10. The cost! I can’t afford to throw away my money on disposable diapers. Life is expensive. Spend your money on something you can keep, not on something to occupy the landfills.

9. They are better for my baby. Disposable diapers have scary things in them and we’re not exactly sure what they do to our children, but we do know that diaper rashes increase with disposable diaper use.

8. I love the earth. It’s a beautiful place. God gave us stewardship over this planet so we could use it properly and not destroy it. I’d like to do my part to keep it as beautiful as possible.

7. They are really cute! Yucky plastic or paper disposable diapers are ugly, ugly, ugly!

6. They are more comfortable for baby. When your child is old enough to vote, ask him/her if they would prefer to wear soft fabric or itchy plastic. Cloth wins every time!

5. The smell! I don’t want my house to smell like a sewage plant. Disposable diapers really reek, much more than cloth. I get to wash my cloth diapers every 2-3 days, which helps to further contain the smell. Garbage day is only once a week, and the disposable diaper pail is unbearable by then!

4. The choices! There are so many different styles, fabrics, prints, colors, and other options to choose from in the world of cloth diapers. With disposables, all you get to choose is which annoying cartoon character to plaster on your baby’s pelvis.

3. I like to sew, and I love the creative outlet that I find in designing, inventing, and making different types of diapers and covers. It’s really fun.

2. I like the feeling of doing things my own way instead of blindly following the masses and the dictates of the media.

1. I want to stubbornly defy everyone who said “Let’s see how long she lasts on this weird cloth diaper kick,”, or, “I give her two weeks.” Oh yeah? Watch me!

See another “top ten” list by Susan Dodge-Doak here.