$10 off at Diapers.com

For all new customers click on the link above and you can get $10 off Diapers or Formula with the code AFF10.  You must have a minumum order of $49, so with $10 off $39. 

I know at one point ebates was offering some discounts at diapers.com.

So, make sure you check it out!

Tomorrow is Another WorkDay!

Well, it has been awhile since I have updated you all on being back to work, cloth diapering, couponing and all that other stuff.  So, I thought I would update you.
I have been back to work now for about a month.  I am back into the groove of work and it is going well!  Hard to believe that we are not into 2010, but we are!  But it is going well with work.  The kids are doing great.  My 8 year old, Big Sister J is in 2nd grade and she is doing great!  Sister E who is 2.5 has her moments where she is going through her lovely 2's, but overall she is happy and enjoys Wednesdays at school when she has FunBus day. Baby B is 15 weeks and she is doing great as well! 

Speaking of Baby B the past couple of days she has been so attached, I haven't been able to do anything!  I will be getting a babywearing product to review here in a couple of days and I seriously can't wait.  I put her down from when she falls asleep and she starts crying and as soon as I pick her up she stops.  So, its been a little rough in that aspect, but I can't wait to review the babywearing product and hope she likes it.  She just wants to be touching me and close to me and as a mommy I love it, but sometimes I need to get things done. 
Cloth diapering is going really well!  Baby B's sensitive skin is doing so much better.  We have not used disposable diapers since we started cloth diapering.  I have been reviewing many diapers and still just trying to find that perfect one.  I have found many systems though that I like and that work great and just for all your Richmonders out there, I am reviewing a cloth diaper made right here in Richmond, VA and I am so excited about it.  I can't wait to share it with you all!  I enjoy sharing all of these with you though, beause there are so many wonderful diapers out there and all these companies deserve such great recognition.  We don't use regular baby wipes on Baby B either, because we found when we do, she turns red.  We did find one that I was reviewing that I was able to use on her, Earth Baby that she didn't turn red.   So we are using cloth as well for wiping and that is going great.

Couponing is going...now with being back at work and the kids and all, I am having a hard time keeping up.  However I am still searching for those deals for you all!  Keeping up for all you wonderful bloggers out there and other followers.

I will tell you all, I have found some wonderful blogger friends out there and I have also found a few bloggers that are right here in Richmond and that is exciting since I had not run into any before.  So, it is certainly neat.  I just found one tonight who is right here in my county, pretty exciting.

Just some randomness that has been going on.  So, I just wanted to give you an update!  Hope everyone had a wonderful Sunday!

Earth’s Best Diapers: DEAL: $3.50/ea at Babies/Toys R Us

What a great deal at Babies R Us, and if we weren't cloth diapering full time and getting Sister E out of diapers, I would totally take advantage of this myself.  However it looks like these are chlorine free, anyone whose child is allergic to disposable diapers able to use these and have no problems?

Earth’s Best Diapers will be on sale at Babies and Toys R Us between January 1-3, 2010 for only $5/ea. Print and use this $1.50/1 coupon (http://www.earthsbest.com/promos/promos.php?cat=coupon), and get them for $3.50 a pack!

It seems that you will be limited to only 3 packs of diapers per customer and that you can only print 1 of these fabulous coupons per computer.   So, check with your family and friends and see if they can help you out!

Disposable Diapers and their Cost

Have you ever calculated what is costs to use disposable diapers for your child? Well tonight I really started to think about how much it costs....especially since we are venturing into cloth diapering. For us venturing into cloth diapering has to happen moreso because DD3 had an allergic reaction to disposables and we had to make a move. DD3's bum was so red when using disposables whereas to now using some cloth diapers that we got until we can get more.

Please remember that my calculations are just that...calculations (estimating)

Diapers cost from $8.99 to $9.99 per pack depending on what brand you use, however they can be less if you go the cheaper version of disposables.

A regular pack of diapers has about 30 - 34 diapers depending on which ones you buy, again an estimate.

Here are my calculations and these are estimates and I am using the highest number of diapers per day to calculate and they do not include using coupons (since coupons can vary so much for diapers)

For a newborn up to about 12 months you are changing anywhere from 6-10 (more if breastfed) per day
(and although you may have more with breastfed, if you use formula, you will need to calculate those in)
For newborn to 12 months using 10 diapers a day (10 X 365 days) = 3650
3650 diapers / 30 amount in pack of diapers = 122 packs of diapers the first year when changing 10 times a day
If the pack of diapers cost $8.99 a pack - $8.99 x 122 = $1096.78 not including taxes
If the pack of diapers cost $9.99 a pack - $9.99 x 122 = $1218.78 not including taxes

12 months to 24 months could be anywhere from 5-9
For 12 months to 24 months using 9 diapers a day (9 X 365 days) = 3285
3285 diapers / 30 amount in pack of diapers = 110 packs of diapers when changing 9 times a day
If the pack of diapers cost $8.99 a pack - $8.99 x 110 = $988.90 not including taxes
If the pack of diapers cost $9.99 a pack - $9.99 x 110 = $1098.90 not including taxes

24 months to 36 months could be anywhere from 3-6 (this could include pull ups, but they are about the same price, however have less pull ups in the pack)
For 24 months to 36 months using 3 diapers a day (6 x 365 days) = 2190
2190 diapers / 30 amount in pack of diapers = 73 packs of diapers when changing 6 times a day
If the pack of diapers cost $8.99 a pack - $8.99 x 73 = $656.27 not including taxes
If the pack of diapers cost $9.99 a pack - $9.99 x 73 = $729.27 not including taxes

$8.99 / pack $9.99 / pack

Year 1 $1096.78 $1218.78

Year 2 $988.90 $1098.90

Year 3 $656.27 $729.27

Total $2741.95 $3046.95

So, disposables are rather expensive either way you look at it and again with these being estimates some could be higher per year to lower depending on the type of diapers you buy and your child of how many diapers you are changing.

After researching this, not only is moving to cloth diapers for my daughter better for her, but in the overall long run cloth diapers will be cheaper. The best part of them is that they are resellable when they are in great condition to recover much of your money or can be saved to used when you have another baby. And another wonderful quality about this, cloth diapers do not go in the landfill which can take about 500 years to decompose.