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| Eliza's thinking face <3 |
On the conservative side, let's say we are buying the cheapest diapers we could find - which is about $0.14 a piece. She would go through at least 10 a day. So let's say each week, we would spend about $9.80. I bought nice cloth diapers for about $17 each, so we pay for a cloth diaper every 2 weeks. We have purchased 16 of them, so in 32 weeks, we will break even. Babies on average, wear diapers for 2 years.
Dispoable (at current rate) = $9.80 X 104 weeks = $1019.20
Cloth (not including detergent and water) = $17 X 16 purchased = $272
Detergent is about $15 per container, which lasts about 2.5 months, so in the long run, cloth diapers will cost us $272 + (24 months/2.5 months * 15) = $416. This saves us approximately $603 over a 2 year period!
Since Eliza is MSPI (Milk Soy Protein Intolerant), the formula we would have to buy is called Alimentum and the cheapest I could find it was $28.16 per can. Each can would last about 4.5 days at her current rate of eating. So, each week we would be spending about $45. I plan on breast feeding for her first year, so we will save $45 x 52 = $2340 in cost of formula. To be fair, I need to subtract the cost of the breast pump and milk storage bags. The breast pump was about $220 and the storage bags were about $20. So, we will save $2100 by breastfeeding her first year!
In summary, this allows me to buy tons of other things and not feel guilty! Let's be real, that money will go toward her anyway :)
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