With twins you never change just one poopy diaper. You think you can get away with it. You smell that stench, you figure out which baby is producing it and you always think to yourself, "OK it's just one. I can handle it." But sure enough as soon as your done the stench will rise again and you'll find that the other child has made a mess in his pants as well.
When the boys were newborns Craig and I had a routine in order to avoid the double duty diaper changes. We'd get up, feed them, Change their diapers, put them to bed and then fall asleep as fast as we could. If we stayed awake we'd hear the sound of a baby filling his diaper. Then we would have to change it. And, as I'm sure you can guess, we would have to change the other one too.
Yes Diapers are a major part of our lives. And I prefer to change as few diapers as possible, but I also feel a responsibility to be a thrifty mom and wife. So Craig and I have gone through a few different brands, and I thought I'd share what we have found out.
At first we had the Huggies Newborn diapers- we got these as presents from people. They have a little cut out for the baby's umbilical cord, which seems great but was the cause of many leaks for us. We went through 3 or 4 pajama's a night sometimes. Of course, we found this could all be avoided if we pointed their little guys down. But before we discovered this we switched to Size 1 diapers.
As far as size 1 went, we had some Huggies but mostly Costco's Kirkland Brand. We loved these diapers. And they became the diapers we ended up purchasing. But I started to feel a twinge of guilt because I hadn't really researched the price on the Kirkland brand of diapers. I just assumed they were the best deal- Kirkland usually is. I soon discovered that they weren't. It was hard for me to give up my nice diapers. I loved the Kirkland brand! But I knew what I had to do.
After finding that another brand was cheaper my guilt, to save us money, led us to buy Wal-Mart's Parents Choice diapers. They were awful! We had to change the boys twice as much. If we didn't change them twice as much we would end up changing clothes on top of diapers- and in the winter this sucks! Lots of snaps. And Even when there wasn't a leak, the poop still got all over the boys clothes during the changing process. My husband and agreed that buying cheaper diapers to save money didn't really save us anything if we had to use twice as many.
So back to the Kirkland brand we went, and We've used it ever since.
Then my mother introduced me to Sam's Club- another buy in bulk store. Sam's Club is affiliated with Wal-Mart, so I'm thinking there are Sam's Clubs in other states as well. Anyway. . .I went with my mom and discovered that they had a diaper brand that was about 10 cents cheaper per diaper than the Kirkland brand. I was a little hesitant to try them. After all Craig is unemployed and I didn't want to waste money on a crummy box of diapers again. I read the box over and over again to see what is said about anti-leakage protection, and I finally decided to take a chance.
***FYI: Sam's Club also has Beech Nut Baby Cereal in bulk. I was super excited to find it!***
I brought the diapers home and so far they have worked out great for us. They seem to work just as well as the Kirkland Brand.
So I know this was a little long winded, and maybe kind of boring, but I hope someone can find the info useful.
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