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Originally Posted by TheWoman  Both cloth and disposables have advantages. Generally cloth cost less in the long run, but that depends a lot on the type you buy (I made mine, so they were cheap), how well you shop sales for laundry soap, and the price of water and electricity/gas in your area. It also depends on how many kids you plan to use the cloth diapers for. For most of us here, if you can get rock bottom prices for disposables the difference in price probably isn't that much. |
I agree with you with the water/electricity but again a lot depends on the washer and whether or not you use a dryer. We bought a front load energy efficient washer 2 years ago when I was pregnant with #4 (our old washer died on us and we chose to "splurge"). It has extra large capacity so what used to take two loads now takes one, with less water and electricity used than our old washer. I hang dry my diapers so energy from the dryer isn't an issue. Also you're only supposed to use a tablespoon or so of laundry detergent with diapers, so really it's not that much more wash soap you're going to need to buy.