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Wow! What a lot of work, thank you!
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That's some great info! My problem is that I'm a brat and I want all of the above! I wish I could just be content with one, simple, economical stash. But noooo, I have to be all obsessive and excessive n stuff.
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Re: Cost break down of any system for less than $400, including organic options
I always wanted to try wool and cotton (flats and fitteds), but thought this option would be way beyond our budget. However, I found this site with an amazingly easy pattern and have been able to make my little gal three longies and three shorties from three 100% wool thrifted sweaters that I got for $2 each! If I had made them single instead of double layered, I could have gotten six shorties out of the sweaters!
I also made some fitteds using cotton material I had leftover from making simple gift bags (yeah, I'm not a seamstress so my projects are super simple ![]() I also made cloth wipes from $2 a yard cotton fleece. Sewed them up like little pillowcases, but closed all around. One yard was plenty for me. Lastly, I got my flats from Walmart for $1 each in the kitchen section. They're really flour sack towels, sold in 5-packs for $5. I got four packs for a total of $20. So all told, my diaper stash cost me less than what I've ever heard of anyone being able to diaper with...$30. (I already had the extra cotton and elastic for the fitteds; if you had to buy that of course that would cost more, but you could definitely get it all for $20 on the cheap! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is my first post on diaper swappers! ![]() Ok, just got a message that I can't post links. ![]() ![]() |
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Those are some fab ideas...I wish this thread had been around 2 1/2 yrs ago when I began...I had a 400$ budget.
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I feel ya! 2 years ago I had a 145 dollar budget, and ended up getting things that only lasted me 3 months. I wish I knew then what I know now, which is totally why I posted this.
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Well right now someone could get the Flip deal for a great price with the buy 2 get 1 going on. It'd be $55.8 for 6 covers. I'm not the biggest fan of the stay dry inserts because my ds pees through them super fast. A more absorbent and even cheaper option would be 24 rainforest babies hemp fleece trifolds that are on clearance for $10/pack of 3. You could get 6 covers and 24 inserts for about $135. I have this combo, I added some of the cottonbabies suedecloth socks, but if I was in a financial crunch I'd have done this option, sewn my own suedecloth socks and picked up two Flip organics (GREAT price on opened ones at squishytushy.com btw) for overnight. Still looking at an easy system with high absorbency and stay dry for around $160, not bad!
Edited to add where to get the Rainforest Designs hemp trifolds - http://www.clothdiapersinc.com/proddetail.php?prod=6296 $79.6 would get you 24! I have a ton of 'em, they're awesome things. My ds is a supersoaker so they're no night option for us but they're amazing for the day and go head to head/might even win against Thirsties hemp prefolds.
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Eh, it's cloth diapers... something's always on sale. The hemp prefolds have been in the clearance section for over a year. Anyway, I'm pleased with their performance against my $8/each Thirsties prefolds.
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