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Cloth Diapering Tutorial

1. Cloth Diapers: Fact versus Fiction
2. Sorting through different types of cloth diapers.
3. Which cloth diapers are best for us?
4. How many cloth diapers do I need?
5.What are inserts , doublers , and liners ?
6. Cost comparison: cloth diapers versus disposables
7. Washing instructions (it's easy, really!)
8. The complete checklist

6. Cost Comparison: cloth diapers versus disposables

Using Cloth Diapers For One Child

Disposables
(7,560 diapers)

Option 1:
Prefolds with Fuzzi
Bunz at night plus
accessories

Option 2:
Kissaluvs Size 0,1,2
with Fuzzi Bunz at night
plus accessories

Option 3:
bumGenius! One-Size

One Child

$2,457

$798

$1,257

$672

Cost of Laundry

$608

Savings

$1051

$592

$1177

Using Cloth Diapers For One Child:
Reselling Kissaluvs and Fuzzi Bunz

Disposables
(7,560
diapers)

Option 1:
Prefolds with Fuzzi Bunz
at night plus accessories

Option 2:
Kissaluvs Size 0,1,2
with Fuzzi Bunz at
night plus accessories

Option 3:
bumGenius! One-Size

One Child

$2,457

$798

$1,257

$672

Resale Price

-$89

-$359

-$120

Cost of Laundry

$608

Savings

$1,140

$951

$1297

Conservative resale values were used: $5 resale value per diaper and $2 per cover (no resale value for prefolds).

Using the Same Cloth Diapers for Two Children

Disposables
(15,120
diapers)

Option 1:
Prefolds with Fuzzi Bunz
at night plus
accessories

Option 2:
Kissaluvs Size 0,1,2
with Fuzzi Bunz at night
plus accessories

Option 3:
bumGenius! One-Size

Two Children

$4,914

$798

$1257

$672

Cost of Laundry

$1,216

Savings

$2,900

$2,441

$3,026

The Details
Disposable Diapers: Number of diapers needed based off of 12 diapers per day for the first 3 months, then 8
diapers per day until 2.5 years old. This gives 7,560 total disposable diapers for one baby. Average cost of a
disposable according to Consumer Reports is 26.5 cents, giving $2,003.40. Diaper genie inserts cost 3
cents/diaper, adding $226.80. 1 disposable wipe/diaper at 3 cents/wipe adds another $226.80. Total cost,
excluding gas, extra diaper rash cream, washing baby's clothes more often due to leaks, extra trash collection
fees, etc.: $2,457.00. We have excluded sales tax in both our disposable and cloth diaper calculations.

Cloth Diapers: See Tutorial Page 8 (the complete checklist) for the cost of cloth diapers and accessories. Cost
of laundry determined at $1.00/wash and dry, with a load washed every 1.5 days for 2.5 years. Most cloth
diapered babies actually potty train 5 months earlier than babies using disposables. But, we'll stick with 2.5
years of washing cloth diapers to be conservative.