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This seems to be a common enough topic on this site as to why parents don't just let kids wear diapers as long as they what or when they want. The discussion usually ends up between the vivid fantasy we all enjoy and the parents who have felt the reality of the situation. So recently I had to do a medical expense form calculating rough estimated costs of all "medical" expenses on each house resident and one segment under child care had to include diaper expenses both estimated pre-potty train and any recurring diaper related issues (bed wetting or special needs)
*NOW BEAR IN MIND THESE FIGURES ARE ROUGH ESTIMATES BASED ON CURRENT RETAIL PRICE OF EACH BRAND MY BROTHER AND SON HAVE USED IN THE PAST 15 YEARS BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM THESE ARE NOT EXACT DEFFINITIVE FIGURES*
Brands include Luvs diapers, huggies pull ups, and Pullups Goodnites brand.
My little brother who is 15 as of this year has used diapers off and on a grand total of 13 years consistently for a total of 12.5 years.
My son who is going on 9 is still in them @ night and during his sporting events. so the overall total still grows by the week.
But the average breakdown was on 2 cases of diapers a week pre-potty trained and 2 Pull ups a day there after. On both boys. For the duration of their time of use.
The total for my little brother over 13 years came to about $22,984. That's higher than some people's annual income.
My son comes in at about $8533 and growing over almost 9 years.
The grand total between two boys is $31,517 and growing in 15 years averaging out to about $2101 rounded to the nearest dollar per year in just diapers. And that's not even full time. That's averaging on 2 Pull ups a day during the boys bed wetting tenure and 2 cases per week during their pre-potty training tenure. Obviously due to factors such as illness, travel, special occasions and lazy days they have gone through more diapers and Pull ups than accounted for but it's not more than a few hundred dollar difference.
The idea of kids staying in diapers longer is appealing but the reality of financial burdens often outweigh any convenience gains.
This is why while it's a cool idea it's not a practical one. These figures only accounted for 24/7 diapers for 5 years on my son and 4 on my brother the rest and bulk of it was just night time only. If all 15 years were counted @ 24/7 we would be closing in on near $90,000 over 15 years adjusting for size and cost increase as both boys got bigger.
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*NOW BEAR IN MIND THESE FIGURES ARE ROUGH ESTIMATES BASED ON CURRENT RETAIL PRICE OF EACH BRAND MY BROTHER AND SON HAVE USED IN THE PAST 15 YEARS BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM THESE ARE NOT EXACT DEFFINITIVE FIGURES*
Brands include Luvs diapers, huggies pull ups, and Pullups Goodnites brand.
My little brother who is 15 as of this year has used diapers off and on a grand total of 13 years consistently for a total of 12.5 years.
My son who is going on 9 is still in them @ night and during his sporting events. so the overall total still grows by the week.
But the average breakdown was on 2 cases of diapers a week pre-potty trained and 2 Pull ups a day there after. On both boys. For the duration of their time of use.
The total for my little brother over 13 years came to about $22,984. That's higher than some people's annual income.
My son comes in at about $8533 and growing over almost 9 years.
The grand total between two boys is $31,517 and growing in 15 years averaging out to about $2101 rounded to the nearest dollar per year in just diapers. And that's not even full time. That's averaging on 2 Pull ups a day during the boys bed wetting tenure and 2 cases per week during their pre-potty training tenure. Obviously due to factors such as illness, travel, special occasions and lazy days they have gone through more diapers and Pull ups than accounted for but it's not more than a few hundred dollar difference.
The idea of kids staying in diapers longer is appealing but the reality of financial burdens often outweigh any convenience gains.
This is why while it's a cool idea it's not a practical one. These figures only accounted for 24/7 diapers for 5 years on my son and 4 on my brother the rest and bulk of it was just night time only. If all 15 years were counted @ 24/7 we would be closing in on near $90,000 over 15 years adjusting for size and cost increase as both boys got bigger.
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