Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Ha. I laugh at you, Halle Berry

It's a lovely thought, in theory. Gorgeous movie star Halle Berry (who is from Cleveland originally, by the way) is pregnant, as everyone knows (congrats to her, by the way!). And a friend of mine just sent me a link from People magazine about Berry's intentions to be eco-friendly when her new bundle of joy arrives (read the story here: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20152636,00.html).

I love the fact that she treasures her earth. There need to be more people like her. But eco-friendly disposable diapers do NOT exist, no matter what the publicists in Hollywood say (sure Halle, that exists. If it doesn't, well make some up for you). They may be organic, which means they don't contain bleach, but they're not eco-friendly.

In other words, they won't chafe your little bundle's sensitive booty, but they WILL sit in a landfill for years while they attempt to break down. It's a fact of life, and I wish it weren't true. Every time I empty our stinky diaper pail I wish it weren't true. Between the water we use washing bottles and clothes, the disposable diapers and the bottled water we use to mix with formula, my household is single-handedly killing the earth.

But I figure this only has to go on for a year with the bottles and the bottled water, and hopefully 2 to 2 1/2 years with the diapers (preferably 2!). They say a child will go through about 5,000 diapers before they become potty-trained. Maybe there is something to elimination communication after all!!