Saturday, December 26, 2015

How Expensive are Diapers - 10 Week Update

Posted by theboat On December 26, 2015 9 comments

I was very worried about how much of a burden diaper changes would be, both in time and cost. Are they really that bad?


How long does it take?

Changing diapers seemed complicated at first, but it ended up being much simpler than I'd imagined. Since getting used to it (after a few days), I've gotten it down to under a minute for a wet (urine) diaper and somewhere around three minutes for a dirty (poop) one. The only real complication is if he needs to change clothes during it as the time then depends on the type of clothing, # of buttons, etc. Erring on the side of over-estimating it, a typical change takes around three minutes for me. Note that this is an overestimate because he pees much more often than he poops.


How much do diapers cost?

To start with, we need to know how many diapers we're using. That one is a bit difficult to track with great resolution. We could keep track of every diaper used in every change, but that becomes overwhelming. Thus, we tracked them in groups where a group was typically a package of diapers.

For the cost, we then just figure out how much an individual diaper costs. This varies with the size and type of diaper. The disposable diapers we're using cost $0.17 for a newborn size and $0.14 for a size one.


Results

I've combined all of that into interactive plots listed below. The plots show the total usage, total cost, and total time required as area plots. Hovering over them gives you details about that day along with the values that are being plotted.



What about wipes?

You do have to clean the baby once you take off his diaper, and diaper wipes are a handy way to handle this. We typically use either one or two wipes per change and wipes cost ~$0.03 each. I've taken that information and applied it to the previous plots and the results are below:




9 comments :

  1. This comment has been removed by the author.

    ReplyDelete
  2. You may be interested in this site, if you ever asked yourself a question "who do I pay to do my homework"

    ReplyDelete
  3. Matlab Assignment Help helped me to complete my seventh Matlab assignment, which was also the best-performed! It scored 92/100, which I've never scored before on any other assignment/exam in my lifetime. Otherwise, their service was as quick as usual. The delivery was also on time. I'm now requesting to use this same programmer multiple times. He seems the best in Image Processing tasks. Meanwhile, I'll ask for more Matlab Homework Help soon

    ReplyDelete
  4. I have just come across your post and I believe this is exactly what I am looking for. I want an economics assignment help from a tutor who can guarantee me a top grade. Do you charge per page or does it depend on the
    bulk of the economics homework help being completed? More to that if the work is not good enough do you offer free corrections.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Hi, other than economics assignment help are there other subjects that you cover? I am having several assignments one needs an economics homework help expert and the other one needs a financial expert. If you can guarantee quality work on both then I can hire you to complete them. All I am sure of is that I can hire you for the economics one but the finance one I am not sure

    ReplyDelete
  6. The ardent Programming Homework Help tutor that nailed down my project was very passionate. He answered my Python questions with long, self-explanatory solutions that make it easy for any average student to revise. Moreover, he didn't hesitate to answer other questions, too, even though they weren't part of the exam. If all Python Homework Help experts can be like this then they can trend as the best Programming school ever online.

    ReplyDelete
  7. I don’t have time to look for another expert and therefore I am going to hire you with the hope that I will get quality economics assignment help .Being aneconomics homework help professor I expect that your solutions are first class. All I want to tell you is that if the solutions are not up to the mark I am going to cancel the project.

    ReplyDelete
  8. I have submitted my assignment to your website without any challenges. The economics assignmenthelp expert handling my assignment has already contacted me and I am certain that my work is underway. I am just hoping that I will get quality economics homework help. I have a lot of hopes in you and I am just hoping that you will not disappoint me.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Your article is very useful, and I look forward to reading more about your experience. Those who are interested in this topic will find this profile useful click test 10 seconds. Everyone wants their clicking speed to increase. The profile explains the CPS test. The profile is helpful.

    ReplyDelete