I just wanted to give a quick update on how cloth diapering is going so far.
We let everyone know a few weeks ago that we decided to cloth diaper. I’m pretty sure everyone thought we were joking. That seems to be the reaction we have gotten so far. Even at our baby shower over the weekend, the only comments we heard were “I can’t believe you’re doing this” or “That is so gross”. However, I was very happy that people actually bought what was on our registry and we only received one pack of disposable diapers. I have heard stories where people try to force disposables on parents and I’m glad that our family didn’t do this.
Obviously our little girl is not here yet so we have yet to be able to try any of our diapers out yet, but how can you know look at this pic and not smile. Cloth diapering is far from the plastic pants that my mom used to put on me.
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| My fluff stash!! 🙂 |
So this is our cloth diaper stash so far. We have decided on a mix of pocket diapers and prefolds with covers. I would like to add a few All-in-Ones (AIOs) to our stash at some point, but we will probably only be ordering some more prefolds and see how this goes in the beginning.
So far we have 6 Sunbaby diapers. 5 BumGenius. 5 Just Simply Baby. and 3 Flip Covers with 10 prefolds. I will spend about another $15 on some more prefolds and still be at just over $200 total for all of these diapers. Essentially, if everything works out, I would never have to buy another diaper, just about $20 on bigger sized prefolds. However…..
The number one thing I have learned so far is that the most difficult part is NOT ordering more. No, I don’t need anymore, but they make the most adorable prints that it’s so hard not to buy more!! Still, the average family spends over $2000 to diaper in disposables from birth to 2 and even if I spent another $500 on cloth, I wouldn’t come close to this amount!
Moms that already cloth—what are you favorite brands of diapers??
Moms that don’t cloth—would you be willing to try if you have another baby?? Why or Why not?
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We used cloth with our second baby and I so wished I would have known how great they were when I had my son 5 years earlier! I spent less than $400 on my stash, including cloth wipes, wet bags, a diaper sprayer (which is a must!)and diaper pail bags. An added bonus, which I was not aware of when I decided to go cloth – my daughter potty trained at 18 mos in less than a week! So don't let
Awesome Gina!! Thanks for reading! I have my diaper sprayer ordered! And I've heard potty training is so much easier!! 🙂