We were lucky because we found a huge stash of fitteds for $50, and then I got six covers from sellers on etsy for about $45. We used those for awhile, then I won a couple Fuzzibunz, then I bought 10 more at $10 a piece, for another $100. When I wanted to get more pocket diapers, I traded out some of the fitteds, seeing as they were sitting in a box in the closet! I ended up trading for another four or five pockets without spending any more money than the original $200. I think that's pretty amazing, if I do say so myself!!
I am such a bargain hunter and I buy most things used, so to me, buying used diapers just made sense. We have a one year old who I don't really want to be in diapers for too much longer, so I didn't want to go nuts on all the fancy cute diapers out there. If money weren't an issue and we were going to be cloth diapering for longer, or for more kids, I would definitely get some of the cute ones, though! So many prints and colors and different types, it makes my head spin!
You can spend as much or as little as you want, it's really all up to you. Prefolds and covers are super cheap, buying used is cheap, or you could go full on and buy all brand new expensive kinds. Either way, I swear you'd spend less than the disposables, which is awesome!! And you can sell them when you're done, or use them on another kid. Can't do that with sposies, can you?!
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Cloth diapering is a fantastic deal if you have more than one kid - I haven't bought any new diapers since Johnny was a newborn, so the only diapering expenses for Lily so far have been the disposables that I occasionally use when we are travelling.
I haven't bought very many used diapers, mostly clearance diapers & giveaway wins. We now have a ton of really CUTE diapers at a cost of less than $400 total.
I haven't tried swapping or trading diapers....I don't think I'll be able to bring myself to sell them when we are done with them...I'll be hanging on to them on the off chance we are blessed again & if we aren't than I know we will eventually have more grandkids.
Where did you have success swapping? I am looking a destashing a little to fund a couple new diapers and didn't have too much luck yet (though haven't aggressively pursued it either?) Looking forward to the New Years swap Danielle @No Snakes In New Zealand and I are wanting to coordinate.
Emi-I am a member of swapmamas and have traded diapers there. There is a CD mamas group on there where you can post what you need/have. Also there's a CD mamas group on cafemom.com where you can sell or trade diapers.
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