Hello, I'm Eric. My wife and I own this little diaper biz. If we haven't met, I'd like to say hello and thanks for reading.
Here's my diapering history.
We have two kids and have changed a million (roughly) diapers in the last couple of years. Disposables (Kirkland, Huggies, Pampers, Up & UP, Boo Bamboo Diapers, Nest and Bambo Nature) and, of course, Do Good's all in one, and prefold cloth diapers. We've used them all.
Is there a difference between using Costco diapers and cloth prefold diapers or our all in ones? Depends on who you ask.
We had one client who told me that he could change his kid's prefold cloth diaper faster than when he used a disposable diaper. If you've never changed a cloth diaper, it might take a day or two for a person to get the hang of it—but when you're talking about changing 12 diapers a day for months and diapering your tiny one for a few years, two days is a drop in the bucket.
Diapers smell like diapers.
Do cloth diapers smell bad in your home? Having used all kinds of diapers, I can honestly say, and I know this is surprising, that all diapers smell bad after they're used. But I've talked with a lot of parents who told me that our deodorizing discs (that folks stick into the diaper pail lid) helps neutralize the scent and the Pail Powder we sell is also a fantastic help. But ultimately, diapers don't smell like chocolate chip cookies. They smell like diapers. The difference is that Target-bought disposables are used for a few minutes and take 500 years to degrade in a landfill. And, cloth diapers are made with cotton and one of them can be used for many years.
Either way, diapering costs some bucks.
I've chatted with friends and neighbors who think cloth diapering is expensive. Is it? Yeah, it costs money to cloth diaper a baby, but it costs money to buy disposables too. The average subscription costs paren't $29/week. A box of 72 diapers at most stores costs a few bucks less, but the difference is slim.
When you partner with Do Good, we'll send you as many clean diapers as you want each week (some get 130/week) and unless you're a magician, a box of 72 diapers from a store will always only be 72 diapers.
And then there's the potty training benefit/cost savings opportunity.
A parent can buy diapers every week or every other week for three or four years, of they can partner with Do Good, probably pay for diapers twice (when choosing the 52 week subscription) and maybe even be done diapering after that—because most cloth-diapered kiddos are out of diapers faster than kids who wear disposables.
I've had clients end service before their child turned 2! Which is wild. But kids in cloth know they're wet. Store brand disposables are chemically engineered to wick away moisture and if kids aren't a little uncomfortable, they might not care too much about what they've got on under their sweatpants.
Much love to you, my friend. Thanks for your time. Be sure to reach out to eric@dogooddiapers.com with any questions you have about choosing reusable or bamboo diapers for your little one.
