Diapers stock-up!
For Lia's time, we were pretty inexperienced being first time parents and we didn't know what to expect when it comes to baby diapers. My sister-in-law recommended Pampers, for this is the brand hospitals are using and it has got to be good. Back then, I remembered myself buying a pack of Pampers, and a pack of Mamy Poko, both in newborn sizes, and that was it. Just two packs of diapers and I am deemed ready for war. I didn't know that a breastfed newborn would pass loose stools frequently, and I certainly didn't know that they need up to - was it eight pieces? of diapers a day. (My sister-in-law's babies were formula-fed) As a result, we spent a quite a lot of time (James had to go buy two packs every week because we were afraid to stock up in case baby gets an allergy or outgrew it!) and money during the confinement month on Pampers diapers for Lia.
This time round, we grew smarter. I started sourcing for good and economical baby diapers, and when I saw Gmarket's sale on Huggies Ultra, we jumped at the chance to stock up!
Well, we could always sell it off online should baby Zann outgrows any of the sizes. Anyway, Huggies Ultra seemed a good choice for it was "clinically proven to help prevent diaper rash", and I do use a diaper cream diligently on my babies' butt, so I guess there shouldn't be a problem. So in all, we had 9 cartons of diapers sitting in one corner of our living room, and that was like 1,632 pieces in all!
3 cartons of newborn size - a total of 24 packs,
4 cartons of size S - a total of 16 packs,
2 cartons of size M - a total of 8 packs.
Total diapers worth (as per Gmarket prices which unfortunately were higher than the market rate) = S$ 600.64
We paid: S$ 384.64
The savings: S$ 216.00 (35% less)
Baby Zann used up a carton (8 packs of 24's) of newborn size in the confinement month, finished another carton when she reached her second month and she outgrew it. I easily off-loaded the remaining carton of newborn diapers, online.
A further breakdown on the cost...
24 packs of newborn size (24's/pack)
S$8.90 - S$4.50 discount = S$ 4.40 (18 cents per piece)
16 packs of S size (44's/pack)
S$15.24 - S$4.50 discount = S$ 10.74 (24 cents per piece)
8 packs of M size (40's + 4's/pack)
S$17.90 - S$4.50 = S$ 13.40 (30 cents per piece)
the mommy blogged this at 1:47 PM
2 Comments:
hey gene,
what is Gmarket? you know, we used pampers because that is what TMC used when baby first born.
Then we realise it was very expensive to keep throwing away like you said 8 pieces a day! So we switch to PetPet..hahaaa..a very economical diaper. She only wear mammy poko pull up for going out or slightly older.
Reen,
Gmarket is a little like yahoo auctions, www.gmarket.com.sg. A fellow mommy in the SM forum posted the link. I havent tried petpet tho, the economical range i tried was ntuc's, pretty fine but i didnt like the adhesive tapes. I like MP too, but that's also the ex range, Lia also wore MP pull-ups for outings when she started walking. :)
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