Our Current Stash

June 5th, 2010

We've been cloth diapering for a little over 3 months now. I think it's time to take stock of what we have and what we've spent. We now have

• 2 sposoeasy all-in-one diapers
• 1 grobaby all-in-two diaper system(shell, liner, doubler)
• 1 bumGenius pocket diaper
• 13 bumGenius All-in-ones
• 1 premie prefold
• 2 infant prefolds
• 1 flip diaper system with organic insert
• 1 fleece diaper cover
• 5 hemp inserts
• 2 pairs of plastic pants
• some prefolds we already had (not included in cost analysis)

Thanks to some great sales, some errors on the seller's part (who sent me free stuff to make up for it), and the fabulous "Free All-in-one with purchase of $10+" coupon (x7), we've paid about $204 but it would cost over $350 to replace. In other words, 9 of our 18+ diapers were free.

Overall, we've spent closer to $250 total since the trial cost ~$20 and detergent has cost ~$15, plus I'm still disputing the charge of the other detergent (another $14) but this isn't too bad. Now, during this time, we've still used an entire pack of disposables (~$40) but we used to spend this amount per month, so we've saved $80... that still means I'm out about $175 for the last 3 month's experiment. If my current stash of diapers could be resold for about half of what I originally paid, then I guess this is about right. It's probably not that much, but we'll keep using them so that'll close this gap.

I've also spent an additional $28.33 on undies and training pants but because we have been selected as an underwear tester for an expensive wool pair, it's over $45 worth total.



More details:

• $10 fee + $10.70 return shipping for the trial set
• $38.95 (worth $38.95) 2 sposoeasy (1 sm green with aplix, 1 med white with snaps)
• $23 ($23) gro baby in vanilla from amazon
• $13.99 ($14.46) bg pocket, pink from ebay (original cost is $17.95 - $3.49 for the insert I didn't get, no adjustment was made for this being used, though it looks new)
• $15.95 (worth $31.90) 1 M (lt pink), 1 L (White) BG AIO from Cotton Babies -- used free BG AIO coupon from magazine from a friend
• $0 (51.85) Flip single pack with organic insert, 2 BG AIOs from Mom's Milk Boutique-- originally $25.60 (paid $5.95 for a mag to get coupon for free BG AIO) but MMB forgot to mail it so they refunded my money and didn't have my AIO in stock so they sent me another and then sent me the one I'd ordered later (talk about customer service!)
• $21.95 ($48.85) 2 med BG AIOS (DK BLUE, LT GREEN), wet bag from Suburban Tree Hugger -- used free BG AIO coupon from STH - free wet bag when she accidentally canceled my order
• $23.25 ($36.95) 1 hemp insert, 1 premie prefold, 2 BG AIOs M (pink/dk blue) from Mom's Milk Boutique - paid for mag from MMB and used free BG AIO coupon
• $3.90 2 infant chinese prefolds from Sew Crafty Baby (part of a larger order for a friend)
• $14.41 ($14.95) Swaddlebees Fleece Diaper Cover (on sale)
• $13.65 detergent -- in dispute
• $15 detergent
• $12 ($27.95) 4 hemp inserts, 1 BG AIO (dk pink)-- used free BG AIO coupon, free from MMB as a giveaway on facebook
• $15.95 ($31.90) 2 L (Blue/Green) BG AIOs from Cotton Babies -- used free BG AIO coupon grom magazine from a friend
• $18.32 ($34.27) 2 L (dk Pink) BG AIOs (en route from RG Natural Babies) -- used free BG AIO coupon that RGNB supplied
• $3 plastic pants
  
  Actually paid: 249.65 = 204.65 + 15 detergent + 21 trial (+ 13.65 in dispute)
  Actually "worth": 376.93 = 361.93 + ""
  
  
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  $1.73 ($16.68) Wool underwear (en route)
  $5.61 ($6.11) WhyMommy small underwear
  $6.99 ($6.99) 3 gerber training pants 18 months
  $6 ($6.99) 3 gerber training pants 2T
  $8 ($8.99) 7 pack Hanes Panty (elmo)
  cost: $28.33 (replacement cost: $45.76)