How often do you wash diapers?

hikingnclimbing

My DH's latest concern is that he doesn't think our septic would like washing a load of diapers every day. I don't think it's an every day event. But he's also convinced a kid goes through well over 2 dozen diapers a day. So, I've attached a poll to gather more info for my baby battle.

Secondly, how many diapers do you think your LO goes through in a day? I think he is blowing the number way out of proportion. 

[Poll]

mrscjwatts

At this age, t goes through 6 a day. I have 32 diapers..but I'm a tad OCD. When she was little little, we went through maybe 10 a day. I would love to know where he gets his information. Lol

hikingnclimbing

I know, right? He was saying like 36 per day. Umm... WTH? That's a LOT of diapers!

shuga_23

Since Abe wears sposies at school he only goes through about 3-4 a day. 8-10 on weekends.

I'm curious about the septic tank fact...

SBTibbs

We have 20ish diapers and he goes through about 6 a day. I usually wash them every other day, but can stretch to 3 days if I want to. We didn't start using cloth diapers until he was 1, so I can't help with the more newborn stuff, but you will obviously go through more.

jd72878

Hehe to your dh! My guess is he's sharing CD stories with others who are trying to scare the bejesus out of him. People still think about old school cd'ing if they are new to it. Wash depends on how many dipes you have. 10-12 when newborn. And at some point (conveniently, I have forgotten ) they transition to 6 or so per day. I don't go more than three days because the ammonia really can get nasty. If you need some male back up, tim can help. He is now a proud supporter. PS we have a septic too. And no issues. If your septic is for a four person or whatever the size Oh a family, I think you're fine. They're designed for laundry. :-) cloth also leads to less clothes laundry because of less blowouts. We've always done one load of clothes a week. Is that some good ammunition in your court?

tripin

For your defense. Our friends who are very Earthy Crunchy were the ones that initially began us on our CD journey years ago. They ended up quitting cloth after a year. He couldn't handle the poops anymore and spent a good amount of time trying to talk MH out of the cloth. (MH gets periods of CD frustration - mostly due to our diaper sprayer, but that is a different conversation and not one Alan should have to hear until he just experiences it).

His big argument was that their water bill was huge because of washing CD's. I can tell you 100% our water bill hasn't gone up barely at all from the increased washing of CD or the extra clothes of a kid. 

I'm not sure how it affects the septic though? I'm curious. We are on town sewer now but will be having a septic in our next house. 

tripin

Oh and after a year, they go through very little 5-6 a day? Newborns its more like 12 a day, but they are easy little newbie diapers.

jl&jl

We were in sposies for the 1st two months. DH likes to change the baby all.the.time.  We went through sooo many sposies.  He still changes him all the time, but I don't mind anymore.  DH likes prefolds or flips best during the day so he can change the diaper quickly-every couple hours. (DH loves cloth now!)  So on the days DH watches him, he'll have 10-12 diaper changes for sure. We wash every 3rd day. 

maeghan21

I change Caroline often since we're home all day. I have 25 diapers and I do laundry every other day, but I still have a few leftover to last me while laundry is being done. Granted, we have 4 bedroom septic and it's just us two , but DH wasn't the least concerned with the septic. Believe me, if there was reason for concern, he'd have one! DH actually loves cloths b/c it's better for her bum and cheaper I do a load of her regular laundry once a week also, just FYI.

Tell your DH to quit making excuses :P

Mainer-in-Texas

DD pees a lot so I still change her every 2-3 hours during the day, but she STTN in one cloth diaper (it's just pretty bulky overnight!). So it's about 7 diapers a day. We have two dozen diapers and that is enough for washing every two days and allowing time to line-dry the covers.

During the newborn stage we went through about 12 diapers a day.

However, DH and I have been having PB poo aversion lately, so we sometimes put her in sposies when we think she might poop. And I put her in sposies when we are out and about (because I don't like how much room cloth take up in the diaper bag - lame, I know, but my bag was hurting my shoulder :P). So, sometimes we only use a few CDs in a day and I'll go 3 days between washings. But I never go more than that because things get stinky.

And I agree with Maeghan - that is such a lame excuse he is making up! LOL.

Tamzin418

We do one load of diapers every other day.  Feisty is almost 3 months old and I'd guess she goes through no more than 6-9 diapers each day. Sleeping through the night cuts down 1-2 diapers a day.

BeyondTheSea16

hahaha 36/ day.  Thats more than one every hour!  Maybe that's why he thinks new moms don't sleep :-)

I agree with others, except I am more like diaper laundry every 3-4 days.   We have 26 in the rotation, and I usually do them Sundays and Thursday (just the pattern I've noticed).  We diaper spray out the dirties and I use disposible wipes when it's messy (I gave up on trying to spray out the wipes... gross), and use cloth wipes when he's wet. 

Good luck with the negotiations

hikingnclimbing

We are on private water and sewer. I think his concern is for more and more water to be put in to our leach field and overflow it. But we use a HE front load, so I think we'd be ok. And I REALLY don't want to use disposables.

MrsSweetpeaMagee

We go through 5ish diapers a day per kid? and I haven't noticed a change in our water..

MIL has a well and leach field and when we were staying with her we just had to limit the number of loads we did a day, so like if we did diapers, that would be the only laundry we did that day and then the next day I would do a couple loads, next day she would do a couple... just not putting too much stress on the system... 

grahamsm3

After each use I find they don't re-wear well.

chayer227

I'm still cooking my baby, but I've heard the average newborn diaper use is 12/day.  The highest estimate I've come across is 15.   And, it goes down from that number as baby gets a little older, as you can tell from the responses from the experienced mommas. 

We have to pay per trash bag where we are, so I'm hoping to use that mathematical equation to convince my Math teacher DH to get on board with CD-ing.  We have a trash compactor, but disposables for us ends up meaning more compactor bags AND more city trash bags to throw them away in...

We've also both been told stories that don't present CDing in a positive light; the funniest reaction I've had recently was "God bless you, good luck"  um, what?? I'm hoping for a positive experience with him next weekend at the Diaper Lab's workshop.  

tripin

Another prop for CD-ing. Sposies with poop stink. Literally when LO poops in a sposie we must immediately change the trash and bring it to the garage cause it REEEEEEEEEEKS. Cloth, you clean them and chuck um in the bin. Doesn't smell (sometimes a little uriny, but only when piping full). I hate when he goes 2 in a sposie cause man that stink lingers and no one needs that hanging around. Imagine if we kept our poop hanging around the house

hikingnclimbing

I finally got to the root of his estimate. His one friend from HS who has a kid says that they go through 21-24 disposables per day. How he then increased it to 30 is beyond me, but my guess is thinking about them as a newborn. Who knows.

But WTH his friend's girl is going through 21-24 a day is beyond me.