S/O: Cloth Diapers

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scrapperjade

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A couple of you (Darcy & Emily for sure) mentioned in the other thread that you used Fuzzibunz for your babies. I'd looked into doing it before Ava was born, but couldn't justify paying $20 a diaper for the newborn size, then having to turn around and paying $20 a diaper for each subsiquent size change. Although I see now they have a "Perfect Fit" diaper, so that would take the cost down some.

Anyways, I'm wondering how many diapers a person needs to buy to have enough? Ava goes through 3-4 diapers a day, so I'd need at least 8-12?? At $20 a piece ($160-$240!!!!), I can't see how it saves money. I get a box of 120 diapers for $26. Each box lasts for a full month... I would be able to buy 6-9 months of disposables before I would pay off the cloth...... Am I missing something??
 
With my daughter she only goes through 5-6 diapers a day. And when I bought them I got a discounted rate because I bought a package. So it only ended up being about $15/diaper. Now if I had waited longer to make the switch I might not see the return on the money I put into it.
Here is a calculator you can use to see when you would break even.
http://www.diaperpin.com/calculator/calculator.asp
But if you plan on having more kids, then eventually you would save money. I also like the bumgenius diapers and they are one size. I just went with fuzzibunz because they seemed sleaker and to fit skinny babies better from what I read. And my daughter is super skinny. But yeah, there are a TON of options out there. And if you're not too grossed out by it you can buy used ones for much MUCH cheaper. I know a friend who did this and paid a lot less and they were in great condition.
 
We didn't do each of the size changes...we stuck with newborn diapers with C because he was gaining so much weight so fast. But within about 4 months, we used the same diapers almost the whole way. We bought 2 sizes, and sold the ones he grew out of because resale value is so high on them. We probably had 10 diapers, and because they don't need to be washed the same way regular cloth diapers need to be washed, they dry so much faster, we weren't needing as many as if you were using the bulky all-in-one diapers.
 
We use one-sized fitted diapers. They are made to fit children 10-35lb. We plan on having more children. So, we will save money, and then when we're done, we will resale our stash. Beyond saving the money, the environmental savings alone makes it worth it to me. :thumbup:
 
amandabarugh said:
We use one-sized fitted diapers. They are made to fit children 10-35lb. We plan on having more children. So, we will save money, and then when we're done, we will resale our stash. Beyond saving the money, the environmental savings alone makes it worth it to me. :thumbup:
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We also used the one size. We used the "Birth to Potty" Wonderoos. I could get them 3 for $25 on eBay so I didn't spend much to get my stash going! The having to change sizes stressed me out so I definitely wanted to avoid that!
 
The re-sale on fuzzi bunz or other "name" diapers is very high. But definitely it helps to avoid size changes - I think a lot of babies can go from newborn to medium and then wear those to the end.
 
I thought about cloth with Wes and probably would have if there was a diaper service near. BUT I am seriously considering it with #2. I kept count of diapers used from newborn - 2 years old = 5,989 diapers! Total price was somewhere around $1250.
 
Here's my skinny: 2 kids overlapped, cloth daipers... needed economical, functional system (daipering is a system).
daytime min : need 24 prefolds 6 covers(Bummies w velcro for me) (that is all a washer is really gonna hold and all the time you're gonna want it in a pail).
night : 6 heavy prefolds, doublers and 4 fuzzibuns (really the best night system I could find).
I had a 2 full sets of prefolds: infant and regular (24 + 6) and 3 sizes of covers (S M L), plus I love liners for day (daiperaps-just flush).
For under 500.00 (no lies ladies), both my kids were daipered from birth to potty. Best investment ever, and soooooo much easier than I thought it would be!!!
BTW, if we are being nice and frugal (I mean I am here in Manitoba... we are so cheap you can hear us squeaking in Sask), look for great deals on ebay and the like, tons of people buy cloth and give up, never having used them. Although, if you want them for successive babies then buy new.
 
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I had heard that using cloth diapers, a child can be potty trained faster... is that true? I didn't go the cloth route... I worked for Kimberly-Clark, the makers of Huggies... so you know, support your company's brand. :p But now that I'm a SAHM and if number two comes, I was thinking about doing cloth...
 
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