Diapers posts

Get $1.50 off any package of Huggies diapers through Shortscuts.com. Don't delay as the site only allows a certain number of these coupons to be printed. The coupon expires Dec. 4, 2009.

There is also a coupon for $2 off a pack of Pulls Ups training pants. If you don't see these coupons on the above link they has probably been maxed out.

Buy enough diapers and you can make a diaper cake. Hmmm...tasty.

Only the best for Baby, right? Well yes, but that can get pricey. Here's a way to give your baby the best with a little something extra for you.

Get three free Huggies Pure & Natural Diapers by filling out an online form. Delivery takes four to six weeks, so be sure to select the diaper size your baby will be wearing when the free sample arrives. Or go by the expected delivery date.

The diapers feature natural ingredients, such as organic cotton.

In many situations these days, it sometimes takes a tragedy and/or lawsuit to expose unknown dangers. Such is the case with a recent accidental death, which has revealed a startling truth about the possible flammability of some adult sanitary undergarments. Recently, a resident of a Spokane Valley adult care facility was burned to death when his clothing caught fire and the adult diaper which he was wearing burned with the same intensity that nearly all plastics do.

The story, which was provided by KIRO 7 Consumer Investigator Amy Clancy, makes clear that while the undergarment was not the cause of the flame up, the characteristics with which it burned may have made the fire more difficult for the victim, 63-year-old Jimmie Wilson, to extinguish. A witness on the scene stated that she had seen flaming pieces of molten plastic dropping from a balcony above.

A blog called "Engineer a debt free life" recently wrote about a company called Arquest that gives people about 20 free disposable diapers or training pullups, and $10, in exchange for a telephone survey.

Parents must call a phone number and leave their name to be contacted when more openings appear. Here are the phone numbers:

Girls: 1-888-342-7372, ext. 646.

Boys: 1-888-342-7372, ext. 634.

You can also press 9 for "diaper study" to hear a recorded message.

Leave your name, phone number, child's gender and diaper size. They will call you when they have an opening, which can take four to eight weeks. But hey, diapers can get expensive, and what else are you doing these days?

For any parent at the end of their rope and out of ideas on potty training, this is for you. I know I'm going to get one.

Pampers is offering a free potty training kit. It includes a free sample of Easy Up Trainers, coupons, stickers and coloring pages, step-by-step potty training tips, a progress chart, and a Dora or Diego training trophy.

The kit takes four to six weeks to arrive.

With the economy in the toilet, a lot of families could really use some free diapers. Wal-Mart is here to help. Click here to fill out the form and receive a free sample of Huggies:

You love your baby from head to toe and you want to give him the very best care possible. HUGGIES® has all the products you need to do just that. From diapers and wipes to bath and body essentials you can trust the HUGGIES® brand to provide the comforting touches that not only care for your baby, but also help create more special moments together each and every day. And you can find the whole family of HUGGIES® brand products at Walmart - your place for everything baby

I'm the mama who looks at the vast selection of generic and brand-name diapers and wipes at the supermarket and wonders, "why would anyone ever pay for Huggies?" But this month's Fortune investigates exactly why someone might be convinced to pay extra for, to be specific, Huggies Supreme Natural Fit diapers. They fit more like underwear (underwear "is a comfortable product!" say the Kimberly-Clark development people). There's a special intake layer of material to catch the "insult" (a.k.a. poop, or pee) and deliver it to the super-absorbent polymers below. There is "continuous flexibility" through the back waistband of the diaper and "more active" Winnie-the-Pooh graphics to distract baby while he's being changed (and, as any experienced mama knows, to get the kids hooked on, and asking for, the Pooh diapers).

While I ask myself questions such as, "why would anyone put their baby through diaper leak-testing?" and "isn't the diaper's purpose in life to receive 'insults'? Should they perhaps be titled 'welcome offerings' or something?" -- the real question is, should you help contribute to Kimberly-Clark's profit margin, paying extra for Huggies top-of-the-line diapers?

In my opinion, no. Any small savings in laundry bills from caught leaks, or your ability to use fewer diapers because they're so absorbent, won't make up for the much higher price (often 10 cents or more per diaper compared to generic brands). Keep your insults to the off-brands and you'll end up richer, in the end.

My daughter prefers diapers to pull-ups, and I'm thinking about indulging her, despite the fact that her daycare asked me not to. It's not about convenience or learning, it's about unit price.

Pull-ups are twice as expensive as diapers. Each not-on-the-potty experience costs me a whopping 40 cents. Diapers run 20 cents a pop. We go through four or five of these a day, despite the fact that potty training is going pretty well. The costs add up pretty quickly on the monthly budget. My daughter thinks I'm anxious to get her trained so that she can be a big girl, but really it's all about dollars. The longer she goes in diapers, the more I have to pay.

I don't know why pull-ups are so much more expensive, except for the fact that you are supposed to use fewer of them so parents are duped into shelling out a higher price. They come in smaller packs (typically 44 or so rather than 100-plus) and you use them for a shorter span of time (typically a few months rather than 2-plus years). But other than that, they are not any more or less absorbant and they don't make it any easier for a child to run and play.

As it turns out the disposable diapers which many of our parents and most of my friends who are parents are using are not only bad for our environment but also incredibly expensive compared to the cloth diapers of yesteryear. In order to save cash and to be better stewards to the environment many new parents are switching back to cloth diapers. One example is the Nethercutt family in New York, who decided to switch to cloth diapers shortly after their first child was born despite the messy stigma that cloth diapers had attached to them.

While I can't speak to the ease of cleaning up cloth diapers the savings they present over the course of your kids diaper wearing life is significant. In fact if you compare the cost of using cloth diapers to that of using the disposables on average families save $1,500 by going with cloth diapers. Another factor which is leading to a resurgence in the cloth diaper market is the advent of new styles and types of cloth diapers which are both trendy and easier to clean up than the traditional cloth diapers. Some of which even include disposable diaper pouches for the best of both worlds.

Even with the advances in cloth diapers over the years I don't know that an average savings of just $1,500 is worth the extra time and hassle associated with cloth diapers. Sometimes there are things worth spending extra on and for me, the ability to quickly dispose of babies number 2 falls into that category. How the heck do you even go about cleaning a cloth diaper?

What is your bundle of joy bundled up in, Pampers or cotton?