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Huggies Denim Diapers | UrbanMommies — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:40:13 +0000

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By: cat

cat — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:36:48 +0000

If you are going to include the water used in manufacturing a cloth diaper, you also need to include the water used to make a disposible diaper, and the gas used to get the pieces of the disposable together (3 factories, in 3 cities are used to make many disposables) and then the gas to get them to walmart and then to your home and then the garbage truck to take it to sit in the dump for hundreds of years.

I think this is a great comparison!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:04:27 +0000

My son is now 2.5yrs old and we’ve only spent $600 on cloth diapers, total. He’ll be in these diapers until he’s trained in a couple of months. So that’s even cheaper than these stats! I bought the Mother-Ease one-size complete package (335$ + tax), plus some extra covers and prefolds. These stats are also based on laundering every 2 days, I launder every 3 days. Besides the obvious environmental benefits, cloth is a no-brainer cost benefit. (and let’s not forget #2 can use these diapers as well!!)

By: Cheryl Pitt

Cheryl Pitt — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:59:30 +0000

If you’re going to include the bill from the water to wash the diapers then you also need to include how much water is used in manufacturing a cloth diaper. That is not an equal comparison.

By: Sophie

Sophie — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:56:40 +0000

We had a garbage strike in Toronto 2009 for 6 weeks through the hot sweltering summer; my husband was bragging to the neighbours that we didn’t have any garbage to take to the drop off site despite the fact that we have a 6 mos old baby. My jaw nearly hit the floor when I heard him championing the use of cloth diapers when there was so much initial resistance. I am CHEAP and for no other reason that we chose use cloth, however the reduced environmental impact, and health benefits are a bonus.

By: Rikki

Rikki — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:51:33 +0000

Thanks for this! I agree with the lady above (saying it is cloth biased) but I think that is a good thing! It’s amazing how much we spend on diapers.
Our family uses gDiapers (the Hybrid alternative). You can cut the cost of these down by using cloth inserts at home, or when your child gets a bit older to help with potty training.

Also: What’s wrong with being cloth biased? Even though we didn’t go with cloth I think that people should really be considering environmental impact and not just price.

By: Annie

Annie — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:11:30 +0000

This looks pretty cloth biased to me. We go through about 5-6 disposable diapers per day for our 3 month old and don’t use any special refill bags for our diaper champ. I’d guess that cuts your cost estimate in half – making disposables far cheaper.