When my first son was born, we decided to use cloth diapers. We used them very regularly. We still bought disposable diapers and we used those at night and when we left the house. It is safe to say that we made our investment back with how frequently he was in cloth.
When my second son was born, we used them as well. However, we used disposables much more frequently. With a 2 year old and an infant, sometimes it was very easy to fall into the disposable diaper routine simply because I didn't have to do more laundry. Still, we didn't spend as much money on diapers as we would have had we not used cloth at all.
Now we have the third baby and out of her 14 months on earth, she has been in disposables about 13 of those months. I blame it all on my laziness. I have the diapers. They are even in her drawer, right at her diaper changing station. The other day when I spent $30 on 96 diapers at Target I decided that it was time to get back to cloth.
So, here we are. I am curious to see how long it takes me to get through the remainder of my paper diapers - 178 to be exact. Unless she is going to bed at night (or someone other than my husband or myself is changing her diaper) she is wearing cloth. I know I will save money, for sure, and the laundry really isn't that bad. I wash diapers once, maybe twice, per week.
Stay tuned to find out how long it takes me to whittle down my stash of disposables. I am hoping to provide a cost comparison as well. It should be interesting.
When my second son was born, we used them as well. However, we used disposables much more frequently. With a 2 year old and an infant, sometimes it was very easy to fall into the disposable diaper routine simply because I didn't have to do more laundry. Still, we didn't spend as much money on diapers as we would have had we not used cloth at all.
Now we have the third baby and out of her 14 months on earth, she has been in disposables about 13 of those months. I blame it all on my laziness. I have the diapers. They are even in her drawer, right at her diaper changing station. The other day when I spent $30 on 96 diapers at Target I decided that it was time to get back to cloth.
So, here we are. I am curious to see how long it takes me to get through the remainder of my paper diapers - 178 to be exact. Unless she is going to bed at night (or someone other than my husband or myself is changing her diaper) she is wearing cloth. I know I will save money, for sure, and the laundry really isn't that bad. I wash diapers once, maybe twice, per week.
Stay tuned to find out how long it takes me to whittle down my stash of disposables. I am hoping to provide a cost comparison as well. It should be interesting.
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