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I didn't say that. I just said formula is not cheap. I never ran the numbers because I didn't care to. I am enjoying parenthood, thanks :)
You definitely said that by replying "very likely" to > Is formula more expensive than the portion of the mother’s caloric intake that’s used to produce milk You also "ran the numbers" in the same comment. Maybe you're not getting enough sleep from tending to your kid.
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What do you find confusing about the idea of a diaper service? It seems too unsanitary for you? The idea that it might cost slightly more than disposable diapers is intolerable to you? Do you have any reason to believe washing diapers actually is unsanitary?
The price tag and environmental impact of constant diaper delivery seems off the cuff like it would negate the original benefit of cloth diapers. Admittedly I have not done math on this one.
How are you feeling: do you still think this is something only for performative environmentalists or "trad wives"? Neither of these descriptions apply in even the remotest sense to my wife or I.
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Oops, talked to my wife and realized I got a detail wrong: we did not keep the diapers from the service, we gave them back. And the diapers we got from the service were almost surely used by plenty of other people before. Someone else on here seemed confused about the logistics off the service. We lived in Brooklyn at the time. A big truck would drive around our neighborhood and pick up and drop off diapers from many…
Sorry, does the truck picks up dirty diapers? Or what’s the point of the pickup? How do you package them for pick up?
Diapers are overall a tiny expense compared to what you’ll spend over the course of their childhood. It only lasts a few years and then you’ll never have to think about diapers again (at least until the next kid). Just do whatever is easiest and keeps you sane. There are bigger things to worry about. My oldest was trained at 3 years, and my youngest at 18 months. The oldest only trained for a week, and the youngest t…
It’s easy for this style of journalism to get upset about “billions” but that’s just the reality of a country with over 300 million people. If each person in this country buys a product for $10 they’ve spent $3 billion. Now it’s a scary headline about how billions in wealth has been siphoned. I for one am not going to use cloth diapers. Sorry not sorry. I don’t give a shit (pun very much intended) about the benefits:…
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I would need a second washer — you feel comfortable washing your own clothes afterwards?!
Have you ever had a wife having her first baby? There are many decisions young parents make that from the remove of a keyboard in a happily single or child-free relationship seem irrational or (mon dieu!) _inefficient_, but there is a emotional depth to these choices that are _very_ meaningful to the people involved.
Disposable vs. cloth? All else equal, don't the former make more sense (cleanlinesswise)?
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You definitely said that by replying "very likely" to > Is formula more expensive than the portion of the mother’s caloric intake that’s used to produce milk You also "ran the numbers" in the same comment. Maybe you're not getting enough sleep from tending to your kid.
That wasn't me. Do you have a newborn as well? :)
Though, you did say formula "isn't cheap" in a comment questioning the the ROI. I'm lost because that would imply you had run the numbers to call it expensive.
I agree that every family's different. I'm overly touchy on the phrasing to a fault. You get it. My point is that people seem to lean into this or over worry about breastfeeding at all costs.
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That wasn't me. Do you have a newborn as well? :)
Ha! You're right. That's not your quote. Though, you did say formula "isn't cheap" in a comment questioning the the ROI. I'm lost because that would imply you had run the numbers to call it expensive. I agree that every family's different. I'm overly touchy on the phrasing to a fault. You get it. My point is that people seem to lean into this or over worry about breastfeeding at all costs.
We still keep formula on hand just in case (premixed because the powdered formula has a pretty short shelf life). We found that my daughter doesn't really like it, but that's not really relevant. But in any case, the premixed formula is 2-3x more expensive than the powdered formula, which is why it's a bit surprising to me that someone would say that formula is more cost-effective ROI. Anecdotally we haven't really noticed a increase in our monthly grocery bill, and my wife is back to her pre-pregnancy weight and has stayed there for a few weeks.
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Have you ever had a wife having her first baby? There are many decisions young parents make that from the remove of a keyboard in a happily single or child-free relationship seem irrational or (mon dieu!) _inefficient_, but there is a emotional depth to these choices that are _very_ meaningful to the people involved.
We're just talking about diapers, right? Disposable vs. cloth? All else equal, don't the former make more sense (cleanlinesswise)?
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We're just talking about diapers, right? Disposable vs. cloth? All else equal, don't the former make more sense (cleanlinesswise)?
I think we agree :). There were plenty of wrong ideas in this thread and I must have clicked on yours accidentally.
It talks about a study from 1944 in the US, specifically in Minnesota. How many of those parents were full-time stay-at-home parents, probably typically mothers, who were monitoring the child and helping with potty training? How many kids nowadays are in daycare? When there is a 3-to-1 adult-to-child ratio, doing something like this is much more challenging when there's just one adult and one infant.
Absolutely. 3:1 is only common ant absolute top tier daycares. More likely you’ll have 6:1 or 8:1. And even high quality daycares might not help children potty train which is absolutely essential if both parents are working but people want to potty train early. By age 3 kids are moving towards preschool and are more intelligent and have better self awareness and are more reward motivated. I think diaper conspiracy is…
> And even high quality daycares might not help children potty train
Definitely. I think that's pretty rare.