Older babies also don't go through as many diapers as new babies, so it kinda works out evenly.Size one diapers are 10 cents each, but size 5 are 20 each.
Yes, disposable diapers are an environmental concern, but water scarcity is an environmental concern too -- we went through a 5-6 year drought about a decade ago, and I still think about conserving water. Yes, all clothing has to be washed, but cloth diapers add to the total.Could you explain the environment concerns? Yes one used soap and water to watch diapers, but isn't that the same as every other piece of clothing that one wears. What happens to the billions of disposable diapers?
Everyone I know who uses cloth diapers uses the fancy-snap-shaped type diapers, and I believe that $200 would be enough for a start, but I don't believe you'd make it all the way to training pants without buying some additional diapers. Even if you don't need larger sizes (which would be pretty unusual), some of them are going to be ruined, stained so badly you want to replace them, or lost.You way overestimate the cost of cloth diapers. The cloth diaper store near me had a package for $200 that was everything you needed to diaper a child.
Okay, that's fair.You'd also assumed buying disposables on sale, but didn't assume the same for cloth.
We just threw them in the trash. I don't remember it being a big issue.You also didn't include the cost of disposing the disposables ... Everyone I knew that used disposables had an expensive contraption to stick the diapers into, and it also used special plastic bags.
It's admirable that he retired so young /so wealthy. He had a lot of things go his way (born smart, chose a lucrative career, parents put him through college), and he made good choices /maximized his finances at every turn.Yes. He "retired" at 30 from his regular job, even before their first child was born. He still worked after that but doing what he enjoys. His money keeps making him more money and then the blog helped him to rake in more.
I quit reading his blog because 1) he's a potty mouth, and 2) the people on his message board are quite cruel and put down anyone who doesn't "toe the party line".
I agree that someone with his money can self-insure, say, his house. If his house were to burn to the ground tomorrow, buying another /filling it with furnishings wouldn't even be a blip on his financial radar.He's a multi-millionaire...so yes, he can be self-insured for some things for sure.
However, the thing about skipping the dentist is just not smart. No matter how much money you have, you can't "get back" your healthy teeth, and -- as other people have pointed out -- no amount of money could make up for discovering you have a big problem /massive consequences that would have been easy to cure a couple years ago.
When our kids were small, we used to buy a membership to the zoo one year /the science museum the next year. Alternating years worked out great.We have 5 kids, so going out can get expensive. Every year we buy memberships for all the places we tend to go (aquarium, science center, zoo, trampoline place, children’s museum etc.). The memberships are typically as much as one visit plus another $40-50 or so. So we get a years worth of visits to various places for just about the cost of one visit.
Another way this saves: your membership can give you free reciprocal visits to other zoos, museums, etc. -- we used to always check the list when we were traveling.
Similarly, read the marketing that comes in your various bills; for example, a credit card we used to have gave us free entrance to certain museums one or two days a month. We got free entrance to the county fair with our property tax bill one year.