Mommy
Mommy used disposable diapers on Hannah but we moved to cloth diapers with Daniel. We started out with some prefolds and then moved to some fancy fitted diapers with snaps. The fitted diapers were expensive but we thought it would be worth it as there were no pins involved and they were very easy to use.
When Mommy was pregnant with Joshua, we pulled out all our cloth diapers in preparation for getting ready for the baby. Mommy's heart sank when I realized that every last one of the expensive fitted diapers were unusable. The elastic had deteriorated and the diapers had to be thrown away. We spent at least as much on those fancy diapers as we would have on disposables.
We purchased more diaper pins and prefolds. We have used those on Joshua, Ezra, and Jonathan. Now that's some savings!! :) On trips or when the baby has a bad diaper rash I will still use disposables but we have save so much money by using cloth diapers.
At some point we did realize that Ezra was not doing well with the cloth diapers as he continued to get a rash that we couldn't get rid of. We moved him to disposables and he was fine. I was never able to pinpoint what was causing the issue. If that happened now, I think I would investigate further to see if I could find out what the problem was. I was strip the diapers and maybe try a different detergent.
Anyway you can save money will be a huge blessing for you family. Sometimes there will be a little extra work involved but work never hurt anyone! :)
Love Always,
Mommy
