Swim Diaper Savings

My good friend, Melissa told me this cool tip over the weekend:
All of us with babies know how expensive swim diapers are. Last time I bought them I think they were $10.00 for the small package and I about croaked. This tip I learned could save you money this summer!



 Swim diapers are reusable! You just carefully take the diaper off, rinse it off, and hang it out to dry! (As long as there are no surprises in them of course!) We figure that the chlorine does a good enough job killing the germs and yes, the diaper will have chlorine in it when you reuse it but the baby is just going to be swimming in it agan anyway.

I am not sure if that methodology is proven science but hey-- I will do whatever it takes to save a little more money : )

Where to Buy Baby Supplies

Diapers: We have tried lots of  brands of diapers. We do not like the Wal-mart off-brand. They leak and gave our little baby lots of rashes. We like Pampers and used them for a while until we  discovered. . . . Up and Up by Target. These diapers are so affordable and we have not had any  problems with them. Our little one is in a size 4 and they come out to be only $0.16 per diaper! The smaller sizes would be even cheaper! If you check their website they will sometimes even have coupons for the Up and Up diapers for extra savings.



Wipes: The best place I have found to buy wipes is Big Lots. Their wipes are only $.70 to $1.00 for a package of 80. I will usually go there to stock up, buying 5-10 packages at a time. Look at this ad! You could get your wipes even cheaper if you go out and buy them Saturday 1/25/13 The Rewards card is not a credit card. It is just free little card that they scan at purchase.


If you do not have a Big Lots where you live try this trick I discovered:

If you buy wipes in the baby section with all of the diapers you are probably paying too much. If you go to the section of the store where they stock the health and beauty products, (shampoo, body wash, hygiene stuff) there will be a section where they stock baby shampoo. Usually somewhere near the bottom shelf there will be wipes. There will be canisters of wipes or packages of wipes and they will a lot cheaper there.  I have found they work just as well as the name brand wipes. This method has been specifically tested at Wal-mart but I would assume it would be the same for other stores.