Guest guest Posted March 4, 2004 Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 I live in Wichita, KS. We have a Wholefoods store here, and couple other health food stores. According to SRS, I don't qualify for food stamps. I really dislike shopping at Wal-Mart because of the way they treat their workers. I'm trying to find ways to cut expenses in other parts of my life, like taking up knitting so I can make clothes instead of buying them. I've been considering cloth diapers, but to get all the supplies I need to start takes quite a chunk of change. " Now I can look at you in peace; I don't eat you any more. " Franz Kafka, while admiring fish in an aquarium " Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace. " Albert Schweitzer, French philosopher, physician, and musician (Nobel 1952) ____ Get Paid... With Your Free Email at http://www.zwallet.com/index.html?user=fiona25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2004 Report Share Posted March 5, 2004 Have you checked ebay for cloth diapers? I bought a bunch of them there for a fairly low price. I also knit and have made some wool soakers for my son, but I also have some cheapo covers that work great from Dappi, they are only a couple of bucks a piece and they work! You can always start with prefolds and pins, they aren't that expensive, then slowly build your stash of the nicer ones. We have saved tons with using cloth> Sara - " Richelle Rakestraw " <fiona25 Thursday, March 04, 2004 1:56 PM to doh > I live in Wichita, KS. We have a Wholefoods store here, and couple other health food stores. According to SRS, I don't qualify for food stamps. I really dislike shopping at Wal-Mart because of the way they treat their workers. I'm trying to find ways to cut expenses in other parts of my life, like taking up knitting so I can make clothes instead of buying them. I've been considering cloth diapers, but to get all the supplies I need to start takes quite a chunk of change. > " Now I can look at you in peace; I don't eat you any more. " > Franz Kafka, while admiring fish in an aquarium > > " Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace. " > > Albert Schweitzer, French philosopher, physician, and musician (Nobel 1952) > > ____ > Get Paid... With Your Free Email at > http://www.zwallet.com/index.html?user=fiona25 > > > > For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list and is not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. > > edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2004 Report Share Posted March 5, 2004 I used cloth dipes and am a HUGE advocate. Try looking at online auctions for supplies. Ebay has some and there's a great auction at mothersnature.com Better for your wallet, so much better for the environment and much better for your baby too. I wish you luck. Stephanie , Richelle Rakestraw <fiona25@z...> wrote: > I live in Wichita, KS. We have a Wholefoods store here, and couple other health food stores. According to SRS, I don't qualify for food stamps. I really dislike shopping at Wal-Mart because of the way they treat their workers. I'm trying to find ways to cut expenses in other parts of my life, like taking up knitting so I can make clothes instead of buying them. I've been considering cloth diapers, but to get all the supplies I need to start takes quite a chunk of change. > " Now I can look at you in peace; I don't eat you any more. " > Franz Kafka, while admiring fish in an aquarium > > " Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace. " > > Albert Schweitzer, French philosopher, physician, and musician (Nobel 1952) > > ____ > Get Paid... With Your Free Email at > http://www.zwallet.com/index.html?user=fiona25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 We used cloth diapers too. They are so much easier to use, you never have to run to the store and go buy more, at the drop of a hat. I think getting them, and the covers, I spent $100.00, maybe $150.00. That was all. I haven't had to replace anything yet. I bought them online. I can't remember the store anymore, but I just put in cloth diapers, and many stores came up. But they can get pretty expensive, if you aren't careful. The diapers I got were organic cotton, a little more expensive than some of the others. But my daughter has worn the same diapers since she was born, and she is now 20 months. No stains, haven't had to replace anything. Of course, the covers, you do have to replace with size, but that is only about every three-four months, at first. We also used cloth wipes and water, rather than wipies. All I used for those are the baby washcloths, that cost about $3.00 for a package of three. We got five packs for the diapering. Melanie Stephanie in MD <sjoynsen wrote: I used cloth dipes and am a HUGE advocate. Try looking at online auctions for supplies. Ebay has some and there's a great auction at mothersnature.com Better for your wallet, so much better for the environment and much better for your baby too. I wish you luck. Stephanie , Richelle Rakestraw <fiona25@z...> wrote: > I live in Wichita, KS. We have a Wholefoods store here, and couple other health food stores. According to SRS, I don't qualify for food stamps. I really dislike shopping at Wal-Mart because of the way they treat their workers. I'm trying to find ways to cut expenses in other parts of my life, like taking up knitting so I can make clothes instead of buying them. I've been considering cloth diapers, but to get all the supplies I need to start takes quite a chunk of change. > " Now I can look at you in peace; I don't eat you any more. " > Franz Kafka, while admiring fish in an aquarium > > " Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace. " > > Albert Schweitzer, French philosopher, physician, and musician (Nobel 1952) > > ____ > Get Paid... With Your Free Email at > http://www.zwallet.com/index.html?user=fiona25 For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list and is not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Richelle Rakestraw <fiona25@z...> wrote: > I live in Wichita, KS. We have a Wholefoods store here, and > couple other health food stores. According to SRS, I don't qualify > for food stamps. I really dislike shopping at Wal-Mart because of > the way they treat their workers. I'm trying to find ways to cut > expenses in other parts of my life, like taking up knitting so I can > make clothes instead of buying them. I've been considering cloth > diapers, but to get all the supplies I need to start takes quite a > chunk of change. Richelle, Mambo Sprouts then should be able to help you a bit, as I mentioned before, since they work with WFM to put their coupon book together. I don't know about the state of KS and their aid criteria, but I had to appeal my application for state aid since I was turned down the first time. The squeaky wheel gets the grease, you know. Are you a coupon clipper? I have no idea if your local WF would do this, but you can ask: find the manager of the magazines (probably the Whole Body or Nutrition dept), tell her/him that you're working on a tight budget and ask them if they'd consider saving you veggie magazines after they've torn the covers off to get credit for them. Then you can get the coupons out of them. I'm guessing they have at least vegetarian times, probably veggie life and maybe others. If not Whole Foods, ask at another health food store. Or got to the library and get the coupons out of their issues (I know, that is questionable, but believe me, libraries get no benefit from the coupons, the companies know some issues go to libraries, and if not a low-income single mom, then who deserves them?). Cloth diapering is a noble idea, but frankly, if you're single, I don't know how you'd keep up with the laundry. I was single and SAH while I cloth-diapered, and it was a lot of work to dump the poops promptly, do the cloth diapers separate from other wash, fold/stack.... I'm single and working full-time now - there's no way I'd keep up. Anyway, if you are still considering it, I used cheap prefolds (and a cut up thick flannel for doublers). I got good covers after several cheap attempts (I ended up with MotherEase covers, which are lovely), and they lasted long enough, I guess. Do you have anything to barter with another mom who sews diapers? Maybe if you get good at knitting... Actually, I found that making my own clothes ( I don't knit, but I can sew with a machine) was more expensive than buying. And *much* more than buying at thrift stores. And again, once I returned to WOH I gave up even sewing buttons on.... Is there something I'm missing - how do you have to learn to knit? Well, I'll keep thinking. I really am not the best example. I spend what I want to on food - and skimp on everything else. I don't have a garden (who has time for that?), other than steaming veggies and rice I don't cook from scratch (who has time for that?), I don't prepare my lunches at home to bring to work, or even get myself off of $2 mochas and on to 25 cent coffee.... email me offlist if you like. Doh feeling really wasteful now. --------- " We have enough youth. What we need is a Fountain of Smart. " ~Anonymous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 I used wash cloths and water instead of wipes also. I'm sure we saved a lot of $ with that. It's so much nicer to use a warm wash cloth when it's cold out those wipes are definitely not biodegradable. Good money saving hint Melanie. Stephanie , melanie casto <melaniekcasto> wrote: > > > > We used cloth diapers too. They are so much easier to use, you never have to run to the store and go buy more, at the drop of a hat. I think getting them, and the covers, I spent $100.00, maybe $150.00. That was all. I haven't had to replace anything yet. I bought them online. I can't remember the store anymore, but I just put in cloth diapers, and many stores came up. But they can get pretty expensive, if you aren't careful. The diapers I got were organic cotton, a little more expensive than some of the others. But my daughter has worn the same diapers since she was born, and she is now 20 months. No stains, haven't had to replace anything. Of course, the covers, you do have to replace with size, but that is only about every three-four months, at first. We also used cloth wipes and water, rather than wipies. All I used for those are the baby washcloths, that cost about $3.00 for a package of three. We got five packs for the diapering. > > Melanie > > > > Stephanie in MD <sjoynsen@a...> wrote: I used cloth dipes and am a HUGE advocate. Try looking at online > auctions for supplies. Ebay has some and there's a great auction at > mothersnature.com Better for your wallet, so much better for the > environment and much better for your baby too. I wish you luck. > Stephanie > > , Richelle Rakestraw <fiona25@z...> > wrote: > > I live in Wichita, KS. We have a Wholefoods store here, and > couple other health food stores. According to SRS, I don't qualify > for food stamps. I really dislike shopping at Wal-Mart because of > the way they treat their workers. I'm trying to find ways to cut > expenses in other parts of my life, like taking up knitting so I can > make clothes instead of buying them. I've been considering cloth > diapers, but to get all the supplies I need to start takes quite a > chunk of change. > > " Now I can look at you in peace; I don't eat you any more. " > > Franz Kafka, while admiring fish in an aquarium > > > > " Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living > things, man will not himself find peace. " > > > > Albert Schweitzer, French philosopher, physician, and musician > (Nobel 1952) > > > > ____ > > Get Paid... With Your Free Email at > > http://www.zwallet.com/index.html?user=fiona25 > > > > > For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list and is not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. > > edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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