School me on being a Dad

[killramos]

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I could talk about diapers for about 7 beers if anyone is interested.

Id buy you those 7 beers to not bring it up

[JfuckinC]

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Id buy you those 7 beers to not bring it up

Kirkland diapers and wipes have always served my children well, and they take large poops. only one left in diapers though

[Buster]

What's the crossover between:

- people who think cloth diapers are saving the planet but jump on carbon spewing airplane to fly to Mexico

- people who have babies at home without doctors close by because....reasons

- period who think artificial sweeteners are poison

- people who swear they have a gluten sensitivity but really just want attention

[killramos]

Getting spicy

[msommers]

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Kirkland diapers and wipes have always served my children well, and they take large poops. only one left in diapers though

Ballpark how much do you spend on diapers for one kid per year?

[you&me]

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What's the crossover between:

- people who think cloth diapers are saving the planet but jump on carbon spewing airplane to fly to Mexico

- people who have babies at home without doctors close by because....reasons

- period who think artificial sweeteners are poison

- people who swear they have a gluten sensitivity but really just want attention

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[ExtraSlow]

Fuck, you can tell me what to talk about if you buy me those 7 beers. I also have thoughts on having babies at home, both of mine were.... I think that's a funny story tool. But I am easily amused.

[tirebob]

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What's the crossover between:

- people who think cloth diapers are saving the planet but jump on carbon spewing airplane to fly to Mexico

- people who have babies at home without doctors close by because....reasons

- period who think artificial sweeteners are poison

- people who swear they have a gluten sensitivity but really just want attention

Might still be reasonable considering that if disposable diapers were made illegal worldwide, most baby factories would stop dropping shit machines simply because ewwwwww... Less people better planet overall. At least in my backyard...

[Tik-Tok]

My wife wanted them because zero diaper rash, nothing to do with savings the planet, lol. As for cost, actual price of the diapers were cheaper in the long term VS buying disposables, but I'm sure the extra loads of laundry zero'd out the savings.

[Buster]

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Might still be reasonable considering that if disposable diapers were made illegal worldwide, most baby factories would stop dropping shit machines simply because ewwwwww... Less people better planet overall. At least in my backyard...

Fewer people, ie our birthrate is probably the biggest risk facing humanity right now.

[haggis88]

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Fewer people, ie our birthrate is probably the biggest risk facing humanity right now.

I was just about to say!

I'm pretty sure that it's in our grandkids lifetime that we go beyond the point of no return

Back on topic though, the wife tried a few different diapers for our little guy and found that Pampers seemed to leak pee a lot more often than the huggies, capacity issue or boy issue, who knows...but of our toddler circle, everyone else with girls hated the huggies because they had a "weird smell" and had no leaking issues with the pampers

I did notice that the Costco huggies little movers/snugglers (plus) versus the non-costco versions (non plus) seem to fit better on our girls, which was something I dont remember having an issue with when the wee man was in diapers

Wife was reading between her Costco Facebook page and her Twin Mum facebook pages that Kirkland wipes have changed recently and have become drier and its making them even more difficult to get out of the package than before (i always hated them for this, the Huggies naturals seem to come out so easy!)

[JfuckinC]

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Ballpark how much do you spend on diapers for one kid per year?

Hard for me to say honestly, my wife buys all that shit i wont go to costco lol

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Wife was reading between her Costco Facebook page and her Twin Mum facebook pages that Kirkland wipes have changed recently and have become drier and its making them even more difficult to get out of the package than before (i always hated them for this, the Huggies naturals seem to come out so easy!)

Shit ok this is true, they come out in clumps and i just use whatever i get

[schurchill39]

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My wife wanted them because zero diaper rash, nothing to do with savings the planet, lol. As for cost, actual price of the diapers were cheaper in the long term VS buying disposables, but I'm sure the extra loads of laundry zero'd out the savings.

We ran cloth diapers for 1.5 kids and even with switching the second one over to disposables when she was just over a year we still came out ahead cost wise, maybe approaching neutral if you throw in the cost of laundry. My kids had a ton of rashes in the disposable diapers and it was hit or miss if we would be dealing with blowouts. Almost no rashes with cloth and we never had a single blow out either.

I actually didn't mind running cloth but there for sure was an inconvenience factor to it, ie you couldn't just throw them in the trash if you changed them in public. Also, my wife dealt with washing all the shitty diapers but we tag teamed the rest and it wasn't bad. Sitting on the floor with the kid while folding diapers and they played with blocks was a pretty fond memory for me.

That being said, I am going to be SOOO pumped once this second kid is fully potty trained and the oldest one learns to point his god damn pecker in the toilet instead of just letting the fire hose run free.

EDIT: @ExtraSlow We had our second at home and wanted to have the first at home but it didn't pan out that way. For us, it worked out great and we would do that again 10/10 times. If you've got a low risk pregnancy and are under the care of midwives then there are so many more options for families and what makes them comfortable. Its not the best choice for everyone but it worked great for us. I'd take you up on your #7BeerDadChatChallenge.

[haggis88]

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Shit ok this is true, they come out in clumps and i just use whatever i get

She'd shout at me for wasting them when I did that, it's been wedded bliss since switching to the Huggies natural plus, and when Costco puts them on sale, they're the same price as the Kirkland and IIRC have more in them? Could be wrong on that, its been ages since we bought Kirkland

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Ballpark how much do you spend on diapers for one kid per year?

Less than we spend on feeding them I'm pretty sure

Box of diapers is what like $50 if not on sale? For the twins right now, we're on between 6-8 diapers per day (3-4 each) and with 150ish diapers in a box it's lasting us just shy of 3 weeks...so that's gonna be roughly 20 boxes per year, so $1000 per year roughly?

Here's a parent hack...instead of baby shower gifts where people bring you allsorts of useless shit you'll never use, just tell them to bring diapers and wipes as a gift...we've only JUST ran out of diapers and the girls are 6 months old

[DonJuan]

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Hard for me to say honestly, my wife buys all that shit i wont go to costco lol

Amazon delivers and she bulk buys when on sale.

As far as the pampers leaking go, it could be a boy girl thing.

[killramos]

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Ballpark how much do you spend on diapers for one kid per year?

Easy answer for me with my Amazon sub.

My kid just turned 2 and I spent $278 dollars on 1152 daipers in 2022.

She does however go through 2-3 a day at daycare 5ish days a week, so to true that number up $466 dollars at my avergae cost of $0.24/diaper.

That’s a high estimate as I haven’t bought a box since November and I’m still finding them come out of the woodwork. Will probably never buy a box again as we are progressing well with potty training and she only wears them sleeping.

You change newborns more in the first year. But that should give you a ballpark.

[bjstare]

Home birth is a funny one. And something that a true pragmatist would never choose.

[Buster]

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Home birth is a funny one. And something that a true pragmatist would never choose.

crossover between people who dont bother with seatbelts and home births?

[haggis88]

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You change newborns more in the first year. But that should give you a ballpark.

That's a good caveat also, the older they get, the less you'll need.

Also, divide my numbers by two, as I was calculating for twins haha.

For the wee man, he's 2.5 and only wears his pull-ups at night, rest of the time he's in boxers and using the potty - the super cheap walmart pull-ups work for him now as he's even having a decent number of dry nights now

Warning, nothing will prepare you for seeing an adult sized shit come out of your kid on the toilet for the first time

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crossover between people who dont bother with seatbelts and home births?

[ExtraSlow]

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Warning, nothing will prepare you for seeing an adult sized shit come out of your kid on the toilet for the first time
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QFT. My youngest was and is still legendary for that.