How do you save on baby stuff (especially diapers!)?

[PrincessPerky]

Re: How do you save on baby stuff (especially diapers!)?

If fork mashing bothers her, try a hand blender, makes it just as soft as the baby foods, but since she likes the table food I would encourage more of that, ditto on the breastfeeding it still has all she needs and I personally am getting puky thinking of solid food sitting in watery stuff, sounds like puke, ewwwww, drain off the water maybe?

On diapers, nope not your mommas! I definatly save money, and I have no rashes on my kid, but all butts are different, and you really need to change the cloth ones, but you should change the disposables, we just get lazy cause they are soooo absorbant!

[thriftymom]

Re: How do you save on baby stuff (especially diapers!)?

Cercis- Thanks so much for the info on the cloth diapers & the encouragement on the solid food. I am still nursing her, so I know she's getting all of her nutrition from the milk. I'm just hoping that she'll be more willing and able to eat solids by the time she's 1 year. At this point she was much more willing at 6 months when we started. I'm just hoping that when she has more teeth, she'll be more eager and able to eat fingerfoods. She still only has 2 teeth and she's 9 & 1/2 months!

PrincessPerky- Thanks for the additional encouragement on the cloth diapers and solid food. I will probably continue to use the food processor more, (since I don't have a hand blender) and make the food more watery. It seems that she's just not ready for the second stage yet. Two days ago, I discovered that she loves bread. I think it's her favorite thing so far! I broke little pieces off for her and she gobbled them up!

[dealsaver]

Re: How do you save on baby stuff (especially diapers!)?

Four kids, all breastfed for 18 months each. Never bought babyfood. Always used healthy table food mashed or minced. Disposable diapers aren't that expensive if you find a quality generic brand. Potty train them between 18 months and 3 years and you won't have to worry about diapers for long. Healthy kids need not be too expensive and can often save you money by forcing you to give up other things in your life.

[Firefly]

Re: How do you save on baby stuff (especially diapers!)?

We had a hostess that worked at our favorite restaurant. When i found out she was pregnant, I bought a pack of diapers every week at the store with our groceries. By the time she had the shower,I had a truck load of diapers for her. I made sure to buy the larger sizes, not the new born.

That was very sweet of you.

[kichu]

Re: How do you save on baby stuff (especially diapers!)?

I look for diaper sale at stores. I actually got 2 value packs (116 size 4 diapers) for 29.99 at Babies R Us last week. (Registered 21.99 each, saved $14). I like those diapers, they are cheaper than the one from BJS, where I used to buy before. (I think almost 5 centscheaper on each).

[mom-from-missouri]

Re: How do you save on baby stuff (especially diapers!)?

I used cloth, unless we were traveling.

[Tree0164]

Re: How do you save on baby stuff (especially diapers!)?

We had a hostess that worked at our favorite restaurant. When i found out she was pregnant, I bought a pack of diapers every week at the store with our groceries. By the time she had the shower,I had a truck load of diapers for her. I made sure to buy the larger sizes, not the new born.

Ima that is awesome! With my twins everyone asked what do you need. I said Diapers. Also my mom bought a pack of diapers each for us the first few months of thier lives.

[thriftymom]

Re: How do you save on baby stuff (especially diapers!)?

Thanks to all for the advice. Looks like lots of moms used cloth diapers. For now, I went with the Pampers deal on Amazon. After all, we're already used to Pampers and when figuring in the gift card, that's about the cheapest I've found them. That was a great tip! And, as far as her food... I've been cutting up soft grown-up food for her and she's doing ok with that. She's not eating much, but I guess she's just getting used to eating in general so she should be good at it by the time she's one. Thanks again- you have all been very helpful!!!