Parents can spend more than $100 a month on diapers, a financial strain for millions of U.S. households.
Low-income parents and caregivers in Delaware and Tennessee are getting a lifeline to help curtail one of the most common medical conditions for babies: diaper rash. Both states have received federal approval to provide free diapers through their Medicaid programs, according to federal and state officials.
'Access to sufficient diapers offers health benefits to the parent, as well, as diaper need is associated with maternal depression and stress,' a spokesperson for the Delaware Health and Social Services told the Associated Press in an email.The cost of diapersAn infant needs as many as a dozen diapers a day, at a cost of $80 to $100 or more a month, according to the National Diaper Bank Network, an advocacy group.
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