Diaper That I Choose

You might already know there are 2 types of diaper, the one is disposable diaper and the other is cloth diaper. You must take a deeply consideration before decided which one to choose for your baby. Most important thing to consider is the comfort that the diaper gives to the baby. Because the baby’s skin is sensitive, she/he can easily get irritations, the diaper should be able to keep the baby skin dry and free from rash.

Those 2 types of diaper has advantages and disadvantages (Pros and Cons), I searched over the net for this. And here are the facts that I found about the 2 types diapers;

• Disposable diaper may contain chemical such as dioxin (the most toxic of all cancer linked agents), TBT or Tributyl-tin (a toxic pollutant that can cause hormonal problem in both animal and humans), sodium polyacrylate or you can say “the Gel” (it can gives your baby diaper rash).
• Disposable diaper is easy to use, it can help parent for changing diaper in a short of time.
• Disposable diaper is easy to find even in little store on a village
• Disposable diaper is cost you more budget than cloth diaper.
  “The cost using disposable diaper from birth to potty training is between $2500-3000 but if you using cloth diaper for your baby the cost would vary between $150-1200”
  
• Disposable diaper is not environmental friendly ;
  “Disposable diaper generate sixty times more solid waste and use twenty times more raw materials, like crude oil and wood pulp, it represent 4% of solid waste, in a house with a child in diapers, disposable make up 50% of household waste. No one knows how long it take for a disposable diaper to decompose, but it estimate to be about 250-500 years, long after your children, grandchildren and great, great, great grandchildren will be gone” (source from RDA )
• Cloth diaper need an extra learn before you used it
• Cloth diaper is 100% reusable you can use it through multiple children
• Cloth diaper is environmental friendly
• Cloth diaper need an extra job after the baby use it ( you will have to wash it and deal with “poop”)
• Cloth diaper seems to be more comfortable for the baby.
  

After a while considering, I choose cloth diaper for my baby because all the advantages that we (the parent) and the baby get. As a parent I want the best for my child but the facts showed that disposable diaper may not full fill my goal of caring my baby naturally.

6 MONTHS EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING

A few months before our baby was born, my wife and I agreed to breastfeed our newborn baby exclusively, since we know that breast milk is the best food for babies and it has additional advantages for moms too. So my wife has prepare the “milk factory” (breast) since 7th month of pregnancy, she went to breastfeeding clinic and group to adding some information and practical advices about how to prepared herself for 6 months exclusive breastfeeding, and how to nursing properly. Although breastfeed come in naturally but it’s requires practices and skill for both moms and the baby. After she has enough knowledge, she transferred the knowledge to me, so I can understand how important breast feed is. I supported my wife with all that I can give her (exclude breastfeed of course, I wonder if men can breastfeed babies…ouch).

What is Exclusive Breastfeeding?

The exclusive breastfeeding is that baby feed only by breast milk not add with any kind of food, food supplement or even water. Breast milk has the entire nutritional ingredient that baby needs, it has complete composition which can be changed and adjusted by itself in every step of the baby grow and development. That why it’s called exclusive breastfeeding.
The Expert consultation on the optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding state that If babies breastfeed exclusively over 6 months, the baby has higher protective effect from illness infection rather than babies who only has 4 -6 months exclusive breastfeed. That quote is encouraging us more to do the 6 months exclusive breastfeeding for our baby.

What is the benefit of breast milk anyway?

1. The Benefit of Breastfeeding For Baby

   
   One of the major benefits of the breast milk is colostrums. Colostrums is the first milk that come up from your breast, it’s creamy, a little bit yellow in the color, but it has antibodies that protected your baby from illness, before the baby can developed its immune system. Some said that colostrums is the first immunization, because it has more benefit of a medicine rather than the benefit of food and/or drink. The colostrums come up in 0-7 days after birthing but the quantity is not much, it only 30 ml averages in 24 hours. Although the quantity is low, but the benefit of the colostrums is incredible, One drop of the colostrums has I million antibodies which are ready for the duty as defender from any kinds of intruder such as germ, bacteria and virus.
   Another benefit of breastfeeding is mom and baby bonding. The baby who has exclusive breastfeeding is always feeling safe and comfortable because the baby always on the hands of his/her mother. The bonding between mom and the baby became tighter, from that the baby learns to trust to someone and him/herself and in the end you can expect the baby became a caring person.There are some scientific researches proof that children who had 6 months exclusive breastfeeding, has higher IQ (intelligent quotient), EQ (emotional quotient) and SQ (Spiritual quotient) compared to children who didn’t have breastfeeding.

2. The Benefit of Breastfeeding For Mom

   
   There are some benefit for moms that do the 6 months exclusive breastfeeding, such as; increasing the hormone that help reduce the bleeding after birthing because the womb immediately wane if the mother is breastfeeding her baby. Other benefit are reduced risk of breast cancer and ovaries cancer, help reduced weight after birth, reduced risk of osteoporosis, and a natural contraceptive because breastfeeding can slower the return of menses.
   

The information about breastfeeding that I have from my wife, strengthen my desire for caring my baby in natural way, because I know for sure that natural baby care has huge benefit both for the baby and the mother. For now on I will always looking for natural way of caring my baby first before I’m implementing any other way.