The Diaper Debacle: Trying Not To Go Completely Broke With Baby #2

My cloth wearing man enjoying his afternoon snack of sea weed and banana:

A friend of mine gave me some cloth diapers to try out when Conrad was first born. We used them a lot when he was little and liked them, but stopped using them because we already had a butt load of disposables. We put the cloth diapers in a pale under our guest bathroom sink and I washed them almost everyday or two. We never really noticed a smell and it didn't seem like I was doing anymore laundry than I already did....AND THEY'RE PRETTY CUTE on too! Conrad can still fit comfortably into those same cloth diapers because of the adjustable snaps! Pretty nifty huh? AND they're cozy and soft!

When we were pregnant with Conrad, we asked for everyone to bring us a pack of diapers to our baby shower and we ended up using the disposables from the shower until he was 7 months. Not having to buy diapers for the first 7 months was amazing, let me tell you! But the cost of buying disposable diapers every 2 weeks now is a such a burden. It adds up!

Now with the 2nd baby on the way, I was on the fence for a while about cloth thinking that it would be a lot of work, would cost a lot of money up front whereas disposables are bought overtime... AND I'm not thrilled about dealing with the POOP! (Even though the directions on disposable diaper instructions tell you to flush your baby's poop in a toilet so that over time baby poop doesn't mix with soil in our landfills possibly spreading disease....I missed the memo on that one.)...BUT Dustin wasn't on the fence. He is totally sold on cloth diapering our baby EVEN CLEANING OFF THE POOP! and mostly because he wants to save money, we are planning to cloth diaper our next baby.

***I wish I could say that I'm a tree huggin' hippy who cares so deeply for mother earth, and this is my reason for cloth diapering, but the truth is, I'm a cheap ass who is desperate to NOT go completely broke raising baby #2!

I've started to do some research on the cost and what it would take to cloth diaper,

and I've come to some surprising conclusions.

Here are the facts:

Costs to diaper for 30 months (2.5 years):

Disposable diapers: 9000 changes averaging 24 cents per change = $2160

Disposable wipes: Average 84 wipes per week * 4.4 cents per wipe = $480

**Cloth Diapers laundered at home: $300-1000 (Depending on what brand you buy)

I need advice from the cloth diapering mom's out there!

What diapers do you like best & what have been the pros and cons of diapering? Was it worth it? What are your thoughts on the topic? (even if you're a disposable diapering mom, like me, please feel free to weigh in on the subject as well!!)

{I was thinking about these diapers so they could grow with the baby...I'd like to stick with one size.}