Cloth Diapers vs Disposables and Cost Part 2

First off their are so many diapers to chose from. Most stores also have their own store brand. Diapers DO go on sale and their is coupons. For this example I chose the top three most popular that every store in my city carried, Pampers, Huggies and Luvs. Then I chose the cheapest store brand which was Wal-marts Parents Choice. To keep this even I am using all Wal-mart prices, keep in mind that the totals may vary child to child and depending if you catch sales and or use coupons.

Huggies $8.97
Pampers $8.97
Luvs $6.97
Parent's Choice $5.97

I am going to use an average 8 per day for 2 years. Then factor in 6 month use of pull-ups. I am averaging 40 diapers per package, even though the bigger the size the less diapers in a package, and 26 pull-ups per package. Many children are not even potty-trained by 2 1/2, so these totals are less then what would be for most families.

Huggies- 8 (8 per day)x 30=240/40=6 packages of diapers per month. 6 x 8.97=53.82 x 24= $1,291.68+ ( 8x30=240/26=9.23 round to 9 packages of pull-ups 9x 8.97=80.73 x 6= $484.38) For a grand total of $1,776.06.

Pampers happen to be the same price at Wal-mart so the above figures apply here as well for the same grand total of $1,776.06.

Luvs- $6.97 a package. $6.97 x 6= 41.84 x 24= 1003.68 + 484.38 (Pull-ups)= A grand total of $1,488.06.

Parent's Choice- $5.97 x 6=35.82 x 24=859.68 + 484.38 (Pull-ups)= Grand total of $1,344.06.

One of my children was a late trainer and a night wetter so that child wore pull-ups for an additional 6 months ($484.38), that child also continued to wear night time pull-ups for an additional 2 years at 1 pull up a night= $276.36. I personally used Luvs, because I felt the generic brands carried more defective diapers per bag and many times were out of the size I needed.

So, for my first child our minimum ( I say minimum because there were times we went through more than 8 a day) diaper cost was: $2,248.80.

Even if I spent $500 on cloth diapers and another $500 on the added utilities expense. I still would save $1,248.80.