What is the cost comparison for cloth vs. disposables?
This will vary based on so many factors but to give you an idea, I searched the web for some calculations of costs. The average child will remain in diapers for 2 ½ years, although many remain in diapers until they are 3 to 4 years old. There is some indication that because disposables do such a good job at keeping a child from feeling wetness, that those children using disposables tend to stay in diapers longer because they don’t actually feel wet when they wet. But to try to compare apples to apples, all the numbers included here are based on 2 ½ years. The Diaper Shop (http://www.diapershop.com/index.php/action/dollars/) has detailed calculations for the number of diapers your child will use over 2 ½ years and gives the cost of disposables for this period as $2184. They also give a detailed break down of the cost of washing cloth diapers at home and project that it will cost just over $400 over 2 ½ years. According to different accounts on the web you could spend anywhere from $350
