The Cost of Newborn Diapers

I always thought that newborn diapers were more cost efficient than the other sizes, because you got so many more diapers per package. (If you don’t have kids, when you buy diapers, the larger the size, the fewer diapers you get per package, even though the cost is the same.) When I saw how many we were actually going through, I realized that we weren’t actually saving any money.

My little angel was was a pooping and peeing machine, and we were going through more diapers than I thought possible for something so small. And it wasn’t just the newborn diapers, either – the resources this child consumed was amazing. Such a wee little thing, but the baby created more laundry by herself than the rest of the family combined.

Of course, I knew before we even decided to have the baby that it would be expensive. The costs I associated with having a baby were a little different, and further away, things like braces and university. Just how much could a little baby consume and cost? A whole lot, as it turns out.

So now, I’ve turned into that guy. I’m the guy that clips coupons, not only for newborn diapers, but for other things as well, to help offset the added cost of our little bundle of joy. How did this happen? I now put all my coupons in an envelope so that I’m organized when I get to the store.

Another thing that I’m doing that I’ve never done before is actually going through the grocery store flyers and making a list. The real reason I do this? Not to save money (although that is a plus) or help to get the money for all those newborn diapers. No, it’s because I’ll come home without anything if I go without a list; I’ve barely slept in three weeks and my brain isn’t functioning properly.

And then I’ll just come home with newborn diapers. Package upon package of newborn diapers, because that, at least, I can remember without a list. So I make my list, and I’ve even gone so far as to actually wait for the flyers to be delivered every week. I go through the flyers, one by one, and make up my list of what I need to get by store so that I know I’m getting all the best deals.

Still, I’m trying to commit every last moment to memory, depsite the lack of sleep and extra strains on the pocketbook. Because I know that my beautiful baby won’t fit into those newborn diapers for long, that soon I’ll look back and wonder how she ever fit into something so small. So I want to treasure these moments now, when my little child is small enough to still fit into those teeny-tiny newborn diapers.

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