MONEY
Cloth diapering is significantly cheaper. Especially if you shop with coupons! Don't get me wrong...there are other really great reasons too. But, for now we'll just stick with money.
Seeing as we have pigs and both Jacob and I deal in a fair amount of poop every day, cloth diapering did not scare us in the least. Does it make for more laundry? Yes. 1 load a day (probably more like every other day) that takes maybe 1 minute to throw in the washer, and maybe 3 minutes to hang on a drying rack after they are done washing.
Anyways, on to the cost savings. We have decided to fully stock with the same cloth diaper just in case our little lady goes to daycare and we can find someone who will accommodate us. That way it is easier on them. We decided to go with the Bumgenius (BG) Freetime All-in-Ones (AIO). Side note: the world of cloth diapering has MORE acronyms than education. It's ridiculous! These diapers are one size (OS) so we will be able to use them from 12 pounds (though the packaging says 8) up to 35 pounds. Many, many people have advised us to get newborn diapers because they fit better, less leaks, and less bulk.
Up to this point, I have bought 6 Freetime cloth diapers and spent $102. I estimate the total cost of the remaining diapers to be $270. We will use those once she gets to be around 12 pounds. Until then, we will use the newborn BG AIOs. They are absolutely precious. I placed my order today and am SO excited to get them in the mail. We bought 24 newborn diapers for $290 which is quite the steal ($12.08 each). Typically these little babies go for $14.95 each. We had originally planned on doing a newborn diaper rental, but when we started cost comparing, decided that we would actually come out cheaper to purchase the diapers new. Why? Because we are planning on reselling them. Even if we can only get $5/diaper (which is SUPER cheap....they are going for around $10/diaper in Excellent Used Condition--EUC) we will come out even with the diaper rental program and disposable diapering. Anyways, this is what I am waiting on to come in the mail:
Armadillo
Clementine
Countess
Dazzle
Grasshopper
Hummingbird
Mirror
Moonbeam
Noodle
Sassy
Twilight
We ordered two of each color except the white and patterned (Marie). We only got 1 white and 1 Marie.
After doing some research, this is what we have figured out in regards to cost savings in the first 12 weeks ALONE. Assuming the average newborn goes through 10 diapers a day (obviously some will be more, some less-- but this is what most websites have said).....
Length of Wear- 12 weeks
Days in a Week- 7
Number of Changes/Day- 10
12 weeks x 7 days in a week x 10 changes= 840 diapers in 12 weeks
Cost of newborn cloth diapers- $290
$290/840 diapers= .35 per diaper change
Cost of disposable diapers (on subscription) from Amazon Mom- $43.69 for 216 count
$43.69/216 diapers= .20 per diaper change
Now....add in the cost of reselling the diapers (which we plan to do).
$5/diaper x 24 diapers= $120 back
$290 total spent on cloth dipes - $120 money back= $170 overall cost
$170 overall cost/840 diapers = .20 per diaper change
That's our break even price.
But if we get $10 which is more reasonable for the resell market....
$10 x 24 diapers = $240 back
$290 total spent on cloth dipes -$240 money back= $50 overall cost
$50 overall cost/840 diapers= .06 per diaper change
Total cost of disposables for 12 weeks- $168
Total cost of cloth for 12 weeks- $50.40
Savings- $117.60 (assuming we can resell for $10/diaper)
So we could cloth diaper for 12 weeks for $50 total, making it a grand total of .06 per diaper change. It may not be the biggest savings (though to us $117 is totally worth it), but that's only for 12 weeks. We're excited to see how much we will save over the long haul (2 years)!
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