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Does that cost under $100? That was the point A couple of people here were claiming that 1) you can pick up a used washer for under $100 (which is true) but 2) that low income housing USUALLY has a washer hook up. That's NOT true. If you don't have a hook up for a washer, you can't very well put in a cheap used washer. If you can't afford diapers, how are you going to come up with $219 for a portable unit?
My only point with this whole thing is that you guys don't think. You believe that people have problems or struggle only because they're LAZY, and that the answer is always some kind of simple, knee jerk response. Some people ARE lazy, but there's a big chunk who are in tough situations through no fault of their own--illness, job loss, divorce--you name it. In the original link, they mentioned a disabled woman with a young child who was having a tough time affording diapers, but the start up costs of going to cloth diapers was prohibitive, along with the cost of way more trips to the laundromat. Why is that so tough to understand?
It's hard to understand because this woman had 9 months to prepare for the arrival of her baby and she did not stock up on enough diapers to last even one year.
Has she had no income for the last 20 months? Not a spare dime to invest in diapers before investing in furniture or other non-essentials? This is the point I don't get.
(I lost my job when I was 5 months pregnant, but still managed to buy enough diapers to last me for three years. My mom actually bought me the other 2 dozen.)
The woman is disabled. It does not say what her disability is. Judging by the picture, she can squat to her child's level. Can she carry a load of laundry from point A to point B? I really don't know.
However, I've mentioned this already, we all have laundry to do every single week. There is no excuse about doing laundry (any which way it gets done... tub, sink, or washer) that could include diapers if one is too poor to buy disposables.
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Originally Posted by malamute
My great grandmother had no running water or electricity and no disposable diapers and she raised 13 children. She also had no car, no vacuum cleaner, made her own soap, grew her own vegetables and canned, butchered her own chickens. She would have washed homemade diapers out by hand.
My neo-hippie niece makes homemade diapers from old rags that people would otherwise just throw away.
Good for her. There sure are a lot of online patterns to choose from now.
If I knew 30 years ago how to make cloth diapers I would have.
I have been making baby clothes for a friend and asked her if she wanted me to make her some cloth diapers and she declined. Her response, "I don't want to deal with that nasty crap!"
I have nothing against disposable diapers (except for the landfill mess), nor against mothers that use them. I just get ticked when poor people whine about not being able to afford them when there is an affordable way to diaper your baby.
I forgot to mention earlier that I do think the program mentioned in the article is a good one. To reward young mothers with free diapers for attending parenting classes is quite smart. Whatever keeps 'em going and learning how to better care for their kids will help society as a whole.
And, to the poster who calls them sposies, wherever did this name come from? I never heard it before.
going to the laundry mat does not just entail the cost of the washer and dryers.
add the cost of laundry supplies and paying to get to the laundy mat. Unlike towles and underwear, diapers dont hold up till the end of the week wash. they have urine and fecal matter. having to run to the laundry mat every other day is a chore. not to mention if you have a newborn in tow.
Look past your prejudices to see all sides of an issue.
Good grief, what did people do before when there were only cloth diapers and there was no such thing as disposable diapers?
What, they don't have running water to wash diapers by hand? They can't get a drying rack to put them on? What kind of "chore" is it when you don't work and have a full day of doing nothing? At least going to the laundry mat gives them something to do.
These are sad days when people have babies and it gets down to them crying about how they can't afford to diaper their children.
You know, while it's possible this particular guy is a real dirt bag, the reality is relationships are a work in progress. You sure she doesn't share ANY blame for the failed relationship? I've noticed a trend in divorces, it's ALWAYS the other persons fault, ALWAYS.
You are assuming there was a "relationship" to begin with.
Uhhh...you evidently didn't read the links you binged.
"Bleach is probably one of the most common household chemicals in the world. It is used each and everyday to clean clothes and a variety of other items. However, bleach is also one of the most common allergens that can be found in homes all over the world."
Where's her baby's daddy? Shouldn't he be helping out with the diapers?
maybe she was raped.
should she have had an abortion?
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A couple of people here were claiming that 1) you can pick up a used washer for under $100 (which is true) but 2) that low income housing USUALLY has a washer hook up. That's NOT true. If you don't have a hook up for a washer, you can't very well put in a cheap used washer. If you can't afford diapers, how are you going to come up with $219 for a portable unit?
$9.87 diaper washer
