Comments on: Kyle’s Coupons: Prepare for a Baby – Frugal Style!

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By: Jenni

Jenni — Thu, 22 May 2008 07:19:00 +0000

When I was pregnant with my 4th and realized that 3 kids seems to be the max for keeping anything in decent shape, I headed to some local yard sales. I found a high chair, brand new pack-n-play, nursing pillow, grocery cart cover, playmat, and a nearly new swing from a single-child family for $50!! The pack-n-play model alone retailed for over $100. I also scour Craigslist for excellent deals and free items. And remember- you reap what you sow. Consider giving away your unused baby items and clothes to another needy family.

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 21 May 2008 22:05:03 +0000

As a mother of three grown kids I can give all the young parents to be one piece of advise: remmeber that the only thing the baby needs is your love. Everything else is optional. Breastfeed or formula? Cloth diapers or disposables? All that is important to you as a parent, but for baby, to have a $200 stroller or a $50 hand me down is irrelevant. And don’t forget baby will grow faster than you can say Pottery Barn. So everything you buy has to be 1- safe, 2- durable if you will have more children, 3- inexpensive. Enjoy your little ones and tell them you love them, every day.

By: Meg

Meg — Wed, 21 May 2008 21:15:50 +0000

Another saver we took advantage of is using cloths for diaper changes. We bought a stack of facecloths specifically for diaper changes and didn’t bother with wipes. A cloth wet with water is very quick, gets baby’s bottom clean and can be washed easily. We didn’t buy bottles either because we planned to breastfeed and I wasn’t going to pump. Not buying formula is huge savings.

By: holli jo

holli jo — Wed, 21 May 2008 18:45:48 +0000

Awesome advice. I definitely think that networking with friends and family gets you lots of free stuff that you’d have to buy otherwise. My sister gave me all her old baby clothes for my boy, and it was a life-saver.

I’m also considering cloth diapers, so thanks for all the comments, everyone!

By: Mr. Imperfect

Mr. Imperfect — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:03:15 +0000

Great advice, and thank you for the heads up on all the deals as well as the codes. As my wife’s sister has just recently received the good news, this information will definitely come in handy.

By: Kyle @ Rather-Be-Shopping

Kyle @ Rather-Be-Shopping — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:07:26 +0000

Great comments!

My wife and I actually used cloth diapers with our first child. They were a big money saver. They were the regular cloth diapers, w/ pins, and the vinyl pants. I have never seen the All-In-Ones that Liana is talking about, but they sound great. We had every intention to use them w/ our 2nd and actually did it for a couple weeks, but I think the lack of sleep and the time element made us go to disposables. Looking back on it, we should have made a better effort to stick to our guns.

By: marci

marci — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:52:02 +0000

Re: Diapers… forgot to mention – figure on 4 dozen cloth diapers minimum – 5 dozen buys you a little lead time…. and the diapers lasted thru all 3 kids. Not a bad investment at all :)

By: marci

marci — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:49:47 +0000

Want to save an easy $1000 per kid? …Seriously consider cloth diapers… that’s probably a $1000 savings right there…and they are sooooo easy to wash, dry, and keep using!

I was a working outside the home Mom and did NOT find it a problem at all to throw a load in the washer every night when I got home from work,soak and double wash them while fixing dinner, dry them while eating dinner, and thru them in the diaper basket. No, you don’t have to fold them if they are prefolded, and no, you don’t have to do all that soaking and diaper pail stuff if you presoak them in the washmachine and rinse before you wash them…

I kept used bread sacks in the diaper bag for the babysitter to just throw the wet ones into.
Saved her the smelly garbage that way.

It was actually easier than having all those smelly diapers pile up in the garbage and stick around for a month before we went to the dump… or in the case of city folks, smell for a week before they were picked up by the garbage man.

I raised 3 kids that way – at one time had two in diapers – and did not find washing diapers to be any chore at all – the washer and dryer do all the work :)

We live in a rural area – the only ’shopping’ within 50 miles is a Fred Meyers – so we garage saled for most everything we needed…. Plus I sewed almost all the kids’ clothes until they started school, and then still sewed all their tops and jammies. Saved a lot of money that way also!

By: Liana

Liana — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:24:08 +0000

The biggest money saver that we and many other families have discovered is cloth diapers. Before you grimace, be warned that these are not the cloth diapers of our parent’s/grandparent’s day with pins that you swish in a toilet. The ones we used (All-In-Ones) are more like a washable disposable. The up-front monetary investment is a fraction of what you would pay for disposables. Plus, they are “legal”. By that I mean that if you read the fine print on disposable diapers, you are asked to remove and flush the “solids” before placing the diaper in the garbage. This is because it is illegal to put human waste in a landfill. I don’t know any disposable users that do this, but cloth diaper liners (save money by using unbleached coffee filters) make it easy (and necessary before laundering). All-In-Ones created only one load of laundry every other day, did not significantly increase our water or electric/natural gas bills (maybe a dollar a month?). And by using Fuzzi-Bunz at nighttime, she slept through the night (6-hours) comfortably by 1-month old. There are plenty of other benefits to cloth. Just research online and see.