Economising Nappies/Diaper supplies.

For those of us who have to pay for Nappies/Diapers what can you do yo save money ?

I go through a lot of disposable Nappies and when I buy them I like to get the maximum use out of them.

Once my disposable is wet to the point where a leak is imminent I change to a fresh one but cut out the dry back portion and slit it lengthways about 2/3 rds towards the top and this extra bit of padding then gets inserted in the front of the next

Nappy to provide extra absorbancy and saves money too.

What economies do you do

I think that wearing a top-of-the-line disposable (such as ComfyDry 24/7 or BetterDry) is more economical in the long run. The diapers cost more per diaper but I use fewer of them so that the cost per day is less.

Like Nick Lynn said, top of the line diapers do help. What I have found that helps me is buying med grade diapers at thrift stores and doubling/tripling up on them when I wear. The cost of a top of line diaper for me cost about $1.50per diaper, I can use three thrift store find diapers at a cost of 20cents each, for a total of 80cents and they holdup and last as long as a top of line diaper. So for me that is about half the cost and has really allowed me to stretch my diaper budget out a whole lot further.

I also have bought top of the line diaper doulbers to help me stretch them out.

First, I use mainly top diapers when being in disposable diapers. These I boost up with cloth diaper inserts to extend time between changing.

Night and at home mainly cloth diapers

I've found them in thrift stores or salvage stores. I didn't buy all the attends but maybe I should have. I ended up buying 5 packs of 24 for $4/bag so $20/120 diapers. The same shop the same week, I also found 8 bags of plastic backed depends $4/bag of 20 so 160 more diapers for $32. I also found 4 packs of tranquility boosters total $8/400, one pack of tranquility overnight pull ups which I love for $4, and 4 packs of the prevail stretch briefs. None are diapers that I would go out of my way to buy but it's a cost effective means of staying in diapers. I left several packs of the attends and the prevails there. I should've snagged all the attends. They've grown on me. I also haven't bought any of the attends or depend pull ups when they come along but I'm constantly finding them in salvage stores. Also the Tena website will sometimes run 50% off deals. Also if you get the discount cards for the US pharmacies, you can find buy one/get one or a 20-25% discount and combine that with a coupon from the weekend papers or find coupons online.

Also check Craigslist. There's always something on there. I've even found abenas, Tena active slips and even abdl diapers on there. There's always at least some attends or depend or Tena on there plus there's often goodnites or underjams if you can wear those. It's usually pretty inexpensive too.