I was all set to do a post each on all of my girls today, but got distracted online (as you do ...) and came across this site. http://www.goods4girls.org/
It is not something that gets talked about, near thought about anywhere often enough. So many women all over the world every month throwing away piles of plasticky non degradable items. Can you imagine the piles and piles of pads etc out there? Gross, huh?
We are so very lucky in so many ways here in Australia, that this or this just don't need to be thought about.
It seems like an odd thing to do in this day and age. Almost archaic, and dare I say it? Gross. But reuseable sanitary items are the way we need to go.
Do you know how to sew? Give it a go
Or wouldn't know a sewing machine if it hit you in the head? Try these
Make some, buy some, send them here and grab a handful for yourself.
You won't go back, I promise.
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At a farewell dinner for one of our young girls we were discussingthe fact that all our sanitary napkins were reusablewhen we were growing up. They were made out of rags and mum used to soak them and boil them in the copper and we would reuse them. it is hard to believe that it would ever turn full cycle. i remember the embarrasment and quite often would not go to school. the help page doesn't come up by the way.
isn't it incredible how lucky we are to have our kids and to be in a position to help others. your Ella is great and We are so pleased that she thinks her teacher is "delicous" in her words.
I also second the cloth pads usage. But I also have to strongly recommend using a menstrual cup, like the Keeper (which I have) or the Diva Cup. Sorry I don't know how to create links in a comment to their sites but I'm going to blog about it too. Buy one girls! They have a 3 month money-back guarantee, but you'll never go back.
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