NB diaper advice

Brosis

We use cloth diapers for DS, but, recalling the 11+ wet/dirty diapers a day that he went through as a baby, we're planning to use disposables for the first few months for DD before switching her to cloth as well.  

I'm really out of the loop on disposables.  Can anyone recommend their favorite brand (& size) of disposables for NBs?  Money-saving options on diapers/wipes would be good too!

TIA!

HElizabethDU

I use a mix of cloth and disposable as well, and I would say for newborns we really liked the pampers.  Huggies never fit my DD right when she was tiny.  However now we tend to get Huggies, because they seem to be cheaper, but I still like Pampers better overall.

Amanda78

We did Pampers or nb prefolds. I've heard up&up newborn are good

itsmegin

We do CDs through a service, I think you're smart on the NB thing, she went through over 100 a week for the first month, if I was washing them myself it would have been impossible! When I use disposables I use 7th generation and I love them, no chlorine, less chemicals and they worked well for us.

luvmyducks

Pampers Swaddlers. With the wetness indicator

Gem17

We used Pampers newborns, and we switched to Huggies Snugglers soon after.  We get our Huggies wipes from Costco.

rock-elle

Pampers Swaddlers is the only dipes we use, if you join amazon mom and get the subscribe & save discout that is the least expensive way to diaper, plus they ship for free

Brosis

rock-elle:

Pampers Swaddlers is the only dipes we use, if you join amazon mom and get the subscribe & save discout that is the least expensive way to diaper, plus they ship for free

Thanks for the tip! 

pepomntpat

We used Pampers Swaddlers Sensitive when DD was a NB and we CD starting around 6 weeks. Totally FT CD around 10 weeks.

leneae10

We used Pampers Swaddlers NB (hospital version) for about 8 weeks.  He was in the hospital nearly all that time (and they sent us home wiht a TON) so I really didn't have to buy any until he was 9 weeks old.  At about 10 weeks he started in the size 1 and we tried the Costco brand.  LOVED THEM.  I CD'ed part time between months 3-5.

I use all brands interchangably based on price, but I tend to stock up on Costco brand (or Huggies, if there's a coupon)( when he's in a new size (he's in 4 now) and then supplement with Up&Up from Target when he's in between sizes.  We change sizes when he starts peeing through frequently. 

I did not use Pampers past hthe NB swaddlers.  I don't like how they handled the DryMax thing and I really dislike the perfume smell.

leneae10

RachaelA:

If you have a BJs membership, they sell Pampers (but I don't know if they sell newborn size). Costco sells Huggies (but not newborn size and their Kirkland brand doesn't come in newborn size). I don't remember if Target Up&Up had a newborn size, maybe? I have no idea what Sam's Club sells.

YES!  Target sells Up&Up in a newborn size and they are GREAT.  They're so cute and tiny and have huge dots on them (and a wetness indicator).  We did have some of those that we loved.

ksulli

We use Costco Kirkland brand. Worked out to use their 1-2s when dd was born since she was born a toddler (9lbs10oz). They were great though.

Clerk9

luvmyducks:

Pampers Swaddlers. With the wetness indicator

This!  The wetness indicator was awesome initially when she was making such small amounts of pee that it was hard to detect otherwise.  And we had a lot of problems with Huggies.  

Since then, we've used the Up & Up (Target brand) whenever we can.  We hadn't tried them yet in the NB size, so I can't vouch for that specifically.  But they're SIGNIFICANTLY less expensive than Pampers or Huggies & work great, too.  I've also gotten coupons multiple times at the register for $1 off of a box (which even without a coupon is still ~$5 less than the name brands).  

GL!