https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 24 May 2026 09:06:43 +0000 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] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woo-hoo-cloth-diaper-break-even-point#post-376218 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 03:13:14 +0000 loveisstrange 376218@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We would break even if I would stop buying cute cloth! Lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woo-hoo-cloth-diaper-break-even-point#post-375946 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:42:49 +0000 pastemoo 375946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cvbee: message me on fb and I'll calculate it for you. Also tell me how much your disposables would have cost so I can give you all your different break even points.<br /> @LAGS: Kind of... I calculated how many sposies we used divided by the 8 day trip and used that number for when we got back. After about 10 weeks lowered it by 1/day since it seemed like I was washing 2 less each wash on average (wash every 2 days). </p> <p>My LO is 5 months. And this number is from the Med/OS diapers only--the NB/smalls did not break even because he was out of BOTH by 7 weeks old! </p> <p>Of course this also means diapers are FREE for the next baby!</p> <p>Our water bill did not go up (we live in an apartment), so I didn't factor that in. I also didn't factor in the detergent which is probably like $15 so far... so I could be a few days off with my break even point. </p> <p>Also I won a fitted diaper so I didn't pay for that one.</p> <p>@Arden: 5 months--so 3.5 months of diapering=break even with the not super cheap sposies.<br /> The super super cheap sposies the PX sells (that leak EVERYTHING) would only break even in May but they only sell those in size 1 and NB. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woo-hoo-cloth-diaper-break-even-point#post-375935 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:33:11 +0000 Arden 375935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How old is your baby? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woo-hoo-cloth-diaper-break-even-point#post-375930 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:31:03 +0000 LAGS 375930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Even though we use disposables... that's super cool!! Did you just take an average of how many diapers you figured you'd use a day?</p> <p>Your diapering days from here on out are gonna feel pretty good! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woo-hoo-cloth-diaper-break-even-point#post-375929 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:30:01 +0000 cvbee 375929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ha! I love that you figured this out. I will pretend that your stats just automatically work for me and celebrate too. Wait, but then I just spent a hundred bucks on new overnight diapers. REcalculation thanks to my heavy wetter (and they better work!!)</p> <p>congrats </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woo-hoo-cloth-diaper-break-even-point#post-375923 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:21:59 +0000 pastemoo 375923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Thehistoryofus: AWESOME! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woo-hoo-cloth-diaper-break-even-point#post-375903 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:08:07 +0000 T.H.O.U. 375903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wahoo. Not sure what our break even point would be. We've used them part time for almost 8 months now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woo-hoo-cloth-diaper-break-even-point#post-375894 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:56:38 +0000 pastemoo 375894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Woo hoo! We officially hit our break even with disposables point today!<br /> Well... one of them since there is a range of disposable prices-- but we're down to $0.33/diaper and January 1 we will hit $0.20/diaper. </p> <p>I am so happy!</p> <p>Did you calculate your break even point? Are you going to celebrate it?</p> <p>(We use gDiapers and gCloth--occasionally we use the flushies which are like $0.34 to $0.40 a piece, and I have one Thirsties Duo and one Capri for overnights with 2 gCloth. We also have one fitted. It's HUGE.) </p>