How Much Does Diaper Dependency Really Cost?

Alright, let’s think about how many diapers I’ve used in the last three years, starting from the point where I decided to become diaper dependent to today.

Back when I first started training, I drank a ton of anything to keep myself tinkling all day and all night, so I went through an average of 5 Abena M4s every 24 hours. Multiply that by a week, and we get used 35 diapers a week, and for the three months that I was in training, I used around 420 diapers in those first few months.

At that point, my bladder capacity had shrunk dramatically, allowing me to tinkle at any given moment. I was able to go down to 3-4 diapers a day, which in turn means 21 to 28 diapers a week. I was still technically in training, but since it was a lot easier to go (( had to pee like every five minutes) I didn’t have to drink as much to keep myself going.

After a few months in, I decided to stop using pads and tampons and just use my diapers for my cycle; I was already wearing padding 24/7, so why waste money on stuff like that? Because of that, I changed my diapers more frequently when I hit that time of the month, choosing to wear less absorbent diapers so that I wouldn’t have to sit in a bloody and icky diaper for hours. I used around 5 diapers a day for those 4 or 5 days I was on my cycle. I’m gonna say that I wore those different diapers for my period for 5 days just to keep things easier to calculate.

Let’s just say that on average there are 30 days in a month. I know it varies, but we’re just estimating how many diapers I’ve used in the last three years.

1. First three months = 420 diapers.

2. Each month after that = 75 to 100 diapers for 25 days + 5 diapers a day for 5 days (my cycle) = 100 to 125 diapers a month.

3. Multiply that by 33 months and we get 3300 to 4125 diapers. Add the 420 diapers from before, and we get 3720 to 4545 diapers for the last three years.

4. Divide those two numbers by three to get the amount of diapers used in one year, and we get 1240 to 1515 diapers a year. Divide that by the 12 months in a year and we get 103.33 to 126.25 diapers a month, showing that it is very close to the estimates above.

5. Now, the cost of diapers varies wildly, due to sales or me getting different brands to try, but let’s just say that I wore the Abena M4 for the last three years to keep things simple. We are just trying to get an estimate of how much diaper dependency really costs, after all, so given that a case of 42 Abena M4s costs around $50 shipped, and that 2 cases of 84 diapers costs around $100 shipped, we can say that if we get 3 cases a month to cover our needs, we’d be spending $150 a month on diapers, or $1800 a year.

Altering Facts:

 

1. These costs would be slightly lower for males, since they wouldn’t have to change more frequently due to a lack of a menstrual cycle.

2. Women could keep using pads and/or tampons when they’re on their cycle if they don’t feel comfortable using their diapers for that specific purpose, which in turn would mean less diapers would be used.

3. If you spend a little extra money, you could wear thicker and more absorbent diapers, which results in less changes and more money saved. This is why I recommend premium ABDL diapers, as they are more cost effective in the long run.

4. If you buy a bag or two at a time instead of cases, you’d be spending more money on diapers in the long run. You can also sign up for monthly repeat deliveries, which gets you more savings for diapers in the future.

5. Messing your diaper will mean more diaper changes, which in turn makes being diaper dependent more expensive. This is negated if you only mess before you’re about to change out of a soaked diaper, but after years in training, it’s getting harder and harder to keep myself from messing myself at any given moment, regardless if my diaper is soaked or not.

6. As we all know, there are other costs to becoming diaper dependent, like pull-ups to use when you step out of the shower, creams for diaper rash, onesies for sleeping in or feeling cute, and hair removal items to keep things nice and neat down there. You might also have to buy better clothes to hide your new awesome choice in undies, so don’t forget about that!