Question

How much per month does it cost to buy disposable baby diapers?

In about 5 months we're gonna have our first baby son and my mom wants me to cloth diaper like she did me as a baby.

My mom says that disposable baby diapers are too expensive per month and I would save money by using cloth diapers instead of disposable diapers for our baby?

Is it really worth the savings of using cloth diapers for a baby instead of disposable diapers?

How much work is cleaning cloth diapers and do you save any money when using cloth diapers?

Answer 1

With my 1st baby I tried using cloth diapers and although they saved me a bit of money they were more work and not worth the extra work.

When I switched to using disposable diapers on my baby I spent at most $80.00 per month for disposable baby diapers.

Then as my baby got to 2 years old and 3 years old I spent at most $50.00 to $60.00 per month for disposable diapers.

When I was working at my job I made more than the $50.00 to $60.00 in one days of work.

So for me it was worth using disposable diapers on my babies and toddlers.

I used the cheapest but good quality diapers at first and then switched to the Pampers Baby dry and Pampers Cruisers diapers as my kids got to 2 years and above.

If you buy the cheaper disposable diapers you should be able to pay around $60.00 at most for a months supply of diapers.

Cloth diapers were the only diaper available years ago but now disposable diapers are readily available and pretty cheap.

I would go with the disposable diapers as they require less work and you just remove the old diaper, clean the kid up and throw the diaper away.

With cloth diapers it requires cleaning the diapers and using soap, water, electricity and wear and tear on your washing machine and dryer.

Also cloth diapers don't keep the skin dry when peed in but disposable diapers keep the wetness away from the kids skin which means less chance of diaper rash and your baby and kids will be much more comfortable wearing a wet disposable diaper.