How much will it cost to Cloth Diaper?
Everyone talks about how much money you can save with cloth diapering, but how much money are we really talking about? It can be as inexpensive or expensive as you want to make it. We all know we have a choice on which car to buy; the Land Rover or the pinto (just kidding), and cloth diapers are really not any different. There are diapers that cost $35 per diaper, or some that cost $12.00. The possibilities are endless.
For disposable diapers, the average cost per diaper nationwide is $0.28 per diaper. If your child is not potty-trained until 3 years old and you change your child every two hours, for fifteen hours (not changing during the time they are sleeping), you will average approximately eight diapers per day (now this is an average, of course newborn would be more and toddler less). The total cost for this figure (3 years, 8 diaper changes per day) would be $2,452.8.
For cloth diapering, the cost can vary depending on the diapers you choose. If you figure in cloth wipes and laundering it can be between $400 - $1400. Regardless of the style that you chose, you still come out financially ahead by using the cloth versus the disposable. And the bonus...the more children you have, the more you save!