Comments on: Reader Question: Buy It Diaper Prices

By: katrina

katrina — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:28:18 +0000

i totally missed out on the earths best deal. but i NEVER pay more than 10c/diaper. its always great to stock up when there are deals and sales. when you combine coupons with sales/deals name brands like huggies and pampers are often cheaper than generic store brands. i hope earths best and babies r us has another deal like that soon because we really want to try them.

By: sam

sam — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:56:23 +0000

Taht is exactly what I do too — the Up & Up have never been a problem for me!

By: MelissaW

MelissaW — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:17:43 +0000

This week, SuperFresh had Pampers jumbo packs on sale for $12.99. I used a $2 manuf + a $1.50 store catalina to get a pack for $8.xx Pampers are my favorite, but Huggies seem to be easier to come up with deals. We are expecting baby #3 in Aug, so I’m trying to begin a stockpile for the new baby plus maintain a small one for DD who is just beginning to PT.

By: Gina

Gina — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:32:39 +0000

Because of allergies, we can’t use Pampers. We’ve not had an issue with other brands – so I cruise whatever is the best deal I can get. My favorite deal has been when Kroger has their Comforts for Baby diapers on sale for $6.49/pack and I have a mess of $3/1 coupons for them. I also love when Walgreens does RRs for Huggies (which are my favorite).

By: Danielle

Danielle — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:36:55 +0000

I refuse to pay more than $4 a pack. My best find was the New Year’s Day diaper deal at BRU. I definitely rocked that one.

There was the $1.50/1 Earth’s Best Printable as well as the BRU $2/1, making them $1.50 a pack. Which allowed me to stay true to remaining green while still using disposables. I rounded up everyone, printed at the library and got my mom involved, at the end of that weekend I had 21 packs of diapers (mostly 3′s and 4′s) for only $25.20!

And they are the best diapers we’ve ever used, not only for the price, but because they incrediby absorbant and she’s had th clearest little tush in the natural dipes!

By: EmmaK

EmmaK — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:07:48 +0000

We don’t have a CVS so I usually stick to Walgreens, I actually get excited when they have RR for Huggies diapers

I think the last time I bought diapers at Target was over the summer when they had a gift card deal for buying diapers and I had a lot of good coupons, but you are right they deals there aren’t usually as good.

By: lucky

lucky — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:38:54 +0000

i usually stock more in size 3 as i know they are used the longest even my 2 yr old dd still is on no 3 and no newborns, as for no 1 stockpiling stock only 3 jumbo packs not the big box as they outgrew it by 3rd month, no 2 you can stock 3 big box or 6 jumbo as they tend to wear it till they are 1. after that i dont buy no 4 i just buy pull ups or overnites.

By: Me

Me — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:26:38 +0000

I purchase size 3 diapers from Costco, their Kirkland Signature brand which provided 208 diapers is close to the pampers size 2-3 weight. Based on the baby cheapskate spreadsheet I am doing just fine as I pay about 22 cents per diaper, where a buy is listed at 22 cents as well.

Buying in bulk and not running to the store all of the time for diapers is worth it for me. I too like not having the hassling of couponing.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:46:32 +0000

Hey! I am lucky in that I only buy disposables for night time use and long trips. We use cloth – very economical. They are so easy! If anyone is interested they make all in one (no need to use a diaper and then rubber pants or a cover) that is a grow with your baby type of deal. Check out bumgenius diapers, gro baby diapers, and flip diapers. Believe me, we have saved sooo much money and they potty train faster! Hope this helps anyone thinking about cloth diapering.

By: kristi

kristi — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:57:13 +0000

i rechecked…the 1/2 box has 234…so .15c/diaper =)

By: Emily C

Emily C — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:26:18 +0000

With two kids in diapers, I just turned to Wal-Mart, Parent’s Choice brand. You have to make sure you don’t leave a kid in the diaper for hours and hours, but they work well enough and save me the hassle of couponing.

By: Mercedes

Mercedes — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:08:25 +0000

Lori,

not a stupid question at all and one often asked. I will do a follow up post on that.

Mercedes

By: Michelle B.

Michelle B. — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:00:34 +0000

That’s what I did this time. I went to walgreens the other day. Instead of buying 4′s which fit him fine, I went up to the fives.

By: Mercedes

Mercedes — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:57:19 +0000

It’s been a really long time since Target has had a good diaper deal. CVS and Walgreens are more consistent I find.

Mercedes

By: Mercedes

Mercedes — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:55:26 +0000

For me what has worked as well is moving on to the next size diaper for the evening. That and making sure my son doesn’t have a lot of liquids right before going to bed.

Mercedes

By: Mercedes

Mercedes — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:54:00 +0000

This is so true! ALWAYS keep your eyes peeled for high value coupons at the pediatrician’s office.

Mercedes

By: Mercedes

Mercedes — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:52:58 +0000

JMo,

That is a very nice value coupon, however it is good for the big boxes which can sometimes be not as economical. The pressing issue here is to always compare diaper prices per unit. If you can get a better deal using that target coupon plus a manufacturer coupon and buying that big box than buying a smaller pack with only a manufacturer coupon then take advantage of that deal.

The takeaway from all of this is to always calculate per diaper price.

Mercedes

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:21:38 +0000

Just make sure you save all your receipts if you stockpile ahead of time. My first child was allergic to all diaper brands except huggies so I had alot of returning and exchanging to do which many of the stores flat out won’t do without a receipt. It’s not a great price if it’s something that you can’t use .
With our second and third children I taped all the recipts right to the packages until I opened them to use them and it was very helpful since babies seem to go thru growth spurts overnight in those smaller sizes.

By: Michelle B.

Michelle B. — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:18:03 +0000

Thanks! I’ve seen them but wasn’t sure if they were worth buying seperate diapers for. I’ll def pick some up next time I can find a deal.

By: Star

Star — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:56:14 +0000

My get-it-now!!!! price is actually $0.10/diaper, and I have never never paid more than $0.14/diaper, and my daughter is nearly turning 2. Granted, some of those deals were ones where I got a giftcard back, but that was okay since I just used the giftcard on the next diaper deal. And sometimes I even went lower than $0.10, especially when there are RRs or ECBs in play. Once it gets down to below $0.14/diaper…I don’t go crazy over my math about how much exactly OOP I’m spending…either way it’s still a deal. I can’t imagine paying $0.17/diaper or even $0.22/diaper…!

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:38:42 +0000

WHAT!? That CAN’T be true….can it?

*whines*

By: EmmaK

EmmaK — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:13:01 +0000

I would also say exchange. Both of my kids only wore newborns for a few weeks, then size 1s for a few weeks and 2s for a bit longer. By the time mine were about 4 months old they were in size 3s and they seemed to stay in size 3 for awhile.

By: Cricket

Cricket — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:11:59 +0000

I use Target most of the time also. They have been great for my son and the new Up & Up are even better. Usually the sales/coupon deals I find on other brands will only beat this by less than half a cent per diaper, so it’s not worth my effort. Often I have a 1.00 off coupon from the Target mailers or from the bottom of the box so it’s actually hard to find it worth my while to print coupons and save RR etc just to save maybe a dollar on a month’s diapers. Kroger diapers work pretty good too, although I don’t prefer them, but my mother watches for then on clearance at 2.99 and I’ll send them to the daycare so that I still benefit from the price, but still use the ones I prefer when he’s home.

By: EmmaK

EmmaK — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:10:31 +0000

If you get too many of the wrong size, just take them back to a store and exchange them for a different size! I have 3 bags of size 2 diapers that I didn’t use because my daughter outgrew them, so I am going to take them to Walgreens and exchange them.
When I was stockpiling for her I didn’t buy many newborn or size 1s because when people gave me gifts they give those sizes, so I bought a few 1s, and more size 2s.

By: Sunny

Sunny — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:43:11 +0000

My little one never fit in NB. She was nearly 9.5 lbs. My older daughter was over 8 lbs and I don’t think we really did NB either. (She wouldn’t even fit in the NB clothes, too long.)

I stocked up on size 1 while pregnant this time and ended up with waaaaaaaaay too many, so I used my receipts to exchange them for the size 2s and I ended up with too many of those and had to exchange them for bigger sizes. I never expected to be out of 1 & 2s so soon, but she is over 19 lbs and just over 4 months old. I had a point here somewhere… you can always exchange if you need to.