Is this possible?

oliviarosejackson

shelley_crow wrote: »

I buy aldi nappies, £4.99 for 48, much cheaper than pampers. I was dubious at first but they do the job, wish I'd found out about them before. I bought the Aldi babywipes yesterday for 79p but haven't tried them yet.

I looked at these the other day and was a little unsure. But I know that they have had great reviews. I may have to try them.

I am a pampers person, I can't seem to get on with any other nappies. But I may have to try them. I know that a lot of people rave about Asda Little Angels, but they don't seem to be much cheaper than the leading brands

rachbc

washable nappies are abit more work but not huge - the washing machine does the hard bit. So maybe 2/3 more loads a week - if you 'dry pail' and use a 'nappy net' and fleece liners its no harder than chucking them in the bin!

quintwins

i also got lidl nappies (same as aldi i think) they were fab, i acually use basic nappies now and my bigger 2 are potty trained, my youngest has very bad exzema and we've never had an issue they last all night aswell, which was abit hit and miss for us with pampers unless we bought the specific babydry ones

i've also used reusable nappies but when i ahd my youngest he was so demanding it was unreal he feed 10times aday and 5-6 times a night for the first 4 months so we moved all the kids into disposables, however there acually really easy to wash you just throw them in a pale (dirty liners can be flushed away or rinsed if your using reusables) then into the wachine

i can't make a chicken last 3 meals either because my hubby liked to pick at it, however i can make a £2 packet of mince do spag bol, mince and taties and sheperds pie, quiche is a good ones aswell, if you use value eggs (we simply can't afford free range) a huge one could cost £1 and can be eaten cold so is great for lunch the next day, i also make pizza tarts with cheap cheese, homemade pastry (this is soooo easy to make) and tom puree my kids love them

my biggest saving was when i relised pre-grated/sliced cheese is alot cheaper than blocks per weight

narabanekeater

What pampers size and brand (simply dry, baby dry etc) are you using ? also what brand of wipes are how many packs per week and what brand of formula? If babies over 6 months follow on milk is totally suitable and recomended and much cheaper.

oliviarosejackson

narabanekeater wrote: »

What pampers size and brand (simply dry, baby dry etc) are you using ? also what brand of wipes are how many packs per week and what brand of formula? If babies over 6 months follow on milk is totally suitable and recomended and much cheaper.

We use pampers simply dry, I like the active fit, but they were working out too expensive. I wait until they are on offer, usually £5 in Morrisons, we get 10% off too as OH works there. He is in size 4. He gets through around 4 per day now, so around 30-35 per week. We use Simple nappies, 99p from Home bargains and use around 1.5 packs per week.

We use Hipp organic first milk. We were using Aptimal, but it was so expensive £8.98 per tin, Hipp is £7 a box. He only has 8 oz of this per day, as I BF rest of the day.

narabanekeater

well done you for the BF sadly I couldnt due to being very ill myslef and I understand hoe expensive it is. DD is just 4 weeks old and a tin is almost £9. The simply dry are the orange ones aren't they? Do you have a Boots advantage card or other stores bonus cards and always use them? would it be possible to save some of your budget weekly till Sainsbury's have nappies and wipes half price them bulk buy? This is what ive done with my new daughter and elder son. She wears the newborn pampers and will follow inot green and he wore (now totally trained) the green pampers. I would never pay more than 50p for a pack of wipes or 5p a nappy. The Asdas little Angels have a massive box which i'm sure has 70+ nappies in for a fiver during the baby event. Fell free to message me if you ever get stuck to where has the cheapest nappies and good luck at reducing your bills

ubamother

Loads of excellent advice already given, and I'm sure more will follow. You may already do so, but minimising expenses elsewhere would help give you the buffer you need, or a bit of extra money to help. It's sometimes easy to concentrate on what money you have and what you need to buy, but miss tricks involving your regular outgoings - gas, electric, phone etc, usually because many of us pay by card/online/direct debit so they are less visible each week. These can be such a normal part of our life it's easy to forget we can have an enormous effect on these - from simple things to making sure you're on the best tariffs, to maximising oven use by batch cooking, making sure all electricals are fully switched off, putting jumpers on before the heating etc. etc. Our gas bill for a three bedroomed semi with gas central heating and hob is down under £40 for the three months April to July which is over half what it was last year, and that with a price rise as well - this leaves us money that could have gone to our fuel provider - better in my pocket than theirs! Good luck