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This past Saturday, I (senior web editor Helen Racanelli here) attended the Greenmom spring market in Toronto. I loved that this market had all the green products I've been reading about for babies (I'm expecting my first child in October) but haven't yet seen up close.

One of my favourite products that I came across was the G Diaper, which is a cross between a disposable and cloth diaper. The outer breathable shell is cloth, with cute velcro tabs that fasten in the back, and the disposable part is a refill you stick inside. It's compostable, toilet flushable pulp fluff from farmed trees.

Of course I have no actual idea how well these will work, especially what with my experience changing, oh, maybe three diapers, but I bought a starter pack anyway, including two covers and about 8 refills for $30. This isn't a perfect solution (more...)