Bakersfield.com

By: Posted By Tesa Kurin/ written by Justina Engen

With the grim outlook on today’s economy, parents are looking everywhere for ways to cut costs while still providing their families with safe and healthy products. Many times, parents are faced with tough decisions on whether to cut quality or break the bank. However, Little Cabooses, a new business in our area, is trying to give parents the best of both worlds: a high quality diaper service that not only saves you time and money, but also the environment as well!

With the rise of concern for our environment and our children, families and companies are looking for more affordable and natural products to care for the babies and children of today. Parents are seeking products that are better for both their children and the world that their children will grow up in. Cloth diapers are a completely natural product that have been shown to reduce diaper rash and promote earlier potty training in children, while also significantly reducing solid waste in our landfills and our reliance on petroleum-based products. All this from a cost -effective product that our grandparents have used for generations. 

Now parents don’t have to look farther than their doorstep to find a convenient and affordable way to diaper their children in a gentle and environmentally friendly manner.  Little Cabooses Diaper Service now provides services and products that aid families in making affordable, healthy, and environmentally conscious choices when it comes to raising their children. Little Cabooses delivers a week’s supply of clean 100% cotton diapers and picks up soiled diapers once a week to their customers’ homes. They then wash the soiled diapers using industrial strength washers and a 12-step process to assure ultimate cleanliness while maintaining a safe and affordable product.

Many parents say that they choose disposables out of cost and sheer convenience: buy diapers at the grocery store, use once, and dispose of the waste without having to worry about washing or stain treating soiled diapers. Little Cabooses provides convenient solutions to cloth diapering by providing a weekly diaper washing and delivery service that is actually more affordable than adding diapers to your grocery bill. According to Mothering Magazine, “…cloth diapers are an easy, convenient alternative to disposables and a major saver of money, resources, and waste.” 

While parents may not see it hidden in their grocery or superstore bills, an average child will use about $2000 worth of disposable diapers (Mothering no.116, Jan-Feb 2003).    At first, potential customers may think that a weekly pick-up and delivery diaper service may exceed their needs for the price. However, if most parents do the math, a weekly diaper service is no more expensive than buying disposables. In addition, when one calculates the fuel costs, discount store memberships, disposal costs, the cost for washing and sanitizing, and the availability of diapering and natural child accessories delivered to one’s door at no additional cost, this seemingly luxurious service is actually cheaper than anything comparable.   In addition, Little Cabooses offers more affordable options such as a drop-off and pick-up option, a buy your own diapers option that include the same quality service with less added options included such as diaper rental and delivery fees. They also offer incentives to earn free weeks of service for customers who pay in advance, refer friends, or who are in the military.

Little Cabooses is currently serving most of East Kern County and the Antelope Valley, including Tehachapi, Bakersfield, Lancaster, Palmdale, Mojave, Rosamond and Edwards for delivery service. They also have eco-friendly diapering products available on their website at www.littlecabooses.com.   For more information regarding cloth diapering or to schedule a free diaper workshop to learn more about the benefits of cloth, please contact Tesa Kurin, owner of Little Cabooses, at 661-435-9739 or littlecabooses@gmail.com.