Diapers and Wipes

[FlyingDumbo]

Can anyone recommend how to get the best deal on diapers and wipes? Any store brand worth looking at? We are getting ready for our little one to arrive and completely clueless on what brand and sizes to stock up on. Some of my friends swear by one brand, others swear by another. Any tips on saving money?

 

[MrsDrewsky]

Can anyone recommend how to get the best deal on diapers and wipes? Any store brand worth looking at? We are getting ready for our little one to arrive and completely clueless on what brand and sizes to stock up on. Some of my friends swear by one brand, others swear by another. Any tips on saving money?

I am cloth diapering, so I can only help a little bit as I am only stocking up on wipes. I was told not to stock up on a specific brand or size due to how different experiences will be, so I have a variety of brands and sizes to try. I like the website southernsavers.com, she has a weekly post on sales and coupons for baby supplies which has been helpful. Just be sure to keep you receipts in case you need to exchange them for a different size or brand once your little one is here.

 

[ladybug0506]

Amazon. Hands down the best deal on diapers. Check out Amazon Mom for further discounts on subscribe and save items like diapers and wipes. If you don't know what subscribe and save is... it is a free monthly (or however often you set it) subscription service for whatever the product is you need. When you sign up for a subscription they will discount the price even further. You also get a complimentary prime subscription when you sign up for Amazon Mom. It's really a great deal all around. I just set the diapers to be delivered once a month and they just automatically ship them and I am never caught without them and I don't have to remember to order them again.
Here's a link:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/mom/signup

As far as brands go... don't stock up on any one brand. They all fit each child differently. For us, Pampers are the only ones that worked - and we tried them all including store brands. For wipes, we hated pampers, loved huggies and loved Kirkland (Costco brand) even more. The only other tip I can give about diapers - our son was born at 6lbs 9oz but he lost a good bit by the time we got home. Enough that the nb size diapers were leaking because they were just a little bit too big. Going down to the preemie size was perfect. He wasn't in them for very long but it made a world of difference for those 2 weeks

 

[pocomom]

Can anyone recommend how to get the best deal on diapers and wipes? Any store brand worth looking at? We are getting ready for our little one to arrive and completely clueless on what brand and sizes to stock up on. Some of my friends swear by one brand, others swear by another. Any tips on saving money?

Look into making your own wipes- very affordable, really easy especially if you use the select a size paper towels, and you can make sure nothing that bothers baby's skin is in your ingredients. I use a combination of mine and store brand wipes mostly now, I liked Pampers natural the best as far as commerical brands. If you are not going to make your own, or if you will suppliment make sure to sign up everywhere including baby gift registries even if you don't intend on telling anyone... at babies r us we were offered a percentage off anything on our registry after the baby came, and Target sent out great coupons as did pampers. huggies. Even though we intended to breastfeed we signed up for formula too and got coupons good for a few free cans , which came in handy when I was temporarily unable to nurse due to medications I had to take, and didn't have enough frozen milk. Look for coupons in your pediatricians office and make sure you tell them you are looking for samples and coupons- I've been sent home with boxes of stuff before!

 

[khaoskat]

I am also cloth diapering (and have been for about 3 years). It is so nice to not have to worry about going to the store to buy diapers. But that being said, I also use disposables and find that the generic Walmart or Meijer ones are great.

As for wipes, we get the generic sam's club ones are great.

 

[Lisaren]

Be very careful stocking up on one brand of diapers. Both of my children were extremely sensitive to a main brand and we could not use them at all. Both kids came home from the hospital with very red behinds (less than 36 hours in that brand) because that was the only brand the hospital used. The hospital sent home the remains of a package of diapers I could not use.

 

[mcuoghi]

We buy ours at our local grocery store. After sales and coupons, I found that the grocery store was the same price as Walmart and Target and also the same price per diaper as the "club" stores. In addition our grocery store offers a program where for every $100 in baby products you buy you get a $10 coupon for your next purchase. So that combined with 6% cashback at grocery stores with our AMEX, it works out best for us.

But I do agree with PP that say don't stock up on too many of one brand. Some will fit your baby better than others. Same thing with wipes too. We love the pampers wipes and we would only use them until we recently discovered that BJ's (warehouse store) brand ones are pretty good too.

 

[mistysue]

People have such strong preferences because babies are shaped different. My first could not wear huggies- every single diaper would leak. My second couldn't wear pampers, my third can't wear Target brand.

Like one poster said, Amazon has some great deals. I know that I got newborn size diapers for about half the price I could find in a store there. After size 1, Amazon started being more expensive to me. I've usually liked using store brand once I figure out what works, then when they give me a coupon or have a sale buy extra to get me through until about a month later when they have the same sale/coupon again.

We like the "one and done" wipes. They have better scents to them and I use them to clean other stuff as well.

 

[PrincessSteph]

I am pretty loyal to Kroger brand diapers (Comforts for Baby in the green bag). I can usually get these diapers cheaper than I can get the name brands with a coupon.

 

[lebeauc]

DW and I have Triplets so we went through our fair share of diapers (and still with pull-ups). We must have tried every brand at one time or another. We found that the cheapest for us were the BJs brand if you have a BJs near you. Same goes for the Wipes. We buy the unscented ones (BJs brand also) and they work great. We never thought of using Amazon as a PP posted, so that may be a cheaper route. I have a co-worker with a kid about the same age as my kids, and he used Amazon and swore by it. We were lucky and didn't have any major irritation issues with our 3.

Good Luck and Congrats!

 

[pocomom]

But I do agree with PP that say don't stock up on too many of one brand. Some will fit your baby better than others. Same thing with wipes too. We love the pampers wipes and we would only use them until we recently discovered that BJ's (warehouse store) brand ones are pretty good too.

Totally agree 3 kids two fit pampers better the middle one was huggies primarily. The fits are different. It's worth trying out many to see what works, and while I'm normally a fan of store brands if a premium works well go with it , no sense in having a diaper that leaks- could end up costing you a lot more, just rely on combining coupons with sales and promotions to get a great deal....and congratulations!

 

[LuLuO]

I would not stock up on diapers just yet. Allergies/sensitivities and fit may mean that you end up with a bunch of diapers you can't use. You'll have plenty of time to find deals on diapers.

That said, we preferred pampers brand.

 

[sherry7]

Diapers are the least expensive at Amazon, using a free Amazon Mom membership and Subscribe & Save. Like everyone else said, see what kind of diapers fit your LO best, and that they don't have a reaction. My son got a terrible rash from Huggies and Luvs within minutes, and could only wear Pampers. On the other hand, my daughter doesn't seem to have such sensitive bum skin. She can wear anything, but Pampers Cruisers definitely fit her the best.

I used to get great deals on wipes at Amazon, but not so much lately. Our favorite wipes are Huggies Naturals unscented, but we use various unscented brands if the price is right. Sam's Club always has a decent price of Huggies Natural wipes. The only baby wipes that I truly dislike are Pampers Soft Care, because they're very slimy. I made the mistake of buying an entire case of them without trying out a smaller package. We ended up using the whole case for just cleaning up after meals, because they weren't good for nastier jobs. Another inexpensive option are the Parent's Choice unscented baby wipes from Walmart, if you buy them by the case of 700.

Here's something that you'll notice about the major brands of diapers. Pampers has 2 different types of diapers - Baby Dry and Cruisers. (They also have a Swaddler diaper for young infants.) Baby Dry diapers are a little less expensive, and you get more to a box. Cruisers are a bit more expensive, and you get a little less to a box. (Cruisers are a more "structured" diaper than Baby Dry, with more elastic around the legs. Plus the absorbent padding goes up much higher in the back.) The stated weight range on the package is exactly the same, but I've found the Cruisers are made quite a bit larger than the Baby Dry. The Cruisers stretch a lot more than the Baby Dry version. My 34 lb 2 year old toddler wears a size 4 in Cruisers, but I have to buy a size 5 in Baby Dry. Of course, as the size of the diaper goes up, you get less per box. So, even though the Cruisers diapers are technically more expensive than the Baby Dry version, I am able to buy a size smaller - which means I get more per box, and they end up being a bit cheaper.

The above also applies to Huggies Snug & Dry and Huggies Little Movers, although the size difference between the two doesn't seem quite as much as what the Pampers are.

 

[needtoplan]

Save your diaper coupons and about once every couple of months Target does the $5 gift card promotion when you buy 2 boxes of diapers. The big three: Huggies, Pampers, and Luvs are usually included. So, stock up then. Also, Target will put boxes of diapers on clearance occasionally. Look for those.
I do agree with PP. Luvs worked great for us and were much cheaper than the others; however, I know that there are significant differences between babies and genders. So, it really is a trial and error as to which diapers won't leak with your child.

 

[msmama]

I agree to wait.

The brand that works at the beginning may not be the brand that works at certain ages, too.

We usually liked the Target brand (but did to Pampers for a while and Huggies for a smaller amount of time).

You'll have to figure out what works best for your child. If it is a brand name then usually Amazon Mom is the best.

I always liked the Kirkland brand wipes from Costco. Still buy them even though I don't have a kid in diapers anymore!

 

[girli565]

My husband's job, he's a technician at a hospital affiliated urgent care, allows him to payroll deduct cases of diapers (Pampers brand) for $12.50. It's a great deal so our baby will be wearing pampers, lol. They also allow him to buy wipes and other supplies as well. I guess they're bulk buying power is an employee perk. we're very happy with it.

We buy wipes at Walmart. The case is under $12 and a better deal than even my husband's job discount for wipes. I've seen good deals on Amazon Mom for diapers.

 

[SpartanMommy]

Congratulations!!! Don't stock up too much beforehand, you never know which diaper will fit best. We made the mistake of buying too many diapers before our daughter was born because they were on a great sale, only to find that they didn't fit her very well. I tried 5 or 6 kinds of diapers before finding that Huggies work best on my daughter. It is different for every kid. One of my friends loves Pampers and hates Huggies, while I am the exact opposite. Also, don't buy too many newborn sizes, baby might not fit in them for very long. My daughter was 5 days late and only fit in newborn for a very short time.