Stockpiling Up on Diapers
August 28, 2008 by Eliza Ferree
Filed under Baby Care, Finances
For those of you just finding out you are pregnant or have known that you are about to have a baby, think really hard about stocking up now. For those of you that have already had a baby or two what do you wish you knew about diapers whether it be cloth or disposable that you didn’t know then?
I have four children, the youngest (age 1) is learning about the potty chair. This means I’ve went through TONS of diapers, entire rooms could’ve been filled with how many diapers you go through with four children. Hundreds and thousands of dollars spent on the little thing that keeps the pee and poop in.
The one thing I wish I did before giving birth…..stockpiling on diapers and wipes. So I’m going to give you a few links of people that have actually done this and some tips.
Tips:
- Find out where the sale on diapers are and head to those.
- use coupons for diapers, this may only reduce the price by a dollar or two but when you hit up a sale and add the coupon you save even more.
- look for good deals.
A few stores I like to shop when getting my diaper deals are the following: CVS, Walgreens, Price Chopper, Hyvee and of course Walmart. Where do you shop for bargains?
This weeks deals:
Walgreens $9.49 plus $2 register rewards
CVS $13.99 Huggies & Pampers megapacks (-2 for over $10 order)
Target $18.99 Huggies
Sometimes you can even find diapers in clearance. I found the Huggies pull-ups 2t marked down at $2, I grabbed two just in case. Hey, I’m hoping he’ll be out of them in a few months but just in case I won’t have to buy full price later. Always check the clearance rack, you never know what you’ll find. One lady found Huggies at her CVS for $5.75.
Sites that Mention Deals:
Diaper Deals with Bargain Hunting Moms -Diapers.com has a Newborn Diaper Sale with their own little gift packs. These are so cute and actually a great way to keep all the necessary things together for the baby.
My Precious Pennies’ Stockpile of Diapers- She has already started her stockpile and as you can see she has a variety of diapers that she found great deals on. In the pic you will see Luvs, Huggies and many others. She’s also stocking up on wipes.
Baby CHeapskate finds the Best Diaper Deals for the Week- all types of tips, coupons on everything from diapers, wipes, creams to formula. Check out the articles here. Lots of savings to be found on this site.
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We only have one daughter but went through a ton of nappies and wipes. We stockpiled before our daughter was born, but did find the wipes tended to dry up a bit in the packs. Also buying a quality brand like huggies was much better as they tended to leak less from around the leg seal.
I am not pregnant yet but will be trying soon. I ‘earned’ $250 worth of Seventh Generation diapers from Amazon.com through a promo they were having in September 2008. It took me a while (and some research!) to decide how much of each size to buy, but here is what I did….
I ended up getting the following:
Size 1- 176 diapers (about 29 days if changed 6x/day)
Size 2- 320 diapers (about 53 days if changed 6x/day)
Size 3- 280 diapers (about 46 days if changed 6x/day)
Size 4- 120 diapers (about 20 days if changed 6x/day)
Size 5- 104 diapers (about 17 days if changed 6x/day)….
I realize this is just an average idea of things, and baby will probably be changed more in the beginning and less at the end.
Hopefully I will be able to use all of them! I think I probably will. Either way, how could I refuse free diapers?!?!?! They will last a loooong time (no expiration date) so if I don’t use them on my first, I can use on my second (if we have 2 kids). Even if we never have another child, I am pretty sure my friend will have mutliple kids, so the diapers will end up getting used.
Agh! This is way too exciting to think about. *sigh*