Do diapers expire??

pioneernurse06

I have a bunch of coupons that expire before my baby is due and I would like to space out my purchases so I dont have to spend a ton of money at once.  I was wondering if diapers expire so I can start buying them soon....  TIA!! 

BabyMakes6

No.  Just don't buy too many newborn since your LO might outgrow them fast.

pioneernurse06

Thanks!  I was going to get several different sizes..  thanks so much!

BabyMakes6

YW.

sbost0118

Also - if you get too many of one size, Walmart will let you exchange unopened packs without a receipt.

bio-oesch

Yea, I would be careful eith the sizes you buy. DD was 9lbs10oz so she never even saw newborn. Luckily I could exchange them, but be careful and keep recipts I guess.

I always think it's better to just save money than buy a bunch diapers now. You never know what brand will work for you and baby. Uu

sbost0118

The brand will make a difference - I completely forgot about that.  Huggies are the only kind we used that didn't leak terribly.

soontobeka

Actually yes diapers do expire.  I used to work at the county hospital with pregnant teens and young women and the Pampers person who brought us donated diapers made sure to tell us that they do expire.  The material begins to break down making them less effective against leaks or other issues. 

There should be an expiration date on each package.  We often had to hurry and give out the ones that were about to expire because they wanted us to throw them out after their expiration date.

biblionerd

I have heard that they do expire also. I personally would not pre-buy diapers. Everyone raved about Pampers and the hospital used pampers so I would have just bought Pampers. They SUCKED on DS. Literally every pee or poop was all over his clothes. Thank goodness we also got a Huggies sample at the hospital. We tried that and have literally never had one leak since. I would have been screwed if I had hundreds/thousands of Pampers sitting there. Honestly, I've never found a coupon that was a better deal than buying on Amazon mom anyway. They're still cheaper on there. I keep some coupons in case I space out and run out of diapers, but would never actually buy my "stock" from the store. 

DragonflyBelle

It's been my experience that girls do well in Pampers and boys do better in Huggies and I don't know why...maybe absorbency is in different zones or hip shape or whatever,

pensparade

We bought TONS of diapers when I was pregnant with DD and they were FINE!

 Don't worry about them going bad. That has to take a LONG TIME for that to happen and they would have to be exposed. If you keep them in the package unopened, they should be fine!