I so wish I had stockpiled lots of diapers when I was pregnant. Very smart move!

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My sons are 6 months and 2 and 1/2 years old. They were both 7 lbs 15 oz when they were born and I only used newborn diapers for about 1 week. So, my suggestion is use the newborn diapers that they give you in the hospital and only buy one pack…unless you have a very small baby. This is why it is hard to judge how much to buy - it depends on the size of your baby and also how much they pee and poop.

I LOVE Pampers Swaddlers! They are more expensive, but they are SO worth it in size one and two! A breast fed baby’s poop is VERY liquidy and the Swaddler diapers absorb it so well and it is not left against the skin of the baby.

As far as the other sizes…I wish that I kept track of it better for you! :) My youngest is now 17 lbs 5 oz and I just moved him to a size 4 diaper. I just felt that it was time - he was peeing a lot! I do not remember when I moved my other son up to a size 4. However, a little tip for you. If you find that they are doing fine in just say a size 3 during the day but are leaking at night - just move them up a size at night. My older one is in a size 5 during the day and a size 6 at night. It works just great.

Something else that will factor in to the number of diaper changes is the number of times that they poop during the day (and/or night). Most breastfed babies poop at every feeding (and maybe other times too!). My oldest was like this and we definitely went through at least 10-12 diapers a day. My younger one is breastfed, but poops maybe once a day - which was very strange to me, but that is just the way that his body works! So, I have realized that I have not had to change as many diapers! (still about 10 in the beginning of his life, but it tapered off a little bit)

I personally only like Pampers. I do not want to have to deal with leaks so I just try to find the best deal on them. I tried samples of Huggies and found that they don’t “hug” they leak. I guess you will have to see how your baby does with them. I have not tried any store brands. I also tried Luvs, but did not like them too much either.

You are really thinking and planning so much for all of this! Have you also read anything about scheduling? (The Secrets of the Baby Whisperer is a great book - well, I liked it). My sons slept extended night ( about 10-12 hours) from about 15 weeks of life and are still doing it! :)

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One thing to note though. Swaddlers are amazing. They are so soft and nice; however, they only go to size 2.

Luvs are cut wider, so you can keep your kid in a lower size longer which REALLY saves money.

But, my sis tried Parent’s Choice and hated it. Again, you’ll have to see what works for your individual baby!

Good luck!

Different brands will fit differently and absorb differently. We found Luvs and the BJ’s brand to be not too absorbent while Pampers and Huggies to be better for us.

You could put a lot of diapers on your baby registry that way you wouldn’t have to buy them all? Or maybe ask for Babies R Us or Amazon gift certificates to buy diapers later on?

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Dude. You are a diaper-stocking machine! I love that you have focused your energies on the annoyingly expensive hunks of gunk that are nothing more than poop containers. Like others have said, though, you just can’t predict that sort of thing, so you may want to keep the stockpile right where it is. Really, you should focus your energy on getting some sleep because THAT is one thing that is always in short supply late in pregnancy and after the baby is born, and you just can’t run to the grocery store and get it!

BTW, we are thousands of miles from our families and still ended up with multiple baby showers. I would be SHOCKED if you didn’t get at least one. You have a while before shower time, but I bet somebody throws one around late October or November.

We too stockpiled before our kids were born and the best advice anyone gave me is to skip the Size N, get some size 1s, a bit more size 2s and stockpile the 3s. All 3 of my children were in Size 3 for what seemed like 8 months!

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I guess all this is doing is reiterating that everyone’s experience is different. I think diaper stockpiling is a smart thing, and would agree that you might as well start stockpiling other things you’ll need.

Remember too that thrift stores have so many baby things. We got our potty chair, stroller, and high chair (a space-saving, strap-to-a-regular-chair number) there. Safety is of course an issue, but if you are logical (is it less than 20 years old? Does it have anything that looks “pinchy”?) it is not hard. Thrift stores are also really fabulous for kids books. I don’t know why people spend full price on kids books when there are so many available for a fraction of the price.

If I were you, I wouldn’t buy any toys yet, unless you have one special thing in mind. The toys somehow multply when you’re not looking, even if you live far from home, and suddenly you have a house full of toys you don’t know where they came from.

That’s my two cents…you are doing good things preparing, Kacie. You really are.

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