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Old 11-07-2012, 01:11 PM   #164
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Anyone here use reusables? Any particular brands work better than others? I've read that a typical child goes through something like 3500 diapers in their childhood, and since disposables are not recyclable, that's kind of nuts. My goal is to have the kid trained by 1 year (I was 10 months, but that was under the iron fist of communism), but I'd like to reduce our waste as much as possible.
my wife and I use cloth diapers, if that is what you mean by reusable. I was opposed at first, but it is so easy, does not smell, and is nothing like my parents or grandparents generation of cloth diapers - ie no safety pins or droopy cloth.

Upfront cost was about $400. After 10 months, we estimate saving about $500, even after factoring in water, power, detergent for the biweekly extra load of laundry. They are still in like-new condition, so I don't see any reason why we couldn't use the same cloth diapers on our future kids.
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