Pro-Life: Value the Life of Babies in the Womb
When do you believe life begins? The moment a baby is born? Or, like me, do you believe that life begins at conception? I am firmly convinced that our lives begin at conception. Indeed, babies in the womb deserve to be protected and valued. I'll always value life in the womb and the sacredness of life, no matter what laws or culture dictate. My value of life comes from the knowledge of a Creator and that we are all made in His image, not based upon the laws or opinions of men. Babies in the womb are dependent upon the mother for protection. It's time for us to speak for the unborn and their right to live.
Let's agree to value and protect the baby in the womb.
Go Green with Eco-Friendly Diapers!
When one thinks of babies, a common image is a baby swaddled in disposable diapers, a $5.7 billion dollar industry. Recently, however, cloth diapers are taking the market by storm amongst eco-friendly, socially conscious consumers. The new cotton diapers hitting the market have velcro, buttons, and snaps instead of the old pins that would invariably pierce you every now and again. They also come with elastic around the openings (so you don't need to worry about messy spillage), as well as water-resistant covers made of soft merino wool, nylon or polyurethane laminate. Cost: $6-18.
The Real Diaper Association estimates that 27.4 billion disposable diapers are used in the US every year. According to research done by the Environmental Protection Agency (1998), this translates into over 3.4 million tons of waste filling our dumps. Such waste is problematic for our environment in the US, and even more so in the developing world as human waste often pollutes rivers and drinking water. As if these were not enough reasons to use eco-friendly diapers, the production of disposable diapers requires a significant amount of petroleum, chlorine, wood pulp and water (and we wonder why babies get rashes!).
So what are the most eco-friendly diapers out there? We recommend gDiapers found at Wholefoods or online. They are fashionable, washable and made with disposable inserts. See a nifty video here and buy gDiapers here.
(Click here to see the ecological breakdown differences between eco-friendly diapers and disposable diapers.)
Happy swaddling!