is doing a Community Service project!
We are having a Diaper drive
At Walgreens on Washington St. Middletown!
June 13th from 2-5
Please help us support the Middletown Diaper Bank and help Families who don’t have enough diapers for their babies!
More About the Need for Diapers in Middlesex County
There are adverse results which are far more costly than making sure babies have clean diapers now. Here are some examples:
Health problems
- Diaper rash, skin lesions and diseases, and hepatitis can affect not only the baby but the health care system. It can also disrupt the parents’ employment. Abuse
- Babies who are forced to stay in the same diaper for long periods of time understandably fuss and cry, and are more likely to be abused. Emotional well-being
- The long term consequences can be serious when a baby’s needs are not met. There are reasons why parents can’t diaper their babies: Cost - Diapers are expensive, as much as $1,000 a year. Full-time work at minimum wage is $15,000, under the poverty line. Families with young children are the poorest families in America. Right now nearly 20% of families with children under 6 in Connecticut don’t always have enough to eat. When it’s a question of putting food on the table, families will sacrifice the diapers. Little help from “safety net” programs - Diapers are not covered by WIC (Women, Infants and Children) or SNAP (food stamps).Please stop by and purchase diapers for our diaper drive. Walgreens has made this very simple and will have a display of diapers at the front of the store!
Gee, what did people do before disposable diapers were invented? Would it be helpful to include some education about alternate and less expensive diapering methods so that families would not have to choose between food and diapers? That would empower parents to choose for themselves rather than acting as though there is no other choice besides the $1000/year manufactured diapers. And this is NOT a dig at the Girl Scouts. Good for them for raising awareness and taking action. I just believe there is additional that could be helpful.
ReplyDeleteIf a family doesn't have a washer/dryer, then they can't use cloth diapers -- laundromats don't allow them. Also, very few daycares allow cloth diapers. But for those who have a washer, and space to air dry or a dryer, and who are home with their kids all the time, then cloth diapers are an option, as long as they can manage the set-up costs.
ReplyDeletethe girl scouts are trying to do a good thing, let's encourage them and not use what they are doing for a place to attack them. If you think you could help, send the troop an anonymous letter with your ideas...... even if you think it isnt an attack; the girls read comments will hear it as criticism.
ReplyDeleteMaybe these people can be educated not to have children if they can not afford to bring them up (i.e. diapers, formula, food, clothes, etc)!
ReplyDeleteActually you can cloth diaper without a washer and dryer. You can either wash them in the bathtub or get a wonderwash, and then line dry. I cloth diapered my children and honestly my favorite diapers were the simple flats. One big flat square of fabric that you fold to fit into a cover. The covers are easily handwashed and last for ages. And I never used a diaper pin. You can easily cloth diaper almost for free. And no I am not kidding. Any parent that thinks that they can't afford diapers is one that is simply not being resourceful enough. I have made covers out of shrunken wool sweaters that were the lost leak proof things in all creation. My children never got diaper rash. I'm sorry, but I will never support a diaper-drive. Oh, and the line that daycare won't allow cloth is easily fought with an ounce of persistence.
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