Compostables will never compost unless you have a municipal compost service. So it would be a waste for me - those things will sit forever in a landfill. No point in paying the premium.
Is there a reason you're not able to just do cloth yourself?
Roughly one box of pampers a month, which is $35ish on Amazon S&S.
Once DD1 was eating more solids, Huggies and Up&Up worked fine too. Up&Up are super cheap if you can stack the 5% red card with other deals, like a $10 off $50 Up & Up coupon + cartwheel on diapers + a $ off Target coupon on diapers.
Maybe 50-60 a month for disposables. I'm trying to factor in overnight diapers, but a pack of those lasts forever. Target often has good deals - 3 boxes around $25 each and then you get a $10 gift card. Those 3 tend to last over a month.
I researched a cloth diaper service when I was pg with DD (don't have my own washing machine) and was really discouraged by the environmental impact of the trucks/emissions associated with pick-up & delivery and with the types of chemicals that go into the process of cleaning cloth diapers on an industrial/mass level. The cost of a more eco-friendly service was just way too prohibitive.
I have no idea how much I really spend on diapers because I have gotten lots of huge boxes of Nata Baby and Honest Co. from Zulily on deep discount, as well as cashed in lots of promo offers and coupons, etc. to order them in bulk from web sites like Amazon and Drugstore.com. Plus, friends with bigger kids have handed me big bags of diapers their babies outgrew.
Compostables will never compost unless you have a municipal compost service. So it would be a waste for me - those things will sit forever in a landfill. No point in paying the premium.
Is there a reason you're not able to just do cloth yourself?
It's really hard when you don't have a washer or dryer.
Compostables will never compost unless you have a municipal compost service. So it would be a waste for me - those things will sit forever in a landfill. No point in paying the premium.
Is there a reason you're not able to just do cloth yourself?
I don't have a washer.
I do have compost access, though. Interestingly enough, there is also a service that will pick up your compostables.
Have you considered G diapers? They didn't work for us, but I know that some people are very happy with them. I would also put in a plug for Nata Baby diapers.
I think we spend about $40 a month on diapers and wipes. I've never calculated it out, but that seems about right. We use Pampers Swaddlers and Costco wipes.
I buy diapers at Target when they have a gift card deal, so I've gotten pretty good deals on diapers so far. I try to stay a few sizes ahead, although this backfired on me when C grew out of size 2 diapers more quickly than I was expecting. Hopefully I can still return them for the next size up.
We were gifted some wipes, so we still haven't finished our first box of wipes.
I researched a cloth diaper service when I was pg with DD (don't have my own washing machine) and was really discouraged by the environmental impact of the trucks/emissions associated with pick-up & delivery and with the types of chemicals that go into the process of cleaning cloth diapers on an industrial/mass level. The cost of a more eco-friendly service was just way too prohibitive.
I have no idea how much I really spend on diapers because I have gotten lots of huge boxes of Nata Baby and Honest Co. from Zulily on deep discount, as well as cashed in lots of promo offers and coupons, etc. to order them in bulk from web sites like Amazon and Drugstore.com. Plus, friends with bigger kids have handed me big bags of diapers their babies outgrew.
The two I've found claim to be environmentally friendly when it comes to washing. They run 150-200/month.
we used a cloth diaper service for the first year for both boys. I didn't want to deal with washing them as our washer/dryer are old and use too much energy. The service cost $20/week for unlimited diapers (so, $80-100/month). The service we used had an eco-friendly truck, so that wasn't a concern. They delivered and picked-up once a week. We had to buy covers but I was able to use them for both boys, and then sell them second-hand to recoup part of the cost.
Once both boys hit a year, the diapers started not fitting that well so we switched to disposables. Huggies fit best. DS2 is still in diapers/pullups (grumble grumble grumble) and we use 4-5/day. So, it's about $30/month (I'm in Canada, so it's likely more expensive)
eta: also, during the newborn period, we were going through about 100-120 diapers per week (both boys nursed on demand, and A LOT).
We used Huggies, and i think it was about $35-40 a month. Maybe averaged a little less when a box started lasting closer to two months. We always used Costco wipes, so we'd buy a box and it would last a couple/few months,
The cost of diapers really wasnt as bad as i thought it would be. We just Subscribe and Saved them, and didn't think about it.
Roughly one box of pampers a month, which is $35ish on Amazon S&S.
Once DD1 was eating more solids, Huggies and Up&Up worked fine too. Up&Up are super cheap if you can stack the 5% red card with other deals, like a $10 off $50 Up & Up coupon + cartwheel on diapers + a $ off Target coupon on diapers.
Where do you get coupons for Target? I just recently opened a red card.
Post by thebreakfastclub on Jun 30, 2015 9:47:08 GMT -5
I mostly did cloth until 20 months, but DS was getting too rash prone at the end.
Now I use Target diapers. I wish I had gone to them sooner. Some people hate them, but I have never had a leak and they are close to half the price of Pampers. I get them when Target offers a GC if you buy 2 boxes.
Roughly one box of pampers a month, which is $35ish on Amazon S&S.
Once DD1 was eating more solids, Huggies and Up&Up worked fine too. Up&Up are super cheap if you can stack the 5% red card with other deals, like a $10 off $50 Up & Up coupon + cartwheel on diapers + a $ off Target coupon on diapers.
Where do you get coupons for Target? I just recently opened a red card.
You can sign up for their mobile coupons (if you google "target mobile coupons", I think you can do it online), there are coupons on their website, and if it's a deal like buy 2 boxes get a $10 gc or $10 off $50 up & Up there are usually signs all over the store with which number to text for a coupon.
Listen: diapers are one aspect of your life. A temporary one. If it makes the most sense to use disposable, then do it. And enjoy it. And offset it in other aspects of your life (which I'm guessing you do).
It's okay to do what makes sense for YOU in your situation.
Post by thatgirl2478 on Jun 30, 2015 10:38:50 GMT -5
We just bought disposables and probably go through a large box (about $35-40) once a month, though it's slowing down now (so probably every 1.5 - 2 months though 2 months would be stretching it).
Listen: diapers are one aspect of your life. A temporary one. If it makes the most sense to use disposable, then do it. And enjoy it. And offset it in other aspects of your life (which I'm guessing you do).
It's okay to do what makes sense for YOU in your situation.
We average around $40 on diapers and wipes--Pampers Swaddlers (Amazon S&S) and Costco wipes.
Having a kid is pretty bad for the environment all around, but maybe your kid will invent clean energy, so you don't have to feel guilty about disposable diapers.
I'd say $40ish on diapers and wipes. The first couple months were probably more. We use Pampers (switched from Swaddlers to Cruisers around 4mo) and buy via Amazon subscribe and save or Target if they offer a good deal. Daycare changes him every two hours which is more often than I change him at home.
We halfheartedly tried cloth but DH put the kibosh on it.
I researched a cloth diaper service when I was pg with DD (don't have my own washing machine) and was really discouraged by the environmental impact of the trucks/emissions associated with pick-up & delivery and with the types of chemicals that go into the process of cleaning cloth diapers on an industrial/mass level. The cost of a more eco-friendly service was just way too prohibitive.
I have no idea how much I really spend on diapers because I have gotten lots of huge boxes of Nata Baby and Honest Co. from Zulily on deep discount, as well as cashed in lots of promo offers and coupons, etc. to order them in bulk from web sites like Amazon and Drugstore.com. Plus, friends with bigger kids have handed me big bags of diapers their babies outgrew.
The two I've found claim to be environmentally friendly when it comes to washing. They run 150-200/month.
Okay, this was 7.5 years ago when I was researching it all. I PMd you some yoga info.