https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 04 May 2026 14:16:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-per-diaper#post-553474 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 09:38:26 +0000 lemondrop 553474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I try not to think about it since the money is depressing, but I'm not willing to CD. My boy gets a bad rash with most diapers, so we use size 4 Pampers sensitive at 28 cents a diaper. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-per-diaper#post-553364 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 08:35:10 +0000 littleveesmommy 553364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a Pampers girls so they usually run me around $0.23 per diaper in size 3s. The best deal I've scored yet was from Target - 10% off Pampers promotion for 2 boxes plus $20 gift card plus 5% off RedCard users, which worked out to $22.98 a box or $0.13 a diaper. I was so pumped!!!! Haha things that get me pumped these days...... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-per-diaper#post-553329 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:33:31 +0000 T.H.O.U. 553329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are a pampers house so around $0.20-$0.25 (depending on size) is about right. But if you start looking at the cheap brands (generic or luvs) you can get them much cheaper. Alternatively, if you get the organic, special brands they are much more expensive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-per-diaper#post-553298 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:35:11 +0000 Ree723 553298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The cheapest I can find diapers in Australia is about $.30 per diaper for size 1 equivalents. I miss American prices. :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-per-diaper#post-553284 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 02:37:14 +0000 LaineysMom 553284@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used a BRU coupon ($10 off) at Buy Buy Baby and got Size 1 Pampers Swaddlers Sensitive for $.019.. BBB will take anyones coupons and their Pampers boxes are the same price as BRU, but they have more diapers (20ish) so for me it's worth it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-per-diaper#post-553241 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:19:34 +0000 MaisyMay 553241@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I buy the BRU diapers and tend to spend about 11 cents a diaper. I've also bought Luvs for the same price. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-per-diaper#post-553231 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:03:16 +0000 shopaholic 553231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sunny: Thanks! I did just spend about 20 min. reading up on Amazon Mom! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-per-diaper#post-553228 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:01:06 +0000 sunny 553228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Check out Amazon Mom: </p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pampers-Swaddlers-Diapers-Economy-Count/dp/B004Q8FFTS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1360213152&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=pampers+swaddlers+size+1" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Pampers-Swaddlers-Diapers-Economy-Count/dp/B004Q8FFTS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1360213152&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=pampers+swaddlers+size+1</a></p> <p>For Pampers Swaddlers size 1, it is $37.59 for 234 ($0.16 / count).</p> <p>There's also a $1 off coupon in the middle of you page that you can click on to bring it down to $36.59. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-per-diaper#post-553206 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:32:53 +0000 shopaholic 553206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaBehr: @Mrs. Pen: I did notice that! Price is the same but # of diapers decrease per package with sizes going up! </p> <p>@sunny: WOW! That is a LOT better than my attempt at couponing today! I think 15c is a good goal for me to find! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-per-diaper#post-553200 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:20:25 +0000 sunny 553200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Size 1s are cheapest, followed by NB, 2, 3, etc.</p> <p>I've gotten Swaddler 1s as cheap as 12c and up to 15c on Amazon Mom with a $3 coupon they sometimes have. </p> <p>I use Costco prices as my absolute max. Those are around 16c for size 1 IIRC but they only carry Kirkland and Huggies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-per-diaper#post-553151 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:07:02 +0000 Mrs. Pen 553151@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaBehr: or they just decrease the amount of diapers in a pack haha</p> <p>I buy chlorine, dioxin, dye and fragrance free diapers so they run me about .36 a diaper... It's a lot but worth it to me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-per-diaper#post-553136 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:59:32 +0000 MamaBehr 553136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I try to pay attention to the cost per diaper. DS is in size 4's and they are about 23 cents each. The cost totally goes up as the size does... booo </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-per-diaper#post-553092 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:34:39 +0000 shopaholic 553092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel like I remember there was a post on this, but I couldn't find it in the search. </p> <p>What is the average or what do YOU think is a good price or cost per diaper? This is for disposable diapers of course. </p> <p>And also, do you think the size of the diaper affects your "good price" cost per diaper?</p> <p>i.e. Today, with coupons I got Pampers Swaddlers for ~ $0.21/ea. Is that a good deal? (They also missed one of my coupons and I don't know how to go back and say so...) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woo-hoo-cloth-diaper-break-even-point#post-377255 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 07:02:24 +0000 pastemoo 377255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sarac: I love cloth diapering for that same reason--and because the gDiapers line up so simply in my purse/diaper bag. :)<br /> I also like that if I need disposables, their disposables flush and get sewage treatment not landfill incarceration,</p> <p>@Navy_Mommy: My best friend is like this. I got her into CDing and now she gets a new one all the time. Of course she can sell them when they've had all their kids. Or hey, if they're pokemon cards and you gotta collect them all that counts as a new hobby!</p> <p>@Baby Boy Mom: :) Yay! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woo-hoo-cloth-diaper-break-even-point#post-377195 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 00:36:19 +0000 Navy_Mommy 377195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think I'll ever break even...I'm addicted to buying diapers, lol. I've actually been selling them lately because I have too many, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woo-hoo-cloth-diaper-break-even-point#post-377149 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 23:48:41 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 377149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never really calculated, but I'm sure we're way past breaking even with Big Brother. I'm excited to be reusing them for Baby Brother though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woo-hoo-cloth-diaper-break-even-point#post-377133 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 23:33:30 +0000 sarac 377133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: I buy the chlorine free diapers, so it'd be more like $40 for sure. But even at $20 monthly, I'll probably break even by year two, just for this kid. </p> <p>And you know what? I'd do it even if not for the money. I love cloth diapering. I hate the thought of all those diapers sitting in a landfill. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woo-hoo-cloth-diaper-break-even-point#post-377098 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 21:54:57 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 377098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: math SO isn't my thing. I haven't taken it since sophomore year of high school! Yikes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woo-hoo-cloth-diaper-break-even-point#post-377071 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 21:39:22 +0000 pastemoo 377071@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: LOL. Sorry. I like math. Numbers are easier than people--part of the reason I hang out online. </p> <p>@scg00387: Yup! I'm lucky I have a simple stash that works for me.</p> <p>@FutureMrsMcK: Yeah with 250$ in, you'll break even between 3.5 and 7 months (15 to 30 cents/diaper) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woo-hoo-cloth-diaper-break-even-point#post-376846 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 17:44:59 +0000 immabeetoo 376846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's awesome! I started calculating all that in a Google doc before we start (due this month) but decided it was too much work, haha. </p> <p>I don't get the diaper collecting thing! I have a few different brands and figure I'll sell off what doesn't work for us, but I can't believe how many some people own &amp; will pay for hard to find prints. I guess I should be glad that bug hasn't bit me :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woo-hoo-cloth-diaper-break-even-point#post-376837 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 17:36:48 +0000 cvbee 376837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FutureMrsMcK: You might want to try stay-dry liners? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woo-hoo-cloth-diaper-break-even-point#post-376700 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 14:32:25 +0000 loveisstrange 376700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: That is so me. I'm getting into WAHM and more obscure brands now... watch out, bank account. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woo-hoo-cloth-diaper-break-even-point#post-376699 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 14:28:06 +0000 lovehoneybee 376699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm way too lazy to do the math, so I don't know if we've broken even yet...we went through two packs of disposables the first two weeks, and he's been in AIO OS since then (he's about 12 weeks old). We spent about $250 on 18 diapers and then MIL gifted us another 6. I'm washing an almost entire load of them pretty much every day....little dude pees a lot and can't stand sitting in a wet diaper. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woo-hoo-cloth-diaper-break-even-point#post-376647 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 13:33:33 +0000 pastemoo 376647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sarac: I think the price per month goes down but in the beginning it is more than $40 by a bunch and at the end it may be $20-30?<br /> It also really depends on the brand. But yes... if you keep the cloth for a second kid you definitely break even! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woo-hoo-cloth-diaper-break-even-point#post-376642 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 13:29:31 +0000 sarac 376642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've spent a lot on mine, but I figure that disposables are what, 40$ a month? I've certainly spent less than 500$ on my cloth, and I'm totally set up for a future child, or reselling them. I think we've long since broken even. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woo-hoo-cloth-diaper-break-even-point#post-376445 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 10:03:28 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 376445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Your charting/graph making/calculating boggles my mind. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woo-hoo-cloth-diaper-break-even-point#post-376437 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 09:58:45 +0000 Mrs.B 376437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: Congrats on breaking even! </p> <p>I love the cartoon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woo-hoo-cloth-diaper-break-even-point#post-376370 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 08:50:06 +0000 BSB 376370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: Wow, look at you calculating the break even point!<br /> Whenever I get pregnant and use cloth, I would love to figure that number. It must be such a great feeling to know how much you are saving by using cloth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woo-hoo-cloth-diaper-break-even-point#post-376351 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 08:23:41 +0000 cvbee 376351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: ha. love the cartoon. I feel like that! As my IRL friend says: cloth diapers are supposed to save money, except that they are like Pokemon cards, so once you get started, you want to collect them all. </p> <p>As for my calculations, thanks for the offer, but I am too lazy to go back and figure out how much it all costed. I bought them at such different times, like Boxing Week sales and such. I know the newborns were a splurge, but I only used baby gift money for those, so does that even count? And then for the detergent, we switched to Rockin Green for ALL of our clothes, so hard to remove that price. We are on well-water, so water is free, but I did wonder about the electricity, but now after a few bills, it seems it hasn't really changed much...a bit more because I do the wash and have our lights on and heat/cool the house more during the day (when the electricity costs more). Baby 2 *should* be free, but I already have plans to buy more NB diapers when that happens, since I bought the bare-minimum number and had to wash them daily. Oh cloth!</p> <p>PS. One night in and I LOVE LOVE LOVE my Wolleybottoms. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woo-hoo-cloth-diaper-break-even-point#post-376306 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 07:38:25 +0000 pastemoo 376306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@zippylef: LOL. For you. </p> [attach=741/12/mcwwg1.600x450.delete.changing-table.JPG]