[Parents] Official Kids Diaper Thread

[Bullseye]

Hard to say what a good per-diaper price is, as it will be different for each size!

RCSS Oakville yesterday only had size 3 and 6 left for this deal, both Pampers and Huggies. Guess those are the least popular sizes.

[Bedpan]

Do not pass up the sale because they are out of your little ones size. Buy as many boxes as you need, any size. Then when the sale is over and they pull out the hidden inventory go back and exchange them. Shoppers, Walmart and may others will exchange without a receipt.

[southnam]

here's the thing.... if this is now to become the "official" diaper thread - then i suggest the spelling error in the title be corrected.

oh and i think the consensus is that .18 or lower a diaper is what you should aim for.

18 cents is relative to the size of diaper. But yeah staying under 20 cents a diaper guarantees you got some sort of deal.

[Gabriella]

It's very difficult to compare boxes from one vendor to another. Earlier this year Walmart had boxes for $31.00 with 140 count of size 4 Cruisers, but they also have a box with only 108 diapers. The Superstore flyer with the Boxing Day sale price of $26.77 depicts a box of size 4 Cruisers with 120 diapers (can anybody who purchased a box confirm this number?). And the largest box of size 4 Cruisers sold at Zellers and Toys-R-Us only has 100 diapers.

I can confirm the numbers from RCSS for you:

Size 4:

Cruisers - 120 per box
Baby Dry - 158 per box

[drumhead]

+1 for this thread.

With our first baby on the way, I will be keeping my eye on this thread.

[wpgcabby]

+1 Me too

I have enough diapers stocked up and I don't need to worry until my child turns 10

I hope your kid is out of diapers by 10

[karlb]

A big +1 for Mother-ease.

Yup, washable, not disposable.

It really isn't that bad. We had 2 kids (13 months apart) in them.

Really well made and way better than what I was swaddled in as a baby.
We used the "one-size" with "air-flow covers". They're adjustable, so they work for the entire diaper time. We never had any issues with leaks.

They're not cheap to buy, but they have a good resale market.

Both of our kids had bad diaper rashes. Disposables really aggravated this, which is why we went this route (resorting to disposables for travel for the obvious reasons .

YMMV, but just wanted to provide another option.


..karl

[southnam]

I use cloth when I can but depending on the day and schedule sometimes disposables are easier so we jump back and forth.

But I don't want to make this a cloth vs disposable thread so let's not get into that

[superstar]

I have bought them in the past for $6.98/pk. For the size 1s that works out to about $0.08/diaper. Right now they are on sale for $7.99/pk and again for the size 1s that works out to about $0.10/diaper. I haven't been able to find any diaper cheaper than this. The teddy's choice diapers seem to be pretty good so far.

[Phat_Farm]

I disagree. We were using Huggies for our LO until she was 2 months old, then switched to Pampers, which we love and have been using since (she's 6.5 months now). For Christmas, our LO received a box of Teddy's Choice. We've been using it for about 5 days now and hate it. It's really bulky, the velcro sucks, and there's absolutely no leakage protection! The box is 168 count, so we're really stuck, throwing it away is a waste, so we're changing her every 2 hours during the day and using Pampers at night. This may just be our LO, but from experience, we'll stick with Pampers. lol, we've also stocked up on the Pampers sale from RCSS until she's 3.

I have bought them in the past for $6.98/pk. For the size 1s that works out to about $0.08/diaper. Right now they are on sale for $7.99/pk and again for the size 1s that works out to about $0.10/diaper. I haven't been able to find any diaper cheaper than this. The teddy's choice diapers seem to be pretty good so far.

[trife]

we had leakage problems with Huggies. We did a test and put our daughter to sleep in huggies, her and the bed were soaked. We switched to Pampers and no problems since.

I disagree. We were using Huggies for our LO until she was 2 months old, then switched to Pampers, which we love and have been using since (she's 6.5 months now). For Christmas, our LO received a box of Teddy's Choice. We've been using it for about 5 days now and hate it. It's really bulky, the velcro sucks, and there's absolutely no leakage protection! The box is 168 count, so we're really stuck, throwing it away is a waste, so we're changing her every 2 hours during the day and using Pampers at night. This may just be our LO, but from experience, we'll stick with Pampers. lol, we've also stocked up on the Pampers sale from RCSS until she's 3.

[Me-262]

Here's my take. ALL BABIES ARE DIFFERENT. People have told us to use brand A/B/C and we've found YMMV is the theme of the day . Even as he's grown up, we've found that Brand X doesn't work as well in the next size. Only way is to try a box out and see how well it works then keep buying or switch brands until you find a match.

Good thread OP and thanks for save.ca link, dont' forget COSTCO brand when they go on sale as well.

[5abi]

Huggies leaked with my baby too

[Survivor2008]

we have 3 year old boy and have been using pampers since his birth. they are a bit more expensive but i highly recommend them - no leakage except in rare circumstance. for boys i recommend cruisers and for girls you can get away with baby dry. imho

[jujulie]

You can buy coupons on ebay for Free Product or Dollar Off Coupons for Huggies/Pampers Pull Ups and Diapers to cut costs.