Where can I get cloth diapers and plastic panties that don't cost an arm and a leg?

Hello, Daniel. Thanks for writing.

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Maria

Hi:

   If you've been looking online for ready made cloth diapers then I can understand why you think cloth diapers are so expensive. Most of these companies are making diapers for hospitals and insurance companies so cost is not an issue for them because the insurance is paying for them. I personally think paying fifty or sixty dollars for two or three layers of cotton flannel to be just another form of robbery.

    For the cost of one (so called) adult cloth diaper you can go down to the local Babies-R-Us store and by four or five dozen 19 x 39 inch gauze flat diapers. With a little bit of sewing and folding you can make two or three night diapers or four or five daytime weight diapers that are easy to wash and dry in just one cycle (as opposed to four or five dry cycles for the ready-made diapers).

    Of course you will have to wear plastic pants over these diapers and I would recommend that you buy from a company that encloses is the elastic leg and waistbands. Once again most everything you find in a hospital supply store that are purported to be waterproof pants were made by companies that cater to insurance companies not people who need to wear diapers. I wear diapers because I don't like my bed or pants being wet and the idea that someone would make "waterproof pants" that leak out the leg bands and the waistband is ludicrous. If I wanted to wet my pants I wouldn't wear diapers. The whole idea is for the diapers to get wet, not my clothing not my furniture not my bed or bedding. 

   As for the cost take a look at what a bag of disposable diapers costs (for me that would be two to three bags a week at $20 a bag multiplied by 52 weeks a year... big bucks) as opposed to less than $100 a year ( mostly for plastic pants) and no leaks. It's a no-brainer.
 

Cheap disposables aren't worth bringing home from the store, unless you're really desperate. I can go through 4-5 in nothing flat. Cheap cloth diapers barely last six months. Cheap plastic pants don't last three months. It pays, in the long run, to invest in better-quality goods, even if you have to do it a little at a time. Right now, I use Molicare Super Plus. One lasts an entire day, which isn't a bad deal, overall.

Ari

Hi there,

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