There's Poop on My Finger

When Kash (our 2nd baby) was littler and still in diapers, Chris stumbled upon a new type of diaper that we loved called gDiapers. They are sort of a cloth/disposable hybrid with a cloth and plastic, washable outer shell and a compostable/flushable/biodegradable inner liner. They work great, look cute and help ease our diaper conscience without resorting to full on cloth (which we tried with our first and HATED!). The website information even suggests that they are better than cloth because they don't require as much water to wash.

I can't say we have been entirely faithful to using our gDiapers, we do our best to use them when we are able. We started using gDiapers again when Isabelle was born. Again, we've been somewhat inconsistent in using them (depending on whether we have that little extra cash to spend) but we've done our best. Recently, we decided to go 'back on the g's' and I hope we can keep it up.

Anyway, back to the theme of my post. This morning as I was flushing and rinsing one of the nastiest diapers we've had in a while, I got poop on my finger and thought 'Man, this would be a lot easier with a disposable!' And then Super Green Momma stepped in and I realized, maybe that's the problem with society these days. Of course it's easier to just wrap your babies poop into a nice little package, toss it in the garbage can or diaper genie and never think about it again! But how is that fair to anyone. The diaper doesn't just 'go away' and neither do millions and millions of others.

This is much the same with so many other choices we make everyday. When we base our decisions on convenience in the moment, there are bigger consequences for the future. And I'm not just talking about garbage. This is true of the food that we consume, the things we purchase, and even the way we treat people. Perhaps we should stop seeing convenience as our highest goal and start paying attention to how our convenient decisions create inconvenience in the long run!

SO for now, I will accept when poop lands on my finger and see it as a minor inconvenience that just might do the world a favour in the long run!