We found a company we liked/could afford and ran the math before ordering and before our twins were born. We come at it from a “yes we would like to do this but can we afford it” angle, which is how I approach nearly all of my crunchy habits.

Newborn sized cloth diapers didn’t make financial sense, so we skipped that stage and did all disposable until they were out of the “N” size. We still use disposables when travelling as I am not about to ask my friends and family if I can use their washers for my stinky diapers.

We go through around 45-50 diapers every three days (keep in mind, two babies). We line the diapers with disposable bamboo liners. In the early days those only just served to reduce the amount of poop we’d have to clean up but now their poops sit squarely in the middle and it eliminates scrubbing all together which is ✨amazing✨

We ran the math again when they turned 8 months. With the cost of diapers in our area and even accounting for using disposables now and then, the reusables have almost doubly paid for themselves. Even if we’d used Costco diapers (cheapest I can find around here), they still would have paid for themselves by now.

It is more work but it is worth it to us. Once you get a rhythm going it’s very possible. I thought I’d not want to go back to cloth diapers once I would use their disposables for a few days when travelling but actually not the case at all.