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Monday, June 25, 2012

To Cloth or Not To Cloth

That is the question that I am sitting on right now. Which is going to be a more economical solution for us to do?
Given that newborn diapers bought online in a case of 140 diapers for $31 and you supposedly use 72 diapers on average each week, we will spend around $186 in the first 3 months of her life. From between 3-6 months if they use 5-7 a day, at $47.19 per box of 276, it would be an additional $94.38. Then from 6-11 months an average of 5 diapers a day for $47.19 for an additional box of 276 diapers. This does not account for the difference in sizes which will obviously skew the numbers since she will not wear the same size diaper for 6 months so 1 box will not last that long. But given these numbers, it will be at least $327.57 for the first year in diaper cost. Plus the use of baby wipes. I can get a box of 720 baby wipes for $20.49.

I know that the upfront cost of using cloth diapers is a little bit more, but will this save us money in the long run?

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