New diaper business provides green alternative for parents

Little Blessing Diaper Service, Neal Ward demonstrates how to fold a cloth diaper. — Little Blessing Diaper Service’s Neal Ward demonstrates how to fold a cloth diaper.

By KARI BLURTON
Hays Post

A new business is the first of its kind in Hays to offer an eco-friendly and natural alternative to disposable diapers.

Neal Ward opened the doors to Little Blessings Diaper Service, 225 E. Eighth, last week. The business provides all the supplies for cloth diapering and a weekly laundry service as well.

“There was no alternative to disposable diapers, no green alternative,” Ward said. “That is what we are trying to do, give Hays an alternative — another choice.”

A choice Ward said is better for the environment and babies.

Ward said, a cloth diaper is 100 percent cotton, with none of chemicals used in disposable diapers, and do not end up in a landfill.

“It takes up to 100 years for a disposable diaper to decompose — that is a long time,” Ward said.

The father of two added, according to the Real Diaper Association, cloth diapers are also proven to cut potty training by up to a year saving parents money and “heartache.”

Ward added cloth diapers are not what some people picture; there are no pins, instead a “diaper wrap” holds the cloth diaper in place. He encouraged anyone who would like to find out more to contact him or his wife, Lisa, at (785) 635-4939 or visit their website HERE.