Cloth Diapers...how much I am really saving each month? The epic change in my washer!!!

Awww...look at Jr.!  Would you believe just moments earlier I had attempted to place him next two very neat stacks of folded diapers?  Ha!  He has entered the destroyer phase, which will likely last well into his teen years.

Disclaimer: This is not a hypothetical situation! There are oodles of posts out there about the types of cloth diapers and huge claims of savings.  The savings are huge and I am here to give you a breakdown of how much we, the Cheapers, are saving each month.  There are obviously some cost involved with cloth diapering-mainly laundering. So how much does that laundering really cost???

Detergent              $  .70/load
Washer                     .07
Dryer                        .95
Hot Water               1.00
Water/Sewer             .35
Total                      $3.07/load

I used the appliance calculator on our local utility website.  Calculations include: HE top loader, electric dryer, electric water heater, and our city water and sewer fees. I feel like the calculations came out a bit on the high side because I have not noticed a increase of more than $10 on our electric bill.  We'll use them for the sake of this example though. I wash every 2-3 days. So averaging 12 loads in a month would cost $36.84.

Monthly cost of disposable diapers                                $ 100.00

Cost of Cloth                                                                -    36.84

Monthly Savings                                                            $  63.16

Wouldn't it be nice to find that sort of change in your washer?!  And to think our motivation for switching Lil' Miss to cloth all those years ago was the ick factor of the chemicals in disposable diapers and not the money savings.  Older and wiser...