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Saving money on Diapers, and Formula |
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by Angel321  (September 2006) (rank 500+) |
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No matter how much, or little, money we have, it is something we can always use a little more of, right? So I wanted to share a couple of money saving tips that every mom should know. I hope these help:
~ Sam’s Club, Publix, and Target Brand Diapers are all the same, and just as good as Huggies or Pampers.
I have used them on both my girls, and neither ever had a leak, even after a 12 hour night.They are the soft cloth-like velcro diaper, not plastic tape. The money saver is that a box of “Sam’s Smiles” brand diapers is about $20, for a size 5 box there are about 120 diapers, and it will last me a month.(average 14cents a diaper) With Target’s brand you get about 80 Diapers for the size 5 large box, and they are $13.99 a box.(average cost 17cents a diaper) The cheapest bag of huggies I found was a jumbo pack of 30 diapers,size 5 and they were $13.49.(average cost 44cents a diaper) The newborn fifity pack was $13.49 also, and even with 50 diapers this is still 26cents a diaper! And a newborn pack of Sam’s diapers has about 196 diapers for $20,that is 10cents a diaper. More than half the price!
(I do not recommend Wal-mart or Kroger diapers, because they are plastic and tape, and they have leaked on me before.)
~ This one you may be shocked to know, but my Pediatrician told me “all milk based formula is the same, all Soy formula is the same”. Similac, Enfamil, and Target brand formulas are all the same! (Gasp here!) I took the can of formula to my Pediatrician and he said it is fine! In fact Target Brand has more of some ingredients, such as iron for example. Both my girls and both my nieces used Target brand formula, they have always been perfectly healthy, receiving gold stars at every well visit. So why would you literally pay twice as much for Similac or Enfamil? If you don’t believe me, I challenge you to buy a can of Target formula and a can of whatever you use. Take it to your Ped. and see what they say. And please let me know if you do.
(This deal only excludes parents who have children with allergies to regular soy or milk based formulas, and use special formulas,such as Alimentum)
Between the formula and the diapers, you could be saving an average of $70-$90 a month. That is some serious change at the end of the month. If you try them, let us know what you think!
~Angel321
