https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 19 May 2026 06:27:07 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cds-cheaper-than-disposies#post-665731 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:41:58 +0000 runsyellowlites 665731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely there is no doubt that the cost of sposies &amp; their counterpart wipes would've cost more! I spent around $150 dollars on our cloth diapers &amp; accessories (including a small nb stash) &amp; at 1 year all are still going strong! I am fixing to spend another $100 to double the stash &amp; get more inserts now that P pees more, but still can't complain with an under $300 total. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cds-cheaper-than-disposies#post-665655 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:18:26 +0000 immabeetoo 665655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ditto to second baby but also being able to resell them after you're done. Cost wasn't the deciding factor for us and I don't track the math but honestly when I use disposables when traveling I spend twice as much time from leaks etc. I wanted to ditch cloth after one month but I'm glad we didn't now that were more settled. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cds-cheaper-than-disposies#post-665572 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:52:02 +0000 mrsjyw 665572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MerryC: @JoJoGirl: @highwire: def makes sense for additional children. i've kept some of our supplies and dipe stash in case we want to go this route in the future. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cds-cheaper-than-disposies#post-665473 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:31:59 +0000 DillonLion 665473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think one of the major cost savings come into play when you factor in using the stash for more than one child. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cds-cheaper-than-disposies#post-665463 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:30:19 +0000 JoJoGirl 665463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We plan to use CDs for our 2nd kid too (assuming the ones for the first kid work), so that tips the scales for us. I think it also depends on when you start - ie if you'd been CDing when it was 10 diapers/day instead of 5, that's more savings. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cds-cheaper-than-disposies#post-665456 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:28:45 +0000 lovehoneybee 665456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm pretty sure we broke even a few months ago, but we don't pay for our water and E goes through like a dozen diapers a day (down from 18-20 a day when he was a newborn), so for us it was definitely more economical to go with cloth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cds-cheaper-than-disposies#post-665447 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:27:07 +0000 duckduckkristen 665447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a well, so no increase in water bills, plus I only wash them twice a week. We also only spent $250 on our CD stash (prefolds &amp; flip covers). The cost definitely varies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cds-cheaper-than-disposies#post-665429 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:23:12 +0000 twinmama 665429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The additional factor for you might be that you get fewer diapers per box as LO goes up in size. </p> <p>We go through way more diapers per day than you per kid, so cloth is much cheaper for us. The increase in water bills is really slight in our house. We've spent about $600 for our stash (for twins), and were spending $3-5/day on disposables, so we'll break even in 6 months or less. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-cds-cheaper-than-disposies#post-665384 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:08:52 +0000 mrsjyw 665384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we recently decided not to go the intended CD route and realized that in our house that CDs aren't cheaper.</p> <p>DS goes through 4-5 diapers a day and I buy the economy packs of huggies for $35 (sales) and it lasts us more than two months. so it's around $210 a year. (add on a couple years 'til he's potty trained) and it's still only $650?</p> <p>The CD supplies and dipes alone were $300+ and ongoing water bills?</p> <p>While it would've saved us some money the first month we weren't going to be CDing because of the fit... </p> <p>Did I do my calculation right? </p>