tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193802459744413706.post5504822601362142072..comments2017-06-18T09:07:03.979-07:00Comments on Washing Dishes: money money moneyDanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024945557712428511noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193802459744413706.post-42506662152119226012012-02-03T19:53:34.101-08:002012-02-03T19:53:34.101-08:00I'm considering switching to a diaper service ...I'm considering switching to a diaper service as well...more for environmental reasons though. My friend went to a relative's farm where they burned or composted all their garbage. When it came time to burn the diaper, it would not burn - even with gasoline poured on it!! Kind of makes me think about all the diapers in the landfill. Also, I hear that cloth diapers can be better for the baby's skin, and Rayne gets rashy with some diapers. Still researching it.Karinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193802459744413706.post-73766842227869115992012-01-24T12:57:42.025-08:002012-01-24T12:57:42.025-08:00Well, we are a disposable diaper family (gasp!) an...Well, we are a disposable diaper family (gasp!) and I'm sure we don't spend $27 a week on diapers. Maybe we spent a little more than we do now when the boys were newborns, but now I'm sure we spend less than $50/month - that would be about 1.5 big boxes worth of Huggies. And I guess I could spend less if I didn't buy a name brand, but I like having no leaks :) <br /><br />But as to the other stuff, I agree with Kim - it is hard to find areas to spend less, and I always come to the same conclusion: I guess I could spend less on groceries but I'm not sure how? One thing we do now is only have one vehicle but I know that when one of you works out of town it's almost impossible to only have one. So I don't have any good tips... but I hope you can find some solutions that work for you.karinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156647060465041197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193802459744413706.post-71738269181489287332012-01-23T21:28:31.367-08:002012-01-23T21:28:31.367-08:00I hear you! It is hard to make the dollars stretch...I hear you! It is hard to make the dollars stretch, and anytime I read anything about how to save money, almost everything on the list is stuff we already do, or things we do without (like don't eat out all the time, and cut cable ...come on!) Food is the only thing I can see in our budget that could be worked on to lower the amount of money we spend, but even so, I don't know how much lower we could really get it. <br /><br />The diaper service price has my head spinning though - are you sure that's less than disposables, because it sounds like twice the price to me. Maybe I'm not calculating right, which is a real possibility. <br />I didn't use cloth for the first 6 months with Deacon because it would have been too much work, but now I've got a pretty good system going. Trying to be a penny pincher and just use disposables for night and sometimes out of the house. <br /><br />I'm curious if anyone else has any tips for you: I could use some creative suggestions too!Kimhttp://kim365.comnoreply@blogger.com