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If you have friends and/or family, but no money, you rely heavily on hand-me-downs. An example of ours -- although cloth diapers are cheaper in the long run tha

If you have friends and/or family, but no money, you rely heavily on hand-me-downs. An example of ours -- although cloth diapers are cheaper in the long run than disposable diapers, the start-up costs are steep. But we've had to buy less than 1/5 of the cloth diapers we've used, because they pass through a loose network of friends. If you don't have friends or family, the only money saving option really available in the US (that I know of) is used/thrift shops and consignment sales.

hotsy_botsy 10y ago
A legitimately good part of Facebook is the community driven support groups and swap groups. My wife and I also cloth diapered, we picked up almost all of them through local swap groups and some through ebay. When our son grew out of things we posted these things back to these support groups. My wife organized around 10-15 meetups at a nearby park and made back ~US$300. I think the largest item sold was his infant car seat and stroller combo that went for $65 or $75. So yea, both coming and going, these local groups were troves of good cheap items.
- triangleman 10y ago
  Can someone explain to me the reasoning behind cloth diapers? Last I checked you are basically dealing with a constant mess and smell, plus another load of laundry where you run the washing machine twice. Everyone I know who has used cloth diapers has spent more money and time than using disposables (around 20 cents per diaper), and their reason for doing it was some vague notion of environmentalism/naturalism.
  - desas 10y ago
    Costs vary, but you're probably at break-even on your first child and saving money on any further children by using cloth nappies. I'm not sure what's so vague about preventing kilograms of nappies containing plastics and chemicals from being fed to landfill.
- serge2k 10y ago
  > largest item sold was his infant car seat watch the expiration dates on those.

hotsy_botsy 10y ago

A legitimately good part of Facebook is the community driven support groups and swap groups. My wife and I also cloth diapered, we picked up almost all of them through local swap groups and some through ebay. When our son grew out of things we posted these things back to these support groups. My wife organized around 10-15 meetups at a nearby park and made back ~US$300. I think the largest item sold was his infant car seat and stroller combo that went for $65 or $75. So yea, both coming and going, these local groups were troves of good cheap items.

triangleman 10y ago
Can someone explain to me the reasoning behind cloth diapers? Last I checked you are basically dealing with a constant mess and smell, plus another load of laundry where you run the washing machine twice. Everyone I know who has used cloth diapers has spent more money and time than using disposables (around 20 cents per diaper), and their reason for doing it was some vague notion of environmentalism/naturalism.
- desas 10y ago
  Costs vary, but you're probably at break-even on your first child and saving money on any further children by using cloth nappies. I'm not sure what's so vague about preventing kilograms of nappies containing plastics and chemicals from being fed to landfill.
serge2k 10y ago
> largest item sold was his infant car seat watch the expiration dates on those.