Swim Diaper iPlay Re-usable Boys Swim Trunks w/Diaper It's summertime and you need a swim diaper for your baby or toddler. What do you do? Do you reach for an expensive package of disposable diapers or give your wallet a break by choosing reusable cloth diapers? If you're like me, you reach for the cloth! I do it because it saves so much money when going to the pool or beach with your little one. It's also an environmentally sound choice. Yes, those disposable diapers have the cute designs and pictures on them that capture your child's interest. However, what's not so cute is their ability to last for years and years in a landfill. Just the thought of non-degradeable diapers can send a grimace across anyone's face. I remember when I first started cloth diapering, I thought I would have to switch back to disposables every time we went swimming. I just couldn't imagine that a cloth diaper would be up to the task of being immersed in chlorine or salt water without leaking the contents. To me, the most important part of a diaper made for the water is actually the elastic. After all, keeping waste out of the pool is serious business. Cloth diaper manufacturers use slightly different cloth diaper fabric than regular cloth diapers to achieve this. Cloth Diaper FabricSo how do they do it? The constructoin of diapers made for the water is not much different than a regular cloth diaper. It actually resembles the construction of all in one cloth diapers:
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