My decision to switch..

I started off buying disposables when I had my first little one (he is now 20 months old). I guess I didn't really think anything about the financial aspect of it, but I was also not in the loop with the new and improved cloth diapers (I think I was stuck in the era of prefolds and safety pins!).

I continued to purchase disposables -- and of course, I had to use Pampers because my child has sensitive skin so there wasn't the option of "oh hey, I can save money with off brand diapers". Well, after my second was born (he just turned 9 months old) I started looking at numbers when it came to buying diapers for TWO children now instead of just one. 

Luckily, my fabulous neighbor, Victoria, just so happens to not only use cloth diapers but she sells them as well! You can visit her facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/diaperpartiesbyvictoria to get more information or even place an order through her! She showed me her stash and the benefits of cloth over disposables (not to mention how cute they are) and I was immediately hooked. She even put my littlest (who is a michelin man and a chubby lumpkin) in a Swaddlebees AIO in a dinosaur print and it was probably the cutest thing I have ever seen on my baby! (*Photo Credit: Victoria Loaiza*)

I talked to my husband and the next payday we spent about $300 to start our stash. Our decision to switch has saved us money in just the past month. Not only have we switched from disposable diapers, but we now also use CLOTH wipes!! 

Now - here's the secret to that - instead of buying cloth wipes from a lot of websites that may charge more (simply because it's their brand and trust me, I don't knock it because I have cloth wipes from cottonbabies) you can easily go to walmart or target, spend a few dollars on a pack or two of baby wash cloths and BAM -- instant cloth wipes! *PS, you can google wipe solutions online*

Since then, we've spent maybe another $80 and added a few more diapers to our stash and we couldn't be happier! Not only are we saving money now, but when we decide to have more children later -- the diapers we have NOW can be used then! :)