Cloth Diaper Set-Up For Under $150

Cloth diapering doesn't have to be so expensive. I am not sure when it became so expensive. I started cloth diapering when I was a poor college student because I was sick of spending so much on disposables. I used the dozen diapers that I had bought for burp cloths and a couple of pairs of rubber pants and diaper pins I bought at the grocery. Yep, in the olden days (15 years ago) you could buy cloth diapering supplies at a chain grocery.

Now everywhere you look it is $30 wool diaper covers and $16 all in ones. Cloth diapering is now almost out of the reach of the poor because of the initial cost. But cloth diapering can still be done on the cheap, but it's going to be the old-fashioned way.

Start by buying 3 dozen diaper service prefold diapers for $24/dozen. Buy the regular size, they will last until potty training. total cost $72
Buy 6 Bummis Whisper Pants for $5.50 each total cost $33
Buy 2 packs of Snappi Cloth Diaper Hooks for $4.50 total cost $9
Diaper Pail total cost $25.95

And you could save a little extra by using pins instead of the Snappis and a plain plastic container with a lid from a big box store. I picked everything from Jardine Diapers which was one of the first stores that came up when I enter the search phrase "cloth diapers pull on pants". But you could probably pick any other store that comes up on Google and get similar prices.