How to go
What: The Great Cloth Diaper Change at Think Green Earth Day Event
When: Check-in at noon, Saturday
Where: Marvin’s Organic Gardens, 2205 U.S. 42 South, Lebanon
More info: Visit greatclothdiaper change.com or email Kristen@ diaperparties.com.
So, what are you doing for Earth Day this year? A clean-up project with the family, maybe? Scheduling a recycling pick-up? How about changing diapers?
I don’t just mean changing Junior’s stinky pants to a clean diaper. I mean changing — literally — from disposables to eco-friendly cloth diapers.
Kristen Eggers of Lebanon is urging parents to do just that.
Eggers, a mom of a 3-year-old, is hosting a Great Cloth Diaper Change at the Marvin’s Organic Gardens ThinkGreen Earth Day event. (The event is Saturday, a day after Earth Day.)
The Great Cloth Diaper Change is actually a world-wide event with more than 400 participating locations.
The goal is to have enough participants to secure a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records for the most cloth diapers changed simultaneously.
“I am hoping we will be able to show others that cloth diapering isn’t as difficult or complicated as many people believe it is,” said Eggers.
“Modern cloth diapers are completely different than the diapers used years ago.”
Eggers is also a senior consultant for Diaper Parties by Everything Birth.
Eggers travels to homes showing guests several cloth diaper options and accessories.
“The party is also sort of a ‘cloth diapering 101’ class because many people have no or at least very little knowledge of cloth diapers or how to care for them.”
Eggers made the switch to cloth diapers while potty training her daughter.
“Kids potty train so much more easily when they can feel they are wet in cloth training pants, so I started out with a few pairs.
“I realized I was already dealing with washing training pants; why not wash diapers, too?”
The event needs at least 25 participants to be in the official count according to Guinness World Records rules.
“I am hoping this event will shine a light on the many benefits of cloth diapering and let parents see that they have options, especially options that don’t require pins or dunking diapers in the toilet.”
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