" into the eBay search navigator, and you'll see over 450 items available. Google lists over 500,000 cloth diaper blogs. And then there are the diapers themselves: from plain white cloth, to Pucci and pop art-inspired prints, with wool and cashmere diaper covers embroidered with faeries and animals - one diaper can cost as much as $70.
So, in addition to being environmentally and baby butt-friendly, cloth is also trendy, as popular among the "natural" hippie crowd as they are among the "exclusive" yuppie-types. They are an easy and cost-effective (if you chose the plain unexciting models and launder them yourself) way to help reduce landfill waste, diaper rash, and the grocery bill. Along with glass baby bottles and rockabilly fashion, they're making a huge comeback - what's next, Peter Pan collars? //shudder//
Would/do you use cloth? How likely are you to use them in the future?
