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Cloth diaper questions

posted 8 months ago in Babies

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bells June 26, 2011

I'm new to the whole cloth diapering thing. I just wanted to know for those that chose to go this route,

How many times a week were you doing laundry?
Factoring in the actual CD cost, plus laundry did you save a substancial amount of money
Did you find cloth diapers to be bulkier than disposables?

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Pelikila August 30, 2008 Houston, TX

How many times a week were you doing laundry? I do diaper laundry every 2 days (sometimes 3 days) so that makes around 4 times a week.

Did you save a substantial amount of money? By the time we are done with diapers, yes, we'll have saved a substantial amount of money. In the beginning it doesn't seem like it because you want to build your stash and there are lots of diapers you want to try but when it is all said and done, yes.

Did you find cloth diapers to be bulkier than disposables? Absolutely. But that is part of the charm of cloth. You have to embrace the fluff.

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How many times a week were you doing laundry? Every 2-3 days
Factoring in the actual CD cost, plus laundry did you save a substancial amount of money? I searched for CD sales and got some diapers as baby shower gifts (including prefolds) so we really haven't spent all that much on actual CD cost, we usually line dry the initial wetness out so we don't have to stick them in the dryer that long and plan on having more than one or two kids so we can continue to use them, so for us it will be a substantial savings, though I haven't calculated anything out.
Did you find cloth diapers to be bulkier than disposables? Yup.

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bells June 26, 2011

Thanks for the responses so far, I was thinking about combining cloth diapers and disposables and using cloth when the baby is home and just wonder if I could keep up with the time and cost of constantly doing laundry.

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@bells: We started with a combo and just did disposables at night at first. Its a good way to see how it works. For us we switched to all cloth once she grew out of her newborn disposables and I didnt feel like buying another box of disposables.

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brownieMomma April 24, 2010

How many times a week were you doing laundry? Every 2-3 days and it takes a while (though I think I have imposed some of that myself with the detergent I use).

Did you save substancial amount of money? I got a lot of my stash for free. We are using prefolds which are much cheaper and we are using hemp gCloth as boosters.

Did you find cloth diapers to be bulkier than disposables? Yes, but we haven't had a blow out yet. So I consider this a benefit. We do prefer the trimmer diapers (grovia). We have to go up a size a touch early but not too bad.

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artbee February 28, 2010

How many times a week were you doing laundry? I wash diapers every other day. But really I'm always doing someone's laundry, so one more load isn't a huge deal.
Factoring in the actual CD cost, plus laundry did you save a substancial amount of money? My parents gifted us a lot of diapers so we didn't have to buy that many. We got one size, so between her and if (hopefully when) we have another one, we'll get lots of use out of them and we'll def have saved a ton. Diapers are expensive! We get our detergent at costco in bulk so that also saves us some... especially b/c so far my parents have also been buying us that!
Did you find cloth diapers to be bulkier than disposables? They're very bulky. You just have to think about that when figuring out different sized clothes. They grow out of them a lot quicker with cloth diapers. I find dresses are a lot easier b/c there's no issue with the bottom so they fit longer.

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snmcdowell 9-13-08 Chicago

We started with 80 cloth prefolds and about 10 covers, and had a laundry service for the prefolds. The prefolds only needed washing once per week but we were washing covers at least 4x per week.

I haven't done any calcs, but I believe we are saving money, even with the diaper service cost.

Yep. Cloth is so much bulier than disposables, but it hasn't mattered. The bulky bum is cute.

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bells June 26, 2011

All your responses are so helpful!!

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