How ridicilous are the prices of pampers and huggies!!

Redouble

I used Elimination Communication with my youngest, and it's a whole lot easier than you think
Saved me a tonne of money too :money:

Redouble

mildred1978 wrote: »

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Of course you would!

I'm a SAHM and I barely have enough hours in the day as it is, without having to analyse every facial movement my child makes.

And how would that work while out and about, or in the car?

You don't have to do it full time (I used nappes in those situations) but those that full time EC will take their child for a wee before they go out, and the baby will hold it while out. You just take them to a toilet at regular intervals (and this would differ, dependant on age) and give the 'cue' to pee, and they will go.
Even though I put my son in nappies when out, if we were only popping out, then his nappy was dry probably 90% of the time.

horse76

I usually buy whatever is on offer, but have just started using Aldi's own on my ds and have no problems with them. I also tried Morrisons value nappies after some people on here recommended them, and they were very good.

sexyjacksparrow

Used to use Pampers only as they were the only ones that didn't leak. Since my son was 3 months old though we have been using cloth nappies during the day and just using disposables at night and when staying away from home. Have recently switched to ASDA nappies for night times now as he started outpeeing Pampers and they are much better and cheaper too!

Hopefully we can either reuse our cloth ones if we have a second child or sell them on and get at least a bit of our money back.

JC9297

Redouble wrote: »

You don't have to do it full time (I used nappes in those situations) but those that full time EC will take their child for a wee before they go out, and the baby will hold it while out. You just take them to a toilet at regular intervals (and this would differ, dependant on age) and give the 'cue' to pee, and they will go.
Even though I put my son in nappies when out, if we were only popping out, then his nappy was dry probably 90% of the time.

But what does regular mean? If for example you were out for the day with a 3-month old how much time would you spend looking for loos?

Redouble

JC9297 wrote: »

But what does regular mean? If for example you were out for the day with a 3-month old how much time would you spend looking for loos?

You would get to know your own child's rhythm, I would go out for an hour, maybe 90 minutes and his nappy would be dry.
Completely depends on the baby though, and you don't necessarily have to go round looking for loos all the time. You can either put a nappy on baby, or I know people who took nappies out and would use them to 'catch' if baby was beginning to show cues of needed to toilet and there were no amenities near (obviously you still go to an acceptable area, you wouldn't toilet your child in the middle of a clothes shop for example ) there is no rule that says you have to be nappy free all of the time or it doesn't count. You do what works for you and your baby, which I think is the only parenting 'rule' there is, right?. :rotfl:

kitkatt1982

Asda Little Angels nappies all the way! Quite often on 2 packs for £11 and you can't beat them. Little one recently had tummy upset and whilst Asda nappies are cheaper they also saved me a fortune in washing machine expenses! Huggies are ridiculous, just don't work, and pampers don't seem to be any better now!

bazzaboo

Don't stock up on just the one brand. Babies bums are all different, my mate swore on pampers whilst they leaked terribly on my ds. Lidl and Aldi's nappies are great.
I had my dd in washable nappies and they were great. Had very few leaks with them and arent that much work. I had so many (was a bit of an addict) I only had to wash twice a week. She never had any nappy rash and looked sooo cute in her big cloth bum. Nothing cuter than a baby with just a t-shirt on and a cloth nappy. There are so many great designs out there. Once she was pottytrained I sold them on usednappies.com and got 120quid for the set.

lizzywig

I am a nappy tart, I buy pretty much whatever is the best offer and I'm lucky enough to have a baby who doesn't mind when the brand changes. I buy one lot of nappies each month to last about a month and a half and usually I spend no more than £20. Before our big monthly shop I sit down and go on mysupermarket and Amazon and work out the best (Huggies & Pampers) deals.

A couple of months ago I bought 192 pampers size 3's on Amazon for £16....but I bought then before she was in size 3's, so I'm always looking for the best offers for all of the sizes - same as I would do with offers on anything else. She weighed in at 12lb 2 wks ago so I guestimate that she's got maybe 2 more months before she can wear size 4's so I've got lots of size 4's and I had 162 pampers nappies left in size 3 so I sent DH out last night to get 3 packs of Huggies size 3 (36 packs) @ £3.36 each. I tend to find that buying in bulk and when offers are on I save so much money. A friend of mine said to me before I had DD that nappies were her biggest expense spending around £55/month and that I should prepare myself. She later confessed to going out and buying them as and when needed.

I have tried Tescos own too and thought they were ok but I personally thought that Aldi's were better. I would buy then again if there were no offers on but at the moment I'm buying branded at the same price or less than the stores own brands....I think!!