Wash cold, then wash hot? S.O.S.

[finn's mom]

Well, I've been told by several people that the cold then hot washes really are for used, but I went ahead and did it with the new ones. Not too bad, really, I did a medium load of diapers (I have 16 of them), in cold/cold, then I added the inserts for the hot/cold and rerinsed. If I was washing all my clothes that way, there'd be a problem, for sure. But, the size of the load is so small, medium will be the largest load size I'll use for the diapers. I'll probably usually use the smallest size. And, I use a miniscule amount of soap, anyway, and it calls for such a small amount...and not drying them will save a bundle, too.

I definitely think I'm still coming out on top as far as financially by going this route!

[BitsyNaceyDog]

We actually have a well so our water cost is way less than families with city water. Yes, we pay for the power and maintenance, but it's not much at all. Disposables are so expensive it's definitely cheeper to use cloth. I could wash a whole days worth of diapers for the cost of 1 or 2 disposable. (I did the math once, I don't remember exactly what it came out to though.) I went with cloth for many reasons though, not just because of the cost difference.