How to Save Money When Buying Baby Undies

Diapers are non-negotiable when it comes to baby care. Diapers will play a massive part in their lives for the initial few years until your baby learns to get potty trained. Moreover, your little one will constantly need diaper changes for the first few months, so you must stock up on diapers well before your baby’s arrival.

Please visit our website for more information on this topic.

As new parents, you must have already prepared a checklist and a budget of all the baby care essentials, and one of the things which did top the list would be diapers. Unfortunately, getting the best diapers for your baby burns a hole in your pocket.

But what if we tell you that hacks to save money on diapers? Well, our experts have compiled this article with simple yet effective tips to help you save money on your waterproof diapers. So let’s get started!

Hacks to Save Money on Waterproof Diapers

Diapers are essential to child care and play a massive role in your baby’s life. However, a baby needs at least 6-12 diapers daily, especially in the early weeks after birth (1). This means you must stock up piles of disposable diapers that would go heavy on your pocket.

Switching to cloth diapers is an option. SuperBottoms UNO diapers are a range of reusable cloth diapers for budget-friendly and sustainable diapers. In addition, we have compiled a list of hacks to save money on your waterproof diapers.

1. Prepare a Diaper Budget -

Before going on a diaper spree, you must chalk out a budget for it. Unfortunately, the reason why most parents land up buying expensive waterproof diapers is that they need to draw up a diaper budget. So, while making those last-minute preparations before your baby’s arrival, you must take time to prepare a diaper budget to make an informed purchase.

2. Use Coupons and Buy on Sale-

This is the most evergreen way of saving money on waterproof diapers. Combining coupon codes and sale prices can save a bundle while stocking up on diapers. Many brands have referral coupons that help you save a chunk. For example, at SuperBottoms, we offer a 15% SUPER Discount to both the referee and referrer!

3. Go Slow with Switching Diaper Sizes -

Always remember that the bigger the diapers, the fewer diapers per package. This means as you size up, the diapers get more and more expensive. Each diaper package typically comes with a suggested weight per size.

However, for most brands, your baby can wear that diaper for longer than indicated on the package. So instead of going by the diaper sizing (2) suggested on the box, you can change the size once you observe a lot of leaks.

Moreover, if you wish to switch to cloth diapers, SuperBottoms FreeSize UNO Diapers come with smartly placed adjustable snaps, allowing the diapers to fit your baby length-wise while expanding sideways.

4. Stockpile -

Whenever you see waterproof diapers on sale or at a low price, and if you have a handy budget, buy them if you do not need them immediately. The concept is known as stockpiling, which is simple, if you buy larger packages, especially during the sale season, you can save a considerable amount.

However, ensure you do not overbuy a particular size while stockpiling, as your baby will grow in size.

5. Calculate Value Per Diaper Package -

To save on diapers, always look for the price per diaper or the unit price. You can simply divide the cost of the diaper package by the number of diapers inside to determine the cost per diaper.

This is because sometimes, even the same-priced packages from different diaper brands can have varying quantities per package.

6. Host a Diaper Shower -

If you are becoming a mommy-to-be again, you can consider having a diaper shower like a baby shower. However, instead of presents, guests can give the host a massive basket of diapers, and you can never really have too many diapers!

7. Join Loyalty and Rewards Program -

Many diaper brands have loyalty programs whereby the purchase points can be traded for high-value coupons. You can even get access to other discounts and exclusive offers in their program.

Key Takeaways

Buying the best cloth diapers for your baby is essential to ensure they do not get any allergies or rashes. However, every best thing comes with a heavy price.

But with a little planning and vigilance, you can save money while buying the best waterproof diapers for newborn babies. And we hope that our tips above have been informative and insightful!

Message From SuperBottoms

Whether you’re buying things for your baby-to-be or just looking for cheap diapers, here are useful tips on how to save money on diapers. And quite a lot of it.

You will get efficient and thoughtful service from Liangliang.

Buying things for a baby is a topic for every parent-to-be: These things can be expensive! And are a strain for your family budget. Also, the fact that you might easily get lost while searching the for the best deals on the baby market (especially if you’re a first-time-parent), doesn’t help much.

Diapers are a very substantial part of your baby budget. A lot of parents don’t realize it but you actually spend so much money on diapers! It’s just not that obvious as you usually don’t buy diapers for 2 years all at once, you spend the money continuously. But have you ever looked at the total numbers?

We have! Do you ever get the feeling that your money is flying out of the window? Well, with disposable diapers, it’s more like it’s going in the trash. LITERALLY. Look at numbers! (In our chart, we count with 2 years as the average diaper period. We know it could be shorter for some potty prodigies :-) but it could also be longer. We think 2 years is just a good approximation, maybe even slightly underrated.)

How to save money on diapers?

As you can see, disposable diapers for one baby will cost you about  1 140 EUR. With every other child, this sum just adds up—these diapers cannot be passed to a sibling!

How to navigate this black hole of your family budget?

Convert to cloth diapers! Don’t be deterred by the maintenance. It’s a piece of cake with modern fabrics, practical accessories (separation liners) and modern appliances (your best friends the washing machine and the tumble dryer)! Also, you don’t need to convert to cloth 100%— even if you use disposables here and there, you’ll still save a significant amount of money (it could work like this, for example: use cloth in the comfort of your home, use disaposables when out and about).

If you can afford a one-time splurge on cloth diapers, have a look at one of our large diaper sets (they contain everything you might need diaper-wise, from birth to potty). But there are other ways that could save you even more money!

Oldies but goldies

Remember old-fashioned cloth diapers that were used more than 30 years ago? If your parents or grandparents still have them, get your hands on them if you can! These are usually of very good quality and super soft as they have been used a lot. A proper diaper stash used to contain approx. 60 pieces of gold old diapers.

If you have that, you’re almost settled! Just buy a few waterproof diaper covers, some separation liners to make your life easier (for cleaner diapers changes) and we would maybe recommend getting some short absorbing inserts to boost absorbing capacity at night or for longer naps.

Your diaper budget could then look like this:

PREVIEW ITEM PC PRICE/PC TOTAL Muslin Squares - gifted 60 ------------ ----------- Diaper Cover Duo 4 23,5 € 94 € Separation liners 100 Pcs 10 11 € 110 € Short Absorbing Insert DUO 9 6 € 54 € Total price 258 €

All in all, you spend 258,- EUR on diapers. This is an absolutely sufficient diaper stash for the first 6 months.

Toddler upgrade

It’s doable to get through the entire diaper period with the diaper stash we’ve just described. But with some babies/toddlers, the changing interval might get uncomfortably short as they grow (the bigger the baby, the more absorbing their diapers need to be).

An inexpensive toddler upgrade might involve prefolds. A prefold (if you’re not familiar with cloth diapers terminology just yet) is a simple rectangle that has more layers and therefore is more absorbing. We’d recommend our Organic Cotton Muslin Prefolds for daily use and our Organic Cotton Absorbing Booster for the night. Your cost for optional toddler upgrade of your diaper stash might then look like this:

PREVIEW ITEM PC PRICE/PC TOTAL Short Absorbing Insert Organic Cotton 5 7,4 € 37 € Organic Cotton Muslin Prefold  5 11 € 55 € Organic Cotton Terry Prefold 3 14,9 € 44,7 € Separation Linners Stay Dry 10 1,09 € 10,9 € Total price 147,6 €

To sum up, diapers for the entire diaper period might cost you just around 400 EUR. To put this number in perspective—you could buy disposable diapers for approx. nine months for that. Not many children are fully potty trained at the age of nine months. Moreover, cloth diapers can be used by your other children, too.

By the way, even if you don’t feel like changing info muslin squares—they are a must have in a household with a baby! There are at least 13 reasons why you need muslin squares for your baby.

How to use muslin squares as diapers? Have a look at our video:

If you are looking for more details, kindly visit Baby Undies.