Imagine what happens when a baby has enough diapers.
A baby with a safe supply of cloth diapers is changed more often.
Because she is changed more often, she has less diaper rash. Because she has less diaper rash, she might cry less.
Because she cries less, her parents might be less anxious.
Because her parents are less anxious, she might have less stress at home.
Because she has less stress at home, she might have a better learning environment.
Because she has a better learning environment, she might do better in school.
Because she does better in school, she might get a better job or start a business that creates employment for other people.
A family with access to a safe supply cloth diapers is empowered.
A family with access to a safe supply of cloth diapers has more money in their budget every month that they can use to buy food for their children or pay for other family essentials. This leads to other changes.
A family with access to a safe supply of cloth diapers has more money in their budget for food or other essentials like utilities and childcare. They don’t have to ask for more diapers and, as a result, may experience lower stress.
It’s like clean water. Cloth diapers can change everything. Simple, really.
It’s easy to wonder if you’re right about a certain conclusion. Do your research and then follow your gut.
The graph below shows how the cost of disposable diapers compares to the cost of cloth diapers during the baby stage. It also includes an estimated break-even point. First time parents usually wait until a baby is eight weeks old before they start using their cloth diapers. Using this assumption, you reach the the break-even point using a 
