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We’re going middle of the road with using 6 diapers a day and estimating using size 3 for 8 months.Ĩ months x 30 days x 6 diapers a day= 1,440 diapers. Diaper usage often decreases to 5-8 diapers a day. Growth slows to about 1-1.5 lbs a month generally. Originally I skipped size 2’s because of that overlap and then I realized HEY there are more diapers in size 2 than 3! So I moved 10 of the size 3 pks to the size 2 column. Size 2 overlaps size 3 by several pounds. Assuming that there are an average of 40 diapers per jumbo pack that is 30 jumbo packs of size 1 diapers. Assuming a starting weight of 6 lbs they will be in Size 1 diapers for 4 months.Ĥ months x 30 days x 10 diapers a day= 1,200 diapers of Size 1. The method that works for you & your baby is the correct method.)īabies grow fastest during the first four months, often 2 lbs a month. ( Note: we are not promoting one way over another we just need to choose one to use as our baseline numbers. Since formula fed babies are expected to gain weight faster than breast-fed babies, we will use that as the basis for our plan. As they get older and begin sleeping through the night, it will go down to 5-8 diapers a day.

Newborns will use 8-10 diapers a day (some more, some less).

She was able to sell them to my other sister who is expecting at the stock up price per diaper and she used that money to buy sizes 3 and 4!) (Note: My Sister used this plan for her twins (doubling everything of course) and had a few extra size 1 and size 2. It is just a general guideline of a plan. What will work for my family will not work for yours so please don’t expect this to be a perfect guide for your baby. Just as each of us is an uniqueness individual, so will the baby.

Unless you expect a very small or premature baby (My twins were preemies and only weighed a little over 2 lbs at birth so we used several packs of Newborn size)- you shouldn’t go crazy buying Newborn sized diapers.

Hopefully as the baby needs the bigger sizes, the number of diapers you need a day will also go down.

As the sizes go up, the number of diapers in each pack goes down.

Not every diaper will work for every baby.

So take this for what it is – a little getting started guide. Your baby might potty train at 18 months and never need sizes 4 or 5. You might have a big baby or a small baby or a wet baby or a super dry one. It is based on average weights, changes, etc. Then we had twins and while I stocked up, we still found ourselves having to buy more diapers of certain sizes.ĭisclaimer: This stock up guide is a best guess estimate. I had all of my family members visit every store in their area to buy me diapers! I didn’t buy any diapers for about 3 years! Then we started potty training so I really did well with stocking up on diapers with her. All of their store brand products went as low as 90% off. With my oldest, I was able to stock up on diapers as low as 99¢ a jumbo pack when a local drug store went out of business and was being turned into a different store. *This post has been updated from it’s original version. (We tend to have big families 🙂 I have 4, my sisters have 3,3 and 2!)

I am also lucky that I was able to “hand them down” to my sister who was expecting twins! Now my other sister has had her THIRD son – so I’ve updated this post and am happy to say she’s done an amazing job stocking up! She’s been rocking the deals! And now my sister with twins is pregnant with her THIRD child.

I originally wrote this post before she was born and I am happy to say that I had ONE extra size 1 package and 2 extra size 2 packages. My Isabella is now 7 years old! How time flies. Expecting a baby? One of your thoughts after it settles in is….