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Hi,
My mother is visiting us from Toronto and she's bought a set of mother ease diapers, I believe it's the terry cloth with air-flow covers, and we were wondering if it'd be too hot for the baby. My mother said it looks really thick and might be uncomfortable in a tropical climate (we live in Singapore).
Anyone with Mother-ease experience while living in a tropical country or hot humid climate care to chime in? I'd appreciate any feedback. Thank you!
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I haven't had personal experience with this, but there have been several occasional posters on here in the past who have been from tropical climates (another person from Singapore or Malaysia, I think, and a few others from that part of the world). At least one current poster is in Florida, which isn't quite as hot and humid, but maybe she can comment a litte.
A Motherease One Size will certainly look big on newborn if you're used to disposables, but I wouldn't assume that it will be hot and uncomfortable.
The Airflow really is a great cover, far cooler than the traditional plastic pants. And although I haven't seen any number for the Motherease diapers themselves, several studies have shown that cloth diapers are cooler than disposables (particularly in scrotal temp for little boys). Motherease diapers do have some poly content (15%, I think), but they weave their cloth in such a way that it's only cotton that touches baby's skin.
If you are concerned about heat, you could also try going diaperless or coverless if the situation allows (especially easy before baby is mobile, if on a waterproof pad).
If you do feel like the ME diapers are too hot, you could still use the covers over something like a flat that is somehow secured (as with a snappi or similar).
Good luck, and let us know how things work out for you!
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There are numerous parents using Mother-ease products in tropical climates- mostly Africa. There is no concern with layers of cotton next to a baby's skin. Cotton has a cooling effect. Cotton is very absorbent. The cooling effect is created as moisture evaporates. The Airflow cover is specifically designed to enhance moisture evaporation through its side ventilation system thereby helping reduce the temperature inside.
The only concern that arises is drying times in a tropical climate. Without the aid of a dryer the diapers can take a very long time to dry depending on humidity.
Hope this helps,
Erika Froese |
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I'm posting this on Fire Dancer's behalf (she is blind and the new security feature is giving her problems because the website she normally uses to help her is currently unavailable). She apologizes for not posting this herself...
"when my son was in disposables, he was much more miserable and hotterin the tropical summertime here in florida. when i switched him tocloth, by the time next summer rolled around, he was sweaty, but notnear as hot as he was in disposables. i know this because when i felthis diaper area when i took the disposable off, it was very hotcompared to the rest of his body and when i took off a cloth diaperthe next summer, there was no trace of the horrible heat on his diaperarea. a disposable is nonbreathable, so it does not let the heat out.the ME diaper and cover, however, are designed in such a way to allowmaximum airflow yet allow no leaks through."
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And for what it's worth (coming from someone that lives in QC, Canada - obviously NOT a tropical climate), I also don't think you'll have any issues using ME diapers (or any other) in a tropical climate. As Fire Dancer said, cloth diapers are much cooler than disposables. Disposables may be thinner but they're basically just a thin layer of paper surrounded by plastic.
I think going coverless is going to probably appeal to you, especially when your little one is a bit older and not spending so much time in arms, slings or seats of some sort. When they're walking is a perfect time to go coverless, you just have to keep an eye on them to make sure they don't climb on a nice sofa with a wet diaper!
That said, the people I've seen over the years that live in hot climates do often appreciate how quickly prefolds and flats dry compared to thicker fitted diapers. So it wouldn't be a bad idea to consider those in addition to the ME. You should even be able to find flats of some sort locally.
Karen. |
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| With respect to the drying times, I don't live in a tropical climate, but last summer it was 35 degrees celsius before the humidity, and about 45 with the humidity, and I hung my diapers to dry and they were done in less than 2 hours - and they were hot like they'd come out of the dryer. Like I said, not tropical humidity, but the humidity was signficant, and I found they dryed super fast anyway. Hope that helps. |
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Thanks for the replies everyone. We just started him on ME and it's great! It feels so much more comfortable then the Mio diapers or disposable ones. The AIrflow cover is much coller then the ones Mio offers. We're satisfied with going ahead with ME.
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